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The past 2 major fires have displaced a lot of folks from Paradise to Santa Rosa all looking for places to live.
Good luck,
Tom

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Dobyns doesn't offer a 807 Fury. Okuma GS A series XH works OK for 8"Hudds. IROD 8' XH swimbait rod is good for $150. Hook sets depends on your hook setting technique; reel set and firm rod sweep works with heavier top hooks and added stinger hooks or treble hook glides, I never rely on a rod o...

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What model? Dobyns Fury is a completely deferent rod then a Campion series. Huddleston ROF 5 is diffrent weight then ROF 16. 8" Hudds fish heavy wet and ROF 12 is OK with RF806 is OK the DC 806 is a better choice.
Tom

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* In memory of Cooch, Andy Cuccia, RIP
It's early cold water period and looking through my jig box are my dark brown I oz jigs and Cooch comes to mind, it's time to fish the 1 Ton jig with the barn red pork trailer on those deep breaks.
Tom

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The op's goal is weight saving, gr 27 cranking battery is good for any bass boat that isn't tournament fishing, no need to run a livewell. Deep cycle battery is designed to be drained and recharged slowly, cranking battery is design to kept charged as needed by the OB. The ultimate weight saver is l...

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Your OB charges the cranking battery when it's running, can't see any reason to use a cranking battery larger size then trolling motor batteries. Running your boats electrical accessories including sonar units for 8 hour outing a group 27 deep cycle marine cranking battery should have enough reserve...

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Welcome back. Catching bass is never about the newest tackle and lures, it is about location and timing and that hasn't' changed in my life time and I am old! 2012 would be 7 years, your tackle is probably a little older unless it was new when you moved. 8:2 Daiwa Tatulas came out about that time pe...

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San Vicente dam was raised 117' to double water storage, the project was intended to be completed a decade ago finished last year in 2018. I believe the Shasta dam project is still in work? I read a new dam is scheduled and funded for the Scaramento River water, it will be interesting to follow how ...

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California has 39 million people, 10 million more people then 2nd largest state population Texas. It's about time everyone realize the importance of water, the people are not going to leave. Politicians are not going to serve the people who elected them if not held accountable. The problem for a sma...

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Go online and look up boat trailer bunks, serveral video's, ETrailer pre carpeted bunks and Ultimate bunks etc. Caution Ultimate bunks are slippery and the baot can slide off easily.
Tom

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It rarely rains in arid SoCal so long ago the visionaries that knew the need for water was critical planned to have it delivered from regions where water is plentiful. The initial water source was Ownens Valley that Mulholland built the 1st aqueduct system to deliver water south to the Los Angeles a...

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Welcome to WB site. You will find WB has become more of NorCal member participation then SoCal. Detailed information is shared by PM's more often then detailed replies with a few exceptions. I haven't fished the lagoon in years and can't help you with what is going on currently. The 1st thing to det...

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The argument that the climate is changing from a wet period to a dry period is man made from pollution defies historical geological sceince data. Knowone can argu that modern man creates air, water and ground pollution, that is a given and something man can and should control. The earth is by far th...

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Not sure the facts are correct. Back in the late 80's a 374 lb Bluefin was caught during a local Marlin tournement off West end of Catalina and weighed in at Avalon by the Tuna club.
Tom

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Just to remind folks the last mega drought California suffered from lasted over 100 years between the 1200's to mid 1300's before Columbus sailed. Prior to that we had a 250 year mega drought between 850 to 1100AD. Mega droughts are defined by annual rain fall less then 4". According to a USC s...

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Mark's statement about the Resnick family highlights the power a few have regarding California and water rights. Few know who the Resnicks are, how much wealth they have from buying grandfather water rights from local family orchard farmers who can no longer afford to compete or dig deeper wells to ...

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California water wars date back into the early 1900''s with both political parties taking turns building waterways to severe thier best interest, it's never been about the publics best interest, it's always about power and money. What was the San Jauqine delta like before the dike system was biult t...

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Rust stains? What metal is in your livewell that causes rust stains? Try using Mr Clean Magic cleaning pads rinse with warm water using a sponge. Baking soda and warm water on a sponge would be the next step followed by a 50/50 mix of white vinegar and warm water wipe down, then fill the livewell wi...

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The West Coast has some of the best bass lakes in the country we all know that they also have 0 chamber of commerce, sports commissions or cities that will pay anything to bring a bass tournament to their community and in fact several didn't pay the fees in the past when major events were brought s...

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Strike King is not closing they are moving their distribution center to Springfield, MO where Lew's is located as well. This is the only layoffs as some of the people may not relocate to Springfield. Makes total sense KB, centralized DC to better serve the customers. Makes sense if you are in the a...

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So Game is now politically correct?
Tom

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Scary situation knowing boats are operating on auto pilot without anyone on watch at the helm. SoCal's coastal waters have a lot of boat traffic that require alert operators when under way. I remember a accident where the boat was on auto pilot GPS set at the Newport jetty, the hit the rocks at 30 m...

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Back in the 70's to the 90's before everyone had good sonar and GPS secret spots were guarded by those in the know. It's the loose lips sinks ships scenario. We studied overhead photos of lakes under construction, topo maps and observation at low pool levels, sometime creating isolated structure bef...

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No. B.A.S.S. has held random opens and 1 secret location Classic at Mead. Western pro's had to move east to compete in B.A.S.S. events until FLW started up. B.A.S.S. claims western communities and anglers don't support their events and they are right! Tom How were they able to have 150+ boat tourna...

