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Broke her maiden
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03/18/17 11:42 PM
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Bobcat1
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Good to Slabrador and Dutch and Paul Childress today. Fishing was tough to say the least. I am in love with my new to me boat. Bass Cat built one fine machine in the 2013 Pantera IV. Drags like a dream unloads and loads perfectly. Most stable fishing platform I have ever fished off of. The new Helix Mega is something to see. Spent a lot of time dialing them in. Still don't have them set to perfection but getting close. Slimed it up a little. Hit a few stumps... well a lot of stumps. Not a scratch on the hull to be found. The Ultrex is the bee's knees also. You have the best of both worlds with a remote and foot control steering also. You can control it from your phone or either Helix Unit and maybe the 898 in dash. I use it for a map and to see bottom on plane. The spotlock is good and the jog feature worked perfectly. Worked a lot of laydowns today and caught fish everywhere but not a lot of numbers. The Ultrex and Mega units will really shine this summer and fall brushpile fishing. Here's a few pics. Spent more time tinkering today than serious fishing. Man there were a ton of boats on Fork today, First fish of the day: Good looking laydown but did not get bit here: Just graphing around:
Bobby Barnett
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Re: Broke her maiden
[Re: Bobcat1]
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03/19/17 12:12 AM
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TroyKing
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Glad you finally got on the water...looks good.
The driving force and secret desire of every bass fisherman, is to one day be a crappie fisherman............Could it be that the good Lord just smilies and looks the other way when a fisherman tells a lie?
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Re: Broke her maiden
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03/19/17 01:48 AM
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BrazosRiverTom
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That is so neat, to catch a crappie on your first trip out in your new boat. Way to go. That Humminbird unit sure looks good. I spent all my money 2 years ago on a 999, so no matter how good they get in the future, I will be glad that I have what I have. Keep the pics coming, sure do enjoy them.
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Re: Broke her maiden
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03/19/17 02:01 AM
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TreeBass
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Congrat Bobby, way to slime her up first trip out!
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Re: Broke her maiden
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03/20/17 12:46 AM
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shill
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shill
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Re: Broke her maiden
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03/20/17 01:05 AM
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Ken Gaby
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"I am in love with my new to me boat. Bass Cat built one fine machine in the 2013 Pantera IV. Drags like a dream unloads and loads perfectly. Most stable fishing platform I have ever fished off of."
I hear you Bobby. Been a lot of threads about boats and what to buy and money does determine the end result. But once you fish out of a BassCat and know how stable a boat can be and how well one will track when you're running the trolling motor in the wind, it's hard to fish out of anything else. You're just never satisfied.
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Re: Broke her maiden
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03/20/17 01:15 AM
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SheCrappieKilla
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Bobby, I didn't see ya, Kyron said you was out there some where, I was looking for ya. I would be all over trying to catch that 1 fish in your screen shot, even though it looks like a bass. Well you get the ideal.
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Re: Broke her maiden
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03/20/17 01:41 AM
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I've heard good things about the Humminbird mega and from the looks of that screen shot I hope it will be a future upgrade for me.
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Re: Broke her maiden
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03/20/17 01:42 AM
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Jacob
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You are set now! Awesome rig man. I spent a ton of time graphing today. I could spend all day looking at that screen. It's crazy how some lay downs/piles look amazing, but don't hold fish, and others that aren't really all that impressive hold tons of fish.
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Re: Broke her maiden
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03/20/17 03:34 AM
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Bobcat1
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Bobby, I didn't see ya, Kyron said you was out there some where, I was looking for ya.
I would be all over trying to catch that 1 fish in your screen shot, even though it looks like a bass. Well you get the ideal.
Did you do any good Saturday?? Looked like Texas Motor Speedway out there.
Bobby Barnett
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Re: Broke her maiden
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03/20/17 01:01 PM
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SheCrappieKilla
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31 keepers, took a half of a day to figure out how to get one caught. Slow down.
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Re: Broke her maiden
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03/20/17 11:13 PM
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banker-always fishing
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Nice post. First of many more trips to follow!
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Broke her maiden
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03/20/17 11:21 PM
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Bobcat1
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31 keepers, took a half of a day to figure out how to get one caught. Slow down. I was impatient. Bet that was it.
Bobby Barnett
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