I'm not jealous, well maybe a little. I think you're reading little too much into my comments. And as I said, the post doesn't apply to you. I do, however, feel that there is such a thing as too much gear, but I'm guilty of that myself. Been reading Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway. Now that's a fishing tale about skill and luck (good and bad). No fancy equipment in that story.

I would like to see what would happen if you ran a tournament in which electronics were verbotten. You probably couldn't get five people to fish in it.

I don't think I made fishing sound petty at all. But you got to wonder if some of the tactics don't, i.e. umbrella rigs. Where's the sport in that? Lanier's a big lake, but not an ocean. Seems like catching is more important than fishing.

exactly . Does that mean Clay should change the name to "Fishing Not Catching"?

Guides don't count. They have client expectations to deal with. You spent $350, you want to catch a fish. And there was nothing intentional in my choice of words.

If the shoe fits, wear it. If any of my comments apply to you then you have a reason to be upset. If not, well, then I wasn't refering to you. As a matter of fact, I've never messed with you directly other than the carpetbagger remark and I only did that because that you felt some need to chime in on my feud with Corey. Must be the carpetbagger in you...

Hey, I've got an idea, start your own guide service called Carpetbagger Guide Service. Hah, someone already uses Carpetbagger Fishing Charters:

http://www.carpetbaggercharters.com/

RIGHT-ON DAN. I'm with you 100% on that. I'm headed out in a few minutes to get after them. hey buddy......would you mind hittin' me with a text in a little bit, not that I will need specific info,locations,technics,depth,bait size,hook size,leader length, line size and type, what type and brand of reels and rods you are now using, trolling speed,water temp,lake contours,GPS c0ordeneces, river channel hooks,flats, points,humps,brush piles, drop offs, mud-line, sandy or rocky banks, hard/soft bottom, timber,etc,etc,etc...........WHEW!!
Not that I need all that,
It always makes for some good reading when I take a break between fish. LOmfnL!!!
I was not going to chime in on this one but Dan, as always you tell it like it is broham.
I have learned tons from Clay's site and like Jim have made some good friends and enjoyed meeting some great people here.And Dan the Man, you are one of them. If you live or fish on this lake it's way better than any rag or mag you could subscribe too and it usually very current. At least I can get a good starting point as far as the pattern when I go out after not fishing in a while. So whats not to like Kep?
OK that's my 30 minutes worth of lap-top-vegging. Glad I got that out of the way, now I can eat.

Alright this has really gotten off subject. I am locking the thread.