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No. B.A.S.S. has held random opens and 1 secret location Classic at Mead. Western pro's had to move east to compete in B.A.S.S. events until FLW started up.
B.A.S.S. claims western communities and anglers don't support their events and they are right!
Tom

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Scott ran well organized tournaments in SoCal when 100+ boats competed on our small over crowded lakes and has the know how and skill to do this. Without off limits and not everyone agreeing on exactly what the rules are only invites stretching the rules and a downward spiral. Trailering a rig from...

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Scott ran well organized tournaments in SoCal when 100+ boats competed on our small over crowded lakes and has the know how and skill to do this. Without off limits and not everyone agreeing on exactly what the rules are only invites stretching the rules and a downward spiral. Trailering a rig from ...

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My first Fred Hull show was back in 1968 at Santa Monica as I recall. Buck Perry had a booth selling his Spoonplugs and I had heard of his structure fishing techniques so being a curious stopped and had a discussion with Mr. Perry. I was shocked that he believed that fish finders like graphs/flasher...

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I have the full set... all 4 sizes. I trolled the rat Ba^%%^s all over Clearlake when I got them in ''74''. Never bit so figured the master of spoon plugging must have been using different colors than mine :lol: and hung them up on the lure trophy wall where they still hang Rip. Should bought Elwoo...

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Newsom veto SB 1 today.
Tom

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Moving back to the topic of capturing adult king salmon and transporting them to the McCloud River so the salmon can spawn followed a year later by recapturing young King salmon migrating down into lake Shasta at the confluence of the McCloud River entering the McCloud rive arm seems on it's face fe...

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I recall fishing a Western Bass event in the early 70's (72?) up north somewhere (Don Pedro?) and Dee Thomas won it. I watch a guy in what looked like a aluminum rental boat using a rod exactly like the jigger pole in the video targeting wind blown debris pockets and had no Idea his was fishing the ...

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Hey, does the glass of water overflow when the ice melts? Think about it... No, ice expands takes up more volume then water. What does your question have anything to do with this topic? Tom Thanks for your answer Tom. Tired of all these liberal topics. If it wasn't for Delta water issues this site ...

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JoeLanghans wrote:Hey, does the glass of water overflow when the ice melts? Think about it...

No, ice expands takes up more volume then water. What does your question have anything to do with this topic?
Tom

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Salt water incursion into the aquifer occurs when the fresh water supply drops lower reducing pressure. The San Juaqine Valley at one time had free flowing rivers from as far south as the Kern, Kings and Merced that created Standing water that seeped down into the aquifers filling them. The rivers w...

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Yes, smaller O-ring or glue it. Another option is use low temp shrink sleeve about 1/4 wide.
Tom

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Dobyns rods are designed to be reel weight nuetral. Rods with the pivot point centered to the reel seat the reel weight doesn't change balance. Reel size should be selected for the line you plan to use. Braid doesn't have memory issues, mono and FC does. Larger spool diameter help to reduce memory i...

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I trust Newsom less then Trump and don't trust Trump any further then I can thorough him, It's a catch 22.
Tom

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It's all about water temps not air temps. If a lake turns over overnight that immediately affects bass behavior.
Tom

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Big Game mono is all I used in the 80's and 90's and caught my top giant FLMB 17-19 lbs) at Castiac and Casitas using 10 lb and 12 lb green Big Game on jigs. Today everyone believes mono stretchs too much. Mono doesn't stretch any more then FC does under the same pulling force plus has superior knot...

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Same engineers who design Oroville dam built Pyrmide dam, Feather a River project.
Templon hwy was the grape vine 99 hwy 4 lane road the dam is contructed on top of at Frenchmans Spring.
Tom

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Non lethal aging methods are lateral line scale, dorsal fin spine counting the rings for each year of growth. Both work but not as accurate as Otolith from dead bass.
Tom

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Male NLMB weight is about right.
Tom

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Washers give you more contact surface area and prevent terminal twisting when tighning. I use SST wing nuts with SST flat for 2 reasons, to prevent over torqing and breaking the battery post and ease of removing with pliers in lieu of finding a wrench, always have pliers handy. 9/16 hex nut for 5/16...

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Where do you all define the western Delta boundary, Suisun Bay at Brown's island?
Tom

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There should be a salinity chart where brackish water meets salt water, LMB will not ebpnter water that is too high in salinity levels or salt water. Salinity levels change seasonally depending on fresh water flow. I would think where the Sacramento River enters the Bay zone or Browns island would b...

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The one thing that harms the Delta and agriculture is salt water intrusion. Reduce the fresh water flow pressure and the ocean salt water pushes into the areas water supply. Wells are now down to 150', 50 years ago they were 50', that is how low the underground aquifer is today, ominous situation. T...

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Before thecFeather River project the San Juaqine Valley was farmed by hundreds if not thousands of small independant family owned farms who got thier water from wells. Dairy farms, vegetable, fruit and nut orchards and cotton. The aquifer was massive and shallow due to centuries of flooding the Basi...

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Govenor Pat Brown democrat and supervisor Warren Dorn republican worked together to develop the Feather River project in the 60's , the start of today's Delta issues. This all started in the 1920's. How would you all to loose the Feather River project dams and reserviors to restore the Delta, can't ...

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Every California bass lake will be crawling with lake lice on Labor Day weekend.
Launch your boat and go straight across the lake and drop shot the walls as early as possible.
The rest of the day you are on your own,
Good luck.
Tom

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