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monte300

If there were a death involved with this one I'm sure it would make the yearly Darwin Award Winner list.

monte300

My experiences have varied from good to bad etiquette on the Delta. I'm not a tournament fisherman. My favorite was years ago I pulled into a small cove on Franks Tract that was part of my "milk run". I normally caught 1-2 pound fish there. Early one morning I pulled up and there was a man...

monte300

I'm not sure I've ever been drunk enough to pump 28 gallons of gas in my rod locker...........

monte300

I'm no expert on this sort of thing but wouldn't it behoove the boat owner to check with his boat insurance provider to discuss liability issues if something were to happen?

monte300

Whoopbass wrote: Brown is a career crooked politician while Trump is not. You can't even compare the two. Brown is not a cheek he is the hole.

Brown has perfect name for unwiped hole......

monte300

Personally, I've never found BassTrack to be very accurate, regardless of the time of day! The problem with the last tourney was that Basstrak was the actual weights the marshals recorded of each angler's fish, so it was a true tally, not just a guestimate. If B.A.S.S. decides to use that format ag...

monte300

I'm not Asian, but still offended........

monte300

Personally, I've never found BassTrack to be very accurate, regardless of the time of day!

monte300

If it makes you feel any better, I too have struggled lately and I've been fishing the Delta for 25 years. The only good fish I've caught this spring is a 6 1/2 and I've been out around six or seven times.

monte300

I'm still looking for my first DD bass, much less multiple DD's caught in the same day, in the same livewell! ; > )

monte300

My original site name was Oldschool, please don't associate me with Old School! Moving to the islands should be a good experience and hope you find a good local Yamaha service technician who is willing to work on Haole's OB. Tom Isn't Kauai the only Hawaiian island with a bass lake? If memory serve...

monte300

How's this for a compromise, it's most certainly Brown AND the party

monte300

Hey folks, first off I don't work for Six Gill products, nor do I know anyone that does. So, I have nothing to gain by endorsing their baitcast reels. Last year my buddy clued me into this brand and I bought two of the Typhoon model in the 7.0:1 retrieve. I have owned Curado's and some other quality...

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hydro wrote:#BlackMotorsMatter

Ding ding ding we have a winner! By far the best post of the entire thread......

monte300

That's a good citizen in the making. Some of my fondest memories are of my 6 year old son and 8 year old daughter in the bass boat with me, rarely together at the same time. Fishing all morning until it got hot and taking a dip wearing life vests upside down, affectionately known as diapers, all the...

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I have a year 2000 175 Evinrude Ficht and I've had very little problems with it in 17 years and I'm not the easiest on my engine, running with the hammer down much of the time. The motor probably only has around 400 hours on it. In my next boat I'm considering the Etec, Etec G2 and the Mercury Optim...

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I'm not a Mercury guy, although I believe they build an excellent product. Me thinks being forced to take $7k less is more of a product of having to sell the boat quick, more so than the fact a relatively new engine is out of warranty. Any good mechanic can check out an engine to determine it's heal...

monte300

Can't figure out how a good running Mercury cost you $7K just because an extended warranty was not available? Was the $48K asking price realistic?

monte300

Never have I seen a more self serving politician than the POS Jerry Brown. He should be grateful the "freeloaders" voted his sorry _ _ _ into office.

monte300

There is no way they can eradicate all non-native species from the Delta nor could they even come close. That effort would cost way more than the Bullet Train to nowhere. The best and most cost effective measure would be to discourage Sea Lions from staging at convenient feeding locations where the...

monte300

Thanks for bringing up horsepower, Nate. I have never ever known a person that chose less than maximum HP for their boat not have regrets later on. In 2000 when I ordered my boat I was planning to power it with a 175 HP Optimax. However, in year 2000 the Opti was only available in 150 or 200. I went...

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Not giving any facts... As stated, posting a message from Bobby Barrack that he asked to be posted and other info that was "reported" and asked to be shared but as the post states, no one at WB has witnessed anything and was not posting info as anything other than that. Hoping those with ...

monte300

I have a 2000 Triton Tr19 and I love it. However, be sure to get the opinions of owners of newer Tritons. I've heard since they started sponsoring BASS the quality of Triton is not what I have from the early 2000's.

monte300

Doesn't Governor Brown have a close personal friend in the almond growing business? I hear it takes lots of water to produce almonds

monte300

Thank you Governor Brown, you steaming piece of $#!@($!

monte300

There's a reason for that. If he weren't booked I would be worried! ; > )

monte300

I'm not sure about Yamaha but I won't take my Evinrude anywhere but Boatmasters in Livermore. They run a first rate operation and I've been burned by too many other "professionals".

