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"The best fishing tool you will have in your boat is your brain." Now that's disconcerting. I'm thinking I just as well send the boat out there by itself......... Some of the best stuff I've ever read about fishing - right up until that part that immediately and completely disqualified me from participation.

Whew! At least the story has a happy ending! I guess the world could us LOTS more crawdads.

Talk about some worthless advice! 😳 First off, I'd never be able to put a snake IN the trap to begin with and even if I could, I'd never be able to get the crawdads back out with the snake in there! Guess I'll just have to keep buying my crawdaddies at the snake free store....... 😏

The bulk of mine are stored in a similar manner to what you have suggested. However, oftentimes simply as a matter of convenience, I like to pre-rig a dozen or so in advance and this storage system allows me to do so without making a mess or destroying baits and hooks. Just another alternative to consider.

This is what I've used for the last couple of years and haven't had any problems. I added a couple of the little anti corrosion tabs just for good measure although I don't really know if that's made any difference or not. I'm pretty sure that Mr. Babler is who recommended this setup although I don't remember if it was in a previous OA post or he told me in person but it's worked great for me. https://www.flambeauoutdoors.com/Fishing/Divider-Systems/Ultimate-Tuff-Tainers/2-fixed-compt-with-adjust-dividers-and-zerust

Most weedless jigs and heads I've ever used. In fact, I didn't realize that when I bought 20 or 30 of 'em that I had purchased a lifetime supply for about a dozen people. Gonna have to figure out who to will a bunch of these things to..........

If she can imitate a Lava Lamp at home you've got to be the luckiest guy in the world! 😆

Linda appears to be "electrified"! Heckuva lot better deal to see what you're doing than a blacklight if you ask me!

He's baaaaaaack!

Yeah, nature's innate ability to camouflage its own is pretty remarkable alright. I wasn't even sure what the photo was supposed to represent until I looked really closely.

I know a guy......... 😉

Yep. Those waivers aren't worth the paper their written on.

Interesting that they specifically mention a rescue performed by a prototype Duck that involved 60 knot winds (nearly 70 MPH) and that were so perilous as to prevent "conventional craft" from succeeding but the Duck "had no trouble". Also states that they were designed with a bilge system that would keep the Duck afloat in heavy surf even when the hull had been breached by shell holes up to 2" in diameter. Hard to believe that the waves on Table Rock were more severe than those encountered under heavy fire during a beach landing. Makes one wonder if equipment failure is to blame since the other one made it under identical duress.

That's good to know cause it don't bother us none either! #Preseason number 1........... Again.

Good Lord. Now they say that NINE of the fatalities are from the SAME family. Devastating beyond comprehension.

This might be a little bit easier to swallow if it had been only one amphibian indicating that there was perhaps a single incompetent rogue captain that cost these people their lives. But the fact that there were two PLUS the one on Taney that Phil mentioned makes this whole thing stink to high heaven in my opinion. Lack of strict safety policies and apparently a significant number of careless, arrogant drivers and captains seem to be commonplace at least on this particular day. The Belle won't leave the dock because of the possibility of bad weather but these bathtubs with propellers will? As Bill said it is indeed sickening.

Well, the quotation marks were intended to imply an alternate meaning!

I've long wished I wasn't such a scaredy cat cause I've always thought that would be beyond fascinating! Did you take any video? I prefer to do my scuba diving from the comfort of my "man chair"!

I've never been on one of those things as I thought they looked liked death traps from the first time I laid eyes on one. However, I was a city firefighter at the time and definitely viewed them through the eyes of a first responder rather than as a tourist. As Wrench alluded to, if the roof doesn't come off I don't see how thirty plus people could possibly escape through the windows in a matter of seconds and especially in a moment of panic. While watching the video I couldn't help but think it might have made more sense to drive those things up on the island to wait for help as opposed to heading to a more distant shore in open water. I have no idea if that would have been possible much less practical but, hindsight being what it is, it was the first thing that occurred to me and I would hope that the driver/operators are trained to consider such contingencies in the event of a rough water emergency. And what they're doing out there with weather warnings in effect for the area is baffling to me. Thankful for the one that made it back but it disturbs me to no end to imagine the horror that needlessly took place on the one that didn't.

Those dang fish gods do work in mysterious ways..... Hang in there though - you're obviously way too good at this for the drought to last much longer. Justice shall be served!

Not unless he's a wrestler trying to make weight!

Lower than 76? In July? Holy cats! Except for December and January we haven't been able to get our house below 76 in the ten years we've lived here and this dump was brand new! For reference, I'm pretty sure you can hang meat below 75! Sorry about the cat interjection deal - nothing personal........

Good job! Definitely the better looking one..........

Danged commercialism is so restrictive! Stifles a guy's creativity! That's OK though - just like "the lil' guy", "the varmint", etc. we'll always know what's what. Still can't wait to try this thing.

Personally, I like "The Big Wobbler"! Looking forward to trying this thing.