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Dang, my confidence in the product would be pretty much in the crapper at this point. Sorry you're having to go thru that.

Yellow bass?

NAILED IT. ^^^^^ Or perhaps close off one arm of the lake sytematically each year to fishing in the months of March-May. You've got three major arms --- White, Kings and James --- and closings could rotate between them. Some say Beardsley also qualifies as a major contributor to the annual lakewide spawn numbers, so there'd be that to hash out.

At the risk of repeating myself .... you got Johnnied. Every product he touches is reduced to crap for the good of the profit margin, aka Johnny's pocket. And if you buy up all of the competition, you can screw everyone over and they'll still come back and give you more of their money.

I'd rather get it fixed right the first time than have to take it back. No one but Kelly Power touches mine.

There's one in every crowd, Dutch. 😂😂

Bill, your prayers are joined with mine for Mike's success in the championship. Mike is a fantastic representative of what a lot of these young fishermen (pros and ams alike) should aspire to ... a gentlemanly competitor who minds his own business and never has a bad word to say about others. Watched him raise three boys while fishing tournaments for a living, and he was more "present" in their lives than a lot of guys who are at home a whole lot more than him. I understand completely what you're saying but Mike was cast and molded in a different type of tournament fishing ... one where persistence with an angler's strong suits usually paid off at the end of the day. Dead periods during the day didn't hurt you ... all you needed was 5 casts to weigh in 20 pounds. In the MLF format, you better be catching them all day on whatever the heck they are biting at the moment. As you well know, that's a different deal altogether than traditional tournament formats. Again, I join you in prayers and best wishes for Mike in the upcoming championship.

Very good point there, Bill. No time to go looking for places you can catch them your way. Gotta constantly be on the "when in Rome" deal ... throw what they want at the moment and be ready to change in a heartbeat.

So could George Cochran. He'd pull up the troller and run 3-5 miles on the Arkansas River to his next spot 10 times a day. And chances are, he wasn't throwing the same thing or even fishing the same kind of cover/pattern on any of the 10 spots. First time I ever got in a boat with him, he made a 15-mile run up the aforementioned Arkansas River near Little Rock to a serie rock jetties with current rippling over the top of them. "Time for some topwater fish!" he said. "Got a Spook tied on?" I did, and I picked it up. But who throws topwater at noon on a broiling September day? George's second cast produced a Table Rock-looking spotted bass ... 18 inches and 3 solid pounds. Long story short, we sat there and caught 15 before the action cooled a half-hour later.

You know, it's humorous but also true that at least he had the confidence to stick to his guns. However, a lot of gunmen die when they hesitate. I had an Arkansas friend who was bullheaded as a champion Angus. He fished BASS for a couple of years and actually won an invitational in South Carolina. But this guy would tell me before he ever left town for tournaments what one or two lures he was gonna throw all week because just KNEW that was how the tournament would be won. In his case, confidence was a downfall. All things in moderation. Even confidence.

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.