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Come up and look at the zebra mussels in Lake Lotawana. I've seen pontoons come out of there where you could not put another mussel anywhere below waterline. They also add extra weight to docks, lifts, etc. and have caused issues that way as well. I have heard they do not like environments where the water gets real warm.

Nice video. Really enjoyed it. Bringing a buddy down to try and catch some toothy critters this weekend. Painted up some spoons so might give that a try.

Dang. Maybe I should sell my box of warts.

Love seeing those brookies. Reminds me of trips to the UP when I was younger. From about 5th grade into my college years my Dad, brother, and I would go up every summer to catch brookies and sometimes a few walleyes from the creeks and rivers around Republic and Rapid River. Brook trout are fun to catch and make superb table fare. Smoked brook trout may be the finest smoked fish on the planet. Truly gourmet fare. My biggest was right at 26 inches long.

What did they do with them once they caught them?

How aboput the multi hook ones with a spinner and beads on them?

Couple of nice trips. Hope I can find them the 19th - 21st.

Just regular gorilla glue? Or do they make a carpet adhesive?

Decoys are great for jug lining.

Used to troll 1/4 ounce rooster tails at Stockton and catch crappie and whites. Used a Signa Keel from the Marlynn Lure Company ahead of our rooster tails on spinning tackle. Seemed to eliminate the line twist. Don't know why it wouldn't work on a baitcaster. The instructions that came with the keels says, "Signa Keel - A permanent attachment for underwater spinning lures. Attach split ring on keel to front of lure. Snap line into front hole in keel. No swivel necessary."

Love trips like that. My wife and I call it wandering. No itinerary to keep just mosey along and stop and see whatever you want. We get off the interstate and meander along the state and county highways and roads. About the only rule we have is no eating at any chain restaurant. Find some really neat places. From wineries to museums to craft breweries to you name it. A few years back we wandered from the Lienenkugel brewery in West Central Wisconsin all the way to the tip of Door County.

Dandy fish.

I took a piece of plexiglass and made an insert for my livewell with a much smaller opening than the livewell itself. Definitely helps keep them from jumping out. Watched a fish escape a competitors livewell at a local championship tourney. The drop in places cost those boys over $500.

Mile long bridge is HWY 215 bridge just up the Big Sac from the confluence with the Little Sac. Twin bridges is further up the Big Sac by mutton creek/Ruark bluff area and are the highways H and Y bridges.

Nice. Starting to get big enough to cut out the cheek meat.

I too grew up fishing out of float tubes, canoes, jon boats, waders, bass boats, etc. Hadn't thought of the similarities with wading. Can't see how you can utilize a wtd bait that low to the water. Ideas?

How do casting, working a bait, and setting the hook siting so low to the water compare to standing in a boat? Did you find it awkward or more difficult?

I believe the networks or the greatest source of division alone between people in this country.. I could not agree more.

Hmmm pondering some things I have never understood. The BLM crowd has openly expressed its hatred for whites and police officers. They have killed based on their stated expression. Is that not racist? Is that not a hate crime? So HRC openly supports BLM. Does that make her a racist? In regard to Obama. He is the product of a black parent and a white parent. Basically a 50/50 deal. Why is he defined as being African american when he could just as easily be considered Caucasian? How is it officially determined what you are when its a 50/50 split? Can a Caucasian be considered racist toward a Caucasian? If someone is rattling off polish jokes is that being a bigot toward my Polish ancestry? If the Constitution and Bill of Rights grant certain things equally to all, then how can the use of a word be allowable for one group and not for another? People need to respect each other and treat others as you would like to be treated. Help your neighbor. Be honorable. To me it does not matter what color, gender, sexual preference, age, income, religion, etc. a person is. It only matters what kind of a person they are.

In addition to Benghazi and all else she has done I can not vote for someone who contends they didn't know it was a bad idea to conduct government business on an unsecured non-government server outside the federal firewall. Fed employees from day one are instructed to protect information, avoid unauthorized disclosures, not use personal email on govt. computers, and you are not allowed to attach your computer to any non govt. issued printer, drive, disc, thumb dive, etc. She must be a complete MORON or believe she is above the law.

I'd think you would possibly want something in the Proctor Creek 55mm or Rainey Creek 60mm areas For the mid lake area some locations are Johnson Brothers Marina 47mm Runaway II marina, bar, and grill 45 1/2 mm Red Fox Bar/Grill 49 1/2 mm Mimosa Beach in Bollinger Creek 44 mm

Not sure how we have gotten to the point that people expect the government to provide everything for them. I am all about giving a hand up to those who need it. I do not think that the government handouts should be a lifestyle. Cigarettes, alcohol, etc. should not be purchased. Drug testing should be mandatory as well as assistance to find a job, job training, etc. Maybe the best idea is to just give folks the food they need and not give them a choice. That way they won't be eating crab legs and steak on the govt. dime. Why should the government pay for someone to babysit your kids? If you can't afford kids then don't have them. If you can't feed your family then get rid of your I-phone, internet, cable TV, flat screen, etc. and get another job. The American dream is there for those who work for it. Go to school get an education. The infrastructure of this country and our cities is deplorable. Put folks to work fixing these problem areas. As a country we can not continue to support the world and every country with a crisis thus driving ourselves deeper in debt. Does anyone help us when a tornado hits or a hurricane or an earthquake? When we send troops, planes, equipment, etc. does anyone help with the cost? If we are going to stick our nose into a skirmish we should only go to win. No more police actions. If we save your keister then you should repay us for doing so. If you are not a citizen of this country you should not receive a cent in government assistance. We have too many citizens that need help to be subsidizing non-citizens. There are ways to become a citizen. Learn what they are and then work towards it. Learn to speak English as that is the language of the USA.

Nice fish. Coming back down in about 3 weeks. Sure hope they are back on the bite.

Thats a night you won't soon forget

Be an interesting format whther you treat as 2 separate derbies or one continuous one. You could pay the leader of the first session a couple hundred and then the overall leader after the 2nd session gets the big prize.