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We definitely do need to get together man. That pond is my friend’s privilege and I just get to go along. I’m trying to get my father-in-law out there and I expect that sooner or later I’ll also have somewhat of the privilege to come out there myself. If I ever get to meet the owner I plan to try and establish my own relationship with her. I’m gonna send her a Christmas card with all my kid’s catches. Hahaha! As soon as it is possible me and you will go! Dude those peacock bass look insane!! I saw a guy on YouTube catch a freaking 18lb’r in Columbia or something. I just got a saltwater rated spinning reel for when I go to the beach. I’ll actually be excited to go on vacation now! Haha I’ve been to Cedar Creek like 3 times and haven’t caught a single fish.. with your kayaks though I bet we could actually catch some! Dude I’m down whenever you want to go!!

Electric fan motor let out the smoke. Woohoo! I got it off a Volvo at the junk yard. It must’ve had a looooong life because the brushes were completely gone.

Swapped in my thermal clutch driven radiator fan this afternoon. I’m waiting on a new electric motor to come in the mail to replace the one that let the smoke out!

Slapped some poly bushings on my steering rack. Fixed the 1/4 turn of slop when taking a curve but the 1” slop I’ve been trying to pinpoint remains. I think it’s actually somewhere inside the rack itself.

What is that a majestic redwood your boy is casting from??? I swear you NW guys have it made!

I am starting this thread for everyone to have a place to share their fishing pictures. I’ve just started fishing this year and I have fallen in love with it. My best friend drinks lots and lots of wine and so has built a strong relationship with the owner of the winery he shops at, Rose. Rose has a big pond on a farm that is slap full of large mouth bass! It’s a super awesome fishing spot. Rose’s Pond: These are our first fish caught at Rose’s pond: Some more pics from Rose’s Pond: This one is my current pb (personal best). I was fishing a ned rig and on my second cast I got a bite. It felt normal, maybe a little weak/small, I thought it was a gonna be a small one and that I might be slightly embarrassed to hold it up. So I’m reeling it in, again it feels weakish and easy to reel in, when all the sudden it began swimming away from me and nearly tore the pole from my hands. I regained control of the pole and the cheap Shakespeare I was using was nearly bent all the way into an arc. My heart is pounding and I’m in total reaction mode trying to reel in as this thing is dragging line out of the cheap reel in my hands. Then it stops fighting and I see his large body barrel roll at the surface of the water. My friends who are with me both run over to where I am yelling and cheering! They saw my pole bend in half and know there’s a big fish on there! I got him to the bank and flung him behind me before he could break the cheap line on my reel. There he was, a chunky stud of a bass. I picked him up and had to use my whole hand, not just my thumb, in his mouth not to drop him. His mouth was so big that I could fit both my hands on his bottom lip!!! It was crazy! My friends who are much more experienced than me said he weighted at least 5lbs and may have even weighed as much as 6-6.5lbs or more. I was beside myself, really, for hours afterward. The feeling of catching that thing is alive in me now and has caused me to fall in love with fishing. Here he is: This one is out of a tiny pond I found on Google Earth: Me and my smallest boy Owen fished this pond for 30min without even the slightest nibble and I had let my line set right in front of me while I told Owen that it was time to go, “there’s no fish in here boy... just turtles” and BAM!!! A big ole bite! I lost the first bite and quickly landed the second one! They were right at my feet! You can’t see it well but it was a 2.5# largemouth bass! We have a small retention pond at work and I got a wild hair one evening and whatdoyaknow! Fish!! A fair sized, and fairly rare in Georgia, white crappie. Kind of an ugly fish IMO. These pics are from today, Labor Day. There’s a big waterfall in a neighborhood near my in-laws and above the waterfall is a fairly big dam: I fished lure after lure for an hour trying to figure out what these bass might want.. finally I put a chatter bait on with a big swim bait trailer and BAM! Got one!!! I felt a genuine sense of thankfulness for the little guy. Below the dam was a small concrete area where the water spills into. I cast into it with the chatter bait and instantly had the swim tail bitten off! After a few casts I pulled out some beautiful redbreast sunfish:

I just saw your sub install. Nice!! I often miss my sub... How much power are you feeding them??

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Good lord that thing looks good. You should take that somewhere scenic and enter the pic in the TOTM.

The camera makes them look blue but they are actually more white to the eye than blue. I replaced all the bulbs with LEDs.

Hands down best reason for a light bar :]

We are wearing our COVID collection devices here in Georgia. Unfortunately 99.999% of those who wear masks don’t understand the diligence required to make them effective or the danger they pose as dedicated disease spreading devices (like cellphones). Luckily if we hide in our homes and behind our masks for long enough the virus will pack it’s bags and head back to China.

+1 for the TPS. My TPS was worn on the spot where I cruised at highway speeds and that caused the trans to think I was accelerating for quick bursts which made the lockup solenoid flutter. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro