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I'm never really gone. I just sometimes like to hang out under my 'lurker rock' for a while🙂

Got out on the water fo the first two times this week. Tues. I caught 10 all on a spinnerbait. Mostly dinks but hafd 1 about 5.5 shake off but got a chunky short 3-2 about 5 minutes later fo the best of that day. Today(thurs.) I only managed to scrounge up 3 bites,1 on a bladed jig and 2 on a spinnerbait. With one of those the biggest weighing 5-2.

I've got 2 slx that are about 6-7 years I think. 1 on my 'do-all' rod and the other on my punch rig which sees some pretty hard hooksets. Haven't had any issues with either one.

Mustad grip pin 6/0 ewg

We must be related somehow🤣. I have the same-as I call it- 'defective gene' I inherited from my mom where total strangers will seek us out to randomly chat.

@woolleyfooley here ya go. One thing this pic doesn't really show is the difference in the "bulk" of the double wide.

Still using my 200b and 200b5 regularly.

3 non mainstream colors that worked for me this past season; brown bait watermelon spice liver.

Lucky tackle? No. Shirts and hats definitely.

Hey @A-Jay if you ever wanna go old-school let me know i've got this kicking around in the 'storeroom' (aka my closet)😁

Spinnerbait Buzzbait Frog Punch rig I'd say these 4 catch at least 80 and probably closer to 85-90% of my fish. I will add that between say mid Nov. And March if and when I find open water I catch probably 99.9% on jerkbaits.

I heard they were going to play in the Yankees spring training stadium in FL. Not sure exactly where

Mostly the usual baits for me. Some buzzbaits, spinnerbaits,couple jerkbaits,a frog,some soft plastics and I threw the jig in there even though it didn't catch alot of fish it boated the biggest of the year. Had other baits that worked but these were the ones that caught quality fish.

Same answer..no. always plastic trailer ... unless it's pork🙂

This one had it going good on both sides

The 200b's also have a spring under the spool tension cap that's sort of cone shaped and another under the star drag dial. Could be that one. Part no. 1106

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@LrgmouthShad here's one for ya. Not the biggest fish at 3-11 and it wasn't a true 'big' spinnerbait -1/2oz. But with a single sz. 7 colorado it goes as a big thumper in my book.

Maybe some type of inline treble replacement?

Ardent has or had a Denny brauer flipping reel with a shallow spool and a fixed centered Line guide and no levelwind

Wowza!!!

Got out yesterday morning( tues.) For about 6 hours. Caught 7, I each on a spinnerbait and a frog and 5 on a buzzbit with 2 decent buzzbait fish weighing 3-3 and 3-13.

Got out for about 6.5 hours today only managed to boat 7; 1 each on a buzzbait and a Texas rig and 5 on a frog with 1 frog fish the best of the day weighing 4-4

Wow! My pb black crappie is 22" give or take maybe 1/2"( i.laid it against rod and measured when I got home). Never thought anything about it being huge or maybe a record, to me it was 'just a little bigger than normal for where I was fishing' as I have caught more 16-19"ers there than I could count. P.s. caught it on a spinnerbait and when it hit I thought for sure I had an 8+ lb. Bass on as the fight was pretty good. Thing looked like a Thanksgiving serving platter with head,tail.and fins. Never got a pic as it was raining pretty good and I only weigh bass.

Buzzbait Spinnerbait Punch rig 1st 2 were easy but it's tough to leave a frog off for the punch rig as there are always pads to frog and I can throw it April to Nov. And punchable weeds can be weather fickle around here. But when they're up and the weather is right it really is fun.