J Francho

I've played in a ton of pit orchestras. I was a drummer for hire for high school musicals. That's fun, but going to see them isn't really my thing.

I've won a few evening tournaments with just three big fish. Been beat by a small bag of big fish as well.

That technique has been around a long time. It works really well on super tough days, rarely consistent. Problem is you're gambling on not missing the window when big fish are biting. Consistent tournament winners catch bigger fish on average than the rest of the field. My experience in kayak tournaments is that you need to be striving for 100" to win.

Balding tires in five hours sounds like an alignment issue to me.

The seal has nothing to do with position of balls or cages. I leave them off on my reels now. I even leave them off my skateboards too, lol.

Define "big water." There are calm enough days on Lake Ontario that I would take it out. There are days on smaller waters that I would not. It clearly is not a rough water boat, but can probably handle a fair amount of chop. I haven't been in one, so I can't really say. You'd have to consider boat wakes too.

It's could be possible for me to make that one!

You learn in econ 102 this isn't always true.

I should have mentioned my Hopkin's Shorty jigging spoons.

It's not totally flat, and is loaded with bungees. Managing things is a kayak via leashes or bungees is something we all deal with. It's only as clumsy as you are, so take whatever precautions necessary. Here's one rigged for fishing, complete with a graph, crate, and rod holders.

Email is going the way of the dinosaur. It's a woefully inefficient means of communicating. It's useful for sending documents or other time sensitive attachments, but the lack in f security and time it takes to read and respond make it pretty useless. Never mind the total lack of nuance. There's nothing quite like a back and forth conversation.

Senkos have been around for almost 25 years, lol. For me, spinnerbaits, poppers, and spook type baits.

Call them. Email is dead.

Most of mine now are flat black. The ones I was using before were gloss black. Years ago, I used plain lead. Nothing has really changed in the catch rates for me.

Megastrike and JJ's Magic

A Texas rig has a sliding bullet sinker by definition. Without a sinker, it's just weedless. This is an age old argument, lol. Pitching, flipping, structure, cover, petal, pedal, peddle, paddle...

Or pull the drive and use the hole.

I'm hardly ever seated while fishing. Hobie Lynx at 47 lbs. and is suitable for stand up fishing. My personal opinion is that it's too crowded in anything less than a 12' boat, so my preference is my Compass and at 68 lbs considered light in its class.

I tend to look at any writing about fishing as reporting. Told that way makes more sense to me: here's what I tried, here's what worked, here's what didn't work, here's what I might try next time.

It's as simple as an 18" tall wire fence around the beds to keep rabbits out.

Do more 12 oz. Curls to get into fishing shape.

I've got a St. Croix BassX 6-10 MXF that is perfect for what you want.

No, I've caught much larger. Where I was fishing is where the state record was recently caught.

I've seen the styrofoam stuff. Mostly when a car bumps a corner on a strip mall. Seems like they use it a lot.

Thanks! It is a huge upgrade from the little cape I had for 20 years.