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by Delaney
Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:26 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Re-carpeting Trailer Bunks
Replies: 20
Views: 5029

Re: Re-carpeting Trailer Bunks

Trail Rite Trailers one time told me to use Douglas fir, straight with no knots, and don't cover the bottom so it can dry out. They claimed that this wood would take the shape of the boat over time.
by Delaney
Wed Apr 11, 2018 7:38 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Line spooling ???
Replies: 6
Views: 1651

Re: Line spooling ???

Oops, I meant to say reel handle revolutions, not spool revs.
by Delaney
Wed Apr 11, 2018 7:35 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Line spooling ???
Replies: 6
Views: 1651

Re: Line spooling ???

This is what I do. Most reels retrieve 24" to 30" or 2.0 to 2.5 feet per handle crank, and I try to put 150 ft. or 50 yds. per fill. Just count the spool revolutions to 60 or 75. 150 ft. is considerably more than you'll cast, and when you lose line down to the knot, it's time for more line.
by Delaney
Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:24 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: New legistlation may be the most far reaching ban on fishing tackle in the country
Replies: 11
Views: 3555

Re: New legistlation may be the most far reaching ban on fishing tackle in the country

To me it says "greater than .75", under 1.75oz." is not okay, but "under .75" and under 1.75oz. would be ok. I may be wrong, but the sentence is saying that to be illegal, it would have to be all three, bigger than .75", under 1.75oz., and more than 0.1 percent lead. I ...
by Delaney
Wed Feb 21, 2018 7:20 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: New legistlation may be the most far reaching ban on fishing tackle in the country
Replies: 11
Views: 3555

Re: New legistlation may be the most far reaching ban on fishing tackle in the country

This thing is hard for me to understand the way it's written, but to me it says that under 2 cm in length and under 50 grams would be ok.
by Delaney
Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:32 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Oroville Fish Getting Smaller Year After Year 2018 vs. 2017 vs. 2016 WWBT Team Results
Replies: 40
Views: 18013

Re: Oroville Fish Getting Smaller Year After Year 2018 vs. 2017 vs. 2016 WWBT Team Results

Like I said in my previous post "what else is new", I have the same comment when I read that "bass is not a priority". Why keep the data if nothing is done?
by Delaney
Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:22 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Oroville Fish Getting Smaller Year After Year 2018 vs. 2017 vs. 2016 WWBT Team Results
Replies: 40
Views: 18013

Re: Oroville Fish Getting Smaller Year After Year 2018 vs. 2017 vs. 2016 WWBT Team Results

Regarding the slot limit----it's probably true that the slot limit is a big part of the population increase of spots in these lakes. It forced fishermen to release fish at the time they reached spawning size. I think there were posts on this site discussing this very subject. I had a discussion with...
by Delaney
Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:33 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Oroville Fish Getting Smaller Year After Year 2018 vs. 2017 vs. 2016 WWBT Team Results
Replies: 40
Views: 18013

Re: Oroville Fish Getting Smaller Year After Year 2018 vs. 2017 vs. 2016 WWBT Team Results

They may interbreed, but they still look like spots to me. To me this indicates they are dominant and overpopulated.
by Delaney
Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:09 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Oroville Fish Getting Smaller Year After Year 2018 vs. 2017 vs. 2016 WWBT Team Results
Replies: 40
Views: 18013

Re: Oroville Fish Getting Smaller Year After Year 2018 vs. 2017 vs. 2016 WWBT Team Results

MJGR; I see that you're a biologist and am not at all surprised to see you defending spotted bass. I've fished most of the foothill lakes that we're talking about and have seen first hand what happened while it happened. I've personally seen spots start to dominate these lakes in a few years, and in...
by Delaney
Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:52 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Oroville Fish Getting Smaller Year After Year 2018 vs. 2017 vs. 2016 WWBT Team Results
Replies: 40
Views: 18013

Re: Oroville Fish Getting Smaller Year After Year 2018 vs. 2017 vs. 2016 WWBT Team Results

So, what else is new? In these canyon lakes that fluctuate a lot yearly spotted bass over populate the lake in 15 to 20 years because they can and do spawn in deeper water that smallies and largemouths can't. Spots have a successful spawn every year, and the other two don't because of fluctuating wa...
by Delaney
Thu Nov 02, 2017 11:06 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: We are now selling used graphs!
Replies: 5
Views: 2708

Re: We are now selling used graphs!

