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by jimmy87
Tue Feb 17, 2015 6:52 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Never hit the water with out it!
Replies: 30
Views: 6515

Re: Never hit the water with out it!

life jacket and kill switch.
by jimmy87
Fri Aug 23, 2013 10:05 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Wire gauge for 36 volt conversion
Replies: 2
Views: 702

Re: Wire gauge for 36 volt conversion

Same wire. More volts allows the use of smaller wire.
by jimmy87
Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:26 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: IMPORTANT BASSFEST TOURNAMENT INFO
Replies: 4
Views: 1341

Re: IMPORTANT BASSFEST TOURNAMENT INFO

Is a membership required to use paypal and or fish bassfest?
by jimmy87
Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:14 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Victoria Canal and IDIOTS!
Replies: 26
Views: 5873

Re: Victoria Canal and IDIOTS!

I have had the same thing happen. Just last week in fact.

what about passing a wake boat in that canal? I don't think they like that either.

I never fish in those areas past 11 am or so. I do not care for wake boats and they do not like me either.
by jimmy87
Fri Jul 26, 2013 6:51 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Anyone looking for a Team partner ?
Replies: 4
Views: 1635

Re: Anyone looking for a Team partner ?

Email sent


Jim Gondal
by jimmy87
Tue May 07, 2013 5:17 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Jig fishing...???
Replies: 14
Views: 3370

Re: Jig fishing...???

Get a Gann's Hummer jig in 1/2. Trim the weed guard back a bit and go fishing. It dose not hang up as much as many others. The head shape is its own. Its hook has a shorter shank making it much more nice to fish in cover. Stout hook, Hand tied, comes in all the great colors we like to use to boot. T...
by jimmy87
Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:20 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: My ReelEx Experience
Replies: 10
Views: 2067

Re: My ReelEx Experience

x2 Never sent my reels out for cleaning up until a few years ago. Always oiled and clean myself. Now days I send all my reels to ReelEx. They come back BETTER than new. The bearing upgrade is incredible if you choose to have them installed. I do not know what exaclty ReelEx dose to the reels but it ...
by jimmy87
Wed Dec 26, 2012 6:53 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Declaring Clear Lake Hitch Threatened or Endangered
Replies: 13
Views: 3537

Re: Declaring Clear Lake Hitch Threatened or Endangered

Rippin Lips wrote:why not create a hatchery like they with the trout everywhere else...
and introduce them in to the tributaries as they do the trout..?
may sound dumb but a good thought...
these same people have put a stop to trout planting in many streams and lakes in Ca.
by jimmy87
Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:01 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Does this boat look like a stripped stollen boat?
Replies: 18
Views: 4987

Re: Does this boat look like a stripped stollen boat?

looks like a restoration project to me. If you notice all the parts were removed carfully as to not damage the boat.
Not eveyone has money to buy a new boat.
by jimmy87
Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:13 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Here comes PETA again!
Replies: 2
Views: 902

Re: Here comes PETA again!

I think fish feel pain when the talons of an eagle get a hold of them.
Should we tell eagles to stop fishing? What about the bears?

Just saying
by jimmy87
Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:34 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: I'm broke...
Replies: 26
Views: 5528

Re: I'm broke...

yep I have always stretched it before fishing. works great after that.
by jimmy87
Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:00 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: I'm broke...
Replies: 26
Views: 5528

Re: I'm broke...

I use maxima in freezing weather here on our lakes and on gin clear waters of the Smith River in dead winter.
I have not noticed any cold weather problem.

what is it? maybe I have experniced it and just did not relate it to temprature.
by jimmy87
Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:05 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: I'm broke...
Replies: 26
Views: 5528

Re: I'm broke...

I am a fan of big game as well. Green maxima is another awsome line. Green Maxima is hard to see against the dirty water of the delta if you are a line watcher. and has pretty bad memory. However you can stretch it out to rid the memory. It is by far the most abrsive line I ever used. Unlike most li...
by jimmy87
Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:51 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: speeding through the islands?
Replies: 9
Views: 2333

Re: speeding through the islands?

property might be private but water is not nor is the bottom of the river.

200 feet from a docked boat is 5 MPH

my question is at what size of vessel dose this law no longer apply?
I notice most ignore large boats that are docked.
by jimmy87
Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:52 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Mendota Canal/Byron highway
Replies: 4
Views: 1454

Re: Mendota Canal/Byron highway

hair raiser is a striper jig made of animal hair. Buck tail I beilive.
You can find them at most any tackle shop.
They are normaly colored white and have some sort of plastic trailer.
most often a single tail white colored grub. 1 oz is common. Fish it like a swim jig.
They hammer em
by jimmy87
Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:06 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Know any shore/bank spots in the Bay Area?
Replies: 6
Views: 2031

Re: Know any shore/bank spots in the Bay Area?

