Original Bounce sheets have worked decent enough in the past for me…be sure to load them up everywhere in the boat. I heard recently that leaving a radio on worked well.

Confucuis say, man who goes through turn-stall sideways at airport is going to Bangkok.

What did Spock say when he went into the bathroom?—–Captain’s log.

There’s a ton of bad info out there about dieting/exercise. In my opinion, if you’re the researching type and don’t mind reading a lot, educate yourself on how the body processes fat, protein, and carbohydrate and how they affect the body together and individually. Once you figure that out, you should have a good idea of what diets work and which one’s most likely will fail.
A ketogenic diet is probably one of the best diets to try as far as weight loss and sustaining long term. Someone mentioned intermittent fasting and it’s actually what the human body is set up to do for survival. Many diabetics have cured or greatly diminished the disease with a combination of fasting and a low carb/high fat/moderate protein diet. Cutting out sugar and processed food will definitely improve health.
I myself stick to a very low carb or no carb diet along with intermittent fasting and at 38 years old, have way more energy and feel ten times better than I did when I was in high school or for that matter when I was a young kid.
One of the best reads I’ve found is Dr. Jason Fung’s blog on fasting, diet, and exercise. It’ll take awhile to read as it’s about two years running but it’s full of great information and is backed up with solid facts and sources.

What most people don’t realize is that it can take a very long time to reverse the damage of a poor diet and they give up because they don’t see immediate results.
Didn’t mean to be long-winded, but hopefully this helps.

Hope the fish are biting for everyone!!!

I also bought my 2015 Competitor with a 150 Yamaha from Lacannes. Boat and motor have been great and Lacannes is the only place I’ll go from here on out for future boat/powersports purchases and service. They’re two hours from where I live, but they’re great to deal with!

jeff_huberty wrote:

Is your friend someone I know

Too funny! Jeff, I wish it was the guy we know. I’m doing my best to try to convince him on a new boat in the garage!

Dutchboy wrote:

Are you talking about a Sea Star unit for a console boat? If so don’t buy without one. I would get a second opinion from a different dealer.

Yes, from what I’ve seen, the Sea Star seems to be on most boats. I’ve never driven a boat with a bigger motor without the Sea Star, but the dealer seemed adamant that the Lund didn’t need it. They must be trying to keep the price point low for the boat show….

I mainly use my SV to skip Stanley Ribbit frogs under docks and over-hangs. While the Ribbit frogs aren’t exactly a light weight plastic, it works really well for that application and when I do get a backlash, it’s generally not too bad. I plan on trying to get better on skipping jigs next year and I will probably get another Diawa SV for that as well.

Now that is cool!

We have ADT at home for the last eight years. It costs us somewhere in the forty dollars a month range, but I think it’s worth it. If the alarms trips, it’s about twenty seconds before a live person is asking for a password from the alarm panel. Then phone calls go out to the homeowner and the police. Police get there pretty quickly. The thieves may be able to get a few things, but at least they won’t be able to take their time.

hnd wrote:

profit mongering food manufacturers have mutated our food into such a form so far removed from back in the day that allergies are now a reality. It seems absurd for someone who never feared peanuts, milk, gluten (AAAAHHHHHHH!). But these allergies are real and very dangerous.

Some smaller kids have NO idea what to look for and what to watch for. Teachers are already bombarded with so many non teaching requirements and distractions we can’t reasonably rely on them to remember and worry about each nutritional requirement of each child.

We have a friend who is a teacher have one of her kids eat something with peanut dust or some crap in it and she had to shove a freaking epipen into the kids thigh.

I think this couldn’t be more true. Whatever they’re adding to the food supply and processing as well, is changing people’s health at a high rate of speed. I went to elementary school and high school from the mid 80’s thru the late 90’s and it was a rarity to have someone allergic to nuts or gluten and whatever else. Autism seemed to not be as prevalent as well. Almost all of us ate the standard American diet back then, which looking back wasn’t very healthy even with the veggies and fruit. But something in the last 10-15 years has changed. Many of my friend’s kids were either born with some type of allergy or developed one by age 3 or 4. Most of my friends are in their mid 30’s and even some of them have developed these food allergies in the last few years, not to mention a few of them have developed type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Go with Speed Queen. I wouldn’t consider anything else. Salesmen at Warner Stellion told me before I bought mine that 1 out of every 3 of all the other brands on his sales floor will have a major malfunction within the first three years of ownership, no matter the cost or how high end they were. I appreciated his honesty and so far going on three years, no problems. Many good reviews on them and Made in USA is worth it to me.