Looked for a list on their site....they don't have a list and they are gonna sell them on E-Bay.
by Delaney
Wed Aug 23, 2017 12:13 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Unprecedented Clear Lake Fish Die-Off: Dead fish islands about the size of three football fields.
Replies: 48
Views: 17439

Re: Unprecedented Clear Lake Fish Die-Off: Dead fish islands about the size of three football fields.

I agree with Toddmac above. Clear Lake is known to have fish die-offs in warm weather. Who's to say that that this doesn't help control population densities and make it the great fishery that it is. Look at what the population density of spots have done to the foothill lakes, and I would bet that Bu...
by Delaney
Mon Feb 13, 2017 6:37 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Effect Of Dam Failure
Replies: 1
Views: 1068

Effect Of Dam Failure

What I'm wondering about the Oroville dam and spillway failure is it's effect on down stream fisheries. Apparently the lake is overpopulated with spotted bass, and what's going to happen if tens of thousands of them end up in the Delta....probably not a good thing. Pine Flat had it's 10 to 15 year p...
by Delaney
Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:14 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: current status of Smallmouth bass population in Tulloch ?
Replies: 3
Views: 1266

Re: current status of Smallmouth bass population in Tulloch ?

Are there spots in Tulloch?
by Delaney
Wed Dec 14, 2016 4:33 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Lake depth research and spots
Replies: 3
Views: 1053

Re: Lake depth research and spots

Keep a log each time you go and record lake water elevation. I think with these lakes in Cali that this is one of the most important things to keep a rcord of.
by Delaney
Wed Jul 13, 2016 11:15 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Bass Jumping to Catch Dragon Fly- What is Best Bait to Use
Replies: 10
Views: 5141

Re: Bass Jumping to Catch Dragon Fly- What is Best Bait to Use

Two times in my fishing life I have caught bass that jumped up out of the water and grabbed a spinnerbait and I caught both....I guess they thought it was a dragonfly.
by Delaney
Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:05 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Learn the Improved Clinch knot step-by-step
Replies: 2
Views: 840

Re: Learn the Improved Clinch knot step-by-step

I've always believed twisting the line is not the right way to tie this knot. Probably for the last 30 years, I've been "wrapping" not twisting the line with this knot. I think the difference is the twist puts the line in a "shear" angle.
by Delaney
Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:25 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Casitas
Replies: 27
Views: 5307

Re: Casitas

I'm not at all familiar with the situation at Casitas, but I do know that the size drop off at the lake might not be due to lack of trout planting. Could it be a case of the Florida population cross breeding with northern largemouth that were already present, and the gene pool or whatever is behind ...
by Delaney
Wed Sep 10, 2014 2:31 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Good Book about the History and Backgroud of the Delta
Replies: 3
Views: 1271

Re: Good Book about the History and Backgroud of the Delta

"Dawdling On The Delta" by Hal Schell.
by Delaney
Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:51 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Drop shot line twist
Replies: 18
Views: 8782

Re: Drop shot line twist

Comment above about drag being biggest problem with line twist is dead on. I would also add that you don't have to reel against the drag to cause twist. Just the fact that the line is going off against the drag is causing one line twist for every rotation of the spool.
by Delaney
Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:25 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: trailer tires. bias vs radial
Replies: 9
Views: 3205

Re: trailer tires. bias vs radial

Used to work for an RV co. Was told that with trailers bias ply tire stood up better against scuffing that occurs when trailers with out shocks bounce up and down on the road. I think scuffing is side ways movement that stresses the sidewall of the tire. Since then the tire companies have come out w...
by Delaney
Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:13 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: No more Slot Limit?
Replies: 38
Views: 8542

Re: No more Slot Limit?

What about the two questions above that weren't answered re the other lakes mentioned. The reason I'm asking is I don't fish Oroville, and am concerned only about the others.
by Delaney
Thu Nov 22, 2012 8:54 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: No more Slot Limit?
Replies: 38
Views: 8542

Re: No more Slot Limit?

I still don't know about the red-eye bass. Were they only in Oroville? Where did they come from? Are they in any other of the mentioned lakes? If not, why was the slot limit put on the other lakes. If they are in the other lakes, maybe that's a problem too. If the slot limit worked at Oroville, why ...
by Delaney
Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:11 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: No more Slot Limit?
Replies: 38
Views: 8542

Re: No more Slot Limit?

I don't understand that part about the Coho's either as they don't live in the same water column as bass do. Some of the lakes that I fish have Coho's and a declining bass fishery. Also, what's this about the red eye bass. All the lakes that I fish with spots have a lot of fish with red eyes. Is tha...
by Delaney
Tue Nov 20, 2012 11:30 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: No more Slot Limit?
Replies: 38
Views: 8542

Re: No more Slot Limit?

