Crankin4Bass

I think most men are that way. My wife jokes about me wearing the same thing everyday.

Thanks for all the detail. Great boat!

That looks great. What model is that and what mods did you do?

I haven't been to a retail store in a while, but when I've asked clerks in stores in Massachusetts, they said they are allowed to sell lead jigs here because you might take them to a state that allows lead. You just can't use them here. Makes no sense to me. They had hundreds of lead jigs just to torture me about the price difference and barely have any tungsten jigs available. I order Keitech jigs online. I would love to buy Bitsy Bug Jigs, but they are lead. That size is great for the smaller fish I catch here. Wish they made them in tungsten.

Thanks @A-Jay for sharing this with us!

I have an older Revo Winch and I'm pretty happy with it. I like the slower gear ratio and IPT. Enjoy your new reel!

Nice! What techniques are you using the 7'2" Heavy rod for?

Do you just put it in Auto 4?

I'm looking for new spinning combo. I have a 6'6" MF Shimano Compre/Pflueger President right now but want something a little lighter. Maybe a Tatula Elite/Tatula LT or Shimano Expride/Stradic or Vanford.

Nice! Sorry off-topic question. Do you run snow tires in the winter?

How is the weight of the St Croix Rod compared to the yellow/black Skeet Reese?

What spinning rods are those? They look nice.

Acme Kastmaster

I'm so glad I listened to the bait monkey and have been stocking up for years.

For LM: watermelon red senko. For everything else: Acme Kastmaster.

I wonder how tedious the Autopilot 120 and 136 are to control since they have handheld remotes. Anyone have any experience with those models yet?

My comment was that the Daiwa gc 80 is slightly bigger than the Zebco Omega Pro zo02. Sorry, I've never seen the Platinum so I can't compare it to the Omega Pro. Sorry to hear about your wife's battle with cancer. Glad to hear she is on the road to recovery. Take care.

Great to hear your wife likes to fish with you! I have a Zebco Omega Pro z02 for my kid. It's casts well and is very smooth. It's been trouble free. It also comes with 2 spools and an extra dual paddle handle. This only thing I don't like about it is the button, because it has rubber cover over it. I don't know how to describe it, but just feels weird. Both spools come with cheap red Cajun line. You're going to want to change that out. We also looked at the Daiwa Goldcast GC80 and that looked more solid. The Goldcast comes in three sizes. The GC80 is the smallest. The only reason we didn't go with it is because it was slightly bigger than the Zebco. I preferred the Diawa, but it wasn't for me. You might want to check them out in person. Good luck!

I like to travel light when bank fishing. I only carry one rod and sling bag with one 3600 size box of lures, some hooks and a couple bags of plastics. I also have a pair of pliers attached to my belt with a holster.

This is good advice here. My first baitcaster was a Black Max and while the price was attractive to try out a baitcaster, it was super frustrating. So many backlashes I gave up on it. The Diawa Fuego CT is a great reel for the price. It has a solid metal frame and the braking system is easy to dial in. While I mostly use more expensive Shimano's now, but I bought a Fuego CT to test out. I paid $70 and I have to say I am really happy with it. It's really easy to cast with no backlashes. I always recommend it for a budget baitcaster. Whatever baitcaster you get, put some 12lb mono on it and learn with that. It's cheap and easy to pick out if you backlash. Good luck!

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll start with teaching the dad knots and have him teach the kids.

Hope everyone is doing well. A friend who lives across the country asked if I could help teach his kids to fish over Zoom. He doesn't fish and the kids are 4 and 5 years old. I made a list on Walmart for basic gear for him to buy for his kids to target panfish. I have sent links to lots of great beginner videos. I am totally open to doing the zoom calls, but wondering what I can do over Zoom from inside my den. Any suggestions? Thanks!

There are tons of videos on youtube on how to set up bike for fishing. You can get a rear bike rack and attach a crate to hold gear and a soft cooler. You can add some PVC pipe to hold rods in the crate. Here's one idea.

They are in clam shell packs so people can't steal them. I hate opening those things. Thanks thieves for ruining it for us.

I have this one. https://www.amazon.com/Berkley-Pistol-Lip-Grip-Scale/dp/B00EVHL79G I don't recommend it as it isn't very accurate. Every time I weigh fish that are surely 5 pounders they come up as 2 lbs.