Jigfishn10

Well, not exactly a wench

Oh man no.....I remember the day being good or bad....My professional life has my brain at capacity and I need a "cloud" account for life at home. Fishing isn't significant in my life to park space in my brain on...Hopefully after retirement ...

I have a small deck on my boat so I'm a minimalist when it comes to how much "stuff" is on the deck. So I'll play rod bingo. If one rod isn't doing the trick for whatever reason, even tho it worked before, I'll switch....and switch....until "bingo" ... that one worked To combat, I do you use MHF to eliminate the amount of switching

Not to my knowledge...I would think the bearing would weigh the back of the bait down making the prop more like a boat motor type prop than what it was intended to do .... Buuut ... I say that now, I'm sure I'll be surprised later

Seriously? I haven't seen 1 in 15 years...easy...That was a productive lure ...

^^ Same ^^

Luhr Jensen Sugar Shad was a fav at the time

Man, it’s been cold the past couple of days. I don’t think we’ve had single digit temps here for at least 2 years

Peace to all

A cool video on fluke fishing. My son and I use the same fishing technique for bucktail fishing except we're on different structure than the sandy bottom John Skinner (video narrator) is fishing. So for 2025 I will be looking for more sandy bottom areas with narrow contours (as I usually look for) to give fluke and other sandy bottom species (haddock) in the coming season.

Even worse for @Swamp Girl, she's on the coast, I can only imagine the wind along the coast. Thanks for the weather report Swamp Girl, I was going to take a ride to my house in southern Maine. I think I'll stay home today and leave that ride til end of the week

Sorry @Tennessee Boy, I think we posted at the same time and some of my content overlaps your post

Seems like more of a marketing thing than a quality thing. Reels that used a one-way roller bearing and maybe a spool bearing back in the day were just as smooth as what is produced today...IMO. Then the bearing craze and reels started getting marketed as a 'buy me, I have x-amount of bearings'. Or it was a weight thing and 'hey, buy me, I only weigh this much'. I not saying that there wasn't good enhancements in reels that contributed to todays products, but some of the enhancements went a little over the top. Again, my opinion

I find that scotch drinkers are either single malt or blended and really don't play in the same sand box with each other. At least, that is my experience and observations. I'm not a scotch drinker. My dad is and he was a blended guy. He started off with Dewars, Chivas Regal and ran through the color spectrum of Johnnie Walker. If he offers, I will have a small pour and it was usually Johnnie Black. Single malt has so many different flavor profiles and for single malt drinkers, they tend to settle in on a small few. I could be wrong, but that has been my observation. I'm guessing @TnRiver46 can offer up better knowledge on the subject matter.

Going thru some pics from this past year. This guy was a trip to catch. Great fighter for it's size

Looking at the pic, the torx screw head in the reel looks compromised. Could be the pic making it look that way.

GREAT NEWS! Surgery is always tricky, especially for someone at that age point. Fingers still crossed for the rehab process

Been pretty consistent these past 2-3 months - thankfully. Feeling better than I have felt physically in a while. Looking forward to the new year with a new routine and a much dialed in nutrition plan. Good luck to you in ‘25. Stay healthy and happy. John

I did a project in St Pete and stayed at a hotel right on the bay just south of Tropicana Field. Talked to a ton of people that fished it. Lot of fish in that bay.

Will you be fishing in the bay or off shore? I love saltwater fishing … … Have fun man

Depends on the jig. Choose your jig to match the conditions. Each style of jig has been designed to excel for particular situations.

Even worse when you remember most of the contributors to the thread ….

Truth be told bulldog, I couldn't tell you the last time I bought a reel

Yup, deep clean once a year....and some of those reels are freshwater reels used exclusively for saltwater fishing. To your point @Catt, the saltwater reels get a thorough rinsing with fresh water after every use. Dried with an 18V leaf blower and the worm gear & thumb bar get a drop of oil. Bearings I oil every 3 or 4 trips. Been doing it for years. The deep clean after the season is more than enough. I will make 1 caveat, my work schedule only has me at a weekend angler, so probably not fishing as much as I'd like or as many as our members here. I'm sure more time on the water will have me cleaning more often...I just don't know, I've never experienced it. After 6 months they're outdated anyway ....

Absolutely! Without question. Fingers crossed.