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Chris B.

The School of Bass

Chris B.

Tonight!

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Don't forget: a new Dobyns rod will be part of the raffle at this class.

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http://www.theschoolofbass.com/public_pics/bass-class-june2010-wb.jpg This is also a reminder that the School of Bass fishing club is a great way to meet new anglers and improve your skills. We have a very active schedule of monthly and weekday evening turkey shoots. We're different from most bass ...

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Hope to see some new faces at our meeting Wed.

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Wed May 12th, 2010 6:30pm at Round Table Pizza 7700 Sunrise Blvd (Sunrise & Antelope), Citrus Heights (15% discount on food and drinks) Looking for a Sacramento area fishing club that is a little different? The School of Bass Fishing Club is open to all skill levels, husband and wife teams, boa...

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Guys, appreciate the feedback. I guess I'll stick with Verizon. Only reason to switch is if they drag their heels on some of the bigger Android phones with 4" screens that were just announced (those things are beautiful). Caudog, I was a telecom guy too for several decades up until I sold my la...

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I'm planning to get a new smartphone (Android phones have nice mapping, real-time weather, and GPS features). I would appreciate knowing which cellphone carriers are good and which ones are poor when it comes to coverage on our area lakes/delta. I use Verizon now and think it's been pretty good cove...

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Looking forward to it! Should have some great tackle items in the raffle too.

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Take a deep breath and read this article: http://deadspin.com/5490210/espncom-helps-launch-false-obama-wants-to-ban-fishing-rumor Summary: the original ESPN article was poorly researched and even more poorly written. Don't worry, bass fishing isn't going to be banned and no, I'm not an Obama support...

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Well put and you're right, this could be resolved by a royalty payment back to Johnson Outdoors. But it could also just as easily turn into a preliminary injunction against Navico where they are prevented from further selling of side imaging units until the case is fully resolved. Anyway, buyer bewa...

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I really doubt Lowrance would be forced to stop selling if found guilty of patent infringement. You are making a big assumption. I wasn't suggesting Lowrance would go out of business. My warning is for anyone who has not yet bought a side-imaging product anyway. I fully expect all the Lowrance-spon...

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I'm kinda surprised this has not been mentioned yet but...if you want the side imaging feature, you should be aware that the makers of Humminbird (Johnson Outdoors) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the makers of Lowrance (Navico) on January 27 ( http://www.humminbird.com/company/media/pre...

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I was at Berryessa yesterday. Water in the entire lake was stained to very stained depending on where you were. Lots of water has flowed into that lake during the last storm: level is up almost 6 feet.

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Berryessa water level: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryDaily?s=ber&d=today FYI, this is one of the few lakes where the level is not posted real-time. Seems like they update this page manually once a week or so. If you want to see other lake water levels and weather all from a single page...

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Tonight!

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Coming this Thursday...

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And while we're waiting to hear how he does it, you should check out his picture pages: http://www.calfishing.com/gallery/v/mem ... ?g2_page=2
This guy can really catch the big 'uns.

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I didn't answer your original question, sorry. Winning bag was about 17 lbs with big fish of 5+ lbs. 2nd place 13.35, 3rd (us) was 13.33. A few more drops of water on the scale and we would have had 2nd **sigh**

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Yes, they had one...if you want to call it that. A whopping 8 boats showed up. Crappy turnout is to be expected when you don't promote the thing. My partner got an email a few days before the tournament. I got none. Danny Peluso is a nice guy but on the phone he had nothing but excuses for the pi$$-...

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Just confirmed that at this class there will be a special raffle for a Dobyns fishing rod. That's in addition to the regular tackle raffle. One more big reason to come!

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Not sure where you live but The School of Bass has a fishing club that would be perfect for you if it's not too far away. Our home lake is Folsom although we fish the Delta and other lakes not too far away. Nice thing about our club's monthly turkey shoots is that it's cheap to enter and you get gre...

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Reminder this one is coming up and that the tackle raffle will be including some extra nice stuff this time.

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Looking forward to going. Sounds like it will be another good turnout over at Capital City.

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Well, on the topic of being stiffed as a seller on the classifieds here, in January I offered up an older fishfinder on the cheap ($20) with the idea it would help someone out. Packed it up with all the cables, manual, and shipped it out to Dominic Doan in Santa Rosa. After many emails back and fort...

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This should be a very good class. I'm goin'.

