I added a few things you all might (and might not) be interested in. Look below for UPDATEs. Original Post Below: By Bob La Londe November 3, 2023 I was visiting with a friend yesterday (If you know me you know I currently only have four people I call friend, so you might be able…
You might have noticed there is no place for comments. The spam was brutal. Moderating all comments didn’t help. It only took me a day or two to realize spending hours per day deleting moderated SPAM wasn’t going to cut it. If you have a need to contact me use the Contact Us page on…
A couple years ago I needed a rack on the Jeep to haul my Uncle Paul’s Canoe back from Ohio. It worked okay. You can read about it here: Trail FX Rack Installation The Trail FX Rack did the job like I said. It was okay, but I had to cut the stock plastic bumper…
Ha! Thanks for the mention Joe. Thanks for being a good sport about the cardboard tube Joe. I usually use a little larger tube, but that’s the one that was laying on the lathe tools cart when I thought to send it to you. So much stock comes in cardboard tubes I always have some…
Look for anything that breaks the flow. Some is obvious, some you can only see when the water is clear or low. Shade can be a fish concentrator as well. Don’t spend a lot of time in any one spot. However, there are plenty of spots where there are a dozen “spots” within a minute…
I watched a video this morning by a big-ish pro, and that was the subject of his video. Now I have never fished at a pro level myself. Technically I’ve won enough in a single year a few times that the law required me to report the revenue, but I never did it for a…
I’m busy cleaning up and trying to make room in the shop. Thrown away a few things I will never use again. January 2006 thru January 2014 I put on 97 tournaments and never missed one.
Proper Bass Boats: Skeeter Starfire 185 w/ Black Max 150 55 MPH Baker Custom Tunner w/ 200 Mariner 65 MPH BassCat Cougar FTD w/ 225 Optimax & 250ProXS Optimax 68-69MPH & 75-78MPH ProCraft 210 w/ 225 Optimax (I don’t know how fast it is yet). Easiest handling so far under fair conditions: 1. Baker 2. …
You know what this means… IT MEANS I DON’T GET TO GO FISHING OFTEN ENOUGH. All these new stickers are sitting on my desk waiting for me to need to put them on the appropriate boat. I think I’m going to start refusing more custom work so I can go fishing a little more often.
Update October 22nd 2023 I just saw a notice that the area around Fortuna Pond has been posted “NO CAMPING.” This is a welcome change for locals who have often found it difficult or at least uncomfortable to get to the pond in the winter time. Winter visitors would often encircle the pond with RVs…
The 2017 Jeep JK started to develop a little vibration, but very little. At first I thought it might have just thrown a wheel weight (2), but on the way back from our high desert quail hunt it got worse. It didn’t feel dangerous (3), but it was starting to feel more like something was…
Well, technically not the weekend for us. We hunted Friday and Saturday. I’m not going to say exactly where, but it was high desert… well kinda middle high desert. It was high enough both mornings I considered grabbing my jacket out of the Jeep. We didn’t see a ton of birds, but we saw them…
The first trip out in the new rig was an adventure. It launched pretty easy for a 20 foot 9 inch boat. I unhooked it, and stepped off the trailer tongue onto the boat to idle over to the dock. I quickly realized I’d left the keys in the truck. Oops. No problem. The trolling…
The first thing I’m putting in my new boat.
Well as soon as I clear a stall for it.
Okay, I took several days worth of work and distilled it down to just a bit under 30 minutes. This may be the first significant forward step and is certainly a significant milestone in bringing Whisker Seeker back to life. Part 5a & 5b. For those who are up to speed Part 5b is posted…
President Proudly Supports VETO PROOF BILL that reverses presidents own explicit overreach of power. “Bullshit. You just got overwhelmingly shot down, and now you want to try and take credit for doing the right thing after being forced to do the right thing against your will. ” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-confirms-biden-will-sign-bipartisan-bill-reversing-his-own-admin-s-crackdown-on-hunting/ar-AA1hp1Mw?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=c649b34a70f74861a96df3a6bf6cb89b&ei=11#image=AA1gn0Uq|1
I sent the very first Hex Worm mold home last night with the fishing buddy I fished with all summer. I told him to make some baits in his favorite colors and send me some pictures I could post. He fished with them this morning, and he was crazy excited about it. He said he…
I’ve been busy with other projects. Work of course. Due to a variety of higher priority demands on my time I just haven’t hade much time for things like fishing or working on boats. I still haven’t even installed the winch on the Jeep yet. I installed an EV charging station in my garage for…
This is a 2:1 header for a Harbor Freight Predator 670. I don’t know how much I’ll modify the engine, but if you follow along with posts and videos about Bar Hopper you will learn as I do. It’s my understanding that I’ll need to reject the HF stock carburetor immediately after installing (or during…
If you want to read the intro to the intro check out this entry from a little earlier. Short Long Tail – (updated Sep-8-23) https://www.yumabassman.com/2023/09/07/short-long-tail/ For some more details on the plan check out the introductory video below. I doubt you will find it educational, but hopefully you find it entertaining. I wasn’t sure I…
Some of you might remember this test of 10+ year old 2 part flotation foam? I originally posted this video 2 years ago. I can tell you that while it might have been fine after 10-12 years on the shelf unopened, when I opened it today to actually start pouring some foam into Whisker Seeker…
As usual Jared kind of gets over excited and overstates some points. However, at this time it does not look like the forest service will be bullied into issuing lead ammo bans in national forests. As stated in the video however this will not necessarily have any effect on state laws and regulations as the…
You probably haven’t heard much about the Valco 14 footer I picked up a while back. That’s because I haven’t done much with it. We got it off the flat bed trailer and flipped it upside down in front of the house. That’s where it’s set for the last couple years. It may be a…
It was a special day for me. I got to hunt with a couple friends, but more so, my son bought his own license and wanted to join us. I didn’t shoot very well. Not compared to my last couple years, but I shot enough. Of course we finished up with bacon wrapped dove poppers….
