kickingfrog

Plastic and glass. The coatings can make a difference but money has virtually nothing to do with the quality. If prescription eye glasses are marked up hundreds of dollars for a brand name, and they have individually ground glass lenses what do you think the cost of mass producing sunglasses is? Sure there is garbage out there, as I said before, and you do have to compare. The information is there, ignore it if you will but don't suggest that I have to.

Sure but the point is there is zero difference between sunglasses except price and name. Zero, none, nada. This isn't lighter components or better build. This is one of the biggest mark-ups in retail, save for designer handbags.

Crazy easter weekend meant I didn't switch either vehicle. Just made it through before the big accident on the 400 yesterday.

Swallowed your float? You might want to set the hook sooner. It's fun when they're hot eh. It will be soon here, I hope, soon.

Something to consider. Prescription eye glasses are an almost complete scam as far as price goes. Style names costs more, quality doesn't. Eye glasses, with individually ground lenses, and individually fitted, are marked-up hundreds of dollars. That doesn't mean that a $15 pair of sunglasses are what you should get, but you can get everything you need without spending a couple of hundred... unless you need to say I spent a couple of hundred on these sunglasses. Rarely is this a popular point, since once you've spent a couple of hundred you kind of feel that you need to justify it.

For what it's worth, during the year I'll give a feel around the hubs for heat every now and again (ie, when I think of it) when I get home from a trip. Doesn't replace a full inspection at the end/start of the year but it only takes 30 seconds.

Wind must have been blowing out. Last night the bay was open. It was too dark to see how far though.

Enjoy your fishin'.

Like a lure plated with actual precious metals isn't an indulgence that isn't necessary to catch pike for goodness sakes.

Today I noticed that the Cabela's has the saltwater sized x-rap like the ones I use at the store ( 3rd down in the photo that I posted). The price was $22.99. Don't remember what I paid when I got mine but that wasn't it.

You thought those were the only colours I use, or best ones? That's precious.

I haven't had any issues with the finish but I fish rapalas more. Here is a photo of the minnow type hard baits I use for pike: suspending husky jerk x-rap saltwater x-rap livetarget sucker livetarget herring magnum saltwater rapala j-13 18 rapala minnow I don't use the last 3 as much as I used to but they were in the pike box.

Subjective. In a lot of cases, I do think it matters more to the angler than the fish. Most of my hard bait fishing can be covered by some lure that rapala makes, and for me, that's my starting point, not just from a niche but also from a cost stand point. Like most of us I've got a lot of lures and when something new comes out I compare it to what I already have (and what is already out there). We've all got our price points. I'll pay a certain amount for certain types of lures, for certain types of fish. Some would think I'm nutts to pay X dollars for Y to catch Z, and others might think I'm nutts not to pay $X for Y to catch Z. For the most part I've got enough lures to cover the types of fish I fish for and the places I fish them, and the ways I fish them. Mostly I'm replacing lost lures or expanding colours for "good" ones. So I don't spend as much per year on lures as I once did. I do also factor the "cost per fish" as well. A hard bait that will last for years is not the same (to me) as a soft plastic that will only last a fish or two. I see this lure slotting into a spot that I already have a number of lures (big husky jerks and x-raps for pike) so this will compliment that... and it is something I know my brother doesn't have.

I should have at least taken a photo of the bigger version. It was priced very competitively, for musky baits, at $25.

I tried to show the pen for scale. The packaging list it at 6.25 inches and 2.5 oz. Ya, $20 isn't normally what I'd be willing to pay for a pike lure but like I said... I'm a sucker. Suspending Husky jerks and saltwater x-raps are my go-to May-June pike lures so I might pick my spots with this one since I'm not going to have multiple colours like I do for the others.

Had no intention of buying anything but this caught my eye. Like I needed another pike/big walleye lure. We'll see how it fishes cause they have musky sizes as well.

This afternoon:

Destructive but incredible scenes.

Sometimes the only thing interesting in soccer is the goal celebrations.

"Can't help paint Honey, I just have to take a load with the atv and I might not be back until late."

Hadn't seen this before, sorry if it's already been posted. It's a trailer that becomes its own boat. http://tetrapodtrailer.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgY4YTQcJMM

Thanks. I've never used anything but the standard photo editing tools. Time to play around.

Better than finding a baitbucket...

??? Mine is bouncing around. Sometimes it's above 90, then other time it's 45 odd thousand below 90? Anyway, big numbers make my mind hurt.

And don't let anyone tell you different, wool is the only way to go, never cotton.