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Robert F, it's nice to see sound thinking in a WB post. Especially in today's tight economy shopping for best price for non-essentials (sports, hobbies) is smart. Times have been changing for awhile now when it comes to how people shop. Buying things online makes a ton of sense: 1. Faster, more conv...

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"Can anyone stop this dynamic duo?"

Hmm, just had to log in for this one. Would this dynamic duo allow a boat to follow them around and witness their amazing talents for all the remaining FPT events? If "no", I'd be curious why?

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Chris, Having been in the retail, wholesale, manufacturing, and export side of the outdoor business for the past 30 years... I have never begrudged a retailer the ability to make a profit as long as thier pricing was in line with other retailers. In today's tough economy, I don't blame the retailer...

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I'm gonna take a wild guess that neither of you own a shop or even work at one for that matter. First of all let me start with We aren't Charities and We aren't non profit organizations. Dude even the Goodwill Charges you for stuff that they didn't even pay for. How stupid is that? "Dude,"...

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I've been bass fishing for just under 2 years and have bought my fair share of tackle at local and online stores. I'm wondering why it's been so tough to find a true discount seller of tackle. Even vendors known as "discount sellers" are selling most of their stuff at list price, at least ...

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Ray, do you know if Granite Bay stage 1 ramp will be opened up this AM? I'm planning to launch this AM and can see that the low water ramp will probably reach its high mark in only a few hours. It's filling up fast now!

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Do they come with a fish-catching guarantee?

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Before this get's outta hand, that was a j-o-k-e.

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After being held at 371 ft. for awhile it looks like Folsom may finally be filling up again. For what it's worth, last year it started filling again on Jan 3 so we're 3 weeks behind last year's corner. Now if we can just get SoCal to stop watering their lawns for a few weeks we just might be able to...

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any tips on how to improve my casting distance? I just switched from using Shimano Citica 200 reels to the new Curado 200-E7 series and can now cast my light finese rigs like 1/8 oz dartheads about 20 feet farther. I'm now a believer in more expensive reels if you can afford it. FWIW when I'm fishi...

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Went to Cope and McPhetres in Rocklin to buy a part earlier today. Came home and discovered I needed to swap it out. Called them back just now to hear they were closing early today--for good. Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but 2009 is only going to get worse, economy-wise. Guess we'll be findi...

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If someone puts it on, I'll be there as long as I can get at least a day on the water before then.

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Dan, Excellent reference and good point. I can only speak for myself on what I feel is necessary to ensure safety in dense daytime fog. e.g. on a day when I know lots of tournament boats will be trying to get to their spots fast. I'm willing to risk someone mistaking a distress signal in exchange fo...

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HOW WAS YOUR FISHING :lol: Ash, If I try the strobe thing (mounted behind the pilot position, like on the rear light pole) and it turns out to be too bright, I'll make another post and let you know. As to fishing, it actually was pretty good yesterday. Didn't kill em with any big fish but got 6 for...

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I think technically it would be against the law and considered a distraction. I think such a light could be confused as a distress signal... Not so, according to Mr Sotelo the Regulations Analyst at Cal Boating. Can't get closer to the regs source than that. I'd rather use a strobe in thick fog to ...

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Okay, I just got off the phone with Mike Sotelo the Regulations Analyst at Cal Boating and Waterways. Very helpful and knowledgable guy. Here's his answers to my fog-related questions: 1. Strobe lights. It is legal to use a white strobe light on your boat to signal your position to others. This pres...

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All good advice so far but not specific enough. I was thinking about buying a low-cost ($16) battery operated xenon white light strobe like this one: http://www.epartyunlimited.com/portablestrobe.html It would be very visible thru even thick fog. Assuming it's legal, it could be magnet-mounted on an...

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After running on Berryessa yesterday AM in pea-soup thick fog while a tourney was going on, it got me wondering: Is any kind of strobe light legal so other boats can see you? Normal running lights were useless. My goal is to keep from getting slammed into by someone else who isn't running slow. I wa...

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The ramp is still there but only sticking out into the water by about 8' now. And the water level keeps dropping...

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Went out to the Granite Bay launch ramp this AM to see a "Ramp Closed" sign. Walked down to the ramp and could see the end of the ramp concrete in the water. Unless you have a tin boat or are braver than I, it's pretty much done for the season. That said, I really enjoyed the "5mph&qu...

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