5 and 6 inch senko. Green pumkin black flake. Cant go wrong. color 301 is another popular color. wacky rig or texas wieghtless. etiher way will get em. Start your fishing on high tide and fish as its out going. money minnow is a good bet for a swim bait. Stripers eat em too. do not forget the brush ...
by jimmy87
Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:15 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Millerton 2 stroke ban
Replies: 15
Views: 9585

Re: Millerton 2 stroke ban

cleaner is better for sure. Let the old engines fade out on thier own. How many 50s-70s model outboards do you see on the the water now days? Few left out on the water from the 80s. Funny how suddenly the old outboards are so terrible for the enviroment. Why were they ok 20 years ago and still just ...
by jimmy87
Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:07 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Millerton 2 stroke ban
Replies: 15
Views: 9585

Re: Millerton 2 stroke ban

the number of old motors out there is small and becoming less all the time. The people making these rules probably do not fish or boat. If they get their way you can bet your *** the water will be closed all together. Did the public get to vote on this matter? Just another Americans freedom lost. Wa...
by jimmy87
Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:10 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Is this a spot or largemouth?
Replies: 19
Views: 4034

Re: Is this a spot or largemouth?

Not sure about that fish but is that photo at lake camanche?
by jimmy87
Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:02 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Found Rod
Replies: 23
Views: 4693

Re: Found Rod

from the looks of things there is alot of rod and reels up at shasta to be found. :D
by jimmy87
Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:31 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Reel Repair?
Replies: 6
Views: 1332

Re: Reel Repair?

Dan the man at reelex is just that. I sent a few in just to see what all the talk is about. I have always cleaned my own in the past and thought I was good at it. How wrong I was. My reels came back casting better than new. I will send out all the reels I own as funds allow. Send your reels to reele...
by jimmy87
Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:34 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Is the A-Rig gonna stick around?
Replies: 6
Views: 1243

Re: Is the A-Rig gonna stick around?

Ban it.
by jimmy87
Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:34 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Found my boat!!!
Replies: 9
Views: 2283

Re: Found my boat!!!

seafoam for sure. Not a bad idea to use a few times a year. Be sure the impeller is doing its job. I myself would just throw a new impeller and water pump in just to know what I have. It should be changed every 2 years. It maybe cracked from being dry for so long. If your getting a good stream from ...
by jimmy87
Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:26 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Take a look at this stuff
Replies: 4
Views: 1258

Re: Take a look at this stuff

super high power scotch guard is what that looks like.
by jimmy87
Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:09 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Alton Jones finds a body during a tourney
Replies: 6
Views: 1947

Re: Alton Jones finds a body during a tourney

Pretty sure I went to grade school jr high and high school with the fellow they found in the delta. I had no idea until now that the body was found in a tournament. I want to say this took place in about 1993.
by jimmy87
Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:04 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Monday turkey shoot out of tracy oasis
Replies: 4
Views: 1167

Re: Monday turkey shoot out of tracy oasis

check with my partner and see you there. Think it might be cold?
by jimmy87
Fri Dec 23, 2011 7:50 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Dee Thomas wanted to post a warning for boat owners
Replies: 32
Views: 6175

Re: Dee Thomas wanted to post a warning for boat owners

I just recieved a notice from DMV to renew my permant trailer registration as well. cost of 10 dollars. However I am not sure for witch trailer. I own 2 trailers. one is for the bassboat the other is a junk/trash/dirtbike hauler. It says the trailer is a 2009. I never owned a 2009 trailer. Go figure.
by jimmy87
Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:18 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Jig n pig: Cold water only, or all year round?
Replies: 3
Views: 979

Re: Jig n pig: Cold water only, or all year round?

pork works year round. Just harder to fish in the summer cause it dries out fast.
by jimmy87
Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:08 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Delta Northern Strain Bass??
Replies: 3
Views: 1519

Re: Delta Northern Strain Bass??

have you gotten a large limit of them latley?
by jimmy87
Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:57 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: What is everyone using for Winter Delta Fishing
Replies: 5
Views: 1868

Re: What is everyone using for Winter Delta Fishing

20 pounds will often win this time of year.
by jimmy87
Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:53 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Tournaments - CoAngler
Replies: 2
Views: 945

Re: Tournaments - CoAngler

Ca bass federation draw tournaments
by jimmy87
Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:51 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Quagga Mussel in the news
Replies: 9
Views: 2008

Re: Quagga Mussel in the news

I have a freind in Wyoming that fishes for walley. They also have inspections on his waters. If a boat fails the inpection it gets hosed off with a chemical solution for free. 15 minutes later you are fishing.
Why is it so hard for Ca to figure that out?
by jimmy87
Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:08 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Lamiglas rods breakage issues
Replies: 21
Views: 4894

Re: Lamiglas rods breakage issues

I am feeling the same way. I have heard of poor warranty issues for years.
I to have a bad reel seat that has spun. I just repaired that myself. Another lost the cap on the end of the cork handle.
I love the way they fish and really like that 806.

