Capt Vince Pierleoni

The 8lbers can work for you some of the time, particularly early spring and late fall fishing the top 40'. The most important thing is you run the same weight on both riggers. You will be glad they are only 8lbers when you are smacking fish and are cranking them up over and over. You will probably want to invest in at least 12lbers for summer. As for the crimps, I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to accomplish but DO NOT take all the cable off to install your releases. Both Cannon and Klincher make a quick install termination for your cable end. If you want to install the old style Blacks on your cable, do so from the Ball end, and then use one of these products. Until someone shows you how to crimp the swivel on stick with these easy to use connections. They endure abuse very well and may very well save you a lead ball.

No matter what, I guess the days of sneaking out of your bow stand at dusk and coming back later to track your deer are over. Unless of course, you want it minus the hind quarters. Maybe hunting them will only make the 'yote population stronger, but perhaps they will become less bold in areas where they are pursued.

Hi Terry and "Pandemonium" team! Doing well but the winter seems too long already. Looking forward to seeing you guys in Wilson in May, hopefully sooner in Dahlousie in April.

New Price! Get ready for Spring!

No doubt about it. Numerous times this season I watched ADULT deer freak out when encountering coyotes. They show little concern in the same areas when a fox is near.

You seem like a sharp angler, as you are plotting your attack for spring now. You will be pretty proficient relatively soon, I would expect. Just keep in mind, sometimes less is more. A boat only hitting 'em on 300 coppers may be spooking them with the rest of their set. With your simpler set, you may be able to produce with other methods and presentations. Kings and Browns are some of the greatest trolling fish on the planet. Put together some simple programs that work at different times of year, then expand from there. These next few years will be the "wonder years" for you, and many memories will be made. Good Luck!

Sweet! When are they drawing Billy?

Rick, that is great news! It will be good to see him "back in the saddle". An important part of life is having things to look forward to, and the Tournaments are definitely worthwhile. Blue moon, the format is such that anyone can win the WHI. Ask any of the Tourny Pros, and they will tell you the fastest way to become competitive and "sharpen your pencil" is to fish the big events. Welcome and best of luck!

Happy Birthday!

I have had very good results for many years with Fish Hawk products, most recently the X-4. You will need to install a transducer on your boat, or at least mount one on a removable bracket for your transom, but you will not need the coated cable. The blow back is minimal, as it is one of the smallest probes on the market. The head(read out) connects and disconnects in seconds. Good Luck.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hannuka to all. In that picture, Morgan looks like, "dad, really?" "A fancy carp?" Next thing you know, he will be pedaling doors in Asia and England.

Merry Christmas to you and your family, Howie.

Merry Christmas Pete!

Merry Christmas, Mav! Ray, very well put. Merry Christmas to all!

Merry Christmas!

There are many different reasons why a 3 blade or 4 blade prop could be better than the other. In your case, the 4 blade prop will not help you "soften" the ride. The prop you have gives you plenty of push, you are slowing down to spare your passengers the brutal beating. In waves like that, a boat is a battering ram. The only way to improve the ride is with more length, or more weight, as your boat already has an excellent hull design for it's size.

Thats good news about the advances in geo-thermal. My uncle has been singing it's praises for years. Saw an article recently in the Wall Street Journal where the big money investors are pulling out of Windmills and moving towards natural gas. This is great news, unless of course, you are in NY where they have stopped all the new capturing(de-fracking?). I know some farmers in PA that are getting rich. The USA has 3 times the amount of natural gas as Saudi arabia has oil. Yes, there are a few snags that have to be worked out, but it will happen when the big money invests in it Yeah, those pre-9/11 days off the Nuke were memorable. Definitely were some winter days in the early 80's when we should NOT have putted down there. We used to throw our anchor up on shore!!! Imagine that today.

Nice job. Yeah, about the hybreds, I was in Stueben co yesterday and saw a GIANT. Perhaps it was a cross. Predator stuff is all new to me, haven't hunted them yet(blasted a few incidentals) but I am seeing them everywhere. Had a cool last day, got my doe with the T/C, and passed 2 small bucks. Most noteworthy was when I watched a huge dark coyote or coydog slither out of the woods 200yds away. Just when he was coming into range, he blew 2 does out of some pines and they were all off and running. His track was alarmingly big. Everytime I see a woman wearing a real fur coat, I compliment her on it. Good Luck predator hunters!

We will learn alot about the Giants and how they feel about Coughlin(a Waterloo, NY native) who I feel is a great coach. I like a coach to be demonstrative, and care as much as the fans do. Vick is absolutely "GIFTED". Watched him warm up next to Donovan last year at the "old" meadowlands. He has the finest throwing motion I have ever seen. Once he reverted to what I call "chaos football", he was unstoppable. They will win alot of games with him, but they better have a good back-up. Still not sold on him as a person. Notice how he acts when he doesn't know the camera is on him-- totally different from that new carefully crafted persona. He will run upfield along the sideline 80yds if he can, but nearly everytime he gets blasted he gets up campaigning for a flag. Wants it both ways.

I think you are dead on, Gator. Had some clients this past Summer from Germany, who were very gainfully employed in the Nuclear energy industry. They talked candidly about having associates charged with maintaining Wind turbines. They stated that it is simply understood how toxic the metal dust is they create, and anyone working in or around one wears a mega-Hazmat suit. They wondered why in the world any of these would be put in or near our drinking water!!! On the other side of the coin, these World energy experts felt strongly that the fad of Windmills was fading in Europe for numerous reasons, and the future of clean and efficient energy there was Nuclear.

Nice job Pete. I was gonna let this die and the bird fans have their fun(haven't seen a word from Mr Tither since at least August--but as an eagle fan he jumped on this one!) But that was one fine compilation. Just think guys, they COULD play again in the Playoffs!

Should sue to get it ALL out, as the whole thing was a sham based on flawed science to begin with. Do we as a country ever learn? Here we go again with the LIE of wind power being a viable form of alternative energy. The proponents keep promoting the untruths that it will reduce the "carbon footprint". The only "footprint" all these cash grabs will reduce is our "tracks" in the world economy. While we continue to shackle our citizens, companies, and our economy overall, the hungry exploding countries like China and India are "full speed ahead". It is so clear that our current admin is absolutely bent on marginalizing this Country, and minimizing our economic power. The windmill fight is far from over, and the "pushers" have deep pockets.

It will be great to have some of the teams back down west again. Good news! Welcome back Primetime Pete and crew, and any other teams coming back. All I keep thinking of is the saying, "if you build it, they will come". Its all about elevating the sport to the stature it should be at.

They out game-planned them for about 52 minutes. No, out game-planned them the whole game, but only executed 52 minutes. When you play the good teams you better bring it for 60 minutes. The Giants better regroup, because in the NFC only them and the Falcons have a shot at stopping them.

Just devastating. The Eagles play "chaos football". If you give them an inch, they'll gladly take a mile. SO many little things resulted in the latest Giants/Eagles folly. Pete, I remember thinking(about the punter), "this situation is going to raise it's ugly head at the worst possible moment", as he was dropping snaps and shanking punts early in the year in games they won anyway. This being said, should have never came down to a rookie punter. Manningham, having his best game of his career, had that careless fumble. Then the non-coverage of the on-side kick, then the illegal motion penalty which put them out of field goal range on their final offensive drive, and all those broken scrambling plays. Coughlin will have his hands full picking his team back up, after going from potentially being the 2nd seed in the NFC, to now having to fight for a playoff spot. Hopefully they will meet again in the NFC championship game. Awful way to lose a game, but this is why the NFL is so engaging.