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Delaney

Trail Rite Trailers one time told me to use Douglas fir, straight with no knots, and don't cover the bottom so it can dry out. They claimed that this wood would take the shape of the boat over time.

Delaney

Oops, I meant to say reel handle revolutions, not spool revs.

Delaney

This is what I do. Most reels retrieve 24" to 30" or 2.0 to 2.5 feet per handle crank, and I try to put 150 ft. or 50 yds. per fill. Just count the spool revolutions to 60 or 75. 150 ft. is considerably more than you'll cast, and when you lose line down to the knot, it's time for more line.

Delaney

To me it says "greater than .75", under 1.75oz." is not okay, but "under .75" and under 1.75oz. would be ok. I may be wrong, but the sentence is saying that to be illegal, it would have to be all three, bigger than .75", under 1.75oz., and more than 0.1 percent lead. I ...

Delaney

This thing is hard for me to understand the way it's written, but to me it says that under 2 cm in length and under 50 grams would be ok.

Delaney

Like I said in my previous post "what else is new", I have the same comment when I read that "bass is not a priority". Why keep the data if nothing is done?

Delaney

Regarding the slot limit----it's probably true that the slot limit is a big part of the population increase of spots in these lakes. It forced fishermen to release fish at the time they reached spawning size. I think there were posts on this site discussing this very subject. I had a discussion with...

Delaney

They may interbreed, but they still look like spots to me. To me this indicates they are dominant and overpopulated.

Delaney

MJGR; I see that you're a biologist and am not at all surprised to see you defending spotted bass. I've fished most of the foothill lakes that we're talking about and have seen first hand what happened while it happened. I've personally seen spots start to dominate these lakes in a few years, and in...

Delaney

So, what else is new? In these canyon lakes that fluctuate a lot yearly spotted bass over populate the lake in 15 to 20 years because they can and do spawn in deeper water that smallies and largemouths can't. Spots have a successful spawn every year, and the other two don't because of fluctuating wa...

Delaney

Looked for a list on their site....they don't have a list and they are gonna sell them on E-Bay.

Delaney

I agree with Toddmac above. Clear Lake is known to have fish die-offs in warm weather. Who's to say that that this doesn't help control population densities and make it the great fishery that it is. Look at what the population density of spots have done to the foothill lakes, and I would bet that Bu...

Delaney

What I'm wondering about the Oroville dam and spillway failure is it's effect on down stream fisheries. Apparently the lake is overpopulated with spotted bass, and what's going to happen if tens of thousands of them end up in the Delta....probably not a good thing. Pine Flat had it's 10 to 15 year p...

Delaney

Are there spots in Tulloch?

Delaney

Keep a log each time you go and record lake water elevation. I think with these lakes in Cali that this is one of the most important things to keep a rcord of.

Delaney

Two times in my fishing life I have caught bass that jumped up out of the water and grabbed a spinnerbait and I caught both....I guess they thought it was a dragonfly.

Delaney

I've always believed twisting the line is not the right way to tie this knot. Probably for the last 30 years, I've been "wrapping" not twisting the line with this knot. I think the difference is the twist puts the line in a "shear" angle.

Delaney

I'm not at all familiar with the situation at Casitas, but I do know that the size drop off at the lake might not be due to lack of trout planting. Could it be a case of the Florida population cross breeding with northern largemouth that were already present, and the gene pool or whatever is behind ...

Delaney

"Dawdling On The Delta" by Hal Schell.

Delaney

Comment above about drag being biggest problem with line twist is dead on. I would also add that you don't have to reel against the drag to cause twist. Just the fact that the line is going off against the drag is causing one line twist for every rotation of the spool.

Delaney

Used to work for an RV co. Was told that with trailers bias ply tire stood up better against scuffing that occurs when trailers with out shocks bounce up and down on the road. I think scuffing is side ways movement that stresses the sidewall of the tire. Since then the tire companies have come out w...

Delaney

What about the two questions above that weren't answered re the other lakes mentioned. The reason I'm asking is I don't fish Oroville, and am concerned only about the others.

Delaney

I still don't know about the red-eye bass. Were they only in Oroville? Where did they come from? Are they in any other of the mentioned lakes? If not, why was the slot limit put on the other lakes. If they are in the other lakes, maybe that's a problem too. If the slot limit worked at Oroville, why ...

Delaney

I don't understand that part about the Coho's either as they don't live in the same water column as bass do. Some of the lakes that I fish have Coho's and a declining bass fishery. Also, what's this about the red eye bass. All the lakes that I fish with spots have a lot of fish with red eyes. Is tha...

Delaney

Urban, isn't the slot limit allowing fish to replace the stunted fish that are over populated anyway? I will never understand this line of thinking.

Delaney

I can't understand the statement above that a slot limit is the correct strategy to correct a stunted fishery. Aren't stunted fish caused by an over population in the first place. Wouldn't a slot limit tend increase that same population? These lakes are over populated with spotted bass....period, re...

