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Wayne Congratulations on buying the site. I hope you have fun with it and it only grows and matures as it has in the past. Tony Thanks for making the site what it is today and please dont be a stranger to the board. I wish you the best with your future endeavors. Rich Lund

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I've got one in my boat and really enjoy it. Glad I had it when I got tossed out and was not using the kill switch. Personally I would do the install my self. When I got mine it was way to close to the seat and I moved it forward. I would think you would need to disconnect the old throttle cable. Th...

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I have a couple of jointed claws that swim just like that.

Rich

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I do really enjoy my 301 Curado's and would recommend matching the rod to the weight of the bait. For the extra heavy stuff Powell makes a rod for 8-16 oz baits but the handle is a little short, I extended mine. The loomis BBR series rods are good for swimbaits too. For big Hudds the Dobyn's 806 and...

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I can't seem to figure out why when I tie this knot (and I tie it the same way every time, line goes through the hook eye with the hook facing me, I have also done it with the hook facing away) that the hook ends up upside down. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. I know that when it does I...

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I think that may be too many to be legal but am not sure. Regs are on the DFG site though

Rich

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3 on line tackle shops and $150.00 later, its beer 30

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Offduty dont be fooled. The underground site is moderated more heavily then any other. It is owned by that swimbait company and that custom rod company. If anybody says something bad about either of them, they get banned. That site is the most biased site with 1 adgenda, to sell those baits and tho...

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Reading this thread reminds me of why I asked for this section to be created. It was created a day or two later and I was amazed at the speed at which it happened. There are 3 other swimbait forums other than this one. One is extremely slow, one is extremely moderated and the other has an extremely ...

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I learned that the hard way myself a couple months ago. I was making a wide left hand turn with a friend in the boat and there was a little chop on the water. As I was turning I was trimming down to maintain water pressure but I could have left it alone and been fine. Half way through the turn as th...

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PeteD wrote:Nice job!!!

+1 Looks great, I will be up in march after the Holder Ford. Great facility and people.

Rich

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Great looking baits. I usually bottom bounce at CL any chance of a top hook line through? As far as I know it has not been done in production and I think it would be something new. I had to ask.

Rich

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anyone?

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Matt, I know how you feel. Sometimes I catch a fish and know its at least 10 pounds but really dont want to get distracted by it. So I try and shake it off while reeling it in, with the hope of a "teener" picking up my glow in the dark flatfish and meeting one of my preset goals. I'd rath...

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Great reels, good luck and I am sure they are on ebay.

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Anything shimano reel left handed ends in 1. You are looking for Curado 201 E7's

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Looking for left hand Diawa Pixy's

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I just put 2 up on ebay a couple hours ago starting at $.10

Rich

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I have not tried the Alberto knot yet but it is similar to the Albright and if you google Alberto knot you can find the link. I'd post it for ya if I knew how but heck I just figured out postin pic's.

Rich

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Yeah I hear ya Marty, The CHP and prison guards have pretty good unions. I know the CHP has binding arbitration. I dont know why the state does not value its firefighters as much as CHP and the prison guards. Cal Fire cant seem to get ahead, we took a hit and now pensions just shrunk. I dont underst...

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we just lost a good chunk of our pension. Imagine being retired and knowing what you get each month, then the next months check comes hundreds short. Pretty tough if you are just getting by.

Rich

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My 998CSI came with one as did my 1197 and my two old 997's

Rich

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It is not that it becomes necessary but rather are you wiling to pass on smaller fish to target bigger fish. You will get a lot less bites but should catch more quality fish.

Rich

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Rbass519 wrote:http://bassboatsolutions.com/

Yeah I really like that to but were can we purchase it?

Rich

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sgvangler wrote:To see a smile on my daughter's face when she opens her Barbie Dream House that I'm building right now.

Now thats too cool.

Rich

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To me the biggest problem we have is that the Federal Reserve is not Federal or a Reserve. In fact it is a private bank. One of our forefathers warned us and I quote " If the private sector ever gains control of the United States money supply your children will some day awake on the foreign sho...

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I dont know about all the government pensions so I wont pretend too. I know about my state fire pension and I am not sure after 30 years I could survive on it. My department has not had a COLA raise since I started 14 years ago. Although I got in when it was 3% of your salary for every year you work...

