Champ188

Another good mess of fish. Ledge bite must be finally starting. Thanks again to all of you Cape Fair guys for taking care of our fish. They belong to all legal fishermen and it's upon all of us to take care of em.

Have to admit the fence and sink made me think the same momentarily, but I knew better considering the author of the post. Andy, thanks for not only taking care of YOUR fish, but for setting an example for others. Also, thanks for sharing your recipe for keeping them alive and kicking up their heels. With MDC flat refusing to consider supplemental stocking, it's up to US as anglers to protect the resource. Just one more live fish in the lake means everyone has one more chance to get bit when we are out fishing for fun or profit.

Another reason to love ol' Johnny. My 2013 Ranger (last year under the Wood/Hopper/Daffron regime) has had zero issues with the carpet or anything else. And I would lay $100 that if I'd had carpet problems in the second year, they'd have taken care of it at no cost to me. BassCat and the Pierces have taken the same care of their customers forever and there's not another company in fishing that can boast their level of brand loyalty. You can play smoke-and-mirrors with larger companies' numbers if you want, but get out and talk to BassCat owners and you'll find a loyalty that goes deeper than numbers. And with Hopper/Daffron now building Lexus, you can bet they'll stand behind them to the hilt, too. I hope your Nitro never gives you another problem whatsoever. Just have heard way too many stories of shoddy components and workmanship of all boats under Johnny's ownership, including the Ranger rigs of today.

And he's a true fisherman at heart. Super good guy to have as a member here at this forum.

Must've spent too much time video gaming and not enough time fishing in that event. He finished 45th and missed the cut by a mile. Having lived a few years in Florida, shallow natural lakes are not the place to be jacking around with electronics. Better look up from the screen and see what's actually going on around you.

Die runs weren't covered under warranty?

You raised the humor bar pretty high there, buddy. Great stuff to read and chuckle about.

Hang in there, buddy. Football cometh soon.

I have 3 graphs on my Ranger ... a 5-inch Lowrance HDS in-dash that came standard with the boat. I added a Humminbird 998 SI/DI on the console and a Humminbird 958 DI on the bow. I use them all, although admittedly not to the extent of most people. Pretty much use them to find shad. On the occasion that I dropshot or spoon, I'll use the one on the front to follow my bait. Just sayin, seven graphs is IMO a bit over the cliff. Not sure some of the pros who are running that many really see it as practical either ... just following their electronics sponsor's request to try to sell the concept to the public.

I've known a lot of fishing guides over the years but never one who didn't know a good lawyer or three. Might be time to call one.

I'm sorry, that's just ridiculous. Of course, there's a population out there with more money than brains who are gonna copy whatever the pros do no matter how asinine it might be. And some of them are barely smart enough to power half of those units up, much less use seven friggin' graphs in concert to look at fish from every angle, as well as lake maps and gosh knows what else. However, I might recant if there's any possibility that I could pick up seven college football games at the same time. Be like having my own personal Buffalo Wild Wings out on the lake! 😆😂

She dang sure might ditch me ... she once told Kelly Power on the second morning of a Central Pro-Am team tournament that we'd have done better the first day if she hadn't been fishing with a one-trick pony!!! 😆😂😂 Fishing partners can be fickle like that!

Me, too. And I have a jig specialist in my boat.

Donna and I are in. No one should feel they don't have a chance to win. The Rock typically fishes tough in October so it likely won't be a hammer fest.

Donna and I are in. For real. We will monitor OAF for the date.

Thanks for that observation, Bill. I will openly admit, when I first came across Bo and his seemingly outlandish posts, I strongly suspected he was full of it. And full of himself. But as the years passed and he posted pic after pic of his trips, I never once caught him in a fib or came across anything damning in his photos. Believe me, I tried. 😂 I came to realize along the way that this guy could fish. He believed what he believed and he put it to practice like the expert he was. You want to see some spoon fishing talent, watch his YouTube videos. Pretty impressive, especially when you look at the outdated electronics he was using at that time. He never did buy into livescope ... heck, he didn't need it. There was one issue that we finally agreed to disagree on, and that was line visibility in clear water. In fact, both of us realizing the other wasn't going to budge might have been the point at which we realized that we had a lot of respect for each other. I believe Bo knew Jesus as Lord and Savior and that he is up there now in a shiny new BassCat dropping a spoon on mixed schools of river LM, SM and spots. I hope to join him one day.

Great job, Mike! All of this talk of a shallow bite has me thinking about going tomorrow.

Bet there aren't any left at HLS. 😁

Great report, Dave. And glad you got some catch-up time with Grandma. :)

Glad you guys had another successful trip and thanks for posting this report!

Doesn’t matter. All that matters now is he is sick and needs our prayers. Any update on him? I miss arguing with him about line visibility. 😁😂

But if you DO happen to find yourself in the James, you might want to consider throwing an old original Lunker Lure buzzer. I heard that once from a guy who fishes up there pretty often. 😂 Not to mention that he's a pretty good stick.

This topic is about Bo and him getting well. Prayers already up from here.

This debate could easily turn into a who's a better running back ... Jim Brown or Emmit Smith? Or who's a better home run hitter ... Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds. Us older guys are naturally gonna hang with the older guys on tour, while younger guys will tend to think the up-and-comers are better. Personally, I don't see most of today's young guys hanging with the Rick Clunns, George Cochrans, Larry Nixons or Denny Brauers when they were in their prime. But 25 years ago, I probably would've seen the younger guys as stronger. Good fodder for debate.

There was also talk of a lawsuit being brought by Boyd Duckett over some GPS coordinates during Palaniuk's 2013 win on the St. Lawrence that gave him the Angler of the Year title. The accusation was that Palaniuk was given those waypoints by a BASS staff member just prior to the start of that event. Duckett and others who brought the lawsuit alleged that the BASS staffer relayed those coordinates from a local guide to Palaniuk. Not saying he did or didn't but there was definitely a lot of smoke behind the BASS curtains for there not to be some substance to the allegation. Meanwhile, he still hasn't won "the big one" while Hank Cherry has now won two in a row. One might think with the diluted field now in BASS, he could win if he was as great as the BASS cameras have played him up to be for years now.