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I may be on cruches, but I will be there.

Upper body is working great. I would love to be out in a boat today with a rod in my gut. Its my foot that is really bothering me. This is setting me back on doing all the things to the boat I needed to do before spring. I will not have the boat ready in time.

Thanks for the kind words. I am doing much better today. The rib is slightly sore, but my foot is killing me. I had ice on all day yesterday, and have ice on it now. I am going to give the foot another day before I go back into the doctors.

My wife had the day off work today, so I went out back to cut some wood. I had some trees that were broke in half about 20' in the air. I cut the first one down without incident. After I cut the second one(24" tree), I gave it a push to get it going. Where the tree was broken, 20' in the air, it broke in half and came down and hit me. This just glanced off the side of me and knocked me to the ground. I was in extreme pain. After laying on the ground for a couple of minutes, I realized I could move my feet. This was a good sign. I managed to get back to me feet, hobbled back to my truck and drove back up to the house. Once inside, I told my wife we need to go to the emergency room. After spending 3 hours in the emergency room, getting x-rays on my knee, ankle, a crt on my lower back, and they aslo scanned for internal damages, I got to go home. I was very lucky! 1' further over, and there is a good chance I would not be here. I have one broken rib, and 3 fractured transverse process bones. Looks like I will be sore for the next 6 weeks. I will not be taking the boat to St. Joseph this spring like I wanted to.

Did you get any over 30"?

That shows the lake trout size limit for MM6-8 as 20"

The snow is gone at my house.

I am not familiar with the platinum. I have the lake master chip for my lcx-111c.

I have the iphone.

How many of you have a cell phone such as an iphone, ipod touch, blackberry or other pda that you can access the internet and this site with? If you have one, what do you have?

Hey....that sounds like a guy at the bait and tackle down the street!

I took at a peek at the Muskegon webcam just for the heck of it. Its not open yet.

Here is the patent that is filed for the echip. It tells how it works.

Welcome aboard Sean! I dont know about you, but I have the itch to be out fishing pretty bad this year. Its been a lonnnnggg winter. Post some pictures of your boat and show us how you got it rigged. If you need anything, dont hesitate to ask. Mike

I have ALOT of domain names registered. I registered each of these domain names for under $10 a piece. In the last week, I have received 2 different letters in the mail to renew a domain name of mine that is about to expire. The Domain Renewal Group wants $30 to renew my domain name for 1 yr, and the Liberty Names of America wants $29 to renew my domain name for 1yr. These are both legit companies that do domain name renewal, however....they are both CROOKS! Save yourself $20. You can renew your domain name with your current registar for the amount you registered with. I believe godaddy is the cheapest place to register a domain name with.

I moved this to the shows and seminars section. Do you have more information? Location, and times, where to get the tickets?

Not so fast.... This is the information about the echip from the ProTroll website. E-Chip The EChip is a small tube that encases a ball and proprietary microchip crystal. The rocking of the ball agitates the microchip and it gives off a tiny electrical pulse. The EChip duplicates the electrical nerve discharge of a wounded baitfish. This discharge is detected by predator fish and they will attack. The Echip never needs charging or batteries and it doesn't wear out. Scientists Confirm that Fish use 5 Sensory Systems to Feed Sight - fish have good eyesight but don't see well in poor conditions or at close range. Cloudy water, dirty water and deep dark water inhibit sight. Smell - Important for some fish but scent trails are narrow and inaccurate for catching prey. Sound - Sounds travels fast in water but it is very inaccurate for predators at close range. Vibration - Critical for general attraction to a region but it is also inaccurate at close range. Electro Sensitivity - Critical for triggering strikes and enabling fish to exactly locate and strike their prey. When talking about echip's we need to think about micro voltage, and frequency. What happens to a crystal when you send it an electrical pulse? It gets excited and emits a frequency. Add into the equation of how sound travels through water, and you have the means for something that "may" attract fish. I will use any tool available to put more fish in my boat.

I hope thats for one weekend. I would hate to have a quota of 28 fish and be done after one weekend. I "mostly" run 20lb test on all of my rods. After the sun is high above, and if the bite is tough, I will break out the 8' "barbie doll" rods. These are medium light rods spooled with 15lb test.

I have a portable voice recorder I keep on the boat. When the action is fast and furious, its easy to say a couple of lines in the recorder, and then transfer the information to a log after I am back to the dock. There is a spread sheet/log in this post.

The jacket is a King Louie. Unfortunately, I never was able to find a cheap source for them. My embroiderer has the image image and can put it on any jacket. I also had one made up for my son. This year I will be getting myself a new jacket, and jackets for both of my sons. I will check with my embroiderer to see what the price is now to have it embroidered.

This was an early May 2008 trip. This is Wyatt catching his first fish on lake Michigan. bRX2zmRFhd0

This was a tip on May 26th with Priority1 and BigJack. This was Jacks first king on a wire diver. nm4rk79iDVA

This is my son Hunter reeling in a chinook and a tangle we end up with. malZLDHwvg0

D & R Sports is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

I will be at D & R Sports all day on 7 March. There are several places near there if people would like to get together and get a bite to eat.