fishinwrench

Take a piece of 80 grit sandpaper to one of the poppers bodies and make some foam dust, mix with epoxy to make a paste. The rest is obvious.

The only thing you can do with a boat that has no title (legally) is put a set of oars on it, or sell it to someone who lives in a state that does not title boats. The crap you have to go through in this state to get it legal isn't worth it.

Just to be clear, I don't have any hate for guys that are into fishing tournaments. I know a bunch of them and love most of them like brothers. All of them that I know would not mind at all if the format changed and demanded immediate C&R, all it would take is for that to be the new rule. Matter of fact if it ever changed to a format like that I wouldn't be able to resist getting back out there and doing it.

You have an open invitation to LO anytime you want. If I'm too busy to join you just hook up to whatever boat suits you best and have fun.

The coolest thing about White bass is that as long as you can get to them 2 hours before dark you stand an excellent chance of catching a limit.

Their ego refuses to let anyone see them pay for anything. They secretly order their tackle online, then tell their wives and buddy's that they are sponsored and are given it for free. Because they are so awesome and all.

Oh I definitely see your side, Vernon. I used to be into it in a big way, so I "get it", but once you step away from it for awhile and look at the big picture you kinda realize how rediculous it is. Nobody is making any money, except the tournament organizations. Tackle companies, and Rod & Reel retailers, and boat/motor salesmen aren't even doing that great because the reps are too busy running around out there giving discounts and building a TEAM. That's fine, let them continue to do their retarded little thing if it makes them happy.....The only part of it that has started boiling my blood is all of this moving around of fish. If you don't think that negatively effects the experiences of plain old recreational fishermen then piss on you, you're a selfish idiot. Be a decent person and knock that crap off ! The only thing that would make me truly respect the MDC again is for them to step up and force these jackoffs to change their scoring platform....since it's obvious that they'll never do it on their own. It's their job to regulate stuff like this and they just continue to turn a blind eye towards it.

Awesome!

I'd sure hate to fish against you in a snagging derby. You're gonna win that thing, I'd put money on it. As for the BBB, it looks like this will be the year of the crawdad crankbait and the jig. The Hi-def craw, Hula grub, or finnesse jig just might pull it off this time.

Good job man !

That sounded harsh, but then again..... I'd certainly like to trade about 62 restaurants and 110 bars for just one good grocery store. Like to trade a good number of motels for a couple of nice campgrounds too. The tackle shop owners here will tell ya that bass fishermen are cheap, and they make more selling crappie jigs and minnows than they do catering to the bass tournament crowd. If tournaments brought that much money into the community you'd think that a good tackle shop could do ok. They never seem to prosper though. Lake O is the best tournament lake in the state, but even Mr. Morris, as business savy as he is, knows better than to put a store here.

There are 3 areas near my place where I always see birds in the spring. So far this year....nothing. Not even a feather or a pile of poop. I don't hunt them anymore because I'd rather eat a store bought bird, but I still like calling them in and playing with them, and scavenging a few feathers off the ground.

Looking at the guage I'd say you hit it two days late, and two days early.

I'm good for a Diet Coke and a Black Forest ham sandwich on rye.

All I have to do is see a pic.....and POOF, one can appear in front of me, in the flesh. In the fly tying industry that is. If I could do the same in the other industry y'all wouldn't be hearing much outa me on a regular basis. And I dam sure wouldn't be interested in swapping.

You nailed it. I wanted in....but I always end up kicking myself for committing to a swap. So I am trying a different way of participation. Instead of getting IN the swap I'll just harrass and pester the participants and receive the same amount of gratification.

Well yeah! You just can't stick eyes on it. If you need eyes then you gotta tie in fake jungle cock eyes or something.

Totally off topic, and you may not even care, but that "Strung Fuzzy Fiber" stuff spun in a dubbing loop just may replace spun deer hair heads on everything in my boxes. Really cool stuff!

If the masses only knew how much meth, crank, and coke use there was in competitive fishing maybe they'd look at it with slightly more awaken eyes.

Oh that gets done almost on a weekly basis. If you see a boat, or a shirt, with "Sims Marine" plastered on it be sure to stop and say hey.....cuz it's Me.

I was simply responding to the tired old comment of "Hey, our tournaments are what keep you Hicks fed". That kinda attitude pretty much pisses me off. The big-time Tourney crowd are always looking for handouts and freebies (sponsors). No disrespect to any of ya, but I don't care to have MY business name on your boat, or on your shirt. I'd rather just have YOUR name on a check. I get boats ALL THE TIME with Sport Boats USA, Munganast, Fishin'Hole, CowTown, ect. plastered all over them, and on the shirts of the guys that own them. Well if THEY are your "sponsors" then why aren't they working on your boat? I mean, I'll gladly take care of whatever the problem is, but I'm not interested in doing it in trade for putting yet another sticker on your rig.

It's lake surface temp in the shallows that matters, since those fish have to pass over the flats to get up the creeks. Take your average high and low air temp for the last 4 days, add them together, then divide by 2. A few warm days and a rise in water level from a decent shower will shoot them right up the creeks. The higher the rise in water level.... the higher up they'll go. You can have whites all around you and not get a bite until after 3:pm, that's just the way they roll.

Ditto. Good to know. I'll be in touch when I get a new truck bought.

I don't think anyone is denying that people are making money on bass tournaments, if they weren't then there certainly wouldn't be so many of them. I make quite a bit because of them myself. But by saying that they are vital to lake area economy's is to assume that none of those guys would hardly ever go fishing....if it weren't for tournaments. The way I see it is just the opposite. If they were here fishing for FUN then they'd probably spend MORE than they spend while competing in a derby. They'd eat more, drink more, sleep more, and shop more. Most would likely have more fun and be more likely to come back sooner. So in all actuality a case can be made that tournaments may be detrimental to the economy in the long run. More guys leave a lake with a bad taste in their mouth (defeated and sad) after a tournament, than leave with the desire to get right back ASAP. How many times have you heard tourney trail followers say things like...."gar hole", or "If I never see that pond again it'll be too soon" ?