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- Mon Aug 18, 2025 11:28 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: I Called And CANCELED My Bassmaster Lifetime Membership Today…And They Told Me THIS…
- Replies: 19
- Views: 995
Re: I Called And CANCELED My Bassmaster Lifetime Membership Today…And They Told Me THIS…
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- Fri Jul 18, 2025 3:48 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Very disturbing news...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1828
Re: Very disturbing news...
You wonder about the mentality of somebody that would do that, well I could imagine… I always wanted to watch this documentary on Pike planted (I believe multiple times) on Lake Davis: https://youtu.be/0v1d7GavV5I That’s just the trailer, but the dynamics of the story look fascinating. I believe the...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 12:36 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Clear Lake Bound!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 912
Re: Clear Lake Bound!
Congratulations on the early retirement. I know we’ve talked about Howard Stern on here. I always listen to the old shows when I go out fishing by myself, and it’s just the best. If you know how to torrent you can find them all sorted by year online (or sometimes on a a google drive, internet archiv...
- Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:57 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: What is the best bass lake in the country?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1298
Re: What is the best bass lake in the country?
True Mitch. After the inspection you wait a month to get tagged. It seems some guys have boats that they use here and other boats for other waters. I am blessed to live 3 miles away so while I'm stuck.....It's not a bad place to get stuck at :lol: but I sure wouldn't want to compete in bass tournam...
- Tue Jun 10, 2025 7:19 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5065
Re: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
What do they do? I mean whats to stop someone from bypassing the inspection and launching at the ramp? Not everyone even knows to get an inspection They have workers at all the launch ramps during daytime hours (until 10). The initial inspection puts a wire with your inspection number around the bo...
- Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:14 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5065
Re: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
ok so the thermolito forebay is where I can have my boat checked or are they checking at the ramps at the lake oroville Yep at the Forebay. It’s free, you go through the entrance and then take a left. Make sure your boat is dry and when you lower the motor it doesn’t drip. I don’t think they have i...
- Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:50 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5065
Re: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
Ken Norton.... I would probably like you but you're as dumb as any conservative on here that watches FOX news exclusively. You're all part of the system and don't even realize it. I tossed my Trump flag in the trash a month or so ago. You can have him. He's compromised just like every POS president...
- Sun Jun 08, 2025 5:53 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5065
Re: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
When I was going through the (free) inspection, the people around me looked like those you might see at a county fair or the DMV. Personally I don’t think it’s crazy that out of the thousands of boats inspected less than one percent have, in fact, had the mussel on them. Look at you, you're judging...
- Fri Jun 06, 2025 2:59 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5065
Re: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
Have the Quagga Mussels overwhelmed our water infrastructure? If not, why would the Golden Mussel be any worse? I'm not certain the Golden Mussel will be any worse. But there is a chance it could be. I would love to be wrong. We are talking about different species here, so of course there are going...
- Fri Jun 06, 2025 2:26 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5065
Re: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
Obviously this is a huge deal (in this world). However, most people I talk with aren’t even aware of the situation. That includes boat owners. People go to launch at the ramps and get sent to an inspection site. When I was going through the (free) inspection, the people around me looked like those y...
- Fri Jun 06, 2025 10:42 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Here we go again!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1955
Re: Here we go again!
Yes the upper north of Ca is not nearly as authoritarian commie liberal as the south You can expect more a common sense approach retaining our recreational needs and freedoms But you already knew that being in support of more government restrictions rules and regulations It’s never enough for you u...
- Thu Jun 05, 2025 4:48 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Decontaminations for Lake Berryessa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1107
- Thu Jun 05, 2025 3:27 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Decontaminations for Lake Berryessa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1107
Re: Decontaminations for Lake Berryessa
Why don’t you tell your bro to stop the bs and provide free inspections state wide instead of decontamination stations ? Where are your free decontamination’s at? Oh wait there isn’t any https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2025/May-25/Oroville-Update-5-23-2025 Read the section under “Watercraft Inspecti...
