fishwizzard

Wow, I gotta start driving north more often, that is a beauty!

How do you like the CR721? I just got a CR723 and even just playing with in the yard I can tell I am going to love it when I get it on the water. I think I will settle more to the L then the UL side of BFS and love short rods, so it is at the top of the list. Specifically, how does it handle lures at the extreme ends of it's range?

My plan this summer is to get my MD boating card and do a bunch of rental days at the spots that rent. I know Loch Raven rents battery powered jon boats and SPSP rents small power boats. The cost is pretty low and I want some on the water time, especially in the smaller jons, before I even think for real about buying.

I have been using 6lb YZH on my perch/panfish reels and 10lb braid + leader on my finesse bass fishing reel. However, I found that the YZH is a bit stiff for light lures and the braid + leader is a pain to retie on the water, so I bought a spool of the 8.4 Seaguar Finesse and spooled up my finesse bass reel with it. In my extremely limited time on the water, I really like it so far. I fished it for about two hours in 30f with 10-15mph winds and it cast like a dream and didn't get stiff at all. I was fishing small shaky heads and a micro chatterbait and was able to pull the latter out of a few minor snags with the knot and line looking no worse for it. When I got home I did some crude breaking strength tests with it and while it did feel like it broke with less force than the 6lb YZH, it didn't feel like a huge difference and the handling/casting difference is enough to make me want to try it on my true UL rigs as well. Honestly the 8.4 seems so light and supple compared to what I am used to, I might not even step down to the lower tests. I also think it might work out for my BFS reel, but at this point I backlash enough still to not risk such expensive line. I do wish it came in bulk spools though, if I end up liking it I will have three or four reels to feed.

This is the most intimidating part to me when I think about getting a boat. It's like learning to drive and maintain a car all over again, but with vastly more expensive towing fees if I mess something up. I do like to think I am smarter now than I was at 17, but then again, I am thinking of buying a boat.

Take a look at this; http://japantackle.com/casting-reels/daiwa/low-profile-casting-reels/daiwa-alphassv2015.html Daiwa Alphas SV for $204 before shipping. I believe it is the JDM version of the SV105.

My personal definition stuff like this; 4" or less plastics, weightless or on a 1/16-1/8 jig Cranks/jerks in the ***" and 1/16-3/16oz range Inline and standard spinners in the 1/16-3/16oz range But really, any plastic smaller than a 4" senko or a hard bait smaller than a Rapala 7. I think people get very hung up on exact nomenclature with stuff like this, I think "lures that would be impossible/a pain to throw on an "average" casting combo" pretty much encompasses it all. Or maybe "any lure that you could throw on a $50 spinning combo,yet you choose to use a $500 casting combo for" would work as well

Cool. I have some Alimony ones headed my way as well.

It is harder to pee in a kayak if you don't carry a trucker's jug. Even then it can be dicey unless your stream-control is up to snuff. The yaks with lawn chair style seats make it far far easier. It's worse in winter when you are in a drysuit. Even the ones with a relief zipper are a huge pain. It's not so bad if you are out somewhere where you can beach the yak and do your business in the brush.

Nice! What color is the upper left hand one?

Eh, I see it more an enjoyable way to tinker and fuss with gear to get it to do stuff it otherwise wasn't really intended to do. Sure, if money or my next meal was on the line, I would grab a spinning combo every time. In BFS news, I just picked up a Kuyin Teton 6" UL casting rod. So far I have been working every daylight hour so I haven't had a chance to mess with it. I have a PX68 with a DIY spool in it and I hope it will work for 3" senkos, weightless 4' finesse worms, and small inline spinners.

I had the same question, so naturally I did the reasonable thing and bought two rods. The first is a ML/MF-F Major Craft rod that I got for jerkbaits and small cranks. I have caught a few bass fishing lightly weighted Fat Impacts on it already, so I am going to give it a go for senkos and flukes this year to see how it works. The other rod is a MH/F that I bought for jigs and weighted worms, but my yard testing seems to indicate that it will toss senkos and heavier flukes just fine. I also have a M/FX spinning rod that I had made up just for weightless plastics, so that will likely fill the role when I take out more then one rod.

