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by Greg_Cornish
Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:07 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Clear Lake team Tournament Bass Derby
Replies: 0
Views: 274

Clear Lake team Tournament Bass Derby

Hi guys: I'm the tournament director this year for this event. The Bass Derby is a benefit team tournament sponsored, conducted and supported by the Clearlake Bassmasters. 100% of the proceeds go to benefit youth, recreational and environmental projects and groups on beautiful Clear Lake. The Clearl...
by Greg_Cornish
Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:06 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Clear Lake Team Tournament Bass Derby
Replies: 11
Views: 1715

Clear Lake Team Tournament Bass Derby

Hi guys: I'm the tournament director this year for this event. The Bass Derby is a benefit team tournament sponsored, conducted and supported by the Clearlake Bassmasters. 100% of the proceeds go to benefit youth, recreational and environmental projects and groups on beautiful Clear Lake. The Clearl...
by Greg_Cornish
Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:10 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Admins you gettings PMs?
Replies: 2
Views: 215

Re: Admins you gettings PMs?

Thanks
by Greg_Cornish
Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:58 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Admins you gettings PMs?
Replies: 2
Views: 215

Admins you gettings PMs?

Hi guys. I sent sTony a PM about advertising with your web site and haven't heard back. I heard earlier there might be an email and PM problem.
by Greg_Cornish
Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:49 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Best spinning reals
Replies: 26
Views: 3406

Re: Best spinning reals

To bad you couldnt use them all as a test actually fishing with them then decide. I purchased three Pflueger President's after the first one I bought.They are very nice reel's smooth as heck and can handle a good load.I fish spinning gear probably 50% of the time and these are really nice. 8) I hav...
by Greg_Cornish
Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:05 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Thank god another bass boat was close yesterday
Replies: 16
Views: 2755

Re: Thank god another bass boat was close yesterday

My brother wrote for his local newspaper in southern Minnesota. This story of his might feel close to home... As the saying goes, "A bad day fishing is still better than a good day at work" and I'm sure that most of us cling to that thought like a woodtick to a deer but there are days when...
by Greg_Cornish
Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:02 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Thank god another bass boat was close yesterday
Replies: 16
Views: 2755

Re: Thank god another bass boat was close yesterday

Good grief, spendy... http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp;jsessionid=QWFBLJJE1AF0MCWQNWTCCOIK0BW0CIWE?id=0018687&type=pod&rid=0180101070502&cmCat=perf&cm_ven=performics&cm_cat=Google_NonBrand&cm_pla=fish_fishtools_scalemeasure&cm_ite=boca%20grip&...
by Greg_Cornish
Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:38 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Thank god another bass boat was close yesterday
Replies: 16
Views: 2755

Re: Thank god another bass boat was close yesterday

How does it feel today?
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:58 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: how heavy a line for buzzbaits
Replies: 29
Views: 4214

Re: how heavy a line for buzzbaits

I just adjust my drag properly, never had a problem
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:35 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Motorguide or Minn Kota
Replies: 17
Views: 2269

Re: Motorguide or Minn Kota

Auggie Dog wrote: Just in case I don't like it....I have saved all of the names of those who voted for MinnKota so I can remember who to blame.... :twisted:
Auggie Dog 8)
Ummm did I mention I'm moving? :roll:
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:33 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: BASS CLUB questions and rules..
Replies: 10
Views: 1412

Re: BASS CLUB questions and rules..

We use a certified scale. They aren't that much.
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:27 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: What is difference between Muskrat & Otters.
Replies: 49
Views: 25140

Re: I think muskrats are vegitarians

They (marmonts) are in Yellowstone and Glacier too. They darn near eat outa your hand. But I was afraid I might not get the hand back. But they are a land rodent and not in the same family as beaver, otter etc.
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:54 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Motorguide or Minn Kota
Replies: 17
Views: 2269

Re: Motorguide or Minn Kota

My buddy went through three motor guides in a couple months. Finally switch to Minnkota. Jury is out as he hasn't mounted it yet.
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:50 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Short striking fish
Replies: 15
Views: 2449

Re: Short striking fish

Are you skin hooking them like this?
http://www.significantudders.com/senkodemo.MOV 7MB file
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:29 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Best spinning reals
Replies: 26
Views: 3406

Re: Best spinning reals

I tryed out the Quantum Catalyst PTi and its super smooth. I had recently switched to Okuma and still like them however I've been bidding on the $109 value Quantums on ebay and getting them new between $46 and $66.
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:21 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: What is difference between Muskrat & Otters.
Replies: 49
Views: 25140

Re: Yeah Mack i have seen muskrats otter, mink, and beaver

Im pretty sure that the white one was a weasel. They had a black tip at their tail The white weasel and brown weasel is the same animal. The weasel's name is changed to Ermine in winter (accurately or not by lay people) in the northern regions where it sheds its brown coat and becomes white to camo...
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:12 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Guess the weight :-)
Replies: 40
Views: 4278

Re: Guess the weight :-)

52
by Greg_Cornish
Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:59 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: BASS CLUB questions and rules..
Replies: 10
Views: 1412

Re: BASS CLUB questions and rules..

