MN Fisher

Initial thought is dry bearings. Drop of oil on the bearings both ends of the spool...just have to take the brake side-plate off to get at that bearing, and pop the spool out to get at the handle side bearing...no need to disassemble.

I have the previous gen Mojo Bass 7'1" M/F - I agree, that length/action is very versatile.

Having worked with small mechanical items for years, I have no issues tearing down and doing maintenance on my own reels.

If I need to see my line - Sufix 832 in yellow is my go-to. Put a leader on it and you're golden.

Yep - My Pfleuger Patriarchs for one - old, but still silent and smooth. Pflueger shot itself in the foot when they discontinued everything but the Monarch (which is a throw-away reel) and the President XT (which isn't bad...but it's no Supreme or Patriarch).

Like my Tatula 100s - they hold 150yds of 12# - so I put enough backing of 10# Big Game so that I'm only putting that 65-70yds of more expensive line (braid, FC) on top.

^ If you're targeting any Esox (pike, muskie, pickerel), then a wire leader is almost mandatory. I've had pike bite right through braid, hybrid, FC and mono with no effort...no 'regular' line is safe from their teeth.

Especially since the OP hasn't even signed on since 2010.

I only put 65-70 yds of mainline on all my rigs...should be enough.

Even an old computer and cheap camera can do alot - I put together this using vids/screenshots taken with that $50 camera, Top left made with almost 20 year old 'JASC Animation Shop 3', background image from Google Earth, music from BenSound and all processed on that 10 year old (6 year old processor) computer. Was going to be my channel intro, but decided against it. One nice thing about VideoPad - it can link directly to YouTube so you can upload from VP instead of saving to HD then having to upload later.

The computer I do my vid processing on is an old PowerSpec with a 6 year old I5 processor and 8gb of Ram running Windows 7-Pro. Program is VideoPad Video Editor Home Edition...currently on sale for $50. Once the individual files are merged and processed (1 file for every 18 minutes), I play it on VLC Media player and pull the screenshots from that. You don't need the latest and greatest if you're patient - processing 6 hours of video takes about 4 hours on the computer.

No need to go to that expense....all the shots below were take with a cheap $50 action camera This is the camera - I plug it into a USB port connected to my house battery, and put a 256gb card in it...it'll record an entire day of fishing, then I just take screenshots of the vid.

Depends on the pound test and the knot 15# and less braid, 12# and less FC, Alberto, Albright or FG knot and you should be fine.

What budget? What money?

A spooling station helps a lot - even the cheap ones are better than nothing. Or, if you're handy, you can put together one yourself - such as I did from some scrap aluminum plate and angle I had sitting around.

I'll second that - he's sent me a couple 'care packages' of line and lures over the past few years....just out of the blue and the goodness of his heart.

Only reason I got an Ecomap 93sv is its the GT-54 transducer model, on sale...and I got financing for 24 months at 8%...otherwise I would be stuck with only my Striker 7cv. Being stuck on SS benefits alone sucks.

Now if they'd just make them affordable for the average guy.

Don't feel bad, Andy...I've only got 16"

He's made a cult out of being grumpy and never pleased about anything...no matter which way it goes.

UL to me is light line, small reels...rod length is not a consideration My current UL rig for panfish is an Okuma Celilo 7'6" UL/F - 1/32oz-3/8oz with an Ultegra FC-1000 reel, line is 6# Sufix 832 with 4# Sufix Siege leader of 8'-10' length.

Google still does it for me - of course if I'm searching for a particular piece of information, I use the Advanced Search engine instead of the generic one. Google Advanced Search

Enjoy the oodles of more free time you'll have, Kent, and thank you for your service on the forum. Now it's time to relax

How'd you get a pic of me?

Considering that Litha is 'Mid-summer' and Yule is 'Mid-Winter' - the seasons on the witches calender run Spring (Planting/Birthing): Imbolc (Feb 2) to Beltaine (May 1) Summer(Growing): Beltaine (May 1) to Lammas (Aug 1) Fall (Harvest): Lammas (Aug 1) to Samhain (Oct 31) Winter (Fallow): Samhain (Oct 31) to Imbolc (Feb 1)