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Well, you should. But if you get a bad one, send it to Spro, I hear they are real good at making up for it. I'm not saying that a Rock Crawler is better than a Wart at all times, but I'm saying that has different characteristics than a Wart.

Looks like Carter hollow, I have fished it many times. We did go in there Friday and did not get one bleeping bite. Good on you for getting in there and getting some.

Getting the right one scoped this time, surgeon says it will maybe get me 2 years, but at that point I may need a replacement. I also must lose weight, so I have been dieting the last few weeks. Man if both of your knees need replacing, that has got to be some real pain you are dealing with, everybody I've talked with that has had that replacement deal, has always said they are glad they did it.

Saw a guy do both one day at the Big M ramp. The walkway to the dock was under water, water there was about knee deep. The poor guy launched his boat, tied it up to the dock, then as he reached the part of the walkway that was under water, he slipped and fell sideways into a foot of water. He got up, wet and madder than heck, decided he was going to go home (it was a chilly fall morning), backed his trailer into the water, put the boat on the trailer, tried to exit the boat by going over the front side, but somehow tripped and fell sideways into about 6" of water on the concrete ramp. That one hurt. For the record, I did offer to help (twice), but he insisted on doing it himself. But, it could happen to any of us, really pays to be careful when loading/unloading the boat. And also for the record, I did a face plant myself once back when I had my 17' G3. Parked it on the gravel next to the ramp, tried to exit over the bow, one foot caught hung up on the railing, down I went, just barely had time to get my hands under my chest, but still went down hard. One of those things where I did an inventory for about 30 seconds before I decided to get up. Fortunately nothing was broken.

Thanks guys for the kind thoughts. From all that I've heard, getting a knee scoped usually is a pretty quick recovery. I'll definitely take Champ up on his offer, even if I'm completely recovered. Heck, even if I can't fish, I'd go with him to see how he fishes that Crawler.

Yeah I agree, if you're gonna poach, at least take them home and fry them up. And you'd think a poacher with 2 cents worth of brain power, would want to be somewhat careful about what they are doing. Leaving the carcasses at the ramp kind of advertises your law breaking.

You guys are killing me with these reports, I have to get my knee worked on Monday, so it may be a bit before I can get out again. But, it sure looks like the fish have turned on.

Nice!

Rock Crawler is a bit heavier and runs a bit deeper than the Wart. Easier to cast, and make long casts with. The fish like it. Good hooks, usually runs true out of the box.

That is some good fishing, thanks for sharing! Thanks also for the Kings info, I've been wondering what it was like up there.

Fished from 0800 to 1430 with my buddy Jeb. We caught 15, with 4 keeper sized. Most of our fish came from 2 locations, fished some other spots that should be holding fish and got blanked. Ned rig, shaky head, and 1 or 2 on the A-rig. Water temp 45, water is still that stained green color, hasn't changed from last week.

Yeah man, quit training the fish to do that, I've run into more than a few of those.

The lakes I fished in Massachusetts were thick with perch, problem was finding ones that were big enough to keep, they are excellent eating. They usually are out a bit deeper than the bluegill and they like red worms.

They're all going to be at the BPS store in Springfield on 2/13 giving seminars as part of the Spring Classic sale. My question is - should I wear my Zona jersey or my KVD jersey?

Big M lot has dried dirt and sand on it also. Not a big deal, but it is interesting to see how much dirt must have been suspended in that high water. Saw one of those big hay rolls about 15 feet up on the bank down lake a bit.

Good deal, thanks for the update.

No doubt you shoot someone in a parking lot, they'll confiscate the weapon and they'll put you under arrest until you can convince them that it was self defense.

My guess is he meant to say 1-3 inches per second. I think just about every pro has a different take on the suspensions thing. I've heard from one guy or another that you want a slow fall, or have the bait suspend horizontally, or tail up, or head up.

I'm not totally opposed to government funded college education, but I'd also like to see a credible plan that pay for it, and you can tax billionaires, but even they don't have enough dough to pay for this plan. And I don't want to hear the old rising economy will pay for it argument either. Put together a tax plan that is real and pays for the cost. And putting people through diploma mills doesn't mean that when they get out that there will be good jobs waiting for them, part of the problem I'm hearing now is that kids are graduating from college with tuition debt and they then can't find a good paying job. We need quality jobs also for the graduates.

Huge difference in today's economy and the post WWII economy. We manufactured everything here in the 50's and 60's (cars, furniture, clothing, shoes, appliances, TV's, steel). We'll never have an economic boom like that again, and to hope that we'll ever have an economic boom that will solve our debt is just going to get us further in the hole. As Ness mentioned above we are committed to a huge amount of spending going forward, annual deficits are projected to head back to a trillion dollars per year, and that's assuming reasonable growth in GDP. What if we have another recession? Not to mention that interest rates are historically low and are being held down by Fed policy. When rates normalize we're going to have to spend a huge chunk of money just to service that debt. And if we ever have a government debt induced financial crisis, we'll be screwed, the risks are huge. We can either control this debt through some kind of reasonable policy, or let it control us. Doing nothing, and hoping that our economy will magically and painlessly solve this problem for us is a recipe for disaster.

And it was a re-run. All of those segments were originally 1/2 hour shows. They ran about 3 years ago, maybe 4.

That is some good fishing! Thanks for the report.

Thanks for the heads up, DVR is set.

Should The Bern win out, he would have a big problem with Congress going along with his agenda. I see Hillary as being more pragmatic and willing to work with Congress to get things done, I'm no Hillary fan at all BTW. I like the Manhattan project model in regards to energy research. But, you have to remember that the Manhattan project was done is complete secrecy, no Congressional involvement, no public knowledge. VP Truman didn't know of it's existence until Roosevelt died. Prior to detonating the first A-bomb, Oppenheimer was a little bit concerned that the detonation might cause some kind of uncontrollable atom splitting chain reaction that could destroy the world - probably a thought that would have caused some concern to the Congress and the public if it had been an open program. Any giant energy project funded by the feds will have public and congressional involvement, I'd like to think we could pull it off, but I just don't think we can do that kind of stuff anymore unless it is under circumstances of extreme duress. My biggest concern is our 19 trillion (and growing) debt. We've already mortgaged the future, kids entering the workforce now are going to be effected by this debt for the rest of their lives. All I'm hearing from the candidates on both sides is about the spending programs they want to create, free college tuition, building walls, tax cuts, etc. No word about paying for any of that stuff. It's all about getting elected, the heck with the consequences. I'm not excited by any of the candidates.

Yes sir, it was buried on the TR forum, once we get a month away, I'll start beating the drum a little more. http://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/52723-oa-one-bass-tournament-2016/