Ok I'm officially offended.. 2024

Triton_Mike reply :

and It takes a BOMB to offend me. But we got a Smallmouth forum and no SPOTTED BASS FORUM?????? What in hades is wrong with that picture LOL. You can't have one without the other it's just plain wrong in so many ways .

Can we vote?? Thumb rassle? hand game (rock, paper, scissors??) Gene and Kent you guys live in Spot Country say something to the fearless leader .

Gatorbassman reply :

We've talked about it but there just isn't enough activity pertaining to the Spotted Bass to even fill one page of a forum.

Muddy reply :

I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either ;D

Gatorbassman reply :

Now a dink forum we could pull off.

We can call it Burley's Place.

FishinDaddy reply :

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I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either ;D

Yes we do. It is called "Northeast Bass Fishing." ;D

Muddy reply :

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I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either ;D

Yes we do. It is called "Northeast Bass Fishing." ;D

I can not even deny this! Burley for Moderator!

Rich Tehan reply :

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I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either ;D

Yes we do. It is called "Northeast Bass Fishing." ;D

OUCH! dude that hurts... :-[

Dean reply :

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I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either ;D

Yes we do. It is called "Northeast Bass Fishing." ;D

Haha real funny man...way to not be cool! ;D

Daniel My Brother reply :

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I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either ;D

Yes we do. It is called "Northeast Bass Fishing." ;D

That's the line of the week.

;D ;D ;D

fourbizz reply :

'Cause spots suck! ;D

roadwarrior reply :

In this part of the country, Kentucky Bass are trash fish. We catch

a lot, but I don't know a single person that actually fishes for them.

I release them, but I am not opposed to killing every single one.

When my partner and I have "meat hunters" aboard., we keep all

legal bass.

fourbizz reply :

I dont mean this sarcastically at all, but spots are delicious. I hate cleaning fish but every once in awhile I'll kill some 2 lbers for the table.Over populated in our lakes anyway.

Triton_Mike reply :

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'Cause spots suck! ;D

sniff sniff . You have to admit they aren't as lazy as them couch tater fish you catch and lord knows they give up too easily too

fourbizz reply :

by not lazy you mean small, athletic, and stupid right? ;D

Its not laziness, its efficiency, lol.

I'm starting to like spots actually. They are downright mean.

clipper reply :

My lake has very few largemouth and I would rather fish for spots than catfish, bream, or crappie. A 12" spot can be a lot of fun on 4lb line and a light tackle rig and they are more aggressive and easier to catch in cold weather than largemouth. So, I am thankful to have Kentucky Spotted Bass to catch.

By the way, that is a 4 lb 7 oz largemouth in my avatar that came from Marben Farms PFA on 4 lb line, so I will fish for largemouth if offered the opportunity.

Triton Mike is a first class bass guide, and if you want to have a fun day and catch a lot of fish, book a trip with him this spring on Allatoona.

Triton_Mike reply :

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My lake has very few largemouth and I would rather fish for spots than catfish, bream, or crappie. A 12" spot can be a lot of fun on 4lb line and a light tackle rig and they are more aggressive and easier to catch in cold weather than largemouth. So, I am thankful to have Kentucky Spotted Bass to catch.
By the way, that is a 4 lb 7 oz largemouth in my avatar that came from Marben Farms PFA on 4 lb line, so I will fish for largemouth if offered the opportunity.

Triton Mike is a first class bass guide, and if you want to have a fun day and catch a lot of fish, book a trip with him this spring on Allatoona.

AHA!!! Somebody does agree with me. Gene listen to step dad and make us a spotty forum so we can teach nofizzle how to fish the Float N Fly for SPOTS on 4lb line!!!! How ya doing Clipper .

Triton_Mike reply :

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In this part of the country, Kentucky Bass are trash fish. We catch
a lot, but I don't know a single person that actually fishes for them.

I release them, but I am not opposed to killing every single one.

When my partner and I have "meat hunters" aboard., we keep all

legal bass.

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Now Kent, I know for a fact Whitten fishes for them when he goes to Bay Springs. I know this cause he's asking me how to catch them LOL.

Randall reply :

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Now a dink forum we could pull off.
We can call it Burley's Place.

