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Lots of great gear out there for not a whole lot of money. Great looking fish Nick.

Unfortunately, a circular saw with metal cutting blade makes short work of most gun safes. I am beginning to believe that a safe is a great decoy and valuables should be hidden elsewhere.

http://www.water-data.com/ Cool site for Colorado river/lake info.

Check out ARS-17-304, only applies to hunters. Paint (orange) on a post, every 1/4 mile of a property boundary, signage at corners & vehicle access. 17-304. Prohibition by landowner on hunting, fishing, trapping or guiding; trespassing; posting; requirements A. Landowners or lessees of private land who desire to prohibit hunting, fishing, trapping or guiding on their lands without their permission shall post such lands closed to hunting, fishing, trapping or guiding using notices or signboards. B. State or federal lands, including those under lease, may not be posted except by consent of the commission. C. The notices or signboards shall meet all of the following criteria: 1. Be at least eight inches by eleven inches with plainly legible wording in capital and bold-faced lettering at least one inch high. 2. Contain the words "no trespassing", "no hunting", "no trapping", "no fishing" or "no guiding" either as a single phrase or in any combination. 3. Be conspicuously placed on a structure or post at all points of vehicular access, at all property or fence corners and at intervals of not more than one-quarter mile along the property boundary, except that a post with one hundred square inches or more of orange paint may serve as the interval notices between property or fence corners and points of vehicular access. The orange paint shall be clearly visible and shall cover the entire aboveground surface of the post facing outward and on both lateral sides from the closed area. D. The entry of any person for the taking of wildlife is not grounds for an action for criminal trespassing pursuant to section 13-1502 unless either: 1. The land has been posted pursuant to this section and the notices and signboards also contain the words "no trespassing". 2. The person knowingly remains unlawfully on any real property after a reasonable request to leave by a law enforcement officer acting at the request of the owner, the owner or any other person having lawful control over the property or the person knowingly disregards reasonable notice prohibiting entry to any real property.

Any issue with the existing scope? Does your existing scope/ring/base combo hold zero? My brother had a BLR in .243 that would not hold zero due to a poor lock up between breech and receiver. Tried multiple scopes/rings/bases on the rifle and poi wandered on all of them. Iron sights on the barrel were consistent however. Rifle was lost in a burglary but the cure for that particular BLR likely would have been a barrel mounted scout scope. Assuming your BLR is accurate/consistent with the existing scope, I recommend a quality compact scope in 2.5 X 10 X 40 mm range. Adjustable objective is a plus. Don't scrimp on bases & rings.

Best bass bite(s) I ever experienced was at San Carlos reservoir in the 70's. Hope the lake can stay full and return to its former glory.

Close to .5" on the gauge west of Vernon. Lightning, lost power for a few seconds. Bring it!

The onslaught of people living on public lands will, at some point, cause a whole new set of rules for public land use that will likely negatively affect us all.

Wheeling on the edge of a cliff is always a thrill.

82 road is legend. Never been on the East Sunset Mesa road of which you speak but you are saying it's worse than the 82 road? That is a lofty claim.

^^^ This. Currently, there is a very active thread about the 404J in the Africa hunting section.

Took my son in-laws on a tuna trip a few years ago, they were green as could be. Bought a couple spinning rigs as I knew they would struggle with baitcasters. Rigged the spinners with 65# braid backing combined with 30# fluoro leaders. Son in-laws took #1 and #2 in the jackpot. 45# and 43# bluefin. Only downside to a "coffee grinder" IMO, is not being able to rest the rod on the rail to take a break during the battle. I've fished the Excalibur, good boat, sleeps better than most. On another note, practice your knots prior to your trip. You can thank me later

Caught some really nice bass in Gila below Painted Rock in the 80's.

Suspect the perimeter of Painted Rock reservoir is paved with snakes displaced by rising water.

SRP has released a lot of water out of Stewart Mountain dam for at least a couple weeks. Surprised that a good flush would promote algae growth.

Colorado through Cataract Canyon should run big this year. Crazy rafters! This is what it looks like @ 70K cfs:

Easy enough to monitor lake levels and inflows on the Colorado river: http://www.water-data.com/

Recommend 3" Federal #5 shot turkey loads, consistently good in various shotguns. Good luck on your sons hunt.

Lots of data points scattered about the SRP watersheds but at the end of the day it's somewhat of a crap shoot trying to balance safety vs a 100% full reservoir. Apparently there is still a substantial amount of snowpack yet to melt, SRP currently releasing 10,400 cfs from Bartlett and 1,270 cfs from Stewart Mtn. SRP hydrologists are earning their keep this spring.

Big Sandy ran 40K cfs into Alamo overnight. Verde running 25K + with more to come. Black river running 6500 cfs above confluence with Whiteriver. The melt is on!

Burn fuel, boot leather, search for rut rubbed trees.

Water release from Bartlet dam has been raised to 800 cfs today. Salt river bed won't be dry for long.

Congratulations on an outstanding bull!

You scored a really nice optic at a great price.