my wife & i were talking this past winter & i said, "you know, i'd like to spend the spring in my boat."  ..she said, "well, honey,why don't you do it?"  ..we both know that my health will probably not allow me to ever do it again, but, this year, I Have.  the last six weeks have mostly been spent in the lake.

some observations

1- all the time i've spent building rods, cleaning, lubing, etc., reels, has NOT been in vain.  ..i've not had Any downtime because of equipment. (other than one chronarch 50mg that had a bad bearing)

2 - Nobody has good days every day.  i've had killer days, one day i caught 23 lbs of fish in less than 15 minutes.  my wife called during that time & i told her i didn't have time to talk, i was too

busy catching fish.

i've also had Bad Days ..even Zero days.  i mean fishing in places that i KNEW fish were.  they just flat would not bite.

i talked w/one guy that day who said he just threw the whole tackle box in & let the fish pick out the lure they wanted. LOL  they didn't want anything.

3 - triton makes an absolutely killer bass boat. i've owned & ridden in other kinds, but None of them can match my triton

4 - sufix brand braid Sucks!  ..i do have wind knots in my power pro at times, but, it's so much better than sufix til they're not in the same league

5 - i built a 7'9" rod that i didn't know if it would be practical or not, but, Everybody needs one!   ..you can put 65lb power pro on that baby & winch a fish out of a grapevine.

6 - i now keep a pop-r tied on a reel at all times.  i've caught fish off the base of cyprus trees at 3 in the afternoon.  sometimes you may have to cast it two or three times, but, it's a fish catching bait.

7 - lucky craft crankbaits are worth whatever they cost.

anyway, that's enough.  i'm going to the office this afternoon, will spend the rest of this week at home & the office, but, next week, plan to be back at the lake.  in fact, my wife said she would go with me a few days next week.  See You There!

ronnie

ps - alpster, i know it's not lake fork, but, if you'll come fish with me at santee cooper, i Assure you, that skunk will be drowned

I agree with everything mentioned!

great observations!

Very nice.

Jim