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No, no, no. It's hot dog buns, not hot dogs. The name originated from the old lady at Stevens Creek who would go down to the ramp with the Costco size bag of stale hot dog buns, empty them all in the lake, creating a gigantic flotilla of floating bread, quickly encased with a tornado of seagulls. Bu...

It's about time we have a world record bass with all the proper documentation. Congratulations Kurita. Why list the Kurita bass as 22 lbs 4 ounces? it should be listed as 22 lbs 5 ounces, it's actaul weight and call it a tie. Tom The actual weight was 22 lbs 4.9 oz IGFA did the right thing by not r...

As Mike said, that's a Gibb's pencil popper. But it's not old or rare. I bought a couple in that exact color this year; it's a favorite at the beach. You can usually find them at Gus' in San Francisco, when they're not sold out.

Lurking. Stealing all your punching secrets, mostly

I'd second The Smartest Guys in the Room , excellent documentary. While you're at it get The Fog of War , a 2003 movie that's pretty much an hourlong conversation with Robert McNamara talking about Vietnam (naturally) and war in general. What the heck. After you've done that be sure to watch The Wir...

What Steve said.

Except maybe for the reel I'd go for either a Calcutta TE or a Abu 6500 C4.

Deep Cover, I don't think you should be worried after what happened to that other lake. Slot limits generally increase fish population in the protected range. In that case it was fish under 15", so there's no big surprise that's how big all the fish are now. It was just poorly designed. The pro...

Here is what is being proposed... As someone who fishes Coyote lake a couple dozen times a year, I think it's a fantastic idea, and urge everyone to support it

No black bass may be taken from the waters of Coyote Lake that is 12â€

I know on all the local (santa clara county) lakes, cover planting is not allowed. I'm not sure on the specifics, but I heard it is considered similar to introducing foreign fish species. Knocking down trees is also definitely out (there was a funny story there about a bass fisherman with a chainsaw...

That's an awesome fish, and on a jig too (none of this swimbait nonsense )!

Releasing a giant fish is kind of like participating in a habitat improvment project... You're not a bad person if you don't take the extra time to go help plant christmas trees at the lake, but we should encourage everyone to do so because it will make a significant beneficial improvement to the qu...

It has come to my attention the old record was reinstated. I stand corrected.

For the record, the 11lb 15oz fish was disqualified by the IGFA due to lack of evidence. The current record is 10lbs 14 oz. So these are the updated percentages... 15 lb largemouth = 67% of record weight 7 lb spot = 68% of record weight 7 lb smallmouth = 64% of record weight And by the way, I'm no b...

If you vote for giant squid you have to eat it, too!

They can see just fine at night. If your lure is between the fish and the surface (topwater, shallow swimbait, etc) then the most visible color is black. If you hold a black lure up to the sky at night, you can see it makes the most pronounced silloutte (sp?). If your lure is lying on the bottom, wh...

Have you tried a lure retriever? In most cases a 2 oz pyramid sinker with a snap swivel attached (so you can slide it down your line) will knock off your bait 90% of the time. One of the store-bought retrievers work even better.

So if the skill required is not important, what's so special about using your hands to move a bait as opposed to using the trolling motor? You still have to make the lure look alive, even with a trolling motor. From a theoretical standpoint. And shouldn't deadsticking senkos be outlawed, too? I'm su...

NaCl, if you're suggesting that trolling is easier than "regular" fishing, you haven't trolled very much. On the very rare occasion it can be more effective, but it's a hell of a lot more difficult method of fishing. It's just as important to bounce the crankbait off the top of the 20 ft d...

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I've had pacbell dsl for the last 4-5 years and have never had a problem. Over the years the connection speed just keeps getting better and better.

I would second the warning about ZoneAlarm. I thought something was wrong with my computer for a while until I uninstalled that stupid program.

realistic hardbait under $100. No one's come even close yet

It was a good thread. It had some well-written points and was self-regulating in a relatively gentleman-like way. Despite all this, however, there really is no value to a thread attacking the character of someone without any facts or evidence involved. For this reason I agree with Cooch's decision t...

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No one's going to miss a spawned-out 6 lber on the delta