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I have an LDC spinning rod that I use for swimbaits up to 4ish oz. I can throw a punker forever on that rod with braid.

That IS the good stuff! Two bangs on the pot to settle the grounds and let's go!!!! Modernized in my JetBoil of course...

I ise the above method to put my Nucanoe Frontier on top of my 4Runner. A couple well-placed mats save a lot of wear and tear both on the vehicle and boat. I am 5'6" and about 170 but its no problem.

Thats not outside the box, thats inside the dumpster. Nice!

Dunkin is the Coors Light/Miller Light/30-06 of cofffees for me. I dont dislike it, you can find it anywhere, its cheap, consistent, and it does its job. McDonalds on the other hand destroys my GI tract like no other...

I definitely love my french press when i want a good strong quality cup. We use a Mr Coffee with unbleached filters for the day to day coffee pot though.

So true.

The Cometeer cups are all aluminum and recycle easy as once you run ut theres no grounds left in the cup, but again - theyre not cheap.

Pretty self explanatory. We found Counter Culture in Raleigh and haven't looked back. I drink it hot, black, and bottomless. I've had some from Cometeer if you're looking for a different option for a Kuerig. The stuff from Cometeer is remarkable.

Where in GA is it? I havent had good experience with TackleDirect but TW is the best! Id make a pilgrimage to shop there in person.

Like was said above - 20 lb is heavy for those. I would, and do, use 12 and 15 lb CXX for that size, mostly 12.

Not unfortunate for him!?

That Aird-X is nice. I also have a couple house rods from Cabelas. I do a similar trip and just take a couple less expensive combos and a couple okuma travel swimbait roads. Nothing worse than having rods bouncing around with a cooler and dog crate and bag of fruit and kid's stuff and 80 lb lab etc etc.

I had two green sunfish ponds and a crappie pond that I could walk to from my house in rural west Tennessee. I caught some really big crappie and big numbers of green sunfish from those ponds. Also fished a couple apartment ponds in Memphis when I would go to work with my dad, and sometimes the Wolf River by Americsn Way in Memphis for catfish on those days.

Are you in Florida or on the east coast? We caught them on soft plastic frogs and buzzbaits in shallow in weeds as soon as there were weeds shallow on the Potomac. Before that in the winter they are thick in any warm water spot and spinnerbaits were solid.

After a few years old, kayak price really depends on the level of motivation of the seller. Depreciation is almost always 50% at least on the boat and drive, especially older drives. Add to that that most people are selling to get them out of the way for a new boat, or just to get them out of the way, and you should be able to get one that old pretty cheap.

If you're really having trouble, use athletic pre-wrap and double wide wrist bands to hold a hot hands warmer to the inside of your wrist and insulate it. They have adhesive versions but theyre 5x the price. Then latex and fingerless wool or neoprene, or full neoprene if its really cold.

I fished out of a Dagger Delta (sit-in) for years before my current boat and Nucanoe. The Delta is a great boat and if you could find one with similar specs it is a great first boat. I'd save more money or sell some gear to have more than $150, but if you can't you should post on some local boards and marketplace and see what you can get. Shipping isn't an option in that budget. You might also try posting on local kayak groups - sometimes people have spare boats and gear they just need gone.

I have a Nucanoe Frontier 12 and at 180 lbs, I cant turtle it unless I jump out one side while holding the other side's handle and even then its really hard (and painful). I can stand on the gunnels. My 10 yr old and I switched places front to back while on the water. It is comically stable, but it does move as you walk around. Infinitely more likely to fall out (doing something dumb) than to flip it. You have to know your kayak's limits and your own physical (and mental) limits. Don't feed Darwin.

Can't gang up - SEC fandom is an addiction, not a choice.

Ease off your drag with the lower lb test braids. I dont have trouble casting it, I have trouble after a large fish. And by large fish I mean snag.

Stocked ponds always equaled gold blade brown/yellow/white body roostertail. Tailwaters - white body, silver blade. I start 1/16th ounce and go up if theyre active. @TnRiver46 if thats the Clinch below Norris, a white roostertail never failed me when theyre generating, sometimes with crazy results. If theres no screws turning, its as small as you can go and tough sledding.

If youre gently lobbing live bait, you're going to be happier with spinning. I'm a die hard Sahara user but YMMV.

Never heard someone say "I wish I had less gas". I have a 20 hp Merc and a 6 gallon tank lasts me a few trips. If you fish multiple long days and long runs away from a fill-up, get the 6. If you're day to day or short trips, the 3 should be fine.

Going to get revenge for that game in Charlotte! (Which I attended and heard Country Road so much I actually started singing it...) They should have UT play Memphis in the Liberty Bowl. At least the whole state would watch.