vernon

Man, I don't know how you guys do it (which is why y'all catch way more fish than me). I'll try two maybe three colors of any given bait but after that I just figure that it's the bait that ain't right and move on to something else. Now, granted, I've got WAY more than two or three colors of each but I just won't keep switching up colors of the same lure for hours on end. When it gets that complicated I almost always switch to beer instead of a fourth color.

I remember when the Zara Spook went through similar changes and stages of folklore and cult status. Eventually all the believers die off and we move on to the next episode of paranoia and psychotic lure coveting and hoarding. Obviously there is no cure or treatment for this affliction - it just morphs on from generation to generation, occasionally altering its DNA profile so as to remain relatively undetected by those unfamiliar with the symptoms. I'm curious as to what form it might manifest itself in with abkeenan's offspring? Some futuristic, bluetooth enabled form of Creme worm perhaps? Once they alter the wire hook guard they'll never be as effective as the original and, hence, his children, nieces and nephews will scour the scorched earth in search of the original - you know, the one with the single wave bluetooth, pre-skype capable version.

Are you kidding me? Do you have any idea how expensive that would be? My God, bass would go through a couple packages of Nathan's per day! And I'm on a "fixed" income!

Other than visiting a friend one time in Hawaii I had literally never been out of CONUS prior to a trip to a place a friend has in Cabo San Lucas. Once we were in the "compound" at Diamante` all was good and it was one of the coolest and most beautiful places I've ever been. However, going through the airport and the trip to and from the place was enough to convince us that one visit was our limit. No more out of country trips for the kid. I'll just have to experience it all via Discovery Channel and National Geographic I guess.

I don't know man, I had some Nathan's fired up on the patio grill last night for the basketball game and all the goldfish in the little backyard pond schooled up tight and shallow on the edge closest to me all big eyed lookin' and I think they'd have bit.................. Just sayin'.

Best beware of shoplifters in that group! There's a few that I bet would key a new Ranger hull if they got close enough.

Yep, that and resale if one ever decided to sell or trade. Be kinda tuff to find a market for a Ranger 521 with a 75 horse Honda on the back. It would be pretty interesting to see the look on the sales guy's face when writing up that order though.

Banjo Minnow trailer on the helicopter trailer and you're talking deadly.

I've competed for worse!

Wylie Coyote in a buff and jersey? Power poles full flap?

The "G" is the current weapon of choice. And a nice red I would say.

Well played! Oops. That was a little loud.

Ain't that what Ness named his new deck?

Wowzers. I ain't interested in going 87 in my Tahoe!

Dude! Seriously? Again with the golf? Sheeeeeeesh.

Holy cats - you ain't kiddin'. He be plenty proud of that baby. Looks really solid but I'm with you, that's a might excessive. They gotta have all of seven or eight bucks in that thing.

Well, I guess that pretty much sums up my sense of awareness and attention to detail! Don't ever call me as a witness for anything cause I'll be like, "Pole? What pole? I didn't see a pole." I ain't gonna ask for no details about "quirks" either. In fact, upon further review, I think I'm just gonna cut my line from now on and just tie on a new bait. Probably best for all involved!

Do any of you guys use those long, extendable poles that can be used for cleaning windows, eaves, etc. for a lure retriever? I know they'd take up a heckuva lot more room than the dog leash deal but I have one already and was just wondering. Seems like it'd be pretty easy to pole a lure loose up to 20 ft. or so. If so, what do you use for the "retriever" part and how do you attach it? If nobody does this and it's just another stupid question on my part, please disregard entirely and continue on as if I was never here.

I disagree! If Wrench is so danged smart he ought to be able to figure out all of the new stuff on his own! Training, Schmaining. Actually, that's an excellent point although I don't like it because it shoots all kinds of holes in what I want to believe and that's way too important to be getting all confused with a bunch of stupid facts.

Who got a new deck??!!

Well played sir (uttered in a hushed tone).

I remember a hundred years or so ago when I read in BASSMASTER magazine about Rick Clunn hiring a pilot to fly him around over the lake that they were getting ready to fish a big tournament on. Might have even been the Classic. Anyways, I think he said something to the effect of, "The lake might be off limits for us to fish but there's no rule against flying over it." At first I thought that was pretty danged ingenious. Then, about five seconds later, I thought that it sounded a little chicken poop and kinda like cheating. I don't recall how he did in the event but I do remember that it definitely changed the way I looked at those guys and tournament fishing from then on. At some point though pretty much everything lost some of its allure and innocence as I got older and it sure didn't make any of it any better in my opinion. Just one of the first bricks in the road to my becoming a cynical old grouch I guess.

Good to know I guess but I still ain't making no plans to stop by that guy's house for a beer.

I dunno - from the looks of that cat I think HE might be the one that's endangered.

I, for one, am honored that you not only flunked out of my alma mater (I did that once myself) but that you went on to serve the country! I'm sure that we frequented some of the same "establishments" even if not necessarily at the same time. Rock Chalk indeed!