Rascal Trophy Fishing

Great loss, and so young yet. Praying for his family.

Great job for shakedown. Welcome to GLF.

Feaster Easter, gj Dan.

Good shakedown.

Nice, any pics.? Ludington water is 36 degrees.

Hefty Brown, real nice, say 14#.

I don't think you broke any terms of service here Kelly. Heck, we also post pictures of salt water fish, our canines, felines, stuff for sale, humorous jokes, gripes, hunting, firearms, and the like.

Thanks for posting Ed. It's closure alright, with a lot of unanswered questions yet too. Time will tell.

Until the V-8's start singing for more gas at $4.75/gal..

Nice brownie, looks like it's still winter though by the coat.

Nice report Terry, thanks for the pics..

Regarding that ground wire, most mfrs. equip the units with a very thin wire, not good. Change that to say a 14-16 gauge wire and try it, worked wonders for me.

Thanks for sharing the muscle cars guys, love em too. Anyone look at them on ebay lately? There's a new sickness going on there by dealers that have eyes watching all the private sellers auctions 24/7. If the car is nice and listed below say $20K, they immediately buy it, then try to flip it right away for double or triple their investment. It's legal, but I say it's BS. The public that wants to bid it to a fair and affordable price gets cut out before the auction is 1-2 days old. Had this happen on 2 Novas, 2 GTO's, and a Bullitt Mustang since the new year. I set a budget of $15-20K, and see them relisted for $35-75K all the time nowadays. These cars only cost about $3K new. What a sham for someone that just would like to relive his youth and just drive the car for fun.

They are pricey for sure, but, I haven't heard anyone complaining about them yet, and they've been out there for quite a while. No smoke, no fumes, and very quiet, sound like a sewing machine, and vastly improved performance in speed and mpg.

Matt, just to clarify. I'm not talking about just the smell of booze/beer on someone in number one example. What I'm talking about is guys that have been drinking all night long, or most of it, and arrive in the morning drunk and not safe to fish. One time I found 5-6 guys upon 4:30am arrival scattered all over my boat passed out and severely intoxicated, even down in the cabin and my stateroom. I took them all out irregardless as they were repeat customers of good standing, and most passed out for the day anyhow and didn't cause any ruckus.

Thanks for the support Tom.

If you get a chance, send us some pics of the ocean fish you catch Guy, thanks.

Earlier in the season when the fish are medium sized I'd use 12-17#, later on when the big ones start showing up, change over to 20-25#. I use Berkeley XT mostly. Green or clear.

Thanks for joining Paul, welcome.

Nice gesture for any tournament, thanks for posting.

Where's the 30#+ with you in the pic.? Thanks Matt.

Great catch and pics. Ed, looks like you're getting rid of the cabin fever on this trip, congrats..

See what the mfr. recommends, size of boat, and budget.

Putting salt on the ice gets it melted faster. Real nice catch Kabet, thanks for the pics..

I am curious of the rpm idle speed on the Silverton. My 33' CC idles at 700-800 rpms, perfect for slow trolling, and docking. Anything 1100 or over is running too rich imho, and the carbs. should be adjusted. I have 36" sea anchors that work pretty well this way. Higher idling also wears on the trannys faster too.