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This was snipped from Johns Hopkins website this morning and numbers are updated as of yesterday. This isn't some dude's opinion on a blog; most of you know Johns Hopkins is a leader in today's medicine. Just thought some may find the numbers interesting.

Yessir! Hard to beat a jerk in New England in the spring. They are a go-to until water gets into the mid 50's for me

Well, really anyone can use them

Good God I had some horrible visions as I clicked this thread....

I'll be out in about 2 weeks!

That's really nice to hear T-Bone! To some, just going fishing is the nice part but, darnit, it's nice to actually catch something once in a while too! Then, as you learn more and more, your confidence builds and you see that you can actually make decisions that affect the outcome. And when you make those decisions that work, and you catch fish, well that's just a nice feeling of accomplishment. The information here is endless and these are the right folks to share it. Well done and nice to hear you didn't give up!

This is absolutely the most asinine thing I've heard all year

As long as people keep paying it, they already have it figured out

I was waiting for you....

My season starts when the ice is gone! Maine has no closed season for bass

I've absolutely blistered them in the mornings and afternoons. For me, if there's open water, I fish

Thank you man; I'll do some homework and look at some breakdowns of it and try to give it a shot. I'd just like to know more about how it works myself.

^^Thank you for the tip and offer! I've barely ever opened a reel; where is the AR bearing? lol

My BPSPQ reel sometimes does not lock into the anti reverse. This is very annoying when I'm yo-yoing a trap where there is constant stop and wind during a retrieve. Is this something I can tweek myself or do I send it to DVT?

I would go longer then

I'll echo A-Jay's advice in that it comes down to the water you fish. Are you more of an off-shore fisherman who will encounter some waves or are you more of a cove/pocket fisherman who will be in calmer water most of the time?

All of my setups are braid to leader. I keep my leader just short enough so the knot does not enter the reel; it's best to never have the knot enter a reel actually. To OP, see my post in this thread:

I like a 7 as long as it's light enough; if I could only have 1 length

60' 6"

^^^There are times and conditions where one particular bait will get bit when others won't. I know everyone raves about the SK red eye shad but I typically throw a Bill Lewis. Well one day I was really whackin em on a trap (Bill Lewis of course) when my line snapped on a cast. After seeing the bait splash in half way across the lake, screaming and crying, I reluctantly tied on a red eye and proceeded to not catch another fish the rest of the day....for real

In water 45 degrees and down, yes, you are

I use 20lb braid to 16lb fluoro leader

Hello from the MidCoast!

I've used him many times. Great communication, easy procedure, great quality work.

Are they suitable for human consumption?