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Post by jcheetam on Aug 30, 2004 9:33:04 GMT -5
1. No matter how successful you have been throwing a buzzbait without a trailer hook, ALWAYS put one on during a tournament.
2. Never put a bag of tubes, your MegaStrike and your last packet of 3/8 Gamakatsu Tube jigs in your rain coat pocket for easy access. When it blows out of your boat at 60 miles an hour, and you have no idea WHERE, you are now left without your most successful tube color, attractant, and quick load jigs. (btw...if anyone finds a red/Black Cabelas Signature Series Raincoat with the above listed items in the front left pocket, let me know...)
3. When you're fishing slop in 1 ft. of water, put your livewell on Recirc PRIOR to hitting the slop. Otherwise, your outflow will get clogged and will have to be removed since flushing it with a hose won't work.
4. Don't be afraid to make the run to Canada/the river/the channels/Lake Michigan or St. Lawrence to search for fish.
5. Smile, learn, and take it like a man.
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Post by PoorBoy on Aug 30, 2004 11:01:10 GMT -5
and now a word from PoorBoy himself: I hate my stupid merc 200 EFI.   PoorBoy himself  |
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Post by jcheetam on Aug 30, 2004 11:33:06 GMT -5
You should have borrowed a prop from someone. I'm sure someone had a spare they could spare...
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Post by Eric on Aug 30, 2004 12:38:44 GMT -5
After thoughts.
That's a good way to put it, since I apparently had NO thoughts before or during the tournament.
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Post by Eric on Aug 30, 2004 12:40:35 GMT -5
Since I don't know what ABA stands for, and judging by my performance, I'm assuming it stands for
Awfully Bad Anglers
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Post by jcheetam on Aug 30, 2004 14:07:41 GMT -5
um...didn't you walk away with a big bass check AND a pack of powerworms? That bag of powerworms was enough to turn an awfully bad day into an awfully mediocre one, wasn't it?
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Post by PoorBoy on Aug 30, 2004 14:37:28 GMT -5
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Post by PoorBoy on Aug 30, 2004 14:38:08 GMT -5
shut up, both of you. tough day? you dont know what tough is. try swimming a 20 foot bass boat 7+ miles, uphill the whole way, barefoot, and with a 40lb swine on your back like i had to do saturday when my prop decided it didnt feel like spinning anymore and then you can whine. walk a mile in my shoes, chumps  PoorBoy himself |
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Post by Steve on Aug 30, 2004 14:49:22 GMT -5
 Sounds like one of my tournament outings. Seems like something always goes wrong, from not finding the fish to running through a rock pyle at 40+ mph. (BTW that's a long ride back from the bass islands with a trolling motor) It's a wonder why we love it so much  Thanks for making me feel better!
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Post by Triton4garza7585 on Aug 30, 2004 18:32:38 GMT -5
Afterthought....hmmm...when you're burning a spinnerbait for smallies...and a 4 lber decides to annihalate your spinnerbait 3 feet from the boat....don't set the hook as hard as you can... I had a 4+ follow my spinnerbait to the boat...3 feet from the boat...it kills my Terminator...only about 6 feet of line out...I got excited and decided to try to rip it's lips off... Huge hard hitting smallie+not alot of line out+Me trying to rip lips off=Smallie with a new spinnerbait and me screaming obsenities... The Garza |
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Post by PoorBoy on Aug 31, 2004 6:32:03 GMT -5
looks like i did a bit more damage than i originally thought. cabelas called me last night to inform me that i had not spun a hub, but instead completly destroyed my lower unit. apparently, i had a bit of briaded line wrapped in my prop which worked its way up the whatchmacallit and pushed the thingamajigger out fo the way allowing my lower unit lube to drain out into the water. shortly after, the howsyourfather heated up so much it shattered sending bits of shrapnel throughout the many crevises of my lower end??? the whole thing reminds me of my tour in nam. i still have shrapnel in my bum and when i go to the airport, they always give me a hard time. anyway, $3800.00 to fix it... the boat not my butt. i am hoping my insurance will cover this. has anyone ever had this happen? and if so, did insurance help? if my insurance doesnt cover it, then i will have the near impossible task of sinking my boat on lake erie. i cant afford to fix it, so i might as well destroy it and collect the insurance money. garza, obsentities?  ? i am shocked. i thought you were a man of the cloth. you have to ask yourself one question in these situtations. wwjd. what would jay yelas do? PoorBoy himself |
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Post by Triton4garza7585 on Aug 31, 2004 13:34:29 GMT -5
Yeah...I am shocked also...I try not to swear but I just got caught in the moment and words came out...It was as if I didnt even think of sayin them...they just came out...
The Garza
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Post by jcheetam on Aug 31, 2004 14:01:16 GMT -5
I know a good excorcist Garza...You'll be back to your 'ol "Doodie Poo's" and "Golly Gee's" in no time...lol...
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Post by djkimmel on Aug 31, 2004 23:09:44 GMT -5
PoorBoy - if you hit something, you could probably get it covered. I don't know about the line, but you did sort of hit it, it just wasn't a hard hit. I don't know. Hope you have a friendly agent.
Last time I had a lower unit go out (not come off, before those two), I got it covered because I had hit something hard under water shortly before all my lower unit oil was replaced by water which is not apparently as good a lubricator. I had the same end results as you - SHRAPNEL! The night before the state championship...
Bad news no matter what. Sorry to hear.
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Post by PoorBoy on Sept 1, 2004 7:17:27 GMT -5
for right now i am crossing my fingers, and toes, and eyes, and anything else on my person i can cross. if the insurance company decides they wont cover it, i will have no choice but to store the boat until i can figure out a way to make $3800.00. maybe i could start the brian mccarter fix my boat fund. all donations of course will be tax deductible. give me all your money. you will make it all back in the long run if you fish enough tournaments against me  we shall see. i need my boat though. this sucks. PoorBoy himself |
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? i am shocked. i thought you were a man of the cloth. you have to ask yourself one question in these situtations. wwjd. what would jay yelas do?
