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The TideRunner

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About The TideRunner

  • Birthday 02/01/1958

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  • Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.):
    Hunting Fishing...Football Coach.
    Been training bird dogs since I was a kid, which was a long time ago. AKC Performance judge. American Field Bird Dog judge
  • What I do for a living:
    Letter Carrier USPS 40+ years. Will be retiring soon.

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    Milford CT

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  1. Pepto Bismol will help settle the stomach
  2. In CT you might be able to register the trailer as home made.
  3. This thread caught my eye because I have been thinking about replacing my YUP, "Sylvania Stars" with LED direct replacements. The Truck Lites seem to only be made for heavy trucks. Tractor trailer combos etc. I wanted to replace my bulbs for the same reason the OP did. But in the opposite direction. Getting to rural fishing areas without collecting venison along the way. Friends have used the bulbs from some company named after a river, and with great results. Yeah, I learned to adjust headlights a long long long time ago, and can use the targets in a friends shop. I have been wondering though if direct replacement of the fixtures may be the way to go. I wont be keeping this truck too much longer, so I don't want to invest in a push bar or something to mount additional LED lighting on. BTW I found my Sylvania Stars to be not much of an improvement. Price wise they were ok. Not a whole lot more $$ over stock bulbs.
  4. I know I do. As do a bunch of my work buddies. We use those bad words all the time! Good movie to watch when stuck inside. But, you find yourself using those words after watching it and laughing to yourself as you remember the scene. Marilou Henner was hot!
  5. Final price drop $100.00 For the Tidemaster picked up $35.00 for the Okuma Induron Shipped Nice rod, Nice reel.
  6. CT Fishing Outdoor Show March 22-24 Mohegan Sun Earth Expo and Covention Center. For tickets Mohegansun. Com
  7. Some years ago I went out and spent a bunch of $$ on tubes, and heads, and never caught anything on them Not a darn thing. Haven't used them since. Not only tubes, but Yamamoto Ika and a few others similar to tubes. My main weapon in water that deep. 5" twintail grubs on a round head jig.
  8. After heavy bombardment the Marines went ashore beginning Feb 19, 1945, the flag flying there is the first flag raised atop Mt. Suribachi. on Feb23,1945. The license plate photo is a photo of my father's license plate. 4th Division- C company- 24th Regiment
  9. Cooking oil is different than mineral oil. Though I'm pretty sure drinking enough of either one would work as a pretty darn good laxative. Mineral oil is just what it says it is. Mineral oil. Made from highly refined crude oil and petroleum products. Cooking oil is all natural made from various vegetables. Corn, canola, etc. In my early years of poiring plastics, I used Gulp recharging juice. Never had any ill effects from it. With some baits held for over 2 years, with no degradation. My idea from using Gulp juice was based purely in science. If Gulp baits can keep in it without issues, than I can keep my own baits in it without issues. Although Gulp baits are different than totally rubber baits. I'm not sure, but I believe that over time, Gulp deteriorates, whereas rubber baits don't
  10. The oily stuff is not mineral oil. Mineral oil would turn the plastic baits hard as a rock. It a plasticizer used in the manufacturing process used to make the plastics softer and more flexible.
  11. I pour my own so I can me them however I want. Colors I can’t get. Salt or no salt. Scent or no scent. I do notice a big difference in bites when using a certain scent. It’s a cricket scent that smells like death. But it seems to just plain work. Lately I haven’t been using salt or glass beads for weight. Gives me better colors. If I want weight I use either a worm weight or jig head. Sometimes a nail weight. The plastic does take some time to off gas. I know some guys use the baits right away without issues and they catch. When I bag my baits I scent them then. Squirting it in the bag then sprinkling with salt. I actually never tried using them right away or without scent or salt. Bass bites are usually reaction bites so it may not make a difference.
  12. If a fish isn’t over 21” off the hook and back in. I haven’t kept a fish in over 40 years.
  13. A little less low tech use a tungsten jig head. I typically fish 40’-60’ or smallies using that method. Jig head and grub. My PB largemouth of 7lbs came out of 60’ of water on a twin tail grub on a jig head. on a lake not known for largemouth. Another method I use is a Carolina rig. Texas rig too. and lately I’ve been trying Nekko rigs. Slower than usual fishing but bigger fish. So short answer, experiment until you find what works. One last method soft plastic swim bait on a jig head. I either use Keitech or pour my own. But they do work.
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