OhioFisherman

"Call now with your $900 offering and receive God's debt cancellation!") [Charlotte Observer, 5-23-09] I might have to take that right to the bank? Owe you what you say? This clears it! Thanks!

I can go east, I can go west, going my way is always best!

Nissan? like no sand?

Congrats to you and Diane Lew always like to see that happen.

I have been to the one in Dundee Mi. a few times, nice store.

Congrats John pretty as a picture! way to small to lip though.

Good morning Lew and all. Starting the day off right, lol as a free man. Cut the anchor line yesterday so now maybe I can change spots.

A bigger concern for me would be what lures are going to let me effectively fish the waters I intend to fish, the depths I intend to fish. I have had a lot of fish caught on bass lures that weren`t bass, a lot of cross over on food for the species, if it`s smaller than them they might eat it, some stupid fish like a 3 inch bass hitting a 5 inch lure. Most species will take a crank bait. a minnow or smaller species imitator, a plastic worm, a tube, jig and pig, indirectly you are matching the available food supply.

Good to hear from you again Lew! Glad you and yours had fun! Lakefield? Sounds kind of like Litchfield? I will be selling one here after tomorrow!

you could also make like a carolina rig? 3 or 4 feet of leader with the lure trailing a slip or egg sinker? small rubber core sinkers, pull out the rubber and crimp to the hook shaft for weight.

No, 25 miles from lake erie about 12 from Chippewa lake, the biggest natural body of water other than Lake Erie in the state. Everything else was made after we killed off or kicked out the indians. No clue as to why they are here or how old, people seem to find a lot of them in this area though. Farming activity over the year has probbly damaged a lot of them, or else throw outs? damaged in the process of making them? Just too many to be from hunting activity.

Haven`t used a suction cup mount in a lot of years, I like the transducer with one on lower in the water, bubbles no clear stream of water under the transducer will cause problems. Even rivets on the bottom of the boat can cause problems in the water stream if the transducer is not low enough. Get it as far down as it will stick.

Any particular rush? I personally would like to have for the most part all the same reels, the tried and true thing. Reel retrieve ration can be a bit over rated, caught far more fish with a slow to medium retrieve than a super fast one, I get get as fast as I will probably ever need with a reel in the 6 to 1 ratio, I have used a lot of baitcasters far slower than that. Always an Abu Garcia man once I started buying my own reels in the 60`s, that changed in the later 70`s, some issues with some Abu reels, a better selection of left hand retrieve reels by the new kids in town (Shimano) gave me a mix. Might just be a personal choice but every bait caster I own is Abu or Shimano, I don`t know any one personally that has Quantum`s or any other brand used as much as mine were that are still happy with them. I do have some dated reels, 70`s 80`s 90`s, no problems with them and even if I was still fishing as much as the old days no need to switch. Buy one, try it out thoroughly and if you like it buy another, better than buying 2 different models or brands at once and having issues with one. If one gets old or breaks it leaves you with a parts reel, although most models tend to have the same problems with breakage or wear.

Transducer positioning, angle as the boat is moving at speed, and mounting method can all cause problems.

Kind of funny what you find when you play in the dirt and with rocks, while putting my back yard in I found arrow heads and spear points made of flint. No dinosaur bones though. The dang Cleveland Indians must have started by me.

http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/component/co...july-boat-sales With the continued job loss and slow market you might find some deals down here.

Dang tjsa it held off this year? don`t you usually get your first snow in august?

Bait fish are most species food supply this time of year, in a tube I go with white and silver fleck for a touch of flash. Grub, white and white head, in a bait like a sassy shad white or silver with a darker back and black jighead. Fire tiger which kind of matches small perch can also work, perch are bait fish to any thing bigger.

They charge you to fish in whales?

Everyone is wired a bit differently, what you want your kid to do just may not make a connection to him-her. Be involved, give and let them make their own guided choices. Rather have mine be do`ers than watchers as long as it`s constructive. LOL Trombone and Clarinet, mom want me to play an instrument, like that happened. I could use a baitcaster at 5 though.

Very nice pike Connie! Snow? I hate them four letter words!

They also make 3 way swivels, might work better?

Me thinks I could make some serious money selling safety straps for rods to some people? LOL great story!

Nice fish! congrats!

Leecham, evidently the Muskie jitterbugs are still made http://www.muskyshop.com/modules/cart/prod...tMuskyJitterbug