Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River

16/04/2024

12/04/2024

Destructive Lock Nuts Sucks
https://www.yumabassman.com/2024/04/12/destructive-lock-nuts-suck/

10/04/2024

The Eclipse Over Niagara Falls

General Information The Eclipse Over Niagara Falls ByBob La Londe April 9, 2024April 9, 2024 An associate, dare I say friend, sent me this photo. Les Neidig is the now retired owner of Able Security. (I’m the partially retired owner of The Security Consultant). We still chat from time to time on o...

09/04/2024

I was thinking about trading in the tow vehicle, and scrapping the truck on the trailer, but I'll probably keep driving the Chevy and fix up the Dodge to sell as a runner. Every vehicle I sell will be one they don't.

(RANT!) Does the local car dealership owner come to your church and put a big wad of cash in the collection plate? Do they trade with your business? Do they donate to your local social/charity/fun club or organization? Some do, but for most its strictly a cash benefit analysis at best IF they do at all. The one car dealership that ever traded with my business is no longer around. One that donated to a club I ran is no longer around. One that donated to a club I was a member of is also one that screwed my dad on an engine rebuild. I don't mean the usual unhappy stuff either. I mean screwed. I have been shopping the last week, and I am reminded how much I just don't like dealerships. Low balling trades. Pricing not matching their advertising. Bait and switch (or appearance of bait and switch). Attempted driver's license hostage scam. Try to get you "invested in the process" sales tactic. Parting shot method. Telling you the same thing over and over like it validates their invalid point. Having to ask six times to get a price on the truck they bait and switched you on and its a $1000 more than the window sticker, and a lot more than the advertised price of THAT truck. When I was a local contractor I used to buy all my trucks locally. I also seemed to get a "fair" deal. Now I want a new truck for personal use and generically dealerships suck. I'm not talking about tacky used car lots. I'm talking about new truck dealerships. I don't know why either. They aren't selling like they were a couple years ago. Published sales numbers are low, and dealers have quit being able to tack on outrageous premiums like they did not that far in the past. I'm so frustrated with local dealerships I'm ready to buy out of town. Out of state if need be. The time alone I have wasted with some of these guys would be worth it to just buy the truck I want from a dealership back east, fly out and drive it back. Any cash savings is just a bonus.

06/04/2024

I finally got that Curt brake controller to work properly. If you look at the picture very closely you can tell exactly how I fixed it.

31/03/2024

It's gonna rattle a little, but it will not twist, it it will have good straight line pulling strength... AND IT'S 100% REMOVABLE SO IT CAN BE USED ON OTHER APPLICATIONS.

25/03/2024

Fishing Intel Gleaning HERE – Fishing Report From Mittry Lake

By Bob La Londe March 25, 2024

Fishing Fishing Intel Gleaning HERE – Fishing Report From Mittry Lake ByBob La Londe March 25, 2024 Okay, posts about my attitude on forward facing sonar, and personal trials and tribulations working on trailers I am sure are not what you are here for. You visit this site for the fishing intel you...

24/03/2024

RT-45 FLIPPING ALL DAY.
https://www.cncmolds.com/webstore/soft-plastic-lure-molds/creatures/rt45-ribbed-tickler-4-1/2-inch-2-cavity-or-8-cavity.html

22/03/2024

I CUT THE HITCH OFF MY JEEP
More at link: https://www.yumabassman.com/2024/03/21/i-cut-the-hitch-off-my-jeep/

22/03/2024

Sometimes nothing goes quite right. 3-ish years ago I picked up a gooseneck trailer to haul stuff and help my dad get his collection of junk vehicles in order. Then my dad started making it difficult to do the things we agreed to do, so I parked the trailer and let him decide how he wanted to... More at link: https://www.yumabassman.com/2024/03/21/those-axles/

18/03/2024

Telescopes Like a Flipping Stick…

Most of us are probably familiar with the telescoping flipping stick. For the rest… no not like a multi section telescoping rod. Just one where main body of the rod can be pushed back into the butt section of the rod. This is fairly typical of 7’6″ to 8′ med-hvy to x-heavy fast to x-fast action rods. This allows a long rod to be stored in most rod lockers. ... more at link below:

Fishing | Getting Started Fishing Telescopes Like a Flipping Stick… ByBob La Londe March 18, 2024 Most of us are probably familiar with the telescoping flipping stick. For the rest… no not like a multi section telescoping rod. Just one where main body of the rod can be pushed back into the butt ...

06/03/2024

No Pictures of Tiny Fish – Canal Bank Adventure – March 5th 2024 – (secret tip)

Fishing No Pictures of Tiny Fish – Canal Bank Adventure – March 5th 2024 – (secret tip) ByBob La Londe March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 Five Minutes On The Water seems to be all I can take most times I get to go at all. I’m dealing with a lot, and any substantial time off usually has to be planned...

01/03/2024

NOT FOR SALE!!!
These are the perfect action for a 4-in heavy salt stick worm like my Club-O. ML XF. 7' I found a deal on some and I bought every single one they had.