I mostly skip with my spinning rod. It’s a 7′, medium with a fast tip St Croix LTB blank and 20# braid with a fluorocarbon leader. Mainly skipping wacky senkos with it. 7′ might be a bit too long, next year i’ll probably get something in the 6′-9″ range. Over this last summer I also started skipping with a baitcaster using mostly ribbit frogs and some skipping jigs. There’s definitely an art to it, but I’m slowly getting better at it and it’s quite fun! I’ll most likely have a rod built for that application next spring. Probably a 6′ 8-9″, medium heavy with a fast tip. Maybe a moderate fast if skipping lighter jigs and plastics.

My neighbor just had his a/c go out, he only replaced the line set, A coil, and outside unit. It cost him $2200 and that was the lowest bid with the cheapest a/c unit. Material, labor, cost to run a business and the skill to install everything properly—it all adds up.

Fishing was good and not as much boat traffic as I thought there would be. Everything seemed to be working for me today, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, senkos, and jigs. Most of the nicer fish came out of 10-12 feet of water, full of eggs still.

I’ll be picking my Dad up at about 5am and plan on being on the water by 530 on good ol’ WBL. I can’t wait and your right, it is the true opener!

We have a life size cardboard cut out of the Dos Equiz beer guy that stands upright that we keep next to the bar in the basement. My wife placed him in the bathroom and shut the door. I woke up for work, half asleep still, opened the door and had the pi$$ scared out me. Looks like a real person ready to hand you a beer. She had a post it note stuck to it that said “April Fools! Love you”. Funny thing is I left him there and came back ten minutes later and scared myself all over again

If they’re going to ease the restrictions on Northerns, why don’t they bundle the Muskies in there as well?? They’ll be eating a lot more walleye as well with the reduced numbers of forage fish… Looks like the poor Northerns don’t have the lobbyists that Muskies do!

Check out Simo Hayha, very interesting–he was a Finnish sniper during the Winter War who has the highest number of confirmed sniper kills in any major war, 505 to be exact, all with iron sights and all within a 100 days! I would’ve hated to be a Russian knowing he was out on the prowl

Mille Lacs or Lake Vermilion

We always go to the same resort/campground on the same dates year after year up at Vermilion. Its cool because we’ve gotten to know the owners at both places really well and there are other groups of fishermen that have been going up the same dates and we’ve gotten to know them too. It’s like seeing old friends again.

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Add one more to the list.

Phone call this morning said our lines are frozen as well.

$200.00 per hour for the guy with the welder.

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That’s a lot cheaper than what my friend paid, considering he said it took the guy forty minutes to get it free. I don’t think i’ll tell him what you paid…he may have a heart attack

A good friend of mine just had his water main freed up with the welder, cost him $1000.00. The guy that did the work said he was getting around fifteen house calls a day…

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Wife liked the carpet at the gunnels because of the non slipping issue if barefoot. Lund dealer said the carpet is cheaper on the gunnels and can get worn out, moldy etc.

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I have an 89 Smokercraft with the carpet on the gunnels. Boat has seen a lot of hard use, stored outside most winters, covered, seen all sorts of weather and the carpet on the gunnels is still in good shape. Sounds like the Lund dealer is giving you a line of B.S.

We cancelled our Direct TV about a week and a half ago due to the cost and to be honest, we don’t miss having it one bit. We’ll be getting a bundle package through Comcast at a much cheaper rate, but at some point, I could see only having the internet and no more TV.

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Best thing about swim up bars is you never have to leave to go to the bathroom.

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Watch out for the floating Baby Ruth candy bars!!

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Good info. It is an all inclusive resort. If we can get childcare figured out…I’m in! Any more fishing adventures? Is there any inland fishing opportunities?

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I know there are lakes in Mexico that hold some of the biggest bass in North America, but not sure where they are in relation to Cancun. You’d probably have to hire a guide, but I bet it would be worth it! This is coming from a bass guy of course……

When I was down there for my honeymoon, I got hooked on mango margaritas. Best fufu drink ever. If you can get some fresh mango as well, that is a treat, they taste so much better than the mangoes you get up here.

Actually, I golfed sober for the first time this summer and had a blast. Golfing with people that knew what they were doing made a difference too and if I didn’t fish so much, well, i’m pretty sure i’d be addicted to golf like I am fishing.

Whoa, wait a minute, are you saying the sport of golf is better than the sport of fishing?? How dare you!!!