No Pictures of Tiny Fish – Canal Bank Adventure – March 5th 2024 – (secret tip)

Five Minutes On The Water seems to be all I can take most times I get to go at all.  I’m dealing with a lot, and any substantial time off usually has to be planned.  If do have a whole afternoon to just go get the water and I invite you, then you better go. …

Announcement! Public Meeting for new Solar Development!!

Announcement! Public Meeting for new Solar Development!! On Thursday, February 15, your voice is needed at a Bureau of Land Management meeting at the Yuma Public Library where the BLM will discuss a proposal for utility-scale solar energy development on public lands in Arizona. February 15, 2024, 5:00- 7:00 pm – Mountain Time Yuma Public…

Fishing Buddies

Fishing Buddies      Nothing in life is worth as much as a good partner. Whether its the significant other you spend the rest of your life with, the best friend who gets up in the middle of the night to help you when you did something stupid, or that fishing partner that is always…

THE PERFECT TOPWATER MOMENT – By Robert J La Londe III – October13th 2003

THE PERFECT TOPWATER MOMENT By Robert J La Londe III October13th 2003 The fish were magnificent. I had one hit were a beautiful smallie launched himself completely out of the water to kill my plug. And they say jumping fish aren’t biting fish. I had one really fat 1.5 lber give me a dance too….

No Fishing, Project, Shooting Posts For a Little While (Soon I Hope)

I’ve been a little busy for the last few weeks.  My dad passed away, and my mom isn’t quite up to living on her own so we moved her in with us.  This comes with the usual expected emotional turmoil as well as quite a lot of additional responsibilities.  This hasn’t left a lot of…

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So Far Today…

So far today I haven’t really done much.  Some is fishing related, however.  I spent some time with machines running in the background repairing a couple of my favorite rods.  A flipping stick that needed a new tip top, and a multipurpose rod I really like needing a new tip top and a new double…

HumminBird Helix 5 Chirp GPS G2 Questions: Continuous saved trace for backtrack. (UPDATED (JAN-10-2024))

HumminBird Helix 5 Chirp GPS G2 Questions: Continuous saved trace for backtrack. I’ve got a Garmin 178C in The Tin Can that does this. It continuously saves a trace I can use to back track, and it just deletes the oldest trace as a new trace is stored. I can run up and down the…

UPDATED – MaxCuatro VS BeyondBraid 8x – Reduced Diameter Braided Fishing Line

When I first wrote this comparison I mistakenly had it in my mind that the name of the braid was Beyond8.  It’s Beyond Braid, and the exact line name is 8x. First off the Beyond8 is significantly less expensive than the MaxCuatro.  I bought some a while back and hung it on the wall, but…

Coming Events

I’ll be dragging Bar Hopper over to the shop soon to do a first unboxing and assembly video (maybe a couple) of the Twister surface drive.  The new motor to go on it was ordered a few days ago. I am about 75% decided to take the 50HP Merc off The Tin Can and install…

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Surface Drive Progress… Sorta – BAR HOPPER

I had been begrudging the cost of the motor for the Twister surface drive I bought for Bar Hopper.  Initially I had planned on a Predator 670 V-twin from Harbor Freight.  Its about a thousand dollars at this time, but its a 22hp motor.  That’s 22 crankshaft horsepower.  There is really no other way to…

Yeti Vs Igloo (Updated 11/25/2023)

Originally posted 11/24/2023 Update at Bottom These is not a scientific test.  Many factors can obviously sway the results.  This is just an anecdote of one side by side experience. We had a new refrigerator delivered this morning.  Yesterday we emptied out the old one, and after filling our other fridge with everything that would…