Dinks and spots belong on the same board anyway they are both the same size. Just call it the spot/dink board. ;D

I will admit to fishing for spots sometimes but thats just because GA is about to break the WR for spotted bass and I wouldn't mind having a WR. A 10 pound spot is the only one worth catching.

fourbizz reply :

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Now a dink forum we could pull off.
We can call it Burley's Place.

Dinks and spots belong on the same board anyway they are both the same size. Just call it the spot/dink board. ;D

I will admit to fishing for spots sometimes but thats just because GA is about to break the WR for spotted bass and I wouldn't mind having a WR. A 10 pound spot is the only one worth catching.

If Georgia broke the record, California would have it back in a year. I would put money on it.

Sharpie reply :

I think you will get over it.

Paul Roberts reply :

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FishinDaddy wrote on Today at 6:25pm:
Muddy wrote on Today at 6:19pm:

I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either

Yes we do. It is called "Northeast Bass Fishing."

OUCH! dude that hurts...

Yup. And it's true too! That's OK. I'm even happy with chubs and a hand-line. You know, it even seems that BassMaster mag is embarrassed about the north. They only recognize bass over 10lbs. Maybe a new mag should be developed, DinkMaster.

Hey, while we're at it, how about a redeye, Coosa, or Guadalupe board???

Triton_Mike reply :

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Now a dink forum we could pull off.
We can call it Burley's Place.

Dinks and spots belong on the same board anyway they are both the same size. Just call it the spot/dink board. ;D

I will admit to fishing for spots sometimes but thats just because GA is about to break the WR for spotted bass and I wouldn't mind having a WR. A 10 pound spot is the only one worth catching.

Who asked yoU!!! LOL ;D Go back to the Johnboat and dink sized swimbait forum where you belong. LOL. Thats another forum we need. SWIMBAITS!!!! Dink Swimbaits for Randall and massive sized for everyone else

Triton_Mike reply :

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Now a dink forum we could pull off.
We can call it Burley's Place.

Dinks and spots belong on the same board anyway they are both the same size. Just call it the spot/dink board. ;D

I will admit to fishing for spots sometimes but thats just because GA is about to break the WR for spotted bass and I wouldn't mind having a WR. A 10 pound spot is the only one worth catching.

If Georgia broke the record, California would have it back in a year. I would put money on it.

Yeah AFTER you steal some more of our genetically bred throrughbred spots and feed them trout..

roadwarrior reply :

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In this part of the country, Kentucky Bass are trash fish. We catch
a lot, but I don't know a single person that actually fishes for them.

I release them, but I am not opposed to killing every single one.

When my partner and I have "meat hunters" aboard., we keep all

legal bass.

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Now Kent, I know for a fact Whitten fishes for them when he goes to Bay Springs. I know this cause he's asking me how to catch them LOL.

Oops!

If Whitten is targeting them, there must others, too. It seems that

we found them schooling at the mouth of a tributary creek in June

last year or the year before. There were three of us in the boat so

we kept 15, but probably caught 25-30 apiece. Amazingly, every fish

came from the same cookie cutter, the size of each fish did not vary

more than a few ounces.

So, I'm busted...I have fished for them, too. I suspect Mike Whitten's

interest is for tournament fishing, especially on a slow day. Kentucky

bass count and although you're chances of a big fish are slim, they

seem to be found in schools. Quick limit? Makes sense to me.

8-)

Triton_Mike reply :

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In this part of the country, Kentucky Bass are trash fish. We catch
a lot, but I don't know a single person that actually fishes for them.

I release them, but I am not opposed to killing every single one.

When my partner and I have "meat hunters" aboard., we keep all

legal bass.

:

Now Kent, I know for a fact Whitten fishes for them when he goes to Bay Springs. I know this cause he's asking me how to catch them LOL.

Oops!

If Whitten is targeting them, there must others, too. It seems that

we found them schooling at the mouth of a tributary creek in June

last year or the year before. There were three of us in the boat so

we kept 15, but probably caught 25-30 apiece. Amazingly, every fish

came from the same cookie cutter, the size of each fish did not vary

more than a few ounces.

So, I'm busted...I have fished for them, too. I suspect Mike Whitten's

interest is for tournament fishing, especially on a slow day. Kentucky

bass count and although you're chances of a big fish are slim, they

seem to be found in schools. Quick limit? Makes sense to me.

8-)

Actually he was telling me about 7lbers being caught in Bay Springs?? I think a few of those will put a dent in the scales Kent I forgot you live on the wrong side of Tennessee .