- Thu Jun 05, 2025 9:35 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Here we go again!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1955
Re: Here we go again!
Looks like some of the Northern lakes are heading toward the "honor system" direction:
https://www.actionnewsnow.com/news/all- ... 0c419.html
https://www.actionnewsnow.com/news/all- ... 0c419.html
- Thu Jun 05, 2025 9:24 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Decontaminations for Lake Berryessa
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1107
Re: Decontaminations for Lake Berryessa
Ca the state of tax fees regulations and restrictions https://www.usbr.gov/mp/ccao/berryessa/vsp/facts.html "The Lake Berryessa Recreation area is Federally-owned, public land administered by Reclamation." https://www.usbr.gov/ Again, write to your President! Newsome has CA DWR providing ...
- Tue Jun 03, 2025 11:47 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Here we go again!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1955
Re: Here we go again!
The point is - they are not focusing on or containing the source. Rather they are using incomplete science to usher policy to basically quarantine the healthy (and trying to validate themselves). And as history serves us, this will likely result in more regulation, cost and inconvenience, while, vi...
- Tue Jun 03, 2025 10:07 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Here we go again!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1955
Re: Here we go again!
Anyone believing all these headlines is as gullible as they come. In each instance, Berryessa, Oroville, Tahoe- a boat, which had to have been moored for a prolonged period, in an infected area, sufficient to build up a population of fully grown adult mussels, just so happened to pack up, and head ...
- Tue Jun 03, 2025 5:06 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Here we go again!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1955
Re: Here we go again!
Anyone believing all these headlines is as gullible as they come. In each instance, Berryessa, Oroville, Tahoe- a boat, which had to have been moored for a prolonged period, in an infected area, sufficient to build up a population of fully grown adult mussels, just so happened to pack up, and head ...
- Thu May 29, 2025 5:03 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden mussels might be a good thing....
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5413
Re: Golden mussels might be a good thing....
How is it a need? Because big brother said so ? What you suggest is authoritarian communism Burden on the individual: Time, cost, and inconvenience. Compelled compliance: Even if the individual poses no risk, the law assumes that everyone must be checked. ✅ Great in practice! But sadly a naive phil...
- Thu May 29, 2025 2:53 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden mussels might be a good thing....
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5413
- Thu May 29, 2025 8:25 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden mussels might be a good thing....
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5413
Re: Golden mussels might be a good thing....
80 dollars for a bass boat decontamination at Berry. It’s more for a larger boat from what I hear. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like the reservoirs managed by the federal government are charging for inspections and the reservoir (to this point) managed by the state of California is providi...
- Wed May 28, 2025 4:19 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden mussels might be a good thing....
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5413
Re: Golden mussels might be a good thing....
JV is correct, as usual. My handle Crankyone refers to fishing crankbaits for those of you who don't understand the fishing analogy. Baseless claims about false flag boats eh? Hilarious. So when state parks posted a pic of a boat that allegedly failed an inspection at folsom and it just happened to...
- Tue May 27, 2025 4:45 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden mussels might be a good thing....
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5413
Re: Golden mussels might be a good thing....
That report has a lot of great examples and data on how much of a PITA mussel infestations are, how much they are costing us, and how they're impacting fisheries and recreational activities. I suggest everybody who feels like posting strong opinions on the issue actually read it first. Look, the Go...
- Sun May 25, 2025 6:57 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5065
- Sun May 25, 2025 5:25 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5065
Re: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
:roll: I’m not going to waste my time because I’m pretty sure you were the guy talking about Candace Owen’s being a great news source, so I’ll take any insult from you as a compliment. Maybe, though, you can ponder why our Republican Assemblyman is essentially signing off on this: https://www.faceb...