You can convert a 1911 pistol to 22LR as fast as you can field strip and reassemble it. It takes me a few minutes. A skilled armorer might be able to do it in under a minute. In this video we will: 1. Field strip a replica of a 1911A1 Pistol. 2. Convert it to…
Five sizes in a single mold. VIDEO: First Test Shots Of The Brand New Hex Worm. https://www.cncmolds.com/webstore/soft-plastic-lure-molds/worms/the-hex-worm-5-sizes-in-1-mold.html
Below is an old rant worthy of reposting. If you don’t want to read a rant stop when you get to *** RANT MODE ON *** below. Sometimes people surprise me. A while back an old Yuma Bass Man member (there is no membership anymore) gave me an old trolling motor to do with what…
Of course I still have a business to run, and customers insist I eventually make them the parts they pay for. Making molds isn’t as much fun as it used to be, but of course its still fun, and once in a while I still get to see something a little bit original before anybody…
I guess there is some big Jeep event going on in the Phoenix area right now. I saw a picture posted on social media with a caption that read, “At work during the week of the Jeep Invasion and I’m trying to avoid ducks.” The photo showed a jeep with a cardboard sign on the…
VIDEO: Jarred tends to overstate the points, but this is interesting regarding the right to carry across state lines. This case is in regards to two states that DO NOT have reciprocity agreements. Massachusetts and New Hampshire. This was in the (State District Court), so it has no bearing anyplace other than Massachusetts. Yeah, I…
The continuing saga of getting “Whisker Seeker” back into shape to hit the river. (VIDEO) CREATING THE VIDEO ITSELF IS A LOT OF WORK, and I don’t make videos for a living. I would appreciate it if you would like the video and subscribe to the channel so I know if you have any value…
This was the first time I had ever actually fished with this little resin poured crank bait. I had made the original mold over a year prior. (Five years ago now.) I made a few baits and tested them in the pool before shipping off the first molds. I made some more of the mold,…
After 6 years the original battery in my Jeep finally died. Dang it! Only six years! Seriously I’ve bought a fair number of new vehicles in the last 25/26 years, and this is by far the longest the original battery has last in any of them. By about double. Arizona is hard on batteries. Most…
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One of the things I did the other day making room to work on Whisker Seeker out of the sun was make some big hooks for things for extension cords, flex conduit, extra stock air, wire, cable, liquid, and oil lines, etc. It took up more space on the floor than you might think. The…
Ordinarily I am not a fan of unboxing videos, but due to obvious box damage this one is EVIDENCE!!!
Hole shot generally refers to how long it takes your boat to go from displacement to plaining speed. For most plaining hulls the best hole shot is accomplished by trimming the motor/outdrive all the way down, and going full throttle as quickly as possible. Push the throttle all the way to the stop very quickly…
Many of the resources of the old original website will be renewed. Places to go Fishing in Yuma, Boats and boating, etc. As a result if you have been a long time follower you may see things pop up in the feed you have seen before. Most will be rewritten in a modified format with…
It can be really frustrating working on outboards sometimes. In this case I was replacing the fuel lines on the outboard for “The Tin Can.” I’m thinking I might use it on “Whisker Seeker” since the outboard that came with Gary’s boat was always a bit undersized for it. Whisker Seeker is rated for 60,…
I’m not a great rod repairer and I am not in the rod repair business, but its not that hard to do functional repairs. This is a double foot guide which tends to be the most work. Tip tops and single foot guides are usually a little easier.
Pictures & Video: I took it out one day and tried it out in a little by water, and then a customer sent me some pictures of his first baits with the J-Bug mold and his first day on the water. “Finaly i got the mold, so i made some baits right away, i like…
VIDEO: Preparing to get some work done.
All of the road accesses to this pond are over POSTED private land. Some day in the future I’ll add some further information about the pond and the more difficult but legal way to access and fish the pond. Here is a hint. You Will have to walk in and maybe wade across the Gila…
