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Does anyone have the speaker lineup and schedule for each of the two days?

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Sounds like you need a designated "sticker" at the weigh-in.

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I have a Tracker 175 with a trim switch, but no jack plate. Would trimming up help in rough water. I don't try to motor wide open anyway if it's rough, but having the front higher makes sense, even if it makes it harder to see.

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Terry,
A big thanks to the 911 guys, both for putting it on, and for not giving us all tickets when we won. :O)
Seriously, it was a really fun format, and they were a great group of guys. If it is announced a little earlier next year, I'm sure more clubs would compete. It is a great format.

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There is no "free lunch". Stay local, with someone who is recommended by a friend. Florida is a long way to go to get "shafted".

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I should never have untied her, I know she can't keep quiet about anything!

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I tow my Tracker with an F150, so I am not an expert on diesels, but several of my friends, roofers and concrete contractors, drive diesel dualies. The roofer has a Ford diesel, 350,000 miles without any motor problems, just bought another for his company, kept the old one. The concrete guy has a Do...

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HH, I think it's kind of more a short term-long term deal. If the dam is "unsafe" and they're going to spend X number of dollars to fix it, then maybe it does make sense to spend enough to put in a newer, safer dam with more capacity. That would make the people below the dam safer, and the...

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screwing the anglers who support tournament fishing.

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Rodger,
Maybe he uses caps because they're easier to read. I just found I can read them without my glasses.

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I looked at the girl in HawgHunter's post, and I started to sweat!

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Great picture! Where'd you get it?

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The worst part is that ESPN has take Jerry McKinnis away from us. I watched his show with my first two boys for years back in the seventies. When McKinnis first went with BASS, and had the "telestrater" and in-boat conversations with the guys who were fishing, it was interesting to me. But...

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ESPN isn't interested in who buys boats, motors, or trucks. It wants a platform to sell toilet paper, deodorant, life insurance, raisin bran, whatever brings in the most commercial revenue. Bass fishing is just the hook, the lure, the bait. They don't care about growing the sport, just the ratings. ...

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I don't fish a lot of tournaments, but I do own a company that deals in service. If I had this amount of complaints, I would check the scale every other angler, publically, to be sure that the scale was right, and to be sure that everyone knew what was going on. Even if there had been no problem, wi...

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Have you been fishing up there yet?

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Take a camping potty onboard, and wrap a blanket around her for privacy. Anything to get her out with you to fish. She sounds like a real keeper.

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How 'bout them Dawgs!!
Seriously, I hope you're doing okay. You picked a heck of a time to move to Georgia.
Say hi to Rita for me, but no kisses.
P.S. Did you ever find out what was wrong with your trolling motor?

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Brian, I hope one of the things you'll catching up on is a full Open report for the forum.
Welcome home, and congrats on a good showing.

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Maybe you could get Yamamoto to come out with a salty ice cream to feed to your fish while you wait in line. Yeah, that's the ticket.

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I have an '04 Tracker 175, and I upgraded to a 24 volt motor, the MG 82. Best thing I ever did. Aluminum boats are sails in the wind, and being able to hold in wind and ski wakes for a whole day is not possible with the 12 volt motors. The larger the motor, the faster the drain on the battery. That'...

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doesn't mean you're right. Or does it?

Congratulations, Arron.

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Jeff, that really stinks. At least you know you kicked their a$$es fair and square.

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Try a Gamakatsu 4/0 EWG light wire worm hook. The lighter wire hook lets you retrieve a little slower, but it's plenty strong and big enough to get a good hookset.
A drop of fishing glue on the head or bend will keep the toad on the hook, even when you drag it through trash.

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I have one on my 82 lb motorguide. It's great. The only thing is I did lose .5mph GPS from the stock prop when I'm running all out. But that's only a tiny part of the time, and the ability of this prop to go through weeds, stickups, and even to grind the shorfe without damage is amazing. The stock m...

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Typical. The politicians are letting people back into the city, and the Coast Guard guy in charge of relief efforts says it's a mistake, that those folks are now going to be even more vulnerable to a much smaller storm since the levees are down. When will politicians start to listen to people who kn...

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tn,
I had the knot slip when I only used six wraps of braid around the flouro. With twelve, I have cut my hand testing the knot, but never had it fail on the water. I'm tying either 14lb braid to 10lb flouro, or 30lb braid to 12lb flouro. Maybe different size lines act differently.

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Maybe this seems like a dumb question (I know, so what's new?), but, if a bunch of boaters are staying at the same hotel, why not get together and hire a guard for the parking lot, or bring a couple of relatives for security, and pay them off in pre fish seats or something like that? Even if insuran...

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Try the Albright knot. It goes through the guides like it's not there. And it's strong. Make a 2" loop in the flouro, thread the braid through the loop and hold it with the thumb and finger that are holding the loop, wrap back down toware the loop 12 times, and thread the braid back through the...

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Two nurses are giving a sponge bath to a woman in a coma. When one of the nurses washes the woman in a sensitive area, she moves. The nurses try again, and again the woman responds. The nurses immediately call the womans husband to the hospital, and report the news. They suggest that oral sex might ...

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HH,
When I miss a lot of fish with the horny toad, they usually pull it down and bite off the legs. That tells me they're smaller fish. Big fish suck it in.

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You can eliminate line twist by using braid as a main line, and then tying on a flouro leader. I use an Albright knot, which seems to go through the guides better than back to back uni knots or a blood knot. I usually tie on a 6-8' leader, and that lasts me for a while, even with retying. I use 14bl...

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Hard to believe you could improve on last year, or the last few years, Rick. My ten year old daughter is really looking forward to going again. That says a lot to me about how much fun your party is.
Thanks in advance.

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And watch out for those cheetahs. They bite!

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If there are big, virgin stripers there, bubblegum swimbaits would work. I'm not sure about the drop shot part.

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it looks like you could catch something serious, maybe fatal, if you touch it.

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