- Sat May 24, 2025 6:19 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5065
Re: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
I’ll donate 10 pounds of tungsten.jiggin4bass wrote: ↑Sat May 24, 2025 5:57 pm JV should run for governor![]()
Let's donate to his campaign I got a $1.00
- Sat May 24, 2025 1:11 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5065
Re: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
Who is Owen’s? No not silenced It’s your right to speak your anti-American opinion. I take that back Fake book? No thank you I don’t need any news source to see your support of the communist socialist movement Hey, we can agree on the facebook hate! I only linked it because it’s our Republican Asse...
- Sat May 24, 2025 12:52 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5065
Re: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
KennortonJr ideas are that of a communist His ideas are that of authoritarian dictators The Americans despise such ideas. Ken won’t be happy until we can not do anything except stare at video games. These type of people should be silenced. The country is suffering from a mental disorder called libe...
- Fri May 23, 2025 9:34 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5065
Re: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
100% this. This is all a LIE. You're right, they just killed tournament bass fishing for the most part. They're finding mussels at these lakes but in 5-10 years the lakes that don't have inspections there will still not be a sign of mussels whatsoever. This was all planned. They want the delta tunn...
- Fri May 23, 2025 7:52 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5065
Re: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
What a scam. The find a boat on opening day of every inspection and it’s always a pontoon boat moored in the delta for an unknown period of time. If you believe that I have a covid shot for you that will stop you from getting or transmitting the virus. Democrats lie. It’s what they do. In Californi...
- Fri May 23, 2025 2:08 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5065
Re: Golden Mussel found at Oroville
I had my boat checked for Oroville - they are only doing the inspections at the Forebay. They put a wire with a number wrapped at the front part of the trailer and when you launch they take it off (and put a new one on when you leave the lake). Hours of 7:30 - 10:00 for launching. I think 6:30 - 9:0...
- Mon May 19, 2025 3:19 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Have Senkos Changed?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3663
Re: Have Senkos Changed?
I figured you like a stiff one no? Haha. All kidding aside. I prefer the action of the new senko over and old soft one I like the “stiff one” myself The new out of the bag has a faster tight shimmer or you might say a vibration. To me that’s what’s triggers the bite. That vibration mimics fear and ...
- Mon May 19, 2025 8:27 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Have Senkos Changed?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3663
Re: Have Senkos Changed?
I had GSM VP Crispin Powley on the radio show this past Saturday to discuss alot of things but this post on WB was one of the topics we covered. Catch the Ultimate Bass Archive to hear his take on the Senko's being different and other baits. Interesting point about age, so should we start aging the...
- Wed May 14, 2025 12:22 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Have Senkos Changed?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3663
Re: Have Senkos Changed?
So has anyone found a brand they feel compares to the original senko in terms of salt content/rof and action? I tried a handful over the years but always felt Yamamoto was better. Seconded - this is one of the only brands I have been completely loyal to (maybe it's a placebo effect but always felt ...
- Sat May 10, 2025 3:17 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Golden Mussel Inspections
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3117
Re: Golden Mussel Inspections
https://youtu.be/P9yruQM1ggc?si=bkVtJsEM86zNgsr1
- Sun Feb 09, 2025 7:30 pm
- Forum: Political
- Topic: “DONT MISS IT”… DEMS GOING DOWN
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1616
Re: “DONT MISS IT”… DEMS GOING DOWN
This is just sad. What a bizarre man! 

- Wed Feb 05, 2025 5:19 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Deliver more Central Valley water and eliminate rules
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3305
- Tue Feb 04, 2025 7:14 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Deliver more Central Valley water and eliminate rules
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3305
Re: Deliver more Central Valley water and eliminate rules
It’s raining!jiggin4bass wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 6:57 pm Let me repete it again its a done deal. End of story.
Now just go fishing.

- Tue Feb 04, 2025 6:49 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Deliver more Central Valley water and eliminate rules
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3305
Re: Deliver more Central Valley water and eliminate rules
CNN ? Are you disputing the story? You can find any number of sources reporting on this story. Try looking up the local news from the area. Trump posted about it himself on TruthSocial. The long-term water managers are quoted in these stories. You guys love your “alternate facts”! Like the other po...
- Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:38 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Deliver more Central Valley water and eliminate rules
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3305
Re: Deliver more Central Valley water and eliminate rules
Except in his hand. :lol: :lol: :lol: Brutal! :D Now I would love for one of you Trump supporters that actually understands the California water situation to comment on this story (and Trump’s related photo-op tweet): https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/31/trump-california-water-00201909 Now just...
- Sun Feb 02, 2025 3:29 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Deliver more Central Valley water and eliminate rules
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3305
Re: Deliver more Central Valley water and eliminate rules
Every politician damn near in Ca wants the tunnel From Jerry Brown Pelosi to newscum Why are you guys complaining since your party is probably going to get their way now? Kennortonjr obviously works for the government Probably a DEI department. That’s right, up until last week when I was fired for ...
- Sun Feb 02, 2025 3:24 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Deliver more Central Valley water and eliminate rules
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3305
Re: Deliver more Central Valley water and eliminate rules
Trump can’t grow a beard. Except in his hand. :lol: :lol: :lol: Brutal! :D Now I would love for one of you Trump supporters that actually understands the California water situation to comment on this story (and Trump’s related photo-op tweet): https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/31/trump-californ...
- Fri Jan 31, 2025 7:00 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Deliver more Central Valley water and eliminate rules
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3305
Re: Deliver more Central Valley water and eliminate rules
Trump can’t grow a beard.
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 6:33 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Chemo treatment
- Replies: 6
- Views: 750
Re: Chemo treatment
Looks like they hit it pretty good! Glad you have a handy son to help out.
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 5:39 am
- Forum: Political
- Topic: “ITS FINALLY OVER”
- Replies: 91
- Views: 17660
Re: “ITS FINALLY OVER”
What do you want me to say? I do not agree with one word you speak. If you can not see the left is trying to turn this country into a communist country I can’t help you. Joe Rogan like many of us recently turned from the leftist loony tunes idiocy. They attack and cancel those who challenge or ques...
- Wed Jan 22, 2025 7:21 pm
- Forum: Political
- Topic: “ITS FINALLY OVER”
- Replies: 91
- Views: 17660
Re: “ITS FINALLY OVER”
Some of you guys really crack me up. It’s sad - but also funny. This era will be studied, like a 21st century Goebbels. Most of you have been led by a propaganda machine (the new mainstream media) of podcasters and social media. Who are the mainstream most popular podcasters? Conservatives like Rog...
- Wed Jan 22, 2025 5:30 pm
- Forum: Political
- Topic: “ITS FINALLY OVER”
- Replies: 91
- Views: 17660
Re: “ITS FINALLY OVER”
Some of you guys really crack me up. It’s sad - but also funny. This era will be studied, like a 21st century Goebbels. Most of you have been led by a propaganda machine (the new mainstream media) of podcasters and social media. Who are the mainstream most popular podcasters? Conservatives like Roga...
- Thu Nov 14, 2024 6:29 pm
- Forum: Political
- Topic: “KAMALLA ……URRRRR FIRED!!!!
- Replies: 328
- Views: 105064
- Thu Nov 14, 2024 6:15 pm
- Forum: Political
- Topic: “KAMALLA ……URRRRR FIRED!!!!
- Replies: 328
- Views: 105064
Re: “KAMALLA ……URRRRR FIRED!!!!
Do you drink and post dude? You’re getting emotional for no reason. Get some fresh air and relax.
- Wed Nov 13, 2024 7:32 pm
- Forum: Political
- Topic: “KAMALLA ……URRRRR FIRED!!!!
- Replies: 328
- Views: 105064
Re: “KAMALLA ……URRRRR FIRED!!!!
When men were men: https://www.hukgear.com/blogs/news/44239107-6-u-s-presidents-who-loved-fishing?srsltid=AfmBOooQTKRRtaCPz6oIEgf6nQO69LeUnGAtH84OhZR79YNv0Pz530eS I read a lot about the Presidents, who do you have as your top Presidential fisherman? To me, despite being a Republican (the party of b...
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