Urban, isn't the slot limit allowing fish to replace the stunted fish that are over populated anyway? I will never understand this line of thinking.
by Delaney
Tue Nov 20, 2012 8:27 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: No more Slot Limit?
Replies: 38
Views: 8542

Re: No more Slot Limit?

I can't understand the statement above that a slot limit is the correct strategy to correct a stunted fishery. Aren't stunted fish caused by an over population in the first place. Wouldn't a slot limit tend increase that same population? These lakes are over populated with spotted bass....period, re...
by Delaney
Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:18 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: No more Slot Limit?
Replies: 38
Views: 8542

Re: No more Slot Limit?

Finally, a constructive move on this. It made no sense to protect a breeding population of 12 to 15" spotted bass in lakes thats are over populated by small spotted bass anyway. I don't think a lot of people knew that with these slot limits you were allowed to keep under 12" anyway. Nobody...
by Delaney
Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:25 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Navionics News - Do you Want 1' contours on McClure?
Replies: 6
Views: 1203

Re: Navionics News - Do you Want 1' contours on McClure?

It would seem to me that 1' intervals on a steep bank lake like McClure would give you a solid dark screen, but what do I know?
by Delaney
Fri Nov 02, 2012 11:32 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: fiberglass cranking rod
Replies: 8
Views: 2683

Re: fiberglass cranking rod

BPS....Browning Sila-Flex, all fiberglass, and they're only 50 bucks. All fiberglass is best, composites still have graphite, which you don't need. Not many all glass rods out there, but I think you'll be seeing more in the future, because of the fish being lost on treble hook lures with graphite ro...
by Delaney
Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:03 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Any used car salesmen out there? Truck buying advice
Replies: 14
Views: 3259

Re: Any used car salesmen out there? Truck buying advice

Best time to buy from a dealer is end of month....they want to salvage a bad month, make a bad month decent, or break a record. Always something to motivate sales people. Key thing on used vehicles is how much money they have in them, which some times isn't much on a used one. Problem is you never k...
by Delaney
Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:38 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: depth finder basics
Replies: 4
Views: 1017

Re: depth finder basics

For the most part the auto setting displays the bottom reading in the bottom area of the screen so you can see what's between top and bottom. If you had bottom setting on manual at 100 ft. and you were in 20 ft of water the bottom would show close to the top, not leaving room to show this. Back in t...
by Delaney
Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:54 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: eastman lake BE CAREFULL
Replies: 2
Views: 934

Re: eastman lake BE CAREFULL

Yeah be careful, It seems to me that since Keith retired last year, this has been evident. Buoys loose and scattered, bunchs in same area for no reason etc. Every buoy out of place means there's an unmarked hazard somewhere on the lake. The buoys at Hensley have been out of place for several years. ...
by Delaney
Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:00 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Not the same old 6lb line thread...
Replies: 24
Views: 5303

Re: Not the same old 6lb line thread...

I forgot to put this in the above post. In my opinion a much used site that does product comparisons is no help in this matter. My skeptical nature makes me think they are trying to generate ad revenue.
by Delaney
Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:53 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Not the same old 6lb line thread...
Replies: 24
Views: 5303

Re: Not the same old 6lb line thread...

Unfortunately there are no regulations about claims that line makers make on their products, and boy, do they take advantage of that. You can see that on all the episodes of "Knot Wars". They use 14 lb. line and the knots break at much more than that. How can this be? How can a knot in 14 ...
by Delaney
Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:36 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Tank @ ISE Show ??
Replies: 0
Views: 388

Tank @ ISE Show ??

What was the purpose of the stump in the tank? I guess it was there for somebody to show a snagless lure, but from what I saw it was a hinderance to the other guys putting on demos. Randy Pringle got a bait caught on it and a guy watching got it loose for him. Later Alan Fong got an Alabama rig caug...
by Delaney
Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:30 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Tire question again!
Replies: 17
Views: 3772

Re: Tire question again!

I was taught 20 yrs ago when selling RV trailers that bias ply tires were better on trailers because they withstood scuffing that occurs when trailers that don't have shocks bounce up and down. I was told that radial tires couldn't stand up to this. At the time I learned this, I was using radial aut...
by Delaney
Fri Sep 16, 2011 4:44 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Which rod blank?
Replies: 5
Views: 1255

Re: Which rod blank?

