Ham

I have not been getting out as much as I would like. Maybe that will get better eventually

I love the Oakland area. What where your water temps?

Just my 2 pennies, my next trout boat will be a Topwater 50" bottom with a 25 Merc jet. If I wasn't worried about HP restrictions on certain rivers I would likely go 60/40 yammy

I'm all about it until the water temp drops below 40 degrees. I'd rather trout fish then spend the day looking for a handful of bites.

It's a fantastic lake. Those bass hate a cold front though.

I'll tell him to check in

Super Dave is fine. He stays really busy with his kids and their school sports stuff. Basketball and weight room stuff if I remember correctly. Id love for him to move semi local full time.

No Sir. I have not.

That's great news! its a double edged sword. You heal quicker if you have it done sooner, but the hardware has a finite life. None of the surgeons like doing the revision work. A much more complicated deal with more problems afterwards. my knees are good. I have a heel issue though.

My life is not my own.

You just wait until I get my 50 inch TopWater with the Minn Kota Ultrex. Game changer. Heck, I might even get Power Poles on it.

You wound me Sir.

Dang Cody, Nice boat.

I'm actually concerned it will get too large and lose some of what makes it special.

There I FIFY

Hey DD, Please send me a PM about the technique I had that was productive. I honestly have no idea what the heck you're talking about. Thx, Ham

Jig fest 2016 was a great success. I had a great time and got to make so new fishing buddies. The food was outstanding and more than plentiful. i always want the White to be at its very best for the crew to enjoy. The rivers were certainly good, but issues with water releases ( or the lack there of) and at times trashy water made fishing at times a bit of a grind. I know I have been spoiled by Zig Jig fishing. I honestly consider anything less than 10 fish an hour to be kinda slow. There was lots of times I felt like the fishing was slow. the good news is that I fished with Eric P this morning and we caught them good. We fished less than 3 hours and together put 95 fish in the boat. I love Jigfest because it keeps me humble. Good bunch of guys that are a good fishermen to boot. I was able to keep up with Phil and DD. Kris and I were exactly equal in number of fish caught. Johnsfolly caught the fish real good including his first Cuttthroat ever and Eris was a very quick study indeed. He's got it figured out. I catch a ton of trout on Zig Jigs, but that's because I live close and fish a lot. All the guys really catch them on Zig Jigs. I'm pretty good, but I'm not really better than other guys.

well Marty, I don't know about that. I try to keep everybody alive. I really want everybody to catch fish as well. Everybody lived and everybody caught fish.

I've caught 136 fish so far and I have pictures of 2 of them. Lol

Heck of a deal for someone.

It'll be my second one.

I'll buy the drift sock and harness.

I'd like to be to tell I've had a bite. I can control my response time. I won't respond if I don't know I've had a bite.

I would like to think that by spending extra money I would get a lighter rod that was more sensitive and still have the correct taper and rod speed to throw and retrieve crank baits. its a bonus it the rod will multi-task not something I am shopping for in a "wart" rod. i have a couple of Rick Clunn 7 foot square bill rods. They throw great and fight fish well. They could be lighter and they could be more sensitive. I paid less than $60 each so hard to complain. I want to fish that Lews Wart Rod. I have a friend that is an excellent wart guy and he swears by it, but I need to throw it myself.

I knew one of us was confused and I wasn't sure that it wasn't me.