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My PB walleye is only 19 inches. I did snag a beach towel once at TR and thought i had a giant.

What's so great about them? I have a 2000 or 2002 evinrude on my boat. It runs ok, although hates trolling. My brother and I are looking to put a new motor, guess I should hang on to it?

Just about every industry is heavily consolidated. It has been legislatively encouraged for about 50 years now. It's an oligopoly. Not necessarily a terrible thing, but they do not encourage competition.

Do you know how long that largemouth was?

Yeah I thought that myself. I dont doubt he saw a guy with a stringer full of nice fish, just not 5# fish.

I'm not sure where you're at, but I really wouldn't be surprised if that little red and white cork was mine. 🤣 I love the 2 inch slotted peg floats. They lay at a perfect 45 degree angle so you can detect light bites by watching for it to go either perfectly vertical or lay totally flat on the water. Any change in that angle and it's a bite.

Fished 8 to leadwood yesterday for the first time this year. Lots of people out. Wt was 66 degrees with a few foot of visibility. It was largely slow for me. The river was moving quite a bit faster than I am used to and I'm just not good at catching them when it's like that. Anyhow, I caught about 15 bass or so, and lots of long ears after switching to a panfish rig. Almost all of the bass came on a jerkbait with a few on a jigworm and wacky worm. Biggest bass was a 15 inch smallie on a wacky. I also lost a LM in the 18" range at the boat while I was fumbling with my backpack trying to get my phone out for a pic, that was humbling. I also heard a few whoppers from the locals. One guy told me I saw a fellow with a stringer full of 5# smallies. And a different guy told me of a 7# largemouth he caught. I'm by no means good at bass fishing, but the biggest smallie I've ever caught here was 19inches and maybe 2.5#, and the biggest largemouth was also 19" and maybe 3.5#. Something tells me these guys see a 17" fish and call it 5#.

Can you give me a list of all of the "trolls"? or your definition of one? Is it just anyone who doesn't agree with you? If someone presents an alternate view point, you quickly label them as trolls and start the name calling. Weird how you don't see the irony.

You wont believe any data anyway, unless it supports your already held conclusions. If there is a spike, you will call it fake, and if there is no spike, you will say "see I was right". Its a win win for you.

Ive been fishing a lot of the lakes in TDL the last month and the crappie haven't really known what to do. Catching some right on the bank in a foot or 2 of water, and catching others back off in 5 or 6 fow, and even been catching a few on points and in the middle of coves in 12+ FOW. Ill be out there sunday, so we will see what they are doing then.

You must not have a mirror.

It seems like most manufactures anymore make pretty good equipment. I'm partial to the Fenwick elite tech, and the Fenwick aetos in med light. Especially that elite tech, its got the most comfortable handle I've ever used, and its got a bit softer a tip than the Aetos. My brother has a St. Croix Eyecon (med light exfast) that he really likes, and he has a St. Croix Triumph (med, mod fast) that i like more than the eyecon. Generally i'm using these for swimming small swimbaits and worms through grass but not necessarily a ned rig though. I also have 2 KastKing rods that i bought online for i think 60 or 80 bucks a pop. One is a light power fast action, and the other is a med light mod fast. They both work great for little 1/16th oz jigs. I think if you're using a baitcaster for a ned rig type bait you are really forcing a square peg into a round hole. Spinning gear with 4-6# line is the way to go. 4# trout magnet S.O.S line is strong enough to bend out a #2 owner light wire hook, so thats what i use. That has quickly become my favorite line. Drop to down 2# for crappie fishing, up to 6# when fishing around heavier cover. Id also suggest using a bigger spinning reel than you think you need. I like the 4000 size. Use Pflueger's or Diawa's, other brands are a huge gamble unless your paying 300+ for a spinning reel.

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I'm glad you understand and acknowledge that fact.

Good for YouTube for taking a stance on the material that is posted on their platform!

Lol no you wouldn't. Defamation lawsuits are extremely hard to win, and more costly than they are worth. In reality, if someone said you stole tackle from them, you would spend a fortune trying to prove they lied because no lawyer would take that case without a massive retainer fee. Then there would be a very small chance that you could prove he lied and the suit would be thrown out. Trump has famously said he wants to "loosen" libel laws so he can successfully sue news outlets that post negative stories about him. That never happened, and never will.

You made a claim and provided zero evidence yet you claim that's what I did. Amazing you dont see the irony.

You may wanna double check your bill of rights. Only the state has the ability to inhibit free speech. That pesky first amendment can be pretty confusing sometimes I totally understand.

I also happen to have a little experience with writing up papers for publication. I can tell you that #4 and #5 very rarely pass what is called the peer review process. If they do they are quickly retracted, like Judy's garbage.

You mean... " I can tell, but i actually have no idea what im talking about so Ill just leave it at that." 🤣

fortunately not 1 smidge is.

You are way better off. The video should be removed. It will only make you a dumber human being.

She is not one of the country's top virologist. That video is pure conspiracy drivel and intellectually lazy on all counts. She is an anti vaxxer, and a thief. On top of that she has had multiple papers retracted due to poor methodology and the fact that nobody could reproduce her results. She is a bad scientist and an even worse human. Don't just take what you see on youtube as fact. Scientific method = 1. Ask Question 2. Formulate Hypothesis 3. Conduct experiment. 4. Analyze results 5. Form conclusion Conspiracy theory method = 1. Ask Quesion 2. Form conclusion. OAF method = 1. Watch videos that confirm our own biases 2. Form conclusion

Pretty impressive list of accomplishments.

The first amendment does not prevent private companies from expressing their own free speech. They are actually expressing their own rights by policing their own platform. In fact this was actually decided in court between PragerU and youtube, and the judge concluded that youtube has no ability to restrict free speech.