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I completely agree with you and would do the same. I do not litter and appreciate nature quite a bit, I just have stopped supporting signing anything for environmental organizations. I feel they to often shoot themselves in the foot and to often are doing more harm than good. I agree that nature wil...

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I think it is safe to say that the enviromaniacs are from one end of this state to the other. Personally I am not supporting any environmentalist organizations as I feel they have way to much power and are an underlying problem, They cant get it through their thick skulls that the environment must e...

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mark poulson wrote:Did you check out her equipment? Definately old school!

Why is that, no tattoos?

Rich

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I think the enviromaniacs make it hard to build dams. They are worried about dams and dont want the big bodies of water, They would rather have a small seasonal creek.

Rich

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Probably one of the North Fork Composites blanks Gary Loomis is making and are getting built in to the Kistler Z Bones. Fuji K series micro guides in a spiral wrap, the only double foot micro's I know of. A good Fuji seat that allows me to feel the blank under the reel. Split grip with no fore grip ...

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Wow, that screen is enormous! How do you see around it to drive? :lol: Its not in the way. I mounted it as low as possible and it enables you to see over it. The top is no higher than the top of the windshield. I made the dash plate out of a 1/4" piece of King Starboard and reconfigured the ga...

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I would have to agree to go as big as you can. I originally was going to go with the HDS 10 but found out it had no video out port. I went with a Humminbird 1197 on the bow and a 998 in the dash linked to a 15" screen above it. With my old eyes the bigger screen helps although I think Lowrance ...

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A couple of weeks ago I was flying down the lake and a box with about $60.00 of TNT Wadda jigs and Wadda bombs flies out of my boat because of my own stupid mistake. Somebody on the forum asked me how I was liking them and I mentioned what happened. Troyce the owner found out what happened and asked...

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Yeah I can see the answer well all just move to the top half of the state. would that make the Nor Cal guys happy your population would triple or quadruple but then that would be our water too I guess. Rich No one up here wants to dry anyone up down there. It'd just be nice to know that works both ...

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any particular reason ya'll don't build one in No Cal? Can't build one down here, ya'll would have to find another reason to bitch about us down here... :P We would stop bitching about your three showers a days and people having to have lawns in a dessert. Yeah I can see the answer well all just mo...

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With a whole ocean at their front door, why in the world can't S.C. start building DeSalt plants and produce their water as some Arab countrys do ? They have all the money and resourses down their and need water. Get off theit butts and get busy. Bill K :? Santa Barbara already has a de sal plant. ...

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bantam1 wrote:That should be the same reel as the Curado 200DHSV. You can order the drag washer for the Curado and install it. 877-577-0600

Can I upgrade to a better drag washer the one I had in did not last long?

Rich

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Of course if you turn the brakes off or even take them out and turn the cast control off you can cast really far if you use your thumb just right.

Rich

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You may want to try a Daiwa pixy. I have Core 51's Metanium DC's, Curados and Calcutta's. Probably my favorite reel for light baits is the Daiwa Pixy. A member here recommended it and he was right. The Shimano Metainium DC casts light baits real well to but that is about $500.00 and you can pick up ...

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Here is a pic of a similar reel.

Rich

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Well I would certainly wish Tony all the best with his future endeavors and hope that whoever ends up with WB can maintain the standard that is present now. I spend more time on this site than any other and it has taught me a lot, not to mention the new contacts it has helped me make. It is nice to ...

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Mine lands up side down about half the time but the tail kicks right. I will probably see if a tungsten nail weight in the bottom of the head will help out.

Rich

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When my rods get dusty and I pick one up to use it I usually dip all but the reel in the lake and wiggle a bit.

Rich

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ASD wrote:
Whoopbass wrote:So what's changed with this new system?
Now your info is in a data base and big brotha is watchin you

Cuz you know how Al Queda likes to fish.

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yeah candles are a big one and a lot of times things get placed to close to electric heaters.

Rich

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Andy Giannini wrote:Just a guess, but people make mistakes with heating and it was pretty cold.

Especially when you only have electricity for heating. I do not recommend those plug in heaters electric heaters they start plenty of fires.

Rich

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Het OffDuty, did you ever get your Wadda Jigs and Wadda Bombs :?:[/quote Yeah about $58.00 worth. I put them in a small plano box that was sitting next to me today between the 2 seats. I hit about 70 and they flew out, I turned around real quick but got to them just to watch them sink out of sight....

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Cool, thanks
Rich

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