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I think you have to be smart about it . If you want to go to a population center for the party , then expect craziness . Get a room maybe 150 miles out of the zone .Get up early and drive up , maybe on some back roads . Find a small town and see it there . And the Egg Cream is the official drink of the eclipse . If it's cloudy , I'll put some Vodka in it .

Yes . I even have a pole . And free coffee for the event. Or maybe an Egg Cream if you are lucky

I will be at my cottage fishing . Just to see what happens . Anyone can join me and my wife . For the bargain price of 100$ per person .

During the shut down travel restriction I did a lot of spring fly fishing at the Oak . It was fantastic There is like nobody there .

Don't be fooled on price with the cheaper Cannons . Many guys have lost probe due to the he abrubt stop .I know a guy who lost 2 on 10 trips . That over 1 k . Factor a lost probe and weight and you could have bought the better ones that don't do that .

X2 on the Magnum metals . Built well no plastic .I saw them at the show and almost pulled the trigger some walkers came with my new boat .

Aw , come on Yankee , it's all part of the fun . We're just discussing what lengths some guys will go to catch an animal with a brain the size of a pea. And it's all kind of related . And as a republican , I can't wait for more pollution . LO rebounding ? It's hanging on by a thread some years . It's a shadow of what it was . Kudos to the fisheries guys . And back in the day when I ran 6 rods on 4 riggers we had 6 fish on at once. As I remember , 2 we're good kings . But there were 4 guys on board . I'm to the point that I don't know how to respond to some of this .

Nice Alumacraft on here

These ecosystems are fragile . Just look at what a zebra mussle or a goby did to the great lakes . It takes a lot of years to grow a legal size bass . And they aren't stocked . Pluck to many out of a small bass lake and it could be decades to recover . As sportsman , we should be stewards of the resources and forward thinking . But from the response on here from some , it's not about that . Which I guess is why we need big brother .

I bypassed the board and went to direct switch on my Mag 10s . It worked great for a while but then the motors were worn out . I got momentary down, full up switch.

I had a 5.0 OMC cobra 305 Chevy . 5.7 is 350. . It ran great when it did but it had it's issues . I change my distributor from points to electronic for 1 k . Had other issues also .Shift cable ( pull engine to fix ) carb rebuild etc . I/O outdrives are high maintenance and expensive to fix. Also I put axlot of hrs in it . Rebuilt the motor 3.5 k , rebuilt the lower unit 4 k . A 91is an old boat . Could be hull / stringer issues which are crazy expensive to fix . That's not a fishing boat IMO .

If you all recall , snagging of both salmon AND TROUT we're both legal .And in my younger days ,I did it not knowing any better because we were told they did not bite and everyone else was doing it . I remember there was a ton of pushback about banning it , especially from bait shops because of the lack of revenue they might incure . And back in the horse and buggy days , trot lines , spearing , gill nets were also legal . But hey , fish the way you want . You really cant trust , or at least I can't , Bass masters or MLF . Any organization that would have or condone fishing Tournaments during spawning season is suspect . I'm sorry to say this but this is a big issue . It changes fishing and not for the better . This just gives the environmentalist Anti hunting fishing people all the ammo the need . And I also must admit , I would side with them on this . I can't turn my head in this . Seemingly this is all done in the name of winning a fishing tournament . Win at all costs , the ends justify the means . I really have no respect for that . What everyone else does affects the rest of us . Hey Gambler , its funny you posted the pic of the 2 guys with the Wii visors . I was thinking that was next . And then you posted that .

Sorry guys , it's BS You can justify it in your mind any way you want . It just ain't right . Sorry if your neck gets sore staring at a live scope when you can actually in real time place your bait in front of the fish and watch them hit it . A long time ago I asked a question to some out there . It was " if they made some sort of electronic device that every time you were around a fish it would automatically hit your lure , would you buy it ? " Sadly , there are some that would rush right out and buy it . And we would be in Hell. And then post pics on here and be proud of themselves . Where will this end , probably not in a good place. I'm glad I'm old , I see the thing I love to do more than anything turned into a joke .

So I see a u tube video of a bass guy with forward Facing Sonar and live scope . He has a pair of glasses that the screen of his live scope is projected on his glasses so he doesn't have to even look at his screen . Is this the future of fishing ? And if it is , what's up with that ? Is there any sport to that ? Where is the the fair chase? The problem as I see it are there are going to be some that are good with it and others that want to keep up that will accept it . And please don't give me the horse and buggy crap .

I have this exact boat . I love it

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