Hah, well, that happened early in the morning, so I was only maybe 24oz in.

As an avid outdoor drinker, I was all excited about getting a Yeti cooler until I saw one in the store and realized the reason that they keep ice for so long is that the walls are twice as thick as an Igloo. $300 to keep a single 12 pack cold killed the excitement.

I fish out of a kayak and there are a bunch if really nice PFDs out there for the yakak crowd. Many of them have pockets and such like a flyfishing vest and the model I am currently drooling over has a stowable rain hood and a beer can holder. I do a ton of wade fishing as well, almost always alone, and this spring I am going to buy one of these and wear it whenever it is cold enough for waders.

I haven't been fishing long enough to have forgotten anything, but man I am taking notes, especially about the beloved worms of yesteryear. I am going to give the t-rigged worm a good go this season and already have some Productos, Jelly Worms, and Culprits, so I feel like I am on the right track.

I drink it with heavy cream when I can get it, it's like a milkshake that keeps you awake! Over the summer/fall, I was up to between 60-80 ounces of coffee a day. It was a little out of control, but no where near as bad as my father, who told me that when he was a young man working two jobs he would fill and and drink his half gallon thermos two or three times a day.

Went on a little JDM rampage the other day; I love the Decoy jigs, they work great for grubs, small paddle tails, and weedless Ned Rigs. I prefer them to the Owner Ultraheads as I feel the vertical line tie helps me keep it just off the bottom. The weights are to make up some Jika Rigs with straight shank hooks. And the tail spin lure was just to funny looking to pass up. I like to keep a few "loud" lures on hand for when I am really skunked. Annoyingly, JDM rods don't come with hook keepers. I don't like the fiji ones as they will not let you hook a buried point t-rig on them. These do, but I swear they looked more red and less pink online. This is the second time I have ordered Keitech plastics not realising how small they will be. These will go into the pile with the 3-4 packs of 2" Impacts I bought last year. Maybe I will devote more time to panfishing this year. In anycase, it looks like they also sell a 3.5" MadWag, and that looks more like what I want. The reason for the overseas order, a Zillion SV TW XXH. It was somehow cheaper, even with shipping, to order from over there. I have the reel mounted on this guy; And man, I cannot wait to be able to hit the water.

I owned an AeroPress for a while and never got into it. I never seemed to find the sweet spot in terms of grind. Too coarse and it would be too thin, too fine and I would have to have someone stabilize my mug while trying to force the plunger down. Switched to a single cup pour-over and couldn't be happier.

Welp, you guys have convinced me. I just started replacing almost all my trebles with single hooks/barbless trebles and I am already sick of fussing with the cheap pliers I have now.

Man, the fights that will happen the first time someone gets their tether cut by another boat and loses their $2000 drone are going to be insane.

This looks like the more high-tech version of the rig Glenn posted: http://www.jetboil.com/Products/Flash-Java-Kit-End-Grain/ I hike a lot and honestly the starbucks "via" instant coffee isnt that bad, it's better then old gas station coffee at any rate.

I don't even fish these baits and and even I'm getting afriad of running out!

Has anyone here tried to wacky rig the BigTRD? I've had some luck wacky rigging the hula sticks, but they only really give a good action once they've softened up a bunch.

I think I know the lake you're talking about, I've hiked the trail there and at the attatched state forest a bunch of times, but only have limited fishing experience in the lake. The riprap area was one of the only spots that really produced for me, but it's brutal out there in any kind of sun. I keep meaning to drag my kayak down there or at least find a nice cloudy day to dedicate to it from the bank. I haven't read a lot of positive fishing reports about that spot, but I also never see people fishing anywhere other than the small area between the parking lot and the dam, so that's a heck of a lot of unpressured shoreline just waiting out there. I fish couple spots in the Northern part of Southern Maryland, and if you shoot me a PM I'll dump whatever I know on you.