Never owned one Tim, but did find this site that might help.
Bed Liners For Truck Campers
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Never owned one Tim, but did find this site that might help.
Bed Liners For Truck Campers
I wouldn't think you would need to. Unless that joker goes in super tight. IF you do have to remove it, I recommend purchasing the Herculiner bed stuff and doing a roll in liner yourself. Both Brian and I have it in our trucks and love it. 60-80 bucks for do it yourself vice a couple hundred from the shop works for me!
Thanks: Great web site Don, I 'm sure I will learn a lot, but I want to go to different lakes from time to time and camp, and take my boat. I learned putting a rubber mat in bed will help with it not sliding around. Hope to have it for fall crappie meet.
Another good resource might be to PM Billbob. He hauled his boat to a bunch of camps all over the country behind a truck camper for years until he bought his new rig. Anyway, good luck on that and I hope to see you in your new rig this fall my friend.
Well, as they say, new to us. It's a second owner rig. I need to be looking for a truck soon also.
Nice Bass Alboy, what did it weigh?
Sweet Al. I wanna see that patch displayed proudly at camp now.
First to flytier..I had a TC, so some experience there..slip in bedliners are too slippery..best thing under one is a horse stall mat..they are tough and up to the task..and now..my daughter and family left this morning for Calif. sad,but can rest a bit :yikeswas a lot of fun..got to take my daughter and SIL fishing..GREAT..daughter caught a rock bass(1), got to see a glorious sunrise..pics on phone, will try to get them on the computer..SIL blanked, but did catch two small 'gills in the drain behind my neighbors..grand kids not interested in fishing yet :donobored after five minutes..a few more years maybe..the wife and I had a great time tho'..did pull 10# of walleye fillets out of the freezer, invited the neighbors, and had a fish fry :biggrinnow must re-stock..ate all my crappies too..thanks for allowing me to ramble on..I do hope that all of you had a fine week too..bill
Thanks I just happen to have a mat I dragged home from where I worked, I wouldn't have thought of that.
got the camper home, going to try it out at Green Wood Acres. A lake called Goose Lake, NO JET SKIES or fast boats! I wanted something with a pool for Dar, now they are forecasting cool temps with possible rain. Oh well it should be nice for fishing.
Give us a report when ya get back home on how the camper handles.
Looks as if wife and I will be leaving for New Jersey :yikeson Wed.. second oldest daughter lives there..will be good to see her..I hate traffic
Have a safe trip. Are you going to get to take the "scenic route", or will you have to drive the boring interstates all the way there? :eek:
I just noticed that Al's Master angler bass came from Halfmoon lake! IN the Bruin chain of lakes.
I fished Lake Erie on Saturday.
Perch fished from around 9 am to just after 4pm. Kept 76 perch between the two of us. Quite a bit of sorting and some fish were on the small side. I only moved twice. Lots of other boats moved around a lot and didn't do as good as we did. By the end of the day we were all alone and still catching fish. I deployed the "never leave fish to find fish" strategy. I guess some people have to catch them one after another or they don't stick around.
I think the other trick was one I have used time and time again. Utilizing different baits that are not widely known in the local area. We utilized perch rigs that are common to the west side of the state but no one on the East side sells them. Kevin turned me on to them a couple of years ago. They are made by Ron Spring's from Montague and are called "Ron Spring's panfish rigs. Chartreuse was the color of the day. We fished right on the Ohio boarder 6.21 miles straight east of Sterling state park in 28 ft of water.
Sounds like a great day. Sandy & I went a couple days ago and caught one Perch. Love that Perch fishing.
Larry, Tonda and I only got one perch. I set it on a 5 gal bucket to get a good pic.
That one perch is almost a full Meal!! Nice yellow belly though. I always love the fin colors this time of year.
I may be out perch fishing again this weekend.
We caught 2 today, I should have laid them across a beer can. lmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by fishingcouple
Not until we drink the beer!
Thank you Walmart.com...Attachment 212743
Dear lord, I pray for the toilet paper I am about to use!
Update..personal problems on the kids end has postponed the trip..possibly next month, according to the CFO..guess I'll just have to go fishing 5Quote:
Originally Posted by fiveeyes
Sorry to hear that five. Hope all works out.
Nope. Half Moon Lake in Muskegon County. On M37 south of Grant.Quote:
Originally Posted by wicklundrh
Drove by that lake many years and always say some day i need to fish that lake, any how good job with your fishQuote:
Originally Posted by Alboy79
Rainy day smoked fish
Have some lake trout soaking in some Danger Dans brine and plan on smoking it up today or tomorrow
Sure hope it tastes good
Sure sounds good.Quote:
Originally Posted by ready2fish
Hey Jimmy, put some of that Koop's Mustard on it.lolQuote:
Originally Posted by ready2fish
Good crappie in that lake...Quote:
Originally Posted by ready2fish
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that's a nice one alboy79
Went to Waffle Farm camp ground on Craig Lake, and tried out camper, And what the heck thought I might as well take the boat along. Fishing was good considering the hot weather.
How was it pulling the boat? Did you do the Billbob thing and launch the boat w/ the camper?
So being a mapping junky I always have to google/bing locations and take virtual trips, yada, yada. I was specifically looking at boat access on that lake, and see the launch at Moore Co. Park. The DNR boating site also shows another launch off Half Moon Ct. on the southwest corner of the lake, but I just don't see it. Is that no longer there?
The 1500 really does a good job, as far as pulling, looking to upgrade to a 3/4 ton soon, as for backing yes, backed right in and Darlene drove the rig to the camp site.
The only boat launch I have used is the on at the camp ground, I think their is a small fee, but it is really nice.
Anyone fishing anywhere fun this weekend
I walked by my boat and seen spider webs on it :kewl
Not in this heat! But next week is supposed to be better, see you at camp right?
Wife and I are going in the morning, private lake.Quote:
Originally Posted by ready2fish
I hit woodburn lake on Sunday evening. I knew the other lakes leading to it would be crowded. Just kept my cool, planned ahead for waiting at the launch, and took my time. We ended up keeping 15 crappies. We lost way more than we caught including one giant that gave a good thump, shook his head, let me see him, and then he was gone! I think he gave me the middle finger (or fin).
The good news is that the fish size this year is way better than last year! The fish are really healthy. The length has been there but the width has not. They are now starting to look like dinner plates! The bad news is there are 30 less fish to catch during crappie camp :biggrin
The water temperate was really hot on Friday and Sunday (79 plus surfaced temp). I assume the fish would be deep so I skirted the weeds in 16ft of water. Marked nothing. It took a minute to realize the fish surface feeding were in fact crappies. I used my spring tactics to catch a lot of them. Single gold Aberdeen hook 3 feet under a weighted float with no sinkers. The other hot bait was a big bite twister tail "Parrot". I think the key is the orange tail as it really showed up good in the water.
I did locate a few more spots where we have not previously caught crappies. Things are setting up nice for the camp!
gonna try a report-this morning..fished for 3hrs..I suck..trolled jigs, cranks, three different profiles, casted jigs, minnow baits, beetle spins, and this is what I have to show--Attachment 213918 six inch pliers..just so you know how good I am..I caught multiples of these..hope I can learn something at camp!!