I would say the guided trips that daniel listed.  Sure G loomis rods, curados, and lucky crafts would be nice.  But what are you going to remeber more, buying your stuff and fishing with it, or catching the biggest bass of you life?

Now I want $5000!  

I would invest it and make a few more bucks off the 5k then buy me a new boat.

833.33 bags of Senko's!  Various colors of course.

Well, mebbe a couple more Avids and Chronarch 50MGs. (One for me and one for a fellow basser.) = 900 bux +-

Then, though a little off topic, but relevant to bassing, a week at Amistad for Rebbasser and me. = 2400 bux +- (food, gas, lodging, sunscreen, Beano.)

Tickets to an OU football game. = God knows! Maybe 400 bux, if lucky.

The rest to the Band program at some small and poor school.

Fact!

FR

Sucker at large.

Build a pond a stock it with trout.

save it for a nother day    (yah right ) ill be on my way to bass pro shops the minute i get it

Rodbender,

You do have a shot at it: I don't. However the young fellow that started this should easily see that and then some. That money earning 5.9% would be just short of 100,000.00.

I'd get me a trolling motor for my new little fishing boat.

I'd buy that G. Loomis rod and Shimano reel that I have been drooling over..there goes another $900.

I'd buy me a nice fishfinder for each of my two boats. One battery powered,  one fully installed.

and I would buy me a bunch of lures and fishing niceties...

that 100k sounds nice but 50 years? No way, stocks, funds, bonds, etc are not for me I wont be living another 50 years and im 23.. id bet on it.

some sort of used bass boat or large john boat that i could renovate.  or i would buy into a poker game and try to win enough to buy a new ranger.

\matt

I'd probably get a better boat.

A couple nice rods and reels, a bigger tackle bag, then either a diamond ring for the old lady or like George said Id invest it so when I retire I could buy the nicest boat out there.  Can never look to far into the future, unless your looking into the grave.  

The bass don't seem to mind Falcon Rods or Shimano reels, so I'm fine there.

I woud invest in camera equipment.   Got to be some money in good down to earth fishing shows.    

Matt.

I'm already fishing out of my "dream boat" since I hooked up with G3 Yamaha.

I have all the rods and reels a guy could need, thanks to Okuma.

My lures and line are all taken care of.......

And $5000 won't buy me a new truck......

So, I would almost certainly buy a 50" LCD TV, an HD-DVD player, and nice surround sound system :-)

The bait monkey would starve, if he had to depend on me ;-) I already have everything I need to catch the fish I'm after.

Peace,

Fish

5k would pay all my tournament fees and road expenses very nicely.

A divorce, so I could go fishing more often!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Vito

Rodbender,

You do have a shot at it: I don't. However the young fellow that started this should easily see that and then some. That money earning 5.9% would be just short of 100,000.00.

I'd be 98 years old then, pushing 99.  I suppose I could then afford a really nice gold plated drool bucket, silk depends and afford to have some, young 20 something year old hottie mash up my food and spoon feed me.  Of course, with my eyesight shot I'd be lucky to even see her.  

bass boat..and then fuel....no question!

I would get a few Lucky Craft...... and that about does it. ;D

dig a big hole in my back yard....fill it with water....and bass....and some cover...and fish....then go out by 2 new rods and reels....left over money goes to lures.....but long term i would actually either end up buying guns or putting it in bonds....both yield some profit

A boat and some nice new rods and reels.

I'm proud to be the odd man out ;-)

Fish

id buy some high dollar rod and reels, take the other 4000 and add it to the sale money from my honda and get a harley

A new 4-wheeler ;D Opening day of bow season is in 3 weeks!!!

Ok so I was fortunate enough to get half of my 15k re-enlistment bonus up front in June.  7500.00 minus Uncle Sam's greedy nubs = 5800.00.

So instead of speculating, I have a first hand report!

1800.00 down payment on a used bass boat!

2000.00 at BPS with a 20% veteran's discount got me:

6 Various Quantum reels

1 Pair polarized sunglasses with 3 interchangable lenses

2 Pairs shorts

1 Pair shoes

1 Gerber tool

1 Fishing net (I'll rarely use, it's a lazy tool!)

Countless soft plastics

Several Lucky Crafts (d**n those add up the $$ quick)

Tournament Balance Beam

Gortex Rain Gear

Another trip to BPS 1000.00 worth of Electronics

500.00 worth of Airrus rods

500.00 from Tackle Warehouse in plastics and terminal tackle/line

I had seriously bass fished for 11 years (3 years of it tournament fishing) until I enlisted in 2000 when I sold my boat, stored my gear at a buddy's house (about 3000.00 worth) which his dog destroyed.  Incidentally he wouldnt let me anywhere near his dog after that.  I dont understand why.

So I figured the re-investment was money well spent and am back on the road to that American dream of pro tournament angling!

B