We've posted our tournament rules and our by-laws on our website. Just print them out and modify them to suit your needs.
by Greg_Cornish
Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:55 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: What is difference between Muskrat & Otters.
Replies: 49
Views: 25140

Re: Yeah Mack i have seen muskrats otter, mink, and beaver

BEAVER? I'm really surprised no-one went there.
by Greg_Cornish
Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:42 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Hook Removal Article Paid off for me already!
Replies: 14
Views: 2363

Re: Hook Removal Article Paid off for me already!

Is this online? if so, got an URL?
by Greg_Cornish
Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:36 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Ever catch the wrong critter?
Replies: 19
Views: 4241

Re: Ever catch the wrong critter?

I had a night heron pick up my senko b4 i could react. It went partway down his throat. Instead of jerking him out of water i applied steady pressure and it slide out of his throat unharmed. It didn't even come out of the plastic. Had a near miss with an osprey and a wake bait 2 months ago.
by Greg_Cornish
Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:42 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Great fish photo camera (revisited)
Replies: 37
Views: 4175

Re: Great fish photo camera (revisited)

Yes, some cameras include Adobe Photoshop Lite which has enough features for any amatuer.
by Greg_Cornish
Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:39 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: How close is too close??
Replies: 26
Views: 4072

Re: How close is too close??

I'm glad I can't take the heat. I'm on the lake at 1st light to 9:30 a.m. then back on just before dark til midnight. I think only polite fisherman fish when I do ;)
by Greg_Cornish
Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:03 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Need a New Topwater Bait!
Replies: 21
Views: 3089

Re: Need a New Topwater Bait!

I'm handicapped and find walking a spook more difficult than walking a sammy. However I get a better hookup percentage on a spook.
by Greg_Cornish
Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:33 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Great fish photo camera (revisited)
Replies: 37
Views: 4175

Re: Great fish photo camera (revisited)

This is a good camera too. Just got one for the wife's trip to Europe.
by Greg_Cornish
Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:18 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Great fish photo camera (revisited)
Replies: 37
Views: 4175

Re: Great fish photo camera (revisited)

I'm wondering how disasterous the impact of Pike would be! In the midwest and Canada there are good trout and pike fisheries existing well together, Pike co-habit the same waters as Bass, Crappie, Blue Gill and trout. Personally I think the danger is overblown, but I've got an open mind if someone c...
by Greg_Cornish
Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:25 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Great fish photo camera (revisited)
Replies: 37
Views: 4175

Re: Great fish photo camera (revisited)

Walmart has the best tripods for the money. Near pro quality for $25. Chris did you fish the Bass Derby last year?
by Greg_Cornish
Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:19 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Great fish photo camera (revisited)
Replies: 37
Views: 4175

Re: Great fish photo camera (revisited)

If I'm not mistaken, it's a Sacramento Pike or i.e. squaw (sp?) fish. The real pike, like those in Davis, have nasty teeth. Chris, Nope, it's a Northern Pike. Take it from a former Minnesotan. I made a movie of my brothers on the best Northern Pike fishing day of their lives. This lake was unfortun...
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:18 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Delta looses a 13.35 today.
Replies: 31
Views: 3648

Re: Delta looses a 13.35 today.

TomLeogrande wrote:The bass wasn't the only one that hadn't missed a meal! ....
LOL good one.
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:08 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Accidental Bass
Replies: 1
Views: 463

Accidental Bass

Went out tonight with the guy that works for me. He's not an experience fisherman. He got a bite and jerked it out of the fiushes mouth. The next thing I know he's jerked it across my rods and theres quite an entanglement. His lure sailed out 20 feet into my water. As we're untangling his rod nearly...
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:05 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: DFG???
Replies: 26
Views: 3032

Re: I propose a new hunting license...

In Indian valley poaching is rampant. On my infrequent trips, I find setlines up there every time with the owners about 1/4 mile off. We pull up and drag em out in front of them, tangle them all up, put the string in a garbage sack and steal their hooks and sinkers. They never say a word.
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:52 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Anybody know good Fiberglass guy??
Replies: 3
Views: 673

Re: Anybody know good Fiberglass guy??

