FloatnFly

Wait, if they are under warranty why do you want $$$ back? Just get them replaced.

no, i told them i wanted to exchange,but the best they could do was in store credit

Well,after finding out the hard way that my white river fly shop waders ha not one, but 2 seams that had come unglued, I talked to a bass pro rep, explained that I had purchased the waders in august, but had lost my receipt, he said it was not a problem, since I had used a gift card + debit to purchase, they would have the transaction on record, and that they were covered under a 1 year warranty since they are a BPS product so, off i went to BPS.

Fast Forward, returned the waders to BPS, told customer service the issue, and I just wanted to exchange them for a new pair. I was then told that i could only get in store credit, and that since they were on sale within thee last 90 days, that I would only get the sale price as my credit, so now i am either waderless until they come on sale again, or out $50

gopro you won't regret it

haha yea, bps sure has a rep for bad customer service

check thi link out http://www.thefloattubestore.com/

My electronics saved me $300 on Saturday.

 

We were fishing 4' rollers and landing a fish. I still had a rod out on the planer board tipped down 45* and the boat was rockin' hard. I figure at some point with the heavy waves, the rod holder (Bert's Ratcheting Tube) was parallel with the water and the pull from the planer board sucked it right out of the boat.

 

We released the fish and Rob said "Ummm, where's your rod?"

 

We pulled the big planer board in hoping the release was still clinching the line but no luck.

 

We cleared the rods, spun the boat around and re-deployed in hopes to snag the line. Thankfully I was running a Harvo at the time and it's a floating lure. I followed our track on the GPS which was extremely challenging in high winds and waves and prevailed. Saved a Tekota 600LC, rod and muskie lure.

 

For trolling I utilize electronics heavily on big water for navigation, systematic trolling, speed and water temperature. Secondary benefits are structure and fish activity. Many of my fish over the years are produced from a clean sonar screen; flat bottom and little activity. If I had to choose either sonar OR gps for trolling, I'd take gps.

 

For casting and small water, the electronics are nice to get you to a spot but then your senses and instinct have to take over. A paper chart or topo map is just as useful for finding humps and saddles. Your lure will tell you all you need to know about structure. Practice and education will tell you where the fish should be and your senses will confirm if you are correct. That's where the best anglers excel. ChrisK and I were fishing walleye on the same spot, same presentation and he's outfishing me 5-1. He's in the back of the boat telling me "hey, you got one on" LOL!! The same goes for icefisherman (Emil), fishing the same baits a few feet apart on the ice and getting outfished 5-1. I don't think I even want to attempt carp and walleye fishing with Bly.... LOL!!

think there was a bit of luck involved with that, the wind didn't blow the lure off trackor the rod didn't drag it down

yep hex may flies

just grab yourself a few of these and you're good to go

http://www.grahamowengallery.com/fishing/fly-tying/realistic_hex_mayfly.html

Why would you get pissed at that? Guy hasn't caught a fish all day, unless you guys were in some sort of $100,000 big fish contest, lol.

 

If I'm having a good day with a few in the boat and my oldman hasn't hooked up yet I'll tell him exactly where to cast if I just missed a fish.

exactly, i like seeing guests or others catch a fish, for me, its a chance to learn

you know, i have much better luck fishing without them, been out on a friends boat, have only landed 1 fish on itand he relies on his fish finder, my dad an g/fs dad haveno electronics on their boats, and i have caught countless fish on them, so i think i do just fine without them

Anyone want to go Sturgon fishing?

would love to, on the fraser river

nice, i don't know wmuch bout fishing in michigan, but ust going by the map, theres a few lakes and a fairly large and by large i mean huge, river system near by which starts almost at lake erie at wolf lake and dumps into lake michigan

absolutely i do, at one point i had 3 spinning rods, a fly rod and float rod/reel in the back of my truck, locked tail gate with a tonneau cover comes in handy sometimes

you will need a passport, and a way of contacting customs, its best to have anytime you cross over the border, be it by water or by car. even if you don;t think they're watching you, they are

i've bought a pair of white river waders from BPS last august, went out on lake huron in them last night, blew the seams in 2 spots. hoping BPS will replace them

properly taken care of, a rod will last for years, my dad is still using the one he bought 35 years ago, its so worn that the finish is gone, but the rod body is in great shape and had caught more fish than you could ever count. now its a one piece rod, so that may be a factor with no feruls that will crack.

dogs have a very high tolerance to salmonella, so you don't need to worry about that, i know a lot of people that do the raw food diet, and can put you in touch with a supplier if you like as well

sail has em, bass pro is on backorder

was talking to one of dave mercers fishing partners today, he was saying they're the same rapala lure body, just changed the lip

nice griil, better food

the grills have the slack in them because of 1: expansion and 2: makes them easier to remove for cleaning, mine does the same thing,

hope you have a large tank or its natural gas

I would not even concern with an offshore adventure. I would purchase a north amerian vehicle.

oh well im old school.

imports are not allowed on my property....period.

theres a difference between built in NA and assembled in NA. gauruntee your parts were made off shore

don't know if anyone is following this but this bait produces me thinks.....6 guys 5 days on lake of the woods, 185 fish on day 1

http://scatterrap.cabelasevents.com/challenge/

will probably check out at sail when im ready to buy em,

also, keep in mind about size, i don't how big a guy you are, but myself, im 6'4, and i don't fit in quite a few cars, since car makers have this vision of short people sitting in and driving their vehicles, even in my pontiacs, had a grand am and grand prix, i had to have the seats back so far i could look out the rear passenger window

yea, don't try to justify it, , go for it, you need a reliable vehicle, that isn't hurting your wallet in repairs. going to a 2012 or even 2011, would drastically reduce your purchase cost, not to mention insurance premiums on depreciation value on a 2013. get what YOU WANT. test drive em all, see what feels right.

pig, hog, cow

just checked the bps werbsite, a lot of them are available as back orders lol