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Andy Giannini

I have an old reel that is 4.4 to 1 that I like for Chug Bugs and Zara Spook type baits. It allows a bit more turn in the handle between walks and lets the bait coast a bit more before getting twitched the other way. I feel like I am fishing the bait with less contact or loose out there vs. being ti...

Andy Giannini

Dammit Andy I still remember how to adjust the paper graph to get the most out of the display too. And flashers....you bet no problem putting them on the boat and fishing with them tomorrow. Funny Mike Van Wagner took a boat in trade the other day with a paper graph and flashers and he told some of...

Andy Giannini

One cool thing you can get with a dart head and a tube, is a spiral sink. The bait will make a circle on the way to the bottom. You might have to fiddle with the rigging a bit to get the right action. Its a good thing around docks, or dock fingers. One other neat feature to a dart head, is if its to...

Andy Giannini

The Bikes I remember then were either Sting rays, or Mongoose Motomags.

(Thats what I have been doing lately vintage BMX bikes.)

Gotta jam!

Happy Turkeyday!

Andy Giannini

There was only one kind of Levi bell bottoms to get, they were called "Big Bells".

Just realized there were no coin op video games then, only pinball.

Andy Giannini

This morning paper graphs popped into my head. They were awesome for detail, and you could study the paper later in the garage when changing the rolls out. And guys did not turn them on too much, because they did not want use up all the paper. Which was ironic, and I thought at the time stupid becau...

Andy Giannini

When guys start thinking turnover, they are also thinking thermoclines. And they exist, on the rivers. But not how a guy might think like on a lake. A great example would be a dead end slough, and where the tide meets the water that stays in there. You can get an area where two different water temps...

Andy Giannini

There is another anecdote I have to add to this string, one year a guy and his partner (Not really, it was a seperate type draw event.) had 20+ plus in each side but the big motor crapped out. They got towed in late and were allowed to weigh in a club event on the Delta. They won. Funny part was the...

Andy Giannini

If there is pending danger, that is one issue you go get them rescue them. If they want to weigh in fish another seperate issue. If they want a tow, jumpstart, hey my livewells just died, tech troubleshoot, etc. and they are otherwise fine, seperate issue during a tourney. Jesus, if somebody's TM or...

Andy Giannini

Timber Tiger DC-8 I really dig it.

Delta, just to evaluate the bite and figure out what I think is going on.

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Andy Giannini

Just mark it on the calendar to take it out.

By the time you sell and decide to buy again, it costs a bunch of money.

I go out in the morrow!

Regards,

A.G.

Andy Giannini

Watch the tendons if you use the mono pop removal method.

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Andy Giannini

You need to clean out your truck more often.

Andy Giannini

The winner caught the big fish on the Rattletrap!

HAR!

Andy Giannini

7" x Senko
Big profile jig
Tiger DC-8

Wild Card, Watson's Wrat

Andy Giannini

If you wire 2 12v in paralell be sure to use the + off one and the - off the other. Do not come off the same battery. You also could try 2 6v in series. Palalell connections will give you the same VOLTAGE, and DOULBE the AMPRAGE. Series connections will DOUBLE the VOLTAGE and the AMPRAGE will remai...

Andy Giannini

I have had them tag crankbaits, they are like bluegills on roids.

Andy Giannini

I just want my red lightbulb for my flasher.

Best thing in the world in low light or rain, till the bulb goes poof!

Andy Giannini

Calling the hunters "gun swinging fools" is a bit much. Two funny things to relate, I asked a buddy who didn't fish well with his really good partner what happened to them in the tourney. He stammered around a bit, went to say they had established this killer bite "Flipping duck blind...

Andy Giannini

It gets worse. I am sure you guys have heard about the new "Peripheral Canal". This began as a study on the reliablity of the levee system in our state. The finding was that you could not retrofit levees to make them earthquake proof, and the state needs a reliable water delivery system to...

Andy Giannini

I really like fishing tournaments.

I like the puzzle, dealing with the fish, partner, and myself.

Just feeling more broke lately, not just the actual numbers, but the feeling in general.

When things pick up, I am looking forward to more fishing and minor events.

A.G.

Andy Giannini

It is better!

Thumbs up!

A.G.

Andy Giannini

It ok, a little confusing at first.

Gator, I think you sent me a link on how to make the font a little more bold, I lost it.

Figured out my monitor was tilted down too far making the font lighter and tougher to read.

Andy Giannini

Thanks for my Cameron Bug.

Andy Giannini

Awesome.

Andy Giannini

And that's what I wrote in my initial response,

"Intentionally?"

I screwed up, and counted wrong in a livewell, I did not try to weigh in six.

I do enjoy ethics questions.

A.G.