Delaney

Finally, a constructive move on this. It made no sense to protect a breeding population of 12 to 15" spotted bass in lakes thats are over populated by small spotted bass anyway. I don't think a lot of people knew that with these slot limits you were allowed to keep under 12" anyway. Nobody...

Delaney

It would seem to me that 1' intervals on a steep bank lake like McClure would give you a solid dark screen, but what do I know?

Delaney

BPS....Browning Sila-Flex, all fiberglass, and they're only 50 bucks. All fiberglass is best, composites still have graphite, which you don't need. Not many all glass rods out there, but I think you'll be seeing more in the future, because of the fish being lost on treble hook lures with graphite ro...

Delaney

Best time to buy from a dealer is end of month....they want to salvage a bad month, make a bad month decent, or break a record. Always something to motivate sales people. Key thing on used vehicles is how much money they have in them, which some times isn't much on a used one. Problem is you never k...

Delaney

For the most part the auto setting displays the bottom reading in the bottom area of the screen so you can see what's between top and bottom. If you had bottom setting on manual at 100 ft. and you were in 20 ft of water the bottom would show close to the top, not leaving room to show this. Back in t...

Delaney

Yeah be careful, It seems to me that since Keith retired last year, this has been evident. Buoys loose and scattered, bunchs in same area for no reason etc. Every buoy out of place means there's an unmarked hazard somewhere on the lake. The buoys at Hensley have been out of place for several years. ...

Delaney

I forgot to put this in the above post. In my opinion a much used site that does product comparisons is no help in this matter. My skeptical nature makes me think they are trying to generate ad revenue.

Delaney

Unfortunately there are no regulations about claims that line makers make on their products, and boy, do they take advantage of that. You can see that on all the episodes of "Knot Wars". They use 14 lb. line and the knots break at much more than that. How can this be? How can a knot in 14 ...

Delaney

What was the purpose of the stump in the tank? I guess it was there for somebody to show a snagless lure, but from what I saw it was a hinderance to the other guys putting on demos. Randy Pringle got a bait caught on it and a guy watching got it loose for him. Later Alan Fong got an Alabama rig caug...

Delaney

I was taught 20 yrs ago when selling RV trailers that bias ply tires were better on trailers because they withstood scuffing that occurs when trailers that don't have shocks bounce up and down. I was told that radial tires couldn't stand up to this. At the time I learned this, I was using radial aut...

Delaney

I have no idea who makes them, but I have three, and they are the lightest, most sensitive I've ever used. I've used most of the other rods, but will admit to not owning a Dobyns, but plan to.

Delaney

Caught this baby at Bass lake in early June. Using a 3/4 oz. spinnerbait and 15 # test line. I keep the drag tightened down and free spool the big fish, and no kidding, I had to free spool this guy 2 times. What a fight, and I couldn't believe a fish that size could pull that hard. He was 11'' long.

Delaney

I agree, Nips. It seems to me the only redeeming value of one side of the spectrum is this side of it. The other side is busier trying to get something positive done.

Delaney

Wonder why no comments from Lowrance at all on this subject? Seems strange!

Delaney

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I got one of these, $15 and It does the job.

Delaney

GregD, you put this in a very understandable way, which is another reason that I wish flashers were still available. LCD images disappear in that zone. When I go over a place where I know there is a vertical under water bluff, all I get is a sloping picture that is an average of the two depths, and ...

Delaney

Doesn't this mean the lake will be totally inaccessible for that time? How can you get to the campground side.

Delaney

I'm left handed and cast left handed. Back in the Garcia Ambssadeur days I used to like to cradle the reel on the retreive. Well, to do this it was cast left, move reel to right, then back to left to cradle the reel. If you're righty and used the right hand reel only one transfer was necessary. It's...

Delaney

I just thought my post was appropriate considering the topic of the post. I mentioned twice that I didn't want to get hammered. What's to finish? I don't even begin to qualify to get in these political thingies, and I get extremely fed up with the incessant bashing.

Delaney

I will probably get hammered for this. I distinctly remember when a president of the U.S. announced that he was taking a months vacation, but would be available to make decisions from his retreat. I also remember this was the first time in history this had happened. I know I would get hammered if I ...

Delaney

Up switch will stop when trimming while running, so lower unit stays in water and picks up water to cool engine. If yours is not set right to do this you may lift motor too high and damage your motor. Trailer switch bypasses this cut-off so you can load on trailer.

Delaney

Last time I did this I called Trail-Rite for help, and this is what they said, and this was 7-8 years ago, and they are still OK. 1 Use wet douglas fir, clean and straight with no knots. It will take the shape of the boat. 2 Paint bottom with primer, and do not carpet the bottom, as this will let it...

Delaney

Being from Kentucky I resemble that joke!

Delaney

Reflection is light bouncing off the surface, and refraction is light bending while passing through an object. I believe the Infisherman article showed that the braided line did not reflect light. Braided line has an irregular surface that doesn't reflect, while mono and fluoro have a flatter surfac...

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