Sk8man

WTG Dre....a real beauty. I was pretty envious yesterday as we drove home from the Watkins show and I saw about 6 boats out at the south end....didn't realize one of them was you....nice going

If you already have the extendable Cannon booms why not just use it as designed. It would seem that you should be fine with that second section on it or find someone with a solid 4 ft boom. I recently bought an extendable boom on LOU to replace the short one on a Digitroll. Someone may have a long solid one for sale...

Steve - I'm not sure what weights you have on them but if your mounts are secure as they are a foot shouldn't make much difference with 10 lb weights....heavier may be a different matter. Mine are gimble mounted in recessed mounts and I have tested them with the 10 lb weights with no problem but never normally run them that way as I don't have that necessity.

Anyone who is on the fence about getting Rich's weights I saw them at the Watkins show today and he has some really nice ones left and once fishing starts he becomes a fisherman rather than a weight guy so get them while you can

I fully agree shakenbake. It is hard to understand the mentality of people that do that sort of thing and especially so when it is a small businessman standing right there working to make a go of it....very sick stuff....but these jerks are also the type that break into boats and houses too and then sell your stuff.....like I said..LOSERS.

JB235 and I went to the show this morning and I was glad I did. I met up with a bunch of LOU folks there and renewed some bonds. Also felt better about not being able to get the boat out when I saw that just everyone (other than about 6 hearty souls out at the south end some for trout and some for perch from the looks of it) were in the same fix as me....misery loves company It was great to see the spoons flying off the table at Great lakes Lures and Fishy Business' table was tough to get into for the number of people scarfing up the good stuff. It was a real nice show with good prices and a wide selection of things to choose from. I did however feel bad for Fishy (Gerry) because some loser actually stole a brand new Okuma reel from the box while Gerry was busy waiting on customers. Thankfully those folks are the exception to the rule because it is tough enough to run a small business without that S@#$ happening. It was great meeting a lot of LOU folks I've corresponded with and not had the opportunity to actually meet in person and great to chat with Mike S., Hop, Nick, Joe, and Big Dave and others and I look forward to next year's show. For those of you that haven't yet experienced it I'd just say give it a shot next time but get there early .

Hey Ray....great lobster tatoo on your chest Nice pics though. I came back yesterday from Tampa and it was a rude awakening when we flew over New York State and I saw all the snow completely covering some of the places...oh...geez...didn't mean to depress ya before you get back

Nice fish Joe....and good example of why it pays to be "hardcore"

Theresa is right about the "natural" look of irregularity in nature but that is true for the HUMAN eye....and there is experimentation to back it up in the field of visual perception but as far as fish go it is still a "question mark" in terms of number or uniformity. Spots themselves do relate to the natural state of things in that many species of baitfish have "markings" whether spots or discolorations. stripes etc. which differentiate the foreground from the background (figure/ground) which is a critical dimension of basic visual perception and it also may add "cues" to discriminating movement by nearly all species. Also at work on the examples that Ed showed is the fact that CONTRAST (such as light on dark background or dark on light background helps various species to to discriminate objects and to detect movement so the "spots" perform that function as well.

Cool Nick....haven't fished for the billfish there but have fished the Coronado Islands there for tuna and that was a blast. Hopefully the weather will be at least a tad better when we both get back here Good luck!

Sweet machine Justin

They didn't report the total number in the paper but they had a pic of a guy holding up a 5 pound rainbow....not real impressive ( I got one through the ice a couple weeks ago a little bigger ) Really hard to say what this years run is going amount to or if some of it has already occurred the male I caught was spawned out

Thanks Pap. I'm looking forward to a Grouper sandwich and bowl of She Crab soup at Frenchies on the beach ....the h with this snow

We used to use it in the old days in various ways but it has a much larger diameter than say Power Pro so there is much more resistance in the water meaning it doesn't get down to depth nearly as well. Some salt water applications use it mostly for backing.

Thanks Mike think I'll wait until I get back because it will be closer to his return home.

Thanks Jason I'll be in touch when I get back.