One of the best in Kelseyville. My buddy got a 1 ft hole punched in his new G3 a week after he bought it. When he got it back, you could not tell where the damage used to be. 7 years later you still can't. Down Under Boatworks - (707) 279-2628
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:43 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Pontoon help thanx guys I am...
Replies: 5
Views: 599

Re: Pontoon help thanx guys I am...

If I could figure out a way for me (wheelchair user) to get on and off one of these, I'd buy it in a heartbeat
by Greg_Cornish
Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:28 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Locked down thread
Replies: 4
Views: 1323

Re: Locked down thread

Wished I'd had that on my forum. I might have gotten some hits! :D
by Greg_Cornish
Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:13 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Reno Cabelas (Boomtown)
Replies: 7
Views: 1657

Re: Reno Cabelas (Boomtown)

Vernonn wrote:...... wonder what will be missing?
Service I bet. ;)
by Greg_Cornish
Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:55 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: 6 HR TOURNY ONLY FOR CALIF ??
Replies: 18
Views: 1903

Re: 6 HR TOURNY ONLY FOR CALIF ??

I think its just July - August, maybe September in California. The fish can't take the heat of a full day. They were losing to many fish. The hours go back to normal after the summer season, which most of you know. I don't know if other states are cooler, or if they have a difference of opinion on t...
by Greg_Cornish
Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:51 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: ...another beginner frog question...
Replies: 16
Views: 2638

Re: ...another beginner frog question...

My buddy is famous for catching frogs with frogs. It must have been a very realistic frog, because another frog fell in love with it and wouldn't leave it alone.
by Greg_Cornish
Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:14 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Nice Move ABA and DFG???
Replies: 127
Views: 21097

Re: Nice Move EGO & DUMB

100% agreement Sam. You know, those little girls in Salem later admitted they were wrong about the witches. However, it was to late, the damage was done.
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:50 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Clear Lake Top Water
Replies: 7
Views: 1349

Re: Clear Lake Top Water

Guys who've had the spook and popper bite fall off are getting them on buzz baits now. 6 weeks ago we were getting 20 per day.
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:48 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Reno Cabelas (Boomtown)
Replies: 7
Views: 1657

Re: Reno Cabelas (Boomtown)

It would be fun to see a time lapse movie of them stocking the store shelves. That's a lot of moving.
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:33 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: rod holder for back seat
Replies: 15
Views: 2796

Re: rod holder for back seat

I don't understand that confidence bait stuff, but I'm a believer. I still cannot catch a bass on a jig and pig. But someone standing beside me can pull em in all day long.
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:08 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Started Golf for the 5th time ?
Replies: 3
Views: 479

Re: Started Golf for the 5th time ?

Just remember, In olden days when men beat the ground with sticks and cursed they were said to be possed by demons, now they call it Golf.
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:05 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: night fishing lures
Replies: 19
Views: 2424

Re: night fishing lures

Really? FAR TOO EASY!
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:05 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Simple weigh in solution at Clear Lake (and all lakes)
Replies: 14
Views: 2130

Re: Simple weigh in solution at Clear Lake (and all lakes)

That makes far to much sense and is way to easy. You gotta throw in a confusion factor. ;-)
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:02 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Reno Cabelas (Boomtown)
Replies: 7
Views: 1657

Re: Reno Cabelas (Boomtown)

WOOHOO, I'll be first in the door.
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:51 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: night fishing lures
Replies: 19
Views: 2424

Re: night fishing lures

I can use braid fine on a spinning reel but it doesn't reflect under black light.
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:00 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: night fishing lures
Replies: 19
Views: 2424

Re: night fishing lures

I can't use a bait caster because of my hands. I can't use mono on spinning reels because of tangle. Heavy enough line doesn't cast well in Spincast closed face reels. So... when I try to use the stren mono with black lights I run into problems. The FL dyes are expensive. Any solutions?
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:32 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Nice Move ABA and DFG???
Replies: 127
Views: 21097

Re: Nice Move ABA and DFG???

Addressing Zeke's post... Very well put. While I support most of what the DFG does, I'm bewildered at their tactics. They seem to be unconcerned about making adversaries out of the bass clubs who hold a common goal with them. I think most bass fisherman take pride in their group and really get into ...
by Greg_Cornish
Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:18 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Nice Move ABA and DFG???
Replies: 127
Views: 21097

Re: Nice Move ABA and DFG???

Thx, Kenny. had a little trouble sleeping last night worried if I came down on you to hard. You're a good guy.