Calcutta reply :

We used to have large spots in the etowah till the stripers started eatin them all!

roadwarrior reply :

Hmm...

I guess that got your attention! Bay Springs isn't much further

from where I fish. If you guys get together, maybe you can

squeeze me in.

Bass Dude reply :

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I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either ;D

Yes we do. It is called "Northeast Bass Fishing." ;D

We just catch consistant 5 pounders up here instead of catching 1-7 pounder a year followed by those 1's and 2's.

fishinfiend reply :

I love the spotted little rascals :-* They are mean and put up a great fight. There are a lot of good ones in the Coosa,Tallapoosa, and Alabama river. 8-)

Sherlock 60 reply :

As I understand it spots are limited to the south. I know they are not in my part of Indiana.

Speaking of being offended (I'm not really), it seems to me that "Northeast Bass Fishing" is way too broad...there should be a Midwest section or Great Lakes Region that contains IN, IL, OH, MI, WI and MN.

farmpond1 reply :

We don't have spots around here so my question is out of curiousity more than any real need to know: Can a person specifically target spotted bass or do they pretty much inhabit the same structure and exhibit similar tendencies as Largemouth. Are they kind've like how you might catch a goggle eye (rock bass) while fishing for smallmouth?

roadwarrior reply :

Around here they mix with both largemouth and smallmouth.

From what I've read, spots out-compete largemouth and have

taken over a lot of fisheries in the Southeast.

8-)

farmpond1 reply :

So they're like red-headed step children which take over the house?

Triton_Mike reply :

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Around here they mix with both largemouth and smallmouth.
From what I've read, spots out-compete largemouth and have

taken over a lot of fisheries in the Southeast.

8-)

They do take over a fishery no question about it. Spots range South East all the way to Missouri. YOu also have a concentration of them in California.

States that I have caught spots in are Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana (few but some). Texas has a very small population, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and I am sure you will see them scattered slightly in surrounding states.

Most of the Spots here in GA are North of Central GA. However some of those lakes south of Atlanta are picking up spots now.. In 10 years or less they will be 80+ percent spots.

Once you get spots in your lake they will literally take it over. West Point used to be a Largemouth factory. Now yOur looking at 50/50 heads and spots. Lanier used to be heavy on Largemouth. It's now 90% spots. LIke I said they will kill your smallmouth and largemouth population as the smaller spots can be extremely aggressive.

Some people hate them but I love catching them SCHOOL BUS sized ones . To me they are the ultimate challenge and require a huge array of tactics and techniques to catch them ie deep, shallow, suspended etc etc.

Don't get me wrong I love fishing for Largemouth but I like fishing for SPOTS more . To me a 6lb spot is about the equialent of a Teener Largemouth in our parts atleast.

Mike

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I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either ;D

Hey wait a minute that is no...oh wait, you said DINK.

CWB reply :

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I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either ;D

Yes we do. It is called "Northeast Bass Fishing." ;D

Watch it. Our numbers are growing and we're reruiting new members all the time!

flechero reply :

Mike, are you originally from WV? I'm amazed that you just now figured out that we had a smallie forum. ;D ;D It's only been, what? 2 years or so?

Mottfia reply :

I'm with Mike on this one. Here in Central Alabama, we target spots more often than not. Finding information about these fish on the net is easier said than done. We should have something about spots so that the guys that must target them won't be left out in the cold.

Plus a 6 lb spot knocks the rim off the truck when compared to 12lb head.

Triton_Mike reply :

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Mike, are you originally from WV? I'm amazed that you just now figured out that we had a smallie forum. ;D ;D It's only been, what? 2 years or so?

No I knew there was a smallie forum and I griped 2 years ago when I saw it. Just thought it would be time to gripe again . Can't hurt to ask. Besides you guys only have a palsy 803 posts LOL. You'd think with all the sneaux and ice you'd have more posts.

Think of it this way Moderators . Bass Resource would be the ONLY forum that has a Spotted Bass forum. Well besides my personal forum that is . How's that for exclusiveness

BTW I know we have members from all over. Do we have enough South Eastern folks on board?

Mike

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I'm with Mike on this one. Here in Central Alabama, we target spots more often than not. Finding information about these fish on the net is easier said than done. We should have something about spots so that the guys that must target them won't be left out in the cold.
Plus a 6 lb spot knocks the rim off the truck when compared to 12lb head.

