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They should've at least left a thank-you note for the free meal. Greedy turds.

Are you gonna get down this way soon, Macsimus? Didn't know at what point you flee the frigid North.

I hear ya, J-Doc. That batter is an awful thing to do to any fish. Someday I'm gonna go find a striper or a few big whites and try your blackened recipe. Sounds mighty good.

Hasn't been a word in the paper about it but they ain't what they used to be as far as staying on top of things.

That would be a good place for every last one of them.

Very nice.

Gabe and Jmontgo are right ... this is good stuff. I used it a lot on my Champion and it eliminates the need for any further waxing. Also cuts water spots pretty well.

Nope, that doesn't happen here. Unless it's in the 30s/40s and raining or something worse with winds 10-20 mph.

A friend has been catching some at night again on this big moon. Sounds like they've temporarily gone back to an October pattern.

Well, heck. So THAT's his dang crankbait secret. Vinegar. I'll fix him. I'm gonna start keeping my RK's in pickle juice.

Bill, I sent a Facebook bulletin to everyone within 200 miles of The Rock that you were coming back from deer camp today. They were all out there to welcome you back and where were you? Out galavanting around looking at leaves. Heckuva deal.

Thank you for being dedicated to serving our veterans. That's a noble cause and one you obviously took to heart. It's appreciated.

+1 on the vinegar and water. Exactly what our Ranger dealer recommends. After home washes, it gets a coat of Turtle Wax Ice spray and wipe.

Yup, you better enjoy the chase in this sport because most of us spend lots of time trying to throw the right bait in the right place at the right time. Only a chosen few are able to whack them every time out.

Good story, ness. Glad you got to meet this guy and have that conversation. I'm sure he enjoyed the chance to talk about it, too.

LOL, good stuff, C4F. They run a good tournament. You'll enjoy it.

Purely a protective measure for us. Just make sure you get the vented one from Tuff Skinz. They do a great job and are very personable to deal with.

Thanks for the report, Hammer. Glad you got out and got into some action. The bigger ones will show up soon.

That's too bad. Would've been a great conversation.

We haven't even gotten to the spinnerbait bite yet. Not much of one anyway.

Looks like more of the same this coming weekend. Just colder.

I have no Power Poles, jersey or buff but I do have a vented hood cover on our motor. Fishing docks as much as we do, it's inevitable that you're gonna bump your motor on them and scratch it up.

Impressive, indeed. And good on you, too, QB for correctly identifying both aircraft. I was sure of the P-51 myself when we saw them fly over the golf course that day but could not identify the other (the Spitfire).

Can't beat that for the start of a day.

Jim, you bring up a very good point with the angle advantage of each angler on boat docks. Donna and I do this intentionally and she nearly always outfishes me off the back because she is able to use the boat drift to her advantage in getting her lure farther back under the trailing dock corner as the boat goes by. We were at Lake of the Ozarks a few years back in October for the Central Pro-Am championship. We got there on Tuesday to have 3 full days of practice. She caught no telling how many fish that week weighing 3-6.5 pounds pulling a Lucky Craft 2.5 in the splatter back shad color under dock corners. In fact, she chipped one corner off the lip and it still runs fine, but she calls it "Lucky." Don't know about luck but it was definitely her pet bait that week. Of course, a very strong front blew thru just before the tournament and totally killed any kind of "winding" bite. The tournament ended up being won by a local guy who had lots of brushpiles to fish and just soaked a jig in them.