I have no idea who makes them, but I have three, and they are the lightest, most sensitive I've ever used. I've used most of the other rods, but will admit to not owning a Dobyns, but plan to.
by Delaney
Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:10 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Big Warmouth
Replies: 0
Views: 619

Big Warmouth

Caught this baby at Bass lake in early June. Using a 3/4 oz. spinnerbait and 15 # test line. I keep the drag tightened down and free spool the big fish, and no kidding, I had to free spool this guy 2 times. What a fight, and I couldn't believe a fish that size could pull that hard. He was 11'' long.
by Delaney
Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:15 am
Forum: Political
Topic: why not to buy progessive insurance
Replies: 10
Views: 2042

Re: why not to buy progessive insurance

I agree, Nips. It seems to me the only redeeming value of one side of the spectrum is this side of it. The other side is busier trying to get something positive done.
by Delaney
Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:45 am
Forum: Electronics Product Forum
Topic: Lowrance dead zone
Replies: 16
Views: 4831

Re: Lowrance dead zone

Wonder why no comments from Lowrance at all on this subject? Seems strange!
by Delaney
Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:11 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Trolling Motor head drifts
Replies: 4
Views: 1228

Re: Trolling Motor head drifts

http://trollperfect.com/default.aspx

I got one of these, $15 and It does the job.
by Delaney
Wed May 25, 2011 5:43 pm
Forum: Electronics Product Forum
Topic: Lowrance dead zone
Replies: 16
Views: 4831

Re: Lowrance dead zone

GregD, you put this in a very understandable way, which is another reason that I wish flashers were still available. LCD images disappear in that zone. When I go over a place where I know there is a vertical under water bluff, all I get is a sloping picture that is an average of the two depths, and ...
by Delaney
Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:10 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: eastman lake repair work to start
Replies: 2
Views: 683

Re: eastman lake repair work to start

Doesn't this mean the lake will be totally inaccessible for that time? How can you get to the campground side.
by Delaney
Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:56 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Casting Reel Retrieve
Replies: 10
Views: 1497

Re: Casting Reel Retrieve

I'm left handed and cast left handed. Back in the Garcia Ambssadeur days I used to like to cradle the reel on the retreive. Well, to do this it was cast left, move reel to right, then back to left to cradle the reel. If you're righty and used the right hand reel only one transfer was necessary. It's...
by Delaney
Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:40 pm
Forum: Political
Topic: A PRESIDENT THAT DOES NOT CARE
Replies: 16
Views: 2082

Re: A PRESIDENT THAT DOES NOT CARE

I just thought my post was appropriate considering the topic of the post. I mentioned twice that I didn't want to get hammered. What's to finish? I don't even begin to qualify to get in these political thingies, and I get extremely fed up with the incessant bashing.
by Delaney
Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:36 pm
Forum: Political
Topic: A PRESIDENT THAT DOES NOT CARE
Replies: 16
Views: 2082

Re: A PRESIDENT THAT DOES NOT CARE

I will probably get hammered for this. I distinctly remember when a president of the U.S. announced that he was taking a months vacation, but would be available to make decisions from his retreat. I also remember this was the first time in history this had happened. I know I would get hammered if I ...
by Delaney
Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:17 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Trailer button on throttle.
Replies: 5
Views: 1892

Re: Trailer button on throttle.

Up switch will stop when trimming while running, so lower unit stays in water and picks up water to cool engine. If yours is not set right to do this you may lift motor too high and damage your motor. Trailer switch bypasses this cut-off so you can load on trailer.
by Delaney
Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:38 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Trailer Bunk Boards – Need Advise
Replies: 6
Views: 4437

Re: Trailer Bunk Boards – Need Advise

Last time I did this I called Trail-Rite for help, and this is what they said, and this was 7-8 years ago, and they are still OK. 1 Use wet douglas fir, clean and straight with no knots. It will take the shape of the boat. 2 Paint bottom with primer, and do not carpet the bottom, as this will let it...
by Delaney
Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:47 am
Forum: Jokes
Topic: "What's a Taxidermist"?
Replies: 1
Views: 3487

Re: "What's a Taxidermist"?

Being from Kentucky I resemble that joke!
by Delaney
Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:10 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Flipping/pitching -- braid or flouro?
Replies: 19
Views: 4966

Re: Flipping/pitching -- braid or flouro?

Reflection is light bouncing off the surface, and refraction is light bending while passing through an object. I believe the Infisherman article showed that the braided line did not reflect light. Braided line has an irregular surface that doesn't reflect, while mono and fluoro have a flatter surfac...