AHA!! There's another vote!! . 2000 more to go

Crappiebasser reply :

I could go the rest of my life catching only spots and shoalies with no regrets. They are as aggressive as any freshwater fish I've caught. I vote yes on the spot forum.

Scorcher214 reply :

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I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either ;D

Yes we do. It is called "Northeast Bass Fishing." ;D

aww man thats rough... :'(

clipper reply :

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We don't have spots around here so my question is out of curiousity more than any real need to know: Can a person specifically target spotted bass or do they pretty much inhabit the same structure and exhibit similar tendencies as Largemouth. Are they kind've like how you might catch a goggle eye (rock bass) while fishing for smallmouth?

From my observations which are not infallible by any means:

The spotted bass will take over the deeper, rocky parts of a lake and the largemouth will be forced to live in the shallower, upper ends of creeks and bays for the most part. Back when Lanier had no spots I remember catching largemouth on deep, main lake points and the water dog trollers used to catch them (big ones!) in deep water in the summer time so I know largemouth will use deep water if they can. Both species like wood cover, but spots can survive without it. When I started fishing Allatoona in the 90's I couldn't catch a fish because I was fishing like I did on Lanier for largemouth. Some kind souls told me to use small baits and light line, I did and started catching spotted bass. If there are spots in a lake, that is usually what you will catch on smaller baits because they are more aggressive than largemouth. My 2 cents for what it's worth.

clipper reply :

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I'm with Mike on this one. Here in Central Alabama, we target spots more often than not. Finding information about these fish on the net is easier said than done. We should have something about spots so that the guys that must target them won't be left out in the cold.
Plus a 6 lb spot knocks the rim off the truck when compared to 12lb head.

I'm happy when I can catch anything over 6 lbs. In fact, I'm happy when I can just get time to go fishing .

Gatorbassman reply :

Believe me, nobody wants a Spot Forum more than me. (That ain't a Largemouth in my Avatar.) But the attention to Spots just has not been there. If I go back four years I bet I don't find 20 threads about Spotted bass. I can't go to Glenn and say the need is there without anything to back it up. When we created the Small Mouth Forum we had nearly 300 threads to back it up.

burleytog reply :

I thought that thing was a catfish or a striper. Certainly didn't fight like any bass I had ever caught.

The only bad thing about spots is getting into a fight at the ramp when your tourney director doesn't know the difference between a spot and a largemouth.

1inStripes reply :

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I thought that thing was a catfish or a striper. Certainly didn't fight like any bass I had ever caught.

The only bad thing about spots is getting into a fight at the ramp when your tourney director doesn't know the difference between a spot and a largemouth.

Who's fish are you holding? ;D

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I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either ;D

lol ;D

jimmieO reply :

Good point about West Point Lake back there. A 25 pound limit use to be fairly common from what I hear. These dang spots are hyper agressive feeding machines and it has definitely hurt the LMB population. If you can catch a 15-17 bag there now, you are in the hunt for the win.

One lake south of West Point is Harding. I don't think its ever been a premier fishery, but the same story. Loaded with 12 inch spots. Folks can catch 12 inchers all day long, the guy who catches the 3 pound kicker usually wins. 8-10lbs and you've got a good shot. I have personally never seen a fish larger than 4 weighed out of harding. So...I like the fight, I hate what they do to the big fish population.

bassmedic46 reply :

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I thought that thing was a catfish or a striper. Certainly didn't fight like any bass I had ever caught.

The only bad thing about spots is getting into a fight at the ramp when your tourney director doesn't know the difference between a spot and a largemouth.

Beautiful fish

DawsonH reply :

Eat them, its the only way! Eat them all

5bass reply :

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I thought that thing was a catfish or a striper. Certainly didn't fight like any bass I had ever caught.

The only bad thing about spots is getting into a fight at the ramp when your tourney director doesn't know the difference between a spot and a largemouth.

Who's fish are you holding? ;D

Thats his partner's fish, Burley had just taken it out of the net when his buddy snapped the pic....

burleytog reply :

Hey, that was the only fish over 1.5 lbs. caught on that trip.

NYYankee reply :

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I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either ;D

Yes we do. It is called "Northeast Bass Fishing." ;D

Awe come on man - Lake Erie and Lower Niagara River Smallmouth fishing is the best in the world. Usually gotta quit cause your arms get sore.