26/02/2024

This is What 30th-ish Place Looks Like

Fishing This is What 30th-ish Place Looks Like ByBob La Londe February 25, 2024 Here are four of our five fish limit. You aren’t missing anything. the fifth fish looked about like the other four. Click for full size image.  I don’t know if we were actually 30th, but Dave Willhide and I made it ...

19/01/2024

My Boat Won’t Start - A Single Buttock Plan

Boats & Boating My Boat Won’t Start ByBob La Londe January 18, 2024 Today was my day off this week. I try to take one day off every week, but it doesn’t always work that way. I’ve got one payment due on the 18th (today for the car I bought for my mom), so I figured I better get that taken care...

14/01/2024

It Was Soooooo SLOOOOOW

Fishing It Was Soooooo SLOOOOOW ByBob La Londe January 14, 2024January 14, 2024 A few days ago I shared my canal bank milk run with YumaBasser. He’d made noise a few times that he’d like to learn to fish the canals, so we went. Neither of us was up for a full day, so we headed out for a few hour...

01/01/2024

MaxCuatro Vs Beyond8 – Reduced Diameter Braided Fishing Line

Fishing MaxCuatro Vs Beyond8 – Reduced Diameter Braided Fishing Line ByBob La Londe December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 First off the Beyond8 is significantly less expensive than the MaxCuatro. I bought some a while back and hung it on the wall, but I had not yet done any more than that. I have bee...

31/12/2023

Old Tow Strap - A Little Different (Where Can I Buy One Today???)

Tow Vehicles Old Tow Strap – A Little Different ByBob La Londe December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 I’m looking for an old strap I bought about 30 years ago. I actually bought three of them. I know. I know. You want to tell what you use. You can if you want. I may even have some of what you use, b...

31/12/2023

Mustad 38112 – Curly Buzz Frog Tips

Fishing | Tackle Making Mustad 38112 – Curly Buzz Frog Tips ByBob La Londe December 30, 2023 I had previously touted the Mustad 91768 with a snap on screw lock as the best (and probably cheapest) hooks for the Curly Buzz Frogs in all sizes. More recently I had noted I could go up a size using the ...

06/12/2023

https://www.yumabassman.com/2023/12/06/coming-events/
YumaBassMan & CNC Molds N Stuff

General Information Coming Events ByBob La Londe December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 I’ll be dragging Bar Hopper over to the shop soon to do a first unboxing and assembly video (maybe a couple) of the Twister surface drive. The new motor to go on it was ordered a few days ago. I am about 75% decided ...

02/12/2023

https://www.yumabassman.com/2023/12/02/surface-drive-progress-sorta/

Boats & Boating | Bob's Other Projects Surface Drive Progress… Sorta ByBob La Londe December 2, 2023 I had been begrudging the cost of the motor for the surface drive I bought for Bar Hopper. Initially I had planned on a Predator 670 V-twin from Harbor Freight. Its about a thousand dollars at this...

29/11/2023

This was one of the first molds I ever made that I was really proud of. It still makes me smile when I get to cut one for somebody. It comes with two insert plates. One to make a bait with a hook slot, and one to make a solid belly bait.
https://www.cncmolds.com/webstore/lbs-shad-live-bait-shad-1-cavity.html

27/11/2023

80% 1911-22 – Part #1 The Plan (VIDEO)

A short series on finishing out an 80% 1911 frame for a 1911 22LR pistol. Rumble’s rules do not allow me to show actual manufacturing, but I intend to show everything…

Hunting & Shooting 80% 1911-22 – Part #1 The Plan (VIDEO) ByBob La Londe November 26, 2023November 26, 2023 They may never monetize this video, so you might need to subscribe to see it. (Non-monetized videos are only visible to subscribers on Rumble.) A short series on finishing out an 80% 1911 fr...

24/11/2023

Yeti Vs Igloo - MISCELLANEOUS OUTDOORS

Miscellaneous Outdoors Yeti Vs Igloo ByBob La Londe November 24, 2023 These is not a scientific test. Many factors can obviously sway the results. This is just an anecdote of one side by side experience. We had a new refrigerator delivered this morning. Yesterday we emptied out the old one, and afte...

19/11/2023

https://www.yumabassman.com/2023/11/19/a-free-bag-of-worms/

Fishing | Tow Vehicles A Free Bag of Worms ByBob La Londe November 19, 2023 In an online group somebody posted a picture of a pickup truck parked on the ramp at a local fishing hole. This is what I had to say. Its not the first I’ve seen people do that at the “primitive” launches. Most of the ...

09/11/2023

https://www.yumabassman.com/2023/11/08/two-new-basic-designs-from-cnc-molds-n-stuff-for-the-budget-or-production-minded/

Tackle Making Two New “BASIC” Designs From CNC Molds N Stuff – for the Budget or Production Minded ByBob La Londe November 8, 2023 The new Basic Curly Tail Worm swims out to about 6-1/4 inches long. Available in 1 or 8 cavity versions. https://www.cncmolds.com/webstore/soft-plastic-lure-molds/...

09/11/2023

BUY NOW!!!
1 cavity for the budget minded.
8 cavities for those with a production orientation.
Make sure to pick the one you want.
https://cncmolds.com/webstore/basic-ribbon-tail-worms-9-inches-cavities-1-or-8.html