Andy Giannini

I think the funny thing about these type of threads or questions, is how people try to rationalize doing the wrong thing. I mean the whole thread kicks off with the assumption that all tournament anglers have violated the rules at some point, and therefore all of them are cheaters? Soooo, is it ok t...

Andy Giannini

Do you mean intentionally? One time, I had six fish up in the nose of a front Ranger livewell. Did not count right, due to the green Bass saving stuff in the water. Weighed five. Heard a thump in the boat, DQed myself. I would say, its different if you knowingly broke a rule trying to gain advantage...

Andy Giannini

RIP Bug.

And bump to the top.

Andy Giannini

I can add one thought, many of the hard bait molds will have to reworked or scrapped as steel takes up more space than lead for ballast weights. A round steel bearing won't have the weight as the lead one it was designed for. That would change the lure performance considerably. It would take away so...

Andy Giannini

Then it sounds like a more secure pension plan.

Did you sign up for it, or take a public agency job?

A.G.

Andy Giannini

I may have to research more, but the arguement that Cal Pers members do not contribute to their own pension is false. And if taxpayers contribute to Cal Pers, I would contend that Cal Pers members are also taxpayers contributing to that fund. I would say that the vast majority of Californians benefi...

Andy Giannini

A weird thing happened after the attacks. My kid got a fire truck for Christmas, and I was saddled with cutting the the thing loose from all its wires tied to the box. It had sirens, radio talk, flashing lights etc. I was flipping it over, back and forth cutting it free, and an uneasy feeling came o...

Andy Giannini

Myth-Govt. pensions are paid by taxpayers. Fact-Retirement benefits are paid from Cal Pers pension fund, which is a trust fund that can only be used for payment of member benefits and related expenses. Historically, almost 75 cents of every dollar paid in pensions come from investment returns, not t...

Andy Giannini

The question is not, "Would a fish hit it?"

It is, "Would an angler buy it?

If you made them and they didn't go over real good, you could always sell them to the saltwater guys.

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Andy Giannini

I dig 3/4 and 1. Most of my home poured footballs are those. Might be tough to get anglers to go up more than that. In retrospect, some years ago a 1 oz was considered nutty. Yamamoto was fishing them, guys in the desert were. Until Cooch caught that huge bag at Folsom and wrote about it. Could have...

Andy Giannini

Here is the deal, ask if you can drag, stroll, whatever from the TD. And whatever he says, do that. (Or don't do it if its not allowed.) If its allowed, and you are not doing it, you should give it a shot. At times, dragging absolutely kicks butt ,and can be very efficient. So if the goal is to win,...

Andy Giannini

Don't know if it would be safer. Sometimes it would come in handy. I would add that most grab handles are in lousy places. Best grab handle ever was a loop type handle, for the passenger, just under the seat for the right hand. Never did stick the loop around my wrist, that way I could let go. It ke...

Andy Giannini

My club allowed "dragging". Funny thing happened, keyed in on a bite in deep creek channels and thought spinnerbait. My draw partner had a splitshot rig on, I tied a one oz Proline spinnerbait on there and chunked it out behind the boat. He exclaimed, "Hey man, you're TROLLING!" ...

Andy Giannini

How about a ditto handout after you pay your launch?

Andy Giannini

I think I have linked this bad guy to other thefts.

This is getting better!

A.G.

Andy Giannini

Awesome!

I wish there was some kind of high five or bear hug emoticon!

A.G.

Andy Giannini

I worked there.

Andy Giannini

One time, I was jockying the boat with a ball hitch on my Bobcat. Realized, that the skeg was dragging, lowered my ball attachment so it wouldn't drag. The trailer jack contacted the ground, which caused the trailer to pop off the ball. I watch as the the boat pops off the ball, rolls downhill, and ...

Andy Giannini

I don't want to reveal too much, but I have some killer proof of who the bad guy is.

Things are looking up!

A.G.

Andy Giannini

I was tired yesterday and did not lift out my heavy gear bag to take home. (Was going to go back and get it but didn't.) Lost some killer binocs (Steiner), electronics, GPS, laser rangefinder, non contact thermometer, Cold Steel items, cards, etc. Unbeliveable to me, I get a call and my DL and some ...

Andy Giannini

Fish any current break you can find, bridges, piles, fallen tress, boat wrecks, or siphons. Watch it around pumps, they are running right now for irrigation, they have impellers which can rip your baits off. Couple of baits that get out of vogue, Rattle Traps, and just swimming a grub on a leadhead....

Andy Giannini

"Honey while you are at the store, grab a box of Strampions..."

"Jesus, do I have to?"

"Thanks sweetie..."

Andy Giannini

Strampions sounds like a feminine product.

Andy Giannini

Not joking. I have heard people on river running (I mean going fast not going slow) in zero visability in the fog. Because they have GPS. I know GPS is accurate, but it cannot look out for things in the waterway in your path, like a big tree floating downstream. But regarding night operation, I have...

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