Don't think I will be buying anymore after this.
by jimmy87
Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:44 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Flip In The Bird Now at the Hook
Replies: 7
Views: 1497

Re: Flip In The Bird Now at the Hook

not sure about that barbed hooke yet.
by jimmy87
Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:40 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Lamiglas rods breakage issues
Replies: 21
Views: 4894

Re: Lamiglas rods breakage issues

st, croix are made in USA and they have a good warranty. I have a few of the avid seires.
Lamiglas is a very nice rod aw well. I have a few myeself. Never broke one.
by jimmy87
Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:57 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: 4WD Important/Necessary?
Replies: 19
Views: 3433

Re: 4WD Important/Necessary?

I have been wanting a different truck for a while. 4 wheel drive is necessary for hunting for me, I also tow a 21' boat. After much research I have decide my next truck will be a 73-74 F-250 4X4. These trucks are smog exempt and have a Dana 60 rear axle with Dana 44 solid axle front and NP205 T cas...
by jimmy87
Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:23 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Turkey Shoot Saturday Oct 1st interested?
Replies: 8
Views: 1588

Re: Turkey Shoot Saturday Oct 1st interested?

hey hey hey
I dont know when the start time is. I would get there at about 6. figure to launch at safe light
by jimmy87
Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:20 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Turkey Shoot Saturday Oct 1st interested?
Replies: 8
Views: 1588

Re: Turkey Shoot Saturday Oct 1st interested?

I plan on being there. 2 or 3 others from the old club are showing up at this point as well.
Do not know about time. Its getting light much later these days. nearly 7
not sure how many of them are fishing the shoot.

Jim Gondal
by jimmy87
Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:09 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: So what the deal with the new pumps in Victoria.
Replies: 19
Views: 3694

Re: So what the deal with the new pumps in Victoria.

they already grow 80% of the produce. They already get more than enough water.
by jimmy87
Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:53 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: So what the deal with the new pumps in Victoria.
Replies: 19
Views: 3694

Re: So what the deal with the new pumps in Victoria.

The story I hear about the pumps in Victoria canal is that they are for contra costa. Contra Costa gets water farther north at rock slough near Holland. You can see changes at the end of Rock as well. They recently put the pumps in Victoria as the couny anticipates salt water at the current location...
by jimmy87
Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:39 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: So what the deal with the new pumps in Victoria.
Replies: 19
Views: 3694

Re: So what the deal with the new pumps in Victoria.

There is only so much water in northern Ca. I am not so sure who thinks its such a great idea to grow crops in a desert anyway. They are continously coming up with ways to farm larger crops in a shorter amount of time. I eat cotton twice daily. Not sure about you. Who is standing up for the nor cal ...
by jimmy87
Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:57 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: INSPECTION'S
Replies: 7
Views: 1545

Re: INSPECTION'S

Cn I am more frustraded with the whole inspection mess. I am just saying if we complain chances are they will close the water to boating. Our recration is last on the list. I to have spent hours cleaning and drying only to have a quick little inspection. I do understand where you are coming from. no...
by jimmy87
Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:34 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: spinner bait rod
Replies: 15
Views: 2970

Re: spinner bait rod

any st. croix guys here?
by jimmy87
Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:02 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: INSPECTION'S
Replies: 7
Views: 1545

Re: INSPECTION'S

mrobinett wrote:Then why bring it up? It could just make it harder for everybody. Just say thank you and launch.

X 100!

what do you want them to do? find a drop of water and send you home banned from the lake for weeks?

I still believe in freedom. maybe some here do not.
by jimmy87
Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:17 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: spinner bait rod
Replies: 15
Views: 2970

Re: spinner bait rod

thank you to everyone who have suggestions!

Keepem coming :D
by jimmy87
Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:51 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: spinner bait rod
Replies: 15
Views: 2970

Re: spinner bait rod

thatnks for the input. I just may try out Phenix :D
by jimmy87
Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:52 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: spinner bait rod
Replies: 15
Views: 2970

Re: spinner bait rod

not a real fan of Powell.

any others?
by jimmy87
Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:54 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: spinner bait rod
Replies: 15
Views: 2970

spinner bait rod

What do you guys like to tie your spinner baits to?

I am looking for a rod to throw 1/2 - 1 oz. blades on the delta.
Currently I been using my cranking rod as a double. I think that is a mistake since I miss alot of fish with blades.

thanks in advance
by jimmy87
Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:31 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Whites Slough - Anglers BEWARE!!!
Replies: 29
Views: 9242

Re: Whites Slough - Anglers BEWARE!!!

yeah thats good thing you did. I took off the windsheild on my boat. I have thought about a line catching me but figured the seat pedistal up front wout get the line before a windsheild or my neck. are you running without a seat up front? beware of lines across and or hanging under bridges as well. ...
by jimmy87
Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:15 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Whites Slough - Anglers BEWARE!!!
Replies: 29
Views: 9242

Re: Whites Slough - Anglers BEWARE!!!

those people should know that casting a 5 oz sinker across the slough that has boat traffic is not great of an idea.
glad no body got hurt