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I use a MH rod with 50# braid. I also use an interlocking snap for easy changes. I've got about a dozen of them and have only lost 1. I don't like to fool with the baits when I am on the water so I just change the rig to the one I want to try. You just have to tie it on and throw it. It is a bottom snagging sucker so I try to keep it just above the bottom. It can be a pain when fishing cedars on a bluff. Put the other stuff away and throw only it until you get used to it. Be sure to have some icy hot for the elbow when the day is done if you hook a bunch of fish. After I use it for about 3 weeks it takes a couple of month for my left elbow to get back to normal.

I saw Zaraspooks pics of Stockton and decided not to go that way just yet. Has anyone seen the situation at BC or RR. Are the lots and ramps clean or is there still ice and snow down that way?

Sorry about your luck. What about the roads, ramps, and parking lots. Are they clear of ice and snow?

You might try Steve Dickey. That is where he mostly guides.

I'm guessing the motor weighs in at about 450# and the boat close to 1700 +-. I really don't have a clue about the trailer but you also have to figure in gasoline, batteries, trolling motor and gear. I'd say you are getting close to 2 tons. If you are going to be down in the hills around Blue Eye then you will need some umph to get over the hills.

What motor does it have?

That should be fine for Fellows. Unless they have changed the rules a 40 hp is the limit there.

Were you bank fishing or in a boat?

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The local license bureau should be able to look them up and contact the owner.

Send me some perch fillets and I'll do a side by side and let you know what I think.

Yep that is why I parted company with it. It cost more than my first hds 8 and I use it a lot more than the bike.

Send them both and have them carry concrete blocks.

Spoken for pending final arrangements.

Yep. I can also back my truck on to the driveway. You can go ice fishing out of the windows.

This is a gym quality recumbent bike that I have rarely used. It is kind of in the way since I have bought a new wood burning stove. I paid about $1400 for it and will sell it for $700.

If you have changed your mind it would be nice to know.

Have a great time Bob. Wish I had time to go there myself. We have been cold as the propane gets lower in the tank and we push the thermostat down and down. I just can't bite off that $5/gallon myself. I don't have the $3000 for a fillup right now.

I had a 15" one day in the James. I was feeling pretty good until my b-i-l caught a 16 and a 17. I've never seen any bigger but I rarely crappie fish on the rock.

Black back silver body or blue back silver body have both been good to me.

I liked the puppy and Clydesdale but the others were sub par and they were all over the tv when I was at the gym this am. The half time is a matter of preference. I couldn't watch it after the shirtless dudes crawled on stage.

Good luck Bob. I hope you catch a bunch. This weather has me so depressed I can't even think about making the haul on a day like today and the weather gussers say it won't be better for quite a while.

Well I thought the Broncs were a shooin so I made a friendly wager on them at the party last evening. Only 3 people in the pool chose the birds. Needless to say there is no sure thing in this world. If I had been home I would have turned off the tube way before halftime.

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I was on the rock a few days ago. Flat was iced in the am but cleared. Cape Fair cove was clear as were both ramps at Bridgeport. The back of JL hollow had lots of ice from the first dock all the rest of the way back. I some ice in the mouth of Wolly. Didn't see any ice in the mouth of Buzzard but didn't go up in it. Some friends of mine had to break ice to get a boat out of Mill Creek.