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i ordered this rod "like new, fully functional and free of defect" from vipoutlet on ebay. needless to say this is what arrived. all has been handled to my satisfaction by the seller but i am curious if this is repairable and if so what products to use. i bought uv 40 epoxy thinking i would just lather the whole area but at this moment im not sure if that is the proper route to take and wanted to appeal to those who might know better. thanks in advance. rod is a st croix rift 6'6" mh conventional jig rod

not sure how people are getting shellcrackers. the product website doesnt work and the company doesnt respond to inquiry. are you getting them on ebay? nothing worse than wanting to give a business support and no way to reach them.

are people able to purchase black dog baits? there website is atrocious and the cart doesnt work and it seems like everything is out of stock. did they go out of business? edit: just to keep it on topic here is an order i placed today, it was up to 190$ before i had to go toe to toe with the bait monkey.

tough fishing on the watersheds. still getting used to sonar. twice now at sundown see what look like fish at depth on ride back to the ramp. the smallies seem to be deep, not sure where the largies are. last two are same fish. second fish had black specks around lips and strong, foul odor. possibly parasites?

took the daughter out for a "boat ride" as she calls it. was a beautiful night and not going to get the chance to fish again for a bit. the bite was slow (non existent). water level was low maybe a draw down or something. hard to juggle appeasing a 4 year old and focusing on fishing. i was throwing a bone whopper plopper because i recently saw an episode of mlf where a contestant decimated the field using one. got this fish to finally bite when i casted right on its head. there was a reaction right when it hit the water and then a couple cranks later she was on. only fish of the 2 hours or so we were out.

that was quite the rabbit hole. very interesting. in awe of the human behavior on display by parties involved. while spelunking i came across some info about tony christian, some uncertainty about his lifetime ban. anyone point to some further reading on the hows and whys of this situation? or any other related reading material? thanks

hit the water at 0530 this AM, got a new PB shortly after. got her on the slammer, she followed it to the boat then rolled on it. i saw it all go down. this is actually my first bass on the slammer. a bit ago i got a monster chain pickerel that was all sorts of huge. included is a pic of that and another good fish from the day, ate a spro rock crawler. productive morning, few more fish here and there on drop shot. hit a sudden rock and prop fell off had to go overboard to retrieve it. too much action before 8 am. tuckered.

story time went out on a local rezzie with my brother in law. it was my first outing with a new fish finder, chirp 54cv. the old one (which i kept on the boat) is a humminbird 100sx; it is quite the jump. i cannot believe the resolution of the new one it is kind of crazy to me. so we started marking fish at a point that drops quickly to 40' and im pulling up smallies with drop shot at a decent clip and my brother is throwing squarebills and shaky craws to shore. we are seeing them in the 10' to 15' depth range. my drop shot rod is a fenwick elite tech with a 13 fishing prototype x 2.0 spinning reel. it is strung up with power pro 15lb main line and i use seaguar finesse fluorocarbon as a leader via double uni knot. i have been using the 8.4 lb finesse line in this application without a problem for a good while now but recently wanted to try the 6.2 lb. it was apparent when tying this smaller line on as a leader that the fidelity and strength of the line between the two was very different. in a moment i had a fish on that was easily the biggest fish i have ever felt on the end of my line in a fresh water scenario. in that same moment i did not recall the switch to lighter line. it went something like, feel bite, set hook, got two or three cranks and the fish took off like a bluefish. took some line, then some more, then broke off. tears may have been shed and i told my brother that this incident would cause night terrors. in retrospect im beating myself up over not having the presence of mind to loosen the drag. i did check the drag before the very first cast and it felt fine. this reel however has a very unique brake system. i understand that im typing this out to cope and shift responsibility and accountability. BUT there really is something different about the drag on this reel than i am used to, coming from low end pfluegers and clearance combos. it engages on a scale, like it has more resistance as more line is taken. amateur but frustrating. and it hurts. i can see, feel and taste the awe of boating whatever that was. the excitement is all there but instead of reality it exists in an imaginary place and time that is hollow and empty. i never want to make a mistake like this again! a moment after this ordeal (maybe a minute) my brother pulled this 4 and a half pound chain pickerel to the boat. i joked to check it for jewelry but i knew in my heart that was not the fish that was on my line. somewhat slightly redeeming to get a really nice fish so soon after a heartbreaking loss. my nicest bass from the day, the smallies i got on the boat were just that, small and a nice 3 lb fish from the other day

fish were loving the jig today casting it out and hopping it back to the boat. then it got stuck under/between some rocks and i had to break it off. it was the only one i had with me in that color and as expected no other colors or combinations worked the rest of the day. luckily was able to work the drop shot for a few here and there but no where near the activity of the jig. the girl with the red on her tail was the biggest of the day at just under 3.

that 7'3" heavy dobyns is rated up to 1oz lure and the 7" slammer comes in at 1.8oz. just a heads up. maybe try the mini slammer starting out but have never tried that bait over here so cant speak to its performance.

bites been slow not getting typical quantities but the quality has been alright when they do commit. bonus fatty perch. slammed a 110 jerkbait

went out on the local rezzie today with my brother in law to test out a new piece of gear he bought. i dont think we caught one fish there the whole of last season and not for lack of trying. the fishing there is tough. well today was a different story. i hooked into five fish of five different species one after the other. beautiful evening not sure what was up with this guy, abnormal coloring smallie up on the bank. if you didnt get your bait close in to the bank you didnt get a fish this next fish i threw a morning dawn yum dinger wacky rigged up against a rock face near the bank. as you can hear my bro was amped. i was frozen in disbelief. did not end up landing the fish. we were completely unprepared for this guy. my wacky fishing rig is a 6'0 fenwick eagle medium-light strung with 10 lb spiderline braid and 8 lb super silver thread copolymer leader. it lasted much longer than i expected. he didnt inhale the bait i actually had him lip hooked with a 1/0 finesse wide gap. but he eventually turned and got his mouth around the line and sheared it off. was hard to fish after that, that was the first time i ever hooked into a musky. didnt know what this was but im told it is a white perch. this thing inhaled a 4" cinnamon yamamoto, and took a dump on my leg pickerel on the bagley minnow b took a swipe at it hooked him backwards through top lip was pretty shocked to get 5 species like that in a row. managed one more largemouth before the wife summoned me home to help with bed time.

pretty wired. got my pb lmb for all i know today. only started weighing last season. some of you guys catch this size daily but this is a milestone for me ? bite was slow all day until we went to wacky 4" senkos. bit a gray one. 3lb 11oz

lucky slippers. best day of the year so far. got 9 in a couple hours. most on a denny brauer pp jig with yum christie craw. rest on res 2tap natural bream. biggest was only 2.5# but some big bellies and good fights.

did great with the 115 so grabbed these two on ebay. heard the 75 was discontinued.