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........yep better paint the other one chartreuse....... ....................I don't know if it works don't try and fix it..............I've alway painted my lead one flat black..........may have to try the green inff'n you keep beating up great looking browns like that !!!!!

Nice meat-hook.... ...(inside joke they pick on me all the time about my GETO-REBAR hooks )....the fish are alright also.......

Feel your pain , thanks for the reort !

Thanks for the report !

..........I'll get back up there some day !!!!!

Regulations Requiring Monitoring and Listening to VHF Marine Radios A charter boat whose radio was not tuned to the proper channel missed a severe storm warning. By the time the captain learned of the storm, it was too late to return to shore. The ship sank and a couple of persons died. A yacht in trouble off the west coast of Mexico and far from help saw a passenger ship. What should have been a quick rescue could have turned to disaster when the passenger ship (improperly) had its radio off. The yacht was able to attract the ship's attention, however, and was rescued. Misunderstanding of passing intentions by approaching vessels and near collisions have repeatedly been averted by working radios tuned to the proper channel. Who regulates whom? Three U.S. government agencies, the Federal Communications Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the U.S. Coast Guard; and two international organizations, the International Telecommunications Union and the International Maritime Organization; have each established marine radio watch keeping regulations. Regulations on radio watch keeping exist for all boats and ships --commercial, recreational, government and military, domestic and foreign-- carrying marine radios. International Telecommunications Union (ITU). ITU regulates all use of radio spectrum by any person or vessel outside U.S. waters. ITU rules affecting radio, which have treaty status in the U.S. and most other nations, are published in the ITU Radio Regulations. The ITU has established three VHF marine radio channels recognized worldwide for safety purposes: Channel 16 (156.800 MHz) - Distress, safety and calling Channel 13 (156.650 MHz) - Intership navigation (bridge-to-bridge) Channel 70 (156.525 MHz) - Digital Selective Calling International Maritime Organization (IMO). IMO regulates the outfitting and operation of most vessels engaged on international voyages, except warships. Most IMO radio regulations affect all passenger ships and other ships of 300 gross tonnage and upward. IMO rules affecting radio are promulgated in the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention which has been ratified in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - the FCC regulates all sales, marketing, and, use of radios in the U.S., including those onboard any recreational, commercial, state and local government, and foreign vessel in U.S. territorial waters. These regulations are contained in Title 47, Code of Federal Regulations. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) - NTIA regulates all use of radio onboard any federal government vessel, including military vessels. NTIA rules do not apply outside the federal government. U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) - The USCG regulates carriage of radio on most commercial vessels, foreign vessels in U.S. waters, survival craft, and vessels subject to the Bridge-to-Bridge Act (generally all vessels over 20m length) and operating in a Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) area. Radio Watchkeeping Regulations In general, any vessel equipped with a VHF marine radiotelephone (whether voluntarily or required to) must maintain a watch on channel 16 (156.800 MHz) whenever the radiotelephone is not being used to communicate. Source: FCC 47 CFR §§ 80.148, 80.310, NTIA Manual 8.2.29.6.c(2)(e), ITU RR 31.17, 33.18, AP13 §25.2

Good thread pokepole39 , learned a lot from the replies on here..... ..........looking forward to next years thread.......stay safe and have fun........oh you may want to leave the radio on check the LAW but a differnt channel.........

Is the line tangled so it will not release ? if so You have to keep an eye on them when you drop them in the water. They can twist around the rigger line............my chute rigger is the worst , I have to keep the rod loaded some and that keeps the release from tangling with the rigger line.

WTG .....

May want to check with the person you gave the money to for the tickets, if they don't know I would not get tickets from him again.

Maybe Blueyes could open up a new area for the jiggers !!!!!

Know that feeling !!!!!!

We picked up one nice bow on Monday a big rip on a core that got off..............then went crossed the lake and the storm came thru......pulled up and ran back to the launch ....no grand slam 3 days in a row ....everyone trying to get off the water in a NICE manner in that mess.........would have been GREAT except for the one that got his boat ready for the trip in the launch area making it hard and unsafe for the rest of us jocking around him.................Oh well only two minor deals for three days and they were all on land...................thanks too everyone good job , Those that made and stayed on the board

Great WTG........

Thanks guys BUT nothing held up , boys are getting some nice fish for the board...............we did 7 for 8 today boxed some nice fish but NOT big enough did a grand slam again today........one small laker , 2 browns 3# and 4# , 2 rainbows 4# and 4.5# and a landlock at 5.5# ........then washed lures for the rest of the time out there.......

hermit welcome back , sorry I can't help you on that reel....................give me a PM if ya want to do some trolling some time............

We put in a tad before 6am fished till 1ish had one brown earlier just over 5# and then boated one just shy of 6# so we pulled up and went to weight in what we had. We did a grand slam , put the landlocks and rainbow back they were around 16" and one sub-legal brown back in.........when we went to weight the 3 browns we had in the box all made the board but dout any will stay from 3ish to largest at 5.77.........good luck everyone most of all HAVE FUN................

Thanks guys..........