OhioFisherman

Glad to hear your back kid! Smile!

Ya, it hit me in the early 80`s, just couldn`t see the need to keep them anymore. I have no particular interest in mounts or pictures, I get a lot more pleasure in seeing them swim away to fight another day. To each his own?

Nice! Now move farther north and you can use them more often! LOL

Ya what he said! Still the best site on the web! Dang I might have fixed my computer problem! LOL

When I was looking for a new ride I had it pretty much narrowed down to an Alumacraft or Crestliner, but I was looking for a single console boat. Both seemed to be well made and had a good selection of features, they all do now. Better to spend a little extra now than decide later you need more, get the biggest motor you can.

At the flea markets here those inserts for receivers are always for sale, kind of makes you wonder where they get them from, used. The inserts will rust in and become hard to remove, if you don`t want to bang legs into them take them out. I have a few of them, I have some set up with 1 7/8 balls some with 2 inch balls, also one set up with a quick change ball, remove a pin and the ball head come off and you can put a different size ball head on. Like anything these days lock it or take it off or it`s gone..

Glen glad to hear your dad is doing good, I know I am slow .

Congrats! A nice fat fish!

The front page of the paper the other day, possibly a new Cabela`s in Wadsworth Ohio, junction of I-76 and State route 57. Possibly within 2 years, devils in the details! LOL Yes closer to home, Deg?

I got about a 35 pound carp on 8# test mono, a lot of other good fish also. Open water it`s not much of a problem, and I prefer to use it for a number of reasons, lure running depth, visability, cost. Not the right line in all situations but for some it`s fine.

Don`t old guy`s use tillers? I mean really, younger guys like myself and Lew have adjusted quite well to steering wheels, granted it takes some doing, but I am sure that given enough time even some of you geezers can do it! LOL just kidding, it`s a matter of personal preference, if you troll a lot on smaller waters a tiller makes sense. How many don`t get the car thing?

Nice ride Rodger, I like the decks deeper in a boat myself, especially when fishing big water like Erie. Fishing out of a bass kind of makes me feel like I am walking the plank.

I don`t ice fish so this may not help. For smaller minnows like for perch fishing I used a 4 or 2 aberdeen they can take it easily and it cuts down on the swallows, for bluegill a size 6, smaller mouths. Hook quality isn`t normally an issue with the smaller panfish, no need to break the bank on expensive hooks. Bigger fish hook quality becomes an issue, I use aberdeen hooks for bass and walleye but spend some money and get good ones. If I am fishing with the intent of catching a bigger bass, walleye, pike or ski on live bait the aberdeens stay home and I use a heavy wire hook, Mustad 3407s work well 3/0 to 5/0. Hook placement for me depends on what I am trying to do with the live minnow, fishing a big chub or shiner under a float I hook them under the dorsal fin with care not to hit the spine, they will live(swim) longer. Casting I take the hook in their mouth and out the gill cover, no need to hit flesh, tipping a jig thru both lips, trolling thru the lips. Big hooks can kill a small minnow quickly, so can improper hook placement.

Ya I can, been swimming since childhood, more of a floater now the energy is gone.

I must have missed that post Glen, sorry to hear it. I lost one this spring, it`s tough. Hope yours will be OK!

Most of my buddies are pulling their boats (glass bass boats) with F-150 and the small v-8`s. Trips all over Ohio, to PA, to NY and Ontario, 1 also tows his down to GA to fish with his son. No problems mentioned, most have Fords because of a family member working there.

I have known my wife for 25 years and been married for 20, she must be crazy!

LOL Raf , it`s the uniform? Maybe Black and Gold is a better color!

A couple of Mepps boo tails, 5.95 each, 40 something bucks worth of soft plastic baits, 1.00 a pack and some Mustad extra wide gap hooks, 1.00 a pack. All still unused, like I needed it anyway! What is fishing? LOL

Are the Leafs like the Browns?

Like the singer Alex Bevin, a skinney little boy from Cleveland Ohio. Still in Ohio, not in Cleveland, the plans fell thru! LOL 35 miles Southwest of Cleveland with a FF on the floor of my boat in the garage! What`s elite about that? Deg and Ruth know how to get here. I don`t check green cards. LOL

I broke a Garcia Colon rod on a hookset back in the 60`s, had a couple of eyes come apart on me, and had the kids break a couple in doors and windows on cars. Not really many problems with rods overall.

Pretty puppie!

Sorry Gerritt, I hope your son is OK!

The only place I have ever seen beer vending machines was on a naval base in Virginia.