MN Fisher

We got your back, man...win or lose, b-b-b-big bag or skunk, we're your fan-club. Go show them the BR way of fishing.

And the Lovely Lynn is back in the game...fantastic news, Andy. Give her our best wishes for continued progress.

Knot was set bare handed - not hauled down, just tight. This fraying happened about the middle of a 12' leader after a few dozen casts.

Was using some 8# as leader on my panfish rig when the lure went flying. Inspected the broken end of the BasiX and noticed this Stuff was frayed almost like it was braid. No rocks where I was fishing, just weeds and the occasional small branch floating in the water. Needless to say, I'm probably gonna stay away from BasiX - respooling a reel that had 15# on it with 12# YZH. Yes, I did inspect the guides on the rod and the roller on the reel, despite it being a new reel...no issues found.

I've got a newer 'can' with this push-button that seals it...not had any problems with spillage or leakage. I like it cause I put the end of the spout in the boat's tank, and it doesn't dispense until I push that button...with where the boat tank is, if I had an 'open end' can, it'd spill all over the carpet before I even got the nozzle of the can into the tank opening.

Very difficult - I re-started a few years back with only one casting rod and two spinners...now its 12 and 5. Anyway...best shot 7'0"-7'3" MH/F - the 'Swiss Army Knife' of rods - 40# Braid to leader (choose leader based on what lure type you're using...and sometimes no leader is the answer) - Spinners, chatters, soft swimbaits, T-Rigs, C-Rigs, Free Rigs, Lipless, Squarebills all work well on this. Moderate to light cover pitching also falls here, and you can do frogs though it's not ideal. 6'8"-7'1" M/F - 12# FC (InvizX is my FC of choice) Jerkbaits, Crankbaits, Wacky, Shakey. Will also handle Ned and Neko in a pinch. Third rod: 7'3"-7'6" - H/F - 50# braid to leader (see above) - Here's your frog rod as well as heavier cover pitching and buzzbaits.

Medium-heavy is the 'Swiss Army Knife' of rods...doesn't do everything, but does quite a lot of things pretty well. Reason that out of my 12 casting rods, 4 of them are MH/F.

Don't feel too bad - one of my shore expeditions yielded this as my best bass,

Despite not getting any of the targeted species, if I at least caught something with fins, I wasn't skunked.

No worm-drive - it has 'Silent Drive'...whatever that is. It is the lowest price Ci4 body reel however.

Go JDM, young man - $102.75 to your door usually in 3-4 days...retail here in the US is $130+tax I have one of these and they're light, smooth and worth every penny. https://www.digitaka.com/item/5/4/1/4969363045140

No you come back here and commiserate with the rest of us. "Pain shared is halved, joy shared is doubled".

My panfish rigs are 8#-10# braid (for casting distance) with a 10'-12' 4#-6# leader...except the bobber rig...that one has 24' of 6# since I use a slip bobber and sometimes the crappie are almost that deep.

It's not the hookset - it's fighting the fish. I actually had one, fought it for a while, then lost it...hook was straightened out just from the 'battle'...that was a Z-Man original...that's when I went to Owner.

Ya - I've been using the Owner Blockheads...stouter hook on those, I like the keeper better two...they also go super-finesse...down to 1/32oz. This year I'll be testing some Ned Heads that Allen (Munkin) made up...we'll see how those work.

Stick around, make enough 'meaningful' posts...and sell in the Flea Market here.

Not appreciatively - difference between 4-carrier and 8-carrier is that the individual strands of the 8-carrier are thinner, which is why the finished weave is the same diameter.

Ya - but we gotta subsidize the corn farmers here...add to that, Cargill has the largest corn milling operations in the midwest...and since they're HQ'd in Wayzata...

Well, 2" Impact is about 1/10oz, 4" is 3/16oz, 2.8" Fat is 1/8oz Add 1/6oz (1/8oz jig head + hook) We're looking at right around 1/4-5/16oz total 702 for the win.

Just bring a pair of braid scissors. https://www.amazon.com/Booms-Fishing-Braid-Scissor-Scissors/dp/B08793R91F/ref=sr_1_12_sspa?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mgIznDWgFDxPhyz1l-V_Q-UR1nXrOj1kTO4juq-Lo-9_GPxIHfVIiUjLWR9r9dZUlTJMRdV98K1OgaFOSD93WJAzg1CNUaxwGd6HJ6IdmDrVHUvVXooeC2mK270LX4DlUxgX7SaUjH1kNaG79aa8LWMmEsP1voJkV_cMu5tBbOzmA_jEWjHcQvYGAXErsvgVXKjHNx3nyGBkPbbJiq-Ch86nWw3yFlN1rLDd-iPyf0ISbZk6Q4BnsqhaCvERdV8RiRUS1YBtCyIwdYIxUutxjsIz3qI3yrCH1fA1ZjHq8ko.0e1nkECi7qrpbYuzcMvrG2oGDTBM868zU2o5PtYXN5I&dib_tag=se&keywords=braid%2Bscissors&qid=1715633328&sr=8-12-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9tdGY&th=1

Anise oil is a good one too - don't buy it from the lure shops...$16 for 2 oz is highway robbery when you can get 4oz for $14. https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Undiluted-Asthma-Menstrual-Therapeutic/dp/B07NTYPPS6/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_1/139-1578319-0104140?pd_rd_w=Lt8hp&content-id=amzn1.sym.1ad2066f-97d2-4731-9356-36b3edf1ae04&pf_rd_p=1ad2066f-97d2-4731-9356-36b3edf1ae04&pf_rd_r=WETSW6034PKVC2NQ61KS&pd_rd_wg=dkWkm&pd_rd_r=3f74805d-d11d-40b2-a873-ebe35d898d15&pd_rd_i=B07NTYPPS6&psc=1 A drop or two on a lure and you're set.

8# high-vis 832 to 6# InvizX is how I Ned rig - then I can see if the line starts going sideways before it hits bottom. I would also go a little longer than what RW suggested...8' is what I consider minimum - at 6', I'm cutting off and retying a new leader.

Average year, I'll pull half-a-dozen bullheads out of Tonka during the course of the year...they primarily hang out in West Arm around Deering Island.

Everything you get from a grocery store, farmer's market, where-ever should be washed. Not only do you not know what chemicals were put on it, you don't know who handled it before you. If you don't wash your raw food before preparation...then it's on you. I actually prefer bullhead over catfish...any I catch go in the livewell.