fishinwrench

Things are about to get messy around here...

"Hate" is a strong word. Even though I might say it I don't mean it.

A prior felon with a warrant and a gun. It's a wonder they didn't shoot him on sight. You probably can't even bond out on that.

Warrant ? I didn't see where anyone had an active warrant. He was a prior felon but I don't think there was any warrant.

All you really need a spinning reel to do is to NOT start acting stupid. I like for them to operate smoothly and not have any slop in the handle or head. A precision drag system is not needed IMO but that is where alot of attention goes with the more expensive models.

Nothing negative to the sports of hunting/fishing is going to come of this. The agents screwed their own pooch by testifying that they witnessed them for 2 hours without noticing them do anything wrong, THEN followed them back to their camp and proceeded to put them through a checkpoint (license, check magazine capacity, and overall search of their belongings). This IS unconstitutional THANK DOG! At most all this will change is the reason for suspicion claims by the officers in the future. If they had just testified that they "thought one of them shot 4 times" or something like that then there would not be a case against them. Cops have learned. They pull people over randomly all the time, but they just claim they "smelled something" or "they crossed the line" or "they thought they saw someone throw something out the window". Works every time. As for the felon with a firearm....If we can't trust him with a gun out hunting then WHY IS HE NOT STILL IN PRISON? Armed robbery is one thing but his felony may have been writing a 750.00 bad check, or maybe he sold some weed once when between jobs. Do we really assume that a guy convicted of THAT is likely to shoot someone if allowed to go hunting for food? Kinda ironic that he was the one complaint with his permit, plugged magazine and non-lead shot.

No I don't!

I took in 4 V6 gearcase jobs in the last 3 days. They average 1100.00 per to repair (plus the prop work). Another (Merc Opti) a short while back was a high speed impact with floating wood that barely nicked the prop....but busted the crankshaft. No visible gear or driveshaft damage and the guys insurance co. is NOT gonna pay. Can't blame them really...but what a bummer. Do you just assume it was a weak crankshaft, replace the power head and trust those gears to not explode someday? Tough call on that one.

Garcia 503ALB if you can find one. Best river reels I've ever had. They were about 80.00 ea. I think. I bought one new and fell in love with it after it remained smooth and flawless for 3 years. Went to look for a few more and had to resort to eBay.

So don't walk away.... RUN AWAY !

I'm interested in the corn bread croutons. Who sells those?

What happens when you are fishing without a license and refuse to identify yourself ? Or let's say you play deaf-dumb-mute and just pretend to not comprehend what the agent is saying to you....so you just walk away? As an agent what is the standard protocol for that? Shoot you in the back? How authoritatively violent are they prepared to be?

That's kinda like the deal where if you have never ever had a drivers license then you are legal to drive, but once you get one then you will ALWAYS have to have one for the rest of your life or you can't drive. It's true.

I keep my posts as clean as an episode of Sponge Bob square pants...but I guess that ain't quite good enough. Please excuse me.

Best advise yet IMO Everyone treats their battery's differently, and if you wait until you KNOW the battery is bad then you have subjected your more expensive components to harm. Low or inconsistent voltage causes brushes in electric motors to glaze over and creates heat all through the circuit that causes corrosion and a degree of breakdown of the entire circuits integrity. Trolling motors, outboard starters and trim motors, ect. are all built and designed to operate with a FULLY CHARGED 12 or 24v source. Operation by a source less than that is like feeding your chickens chicken s#it, they won't stay healthy very long that way.

Here's the thing though....Yes cool water helps fish calm down, but eventually you plan to release them, right? When you release them back into the heat, that's when you likely do them the most harm. They might seem fine when you first pull them out of a nice cool livewell BUT they may not handle being released from there back into the 82+ degree water. You might wanna ask a BIOLOGIST to be "sure" (since you won't believe it until you hear it from one of them) but keeping their environment STABLE is probably best for the fishes welfare.

But you are safe in a car, or in a house (regardless of what it is built from). Hard to figure.

Good job, fellas! Keep it up.

Indeed !

Well....anything grounded I always assumed. A wet tree is just begging for it. I dunno, I have a great understanding of DC circuitry but lightning seems to make its own rules.

I just so happen to be in the shop so...I attached my Fluke digital VOM to a piece of broken graphite blank...no measurable continuity on the ohm meter. Held it on a battery (+).... and voltage is 0.000 even one inch from the post. Shitty conductor as far as I can tell.

Ha! Never! I'm a bowtie man.

So lightning has a thing for graphite rods? Why have scientists never picked up on this. I would assume graphite and fiberglass to be a non-conductors of the highest order. How is it with grass rods I wonder?

It follows the bass/crappie spawn in the lake, and earlier in the creeks. Those seawalls I was chanting about a few weeks ago are prime spots. Seldom used concrete boat ramps and irregularities along a seawall behind docks are spots where bass hang out to gorge on them. They won't spawn in areas where the water is rough and that's why the shoreline behind docks are so good, the dock acts as a wave breaker. You know the shad are spawning when they start chasing and slapping at your baits. Quite a bit of that is still going on right now.

See? We can all just rip on each other and it always ends well. Anybody that bails on this place because someone posts something that rubs them the wrong way is making a mistake.