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I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either ;D

Yes we do. It is called "Northeast Bass Fishing." ;D

Awe come on man - Lake Erie and Lower Niagara River Smallmouth fishing is the best in the world. Usually gotta quit cause your arms get sore.

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I feel your pain, we don't have a dink board either ;D

Yes we do. It is called "Northeast Bass Fishing." ;D

Awe come on man - Lake Erie and Lower Niagara River Smallmouth fishing is the best in the world. Usually gotta quit cause your arms get sore.

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'Cause spots suck! ;D

sniff sniff . You have to admit they aren't as lazy as them couch tater fish you catch and lord knows they give up too easily too

i second the spot idea! man i caught a 5 1/4 a 4 and 3, 3 1/2 lb spots the other day... biggest of my life! hardest fighting green fish

Blake R. reply :

Spots are down right bad. I love catching them... I'll be making a trip to Lake Martin at the end of the month for some spotted beast fishin' ;D

Afterthought: Spots are a bad fish, but a COOSA RIVER spot is dang near evil! I saw a 12 inch Coosa spot take a 6 pound heads lunch money one time

Triton_Mike reply :

Man this post is still kicking!!! Can you say SPOT FORUM!! . I know for a fact nobody from Florida responded so no need for a recount

fishinfiend reply :

The spots are on FIRE right now on the Alabama River. My uncle and I caught 26 over the weekend. He has been back twice this week and caught 23 more. I love this time of year.

Blake R. reply :

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Man this post is still kicking!!! Can you say SPOT FORUM!! . I know for a fact nobody from Florida responded so no need for a recount

S0rry to rain on your parade, but I'm from Florida!

Triton21 reply :

T-Mike, I guess you , I, and the rest of the spot lovers will have to start a repetitive 'We Want A Spot Forum' chain(as in chain letter) thread until we get 300 posts so we can have one.

I Love BassResource reply :

I have a love/hate relationship with spots. I typically catch dink spots around here, but I did hook into a 3lb-/+ spot last summer that fought as hard as a 4-5lb smallie, which was a blast.

Triton_Mike reply :

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T-Mike, I guess you , I, and the rest of the spot lovers will have to start a repetitive 'We Want A Spot Forum' chain(as in chain letter) thread until we get 300 posts so we can have one.

Lets do it. Glen, Fluke, Kent, Highbudgethookers. 1955 views and this post is still kicking . You would have the only spotted bass forum in existance (aside from my personal forum). What do you have to lose

Mike

***??? You like fishing for them weakfish??

Triton_Mike reply :

***, I have to ask. Is Lubbock as boring as Amarillo?? I lived in Amarillo for 3 months and I got bored. The culture was very cool tho. Lots of no stop light towns and between there and Dallas was where over half of the PBR guys are from LOL. BTW I hope you guys grow bass better than you grow trees . I know Alan Henry is a power house. By chance do you know Thad Rains? He's originally from Post, TX.

I never fished Lake Meredith tho but I visited it. Very nice country Loved watching the Antelope..

Mike

Captain Obvious reply :

If you come North of Dallas to Gainesville you'll find all the trees you want, I think we stole them all from Lubbock ;D ;D

And if your looking for a good time Denton is only 15 min away and Dallas is about 1hr

Triton_Mike reply :

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If you come North of Dallas to Gainesville you'll find all the trees you want, I think we stole them all from Lubbock ;D ;D
And if your looking for a good time Denton is only 15 min away and Dallas is about 1hr

I used to live in Dallas before I lived in Amarillo. Denton was my favorite city because it was home to my favorite lake. Ray Roberts. That was a fun place to fish! I miss Texas especially the DFW area. The hardest part of fishing DFW area was deciding which of the 100 lakes within 100 miles of DFW that you wanted to fish. One time I actually couldn't make up my mind and ended up not going LOL.

I don't miss the wind one bit tho LOL

Mike

Captain Obvious reply :

I love Ray Roberts

But there aren't any spots in that lake ??? are there :-? :-?

Triton_Mike reply :

I caught one small spot in Ray Bob. They are in there but not in any big #'s. I had some guys email me fishing a tournament on Ray Bob. Due to the size restrictions on largemouth they were askign me about spots since they don't have a size limit . Pretty smart..

Captain Obvious reply :

Maybe I should start to learn about spot techniques then :-?

Where is the spot talk forum again ;D

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