monte300

Can you say, Toad?!

monte300

Allowing this sort of act without punishment will cripple our children. Many of today's parents are more about making excuses for Junior instead of raising him/her to be a contributing member of society.

monte300

Real nice fish, you should be proud of it! The best part of my personal best of 8-12 caught in Mildred years ago is that my seven or eight year old son netted it. I wore it down so junior can say he netted Dad's PB. Quite a memory, for sure. Years before that I caught a 7-7 in Rock Slough that I'm p...

monte300

Back in the day I used to crank the outside weedlines on Victoria Canal and scrape them until my arms ached. This was very effective and despite this area being a nursery, there were also some decent fish to be caught. I'm hoping someone can give me some general areas in the vicinity of Whiskey Slou...

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Thank you Mark. After posting this I did a Google Map on the area and it appears there are at least two breaks that prevent me from leaving Whiskey in the other direction.

monte300

Hello folks, from looking at a map of the Delta I see Whiskey Slough is connected to Victoria Canal via Trapper Slough. Can one actually navigate Trapper Slough in a boat? When launching at Whiskey Slough my understanding is one can only leave Whiskey in one direction, north towards Empire Cut.

monte300

Personally, I plan to continue to honor the speed restriction until 1) it's lifted or 2) I start seeing large numbers of wakeboard boats doing their thing unticketed

monte300

I can't imagine wakeboarders adhering to this restriction once they all hit the water. I'm still obeying it with my bass boat, but the bulk of the problem is/will be the cruisers and wakeboarders throwing 4 foot wakes.

monte300

I've heard Bobby is a fishin machine, fishing sun up till sundown. I've also heard he offers clients the opportunity to stop fishing around 4:00PM or stay until dark with him.

monte300

The fact you caught two pounders your first time on the Delta is an accomplishment. I've seen plenty of good lake fishermen humbled on the river. The more you go, the more you will learn and not even realize you're learning. My style of fishing, mostly cranking and lipless leans me towards rock bank...

monte300

The only reason I know is I store my boat at Whiskey Slough and was notified that the state shut down the ramp and the entire slough. I have seen nothing posted either, but the good news is it got me looking at this website again!

monte300

As strict as most tournaments are about obeying laws, I'm surprised the current speed limit hasn't been strongly encouraged. It would most certainly add an interesting twist for guys not being able to get to some of their best spots because of geographics and travel time.

monte300

Enjoy your time with your son, ACP. Because of college and college football I only get to fish with my son two days a year, once in the spring and once in the summer.

monte300

Thanks for posting this, Cooch. I feel like I'm one of the very few that are trying to obey the speed limit.

I fully understand the temptation to ignore the speed limit since a trimmed out bass boat on plane probably throws the smallest wake of all powered watercraft on the Delta.

monte300

Has anyone besides me tried the Six Gill baitcasters? I love these reels but they are only six months old. They cast a mile.

I've owned many Shimano's in the past from Bantams to the Curados, and you can never go wrong with that brand.

monte300

I sure wish they would open Whiskey Slough back up. I'm getting tired of paying for valet service and having to drag my rig to Turner Cut and launch it there myself!

monte300

Check with your boat insurance. Some pay $500 or more on trailer repairs

monte300

I have a 2000 Triton Tr-19 with a single leaf spring style trailer. Last year I had to replace the trailer axle and instead of taking it from Holt to Livermore, I chose a more geographically desirable place in Stockton called All Marine This turned out to be a very big mistake. They charged me $2400...

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Hey guys I bent my prop pretty severely a week ago for the first time in about 10 years. I needed it back quickly so I can take junior fishing while he's home from college on spring break. Dave over at Prop(R) Repair located at Russo's Marina did a really nice job making my prop look brand new and h...

monte300

I bought a couple of these six months ago and absolutely love them. Not sure how they will be over the long haul

http://sixgillfishing.com/casting-reels/

monte300

On the subject of Delta spraying I once talked to a gentleman that sprays hyacinth on the river and he told me from the time they spray the hyacinth it takes about a month for it to die due to the regulations the government puts on diluting the poison.

monte300

Thanks for pointing that out. I store my boat at Whiskey Slough and my main focus is the Empire and Turner Cut areas.

monte300

Here's the latest update

https://www.sjgov.org/department/oes/pd ... 032117.pdf

It appears the same as before except the Mildred Island area, where the window before and after high tide for 5mph is now an hour either side, instead of two hours either side.

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