Just picked up this 2006 for a weekend cruiser. Hope I don't come to regret it. But happy Jeeping to all. Got to get some Texas family to send me a decent Longhorn decal
Here's that Seiko I posted about above. Obviously I wound up ordering it. Good backup watch. It immediately led to another Seiko purchase (automatic). I'll post that one tomorrow when I get it sized.
I have to dig up a picture for you guys of when I tried to help some college kid at a boat ramp at a drained, muddy lake bed. He took his GF "mudding" in a Wrangler and made it just far enough to cause me to sink down to the frame when I tried to go out there and help him (at his and her request). Sent from my SM-T837A using Tapatalk
I think you are on to something. Some % of these ramp crap shows have to be insurance fraud. Launched and retrieved hundreds of times. Never once did I feel like we were even close to sinking the truck. OTOH, assuming an empty driver's seat and no parking break... I guess a transmission pawl could break? Bumping the trailer too hard knocks the tyranny into reverse? That's all I can come up with.
Pretty sure it's a 1648. Bought it used and rigged it for redfishing. This thread has me seriously interested in building something similar down by the coast for boat storage and a weekend / party / man cave getaway. Fraction of the cost of coastal real estate. Survive a storm surge. Minutes away from the boat ramp...
From Naturday. Suspending hard twitch baits did the trick. Even caught a few nice fish on the new Rapala Twitching Mullet 8. Just tied it on for a test run and bagged a 25in red on the third cast.
I fish suspending hard stickbaits here 98% of the time when throwing suspending lures. But I ventured over to Corky when my buddy started slaying them.
I know Paul Brown's Corkys are sacred for you Texas guys. But do you find that putting them in a plastic tackle tray turns them into mush? Do you just keep them in the original packaging until its time to fish? We fish them occasionally here in FL. A buddy of mine was absolutely hammering fish on one last weekend so I took one out of my tackle tray and it was "melted". That's the second time that's happened to me with a Corky. I am going to get a couple more I just want to see if I am the only one. I do not know how long those baits had been in that tray (could've been years).
Hey guys I love the idea of this watch for a pool/boat/beach watch but I wish it was automatic instead of quartz. Any suggestions for an automatic equivalent? Or bite the bullet and go with quartz?
Went to take a piss in an alley in Isla Mujeres and ran into a female (pretty sure) Mexican federale sporting a CZ Bren 805. Five foot three inches of Mexican federal female officer wearing a kevlar helmet, ninja mask and a CZ Bren 805. Decided to piss elsewhere.
Decided to bring two old reels out of "deep storage" and get them back into the rotation.
I have re-spooled and replaced the drag on a Penn Spinfisher 7500SS. This reel was the first saltwater reel I purchased for myself while in grad school in 2002. Going to use it on a semi custom Connolly rod for pitching to cobia. Felt good messing with Trilene Big Game 20 again after over a decade of basically braid only.
The other reel is an old (Japan) Shimano TLD25. It'll need a service but it'll also get a drag and handle upgrade. Going to spool with mono as filler and a braid topshot. Mostly going to get used for trolling on a new Connolly rod as well.
Both reels just sat in the corner of the garage for 10+ years. Going to be good getting them on the water again. If it doesn't work out I'll just buy new stuff but I like the feeling of using what's already on hand.
Anyone going all out replacing mono line and rusty hooks? I have been engaging in tackle therapy getting ready for the bite. 'God does not subtract from a man's life the time spent playing with fishing tackle.'