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Go to home despot, pick up a cheap lockset, swap it in and give her the key. Swap it back out after you get back. Way easier than stressing out over a security issue and well worth it if it's going to haunt you while you're away. Might take you 10 minutes.

Nothing wrong with switching things up, especially when you're playing with house money. It's a good opportunity to learn the best way(s) to present each bait.

Good thing we weren't out fishing earlier and got trapped in there. The roadside was loaded with cars in each direction for a half mile. No way we could've found them at the carnival to get set free. It worked out better in the end at a better lake. Because of the difficulty launching there we had it all to ourselves from 10pm to 1:30am, which is always a lovely thing. Lemonade.

I agree completely. I wasn't gonna but my brother really wanted to know. I figured someone might ask, so...

Directly from his site. Follow them on insta and FB. He lists them as they become available and in stock. Check the site for what's available. He doesn't make it as hard as others do. None in stock at the moment.

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Drove 56 miles out to a lake last night with my brother for a quick jon boat trip, but found a carnival set up across the street from it. Some nudnick parked in front of the boat ramp, so that was that. What a letdown. Our closest option is a bit of a nightmare because we need to hump the boat over a fence and tote it about 600 feet down to an entry point to the water, but ya gotta do whatcha ya gotta do. It was nearly completely choked with pads, but we had oars, so with very little wind to spoil the party we made it work. It took a while to find a bite, and things looked sketchy, but I broke the ice first with a tribute to @IcatchDinks? My brother got some on the Mattlures Strong shad, and several more on the Hazedong shad. I got into some good fish on the Zman ProCrawZ in Black-Blue, and the bigger girl bit on a Black Gold Flake Yum Dinger. Our boat has leaky rivets, and I wasn't paying attention to things floating in the bottom, so my bag and scale got soaked. Scale said it weighted .047oz, then tried again and it read 3lbs, so who knows. Fought like crazy, so that was cool.

No problem doing it. It's not directional. The spool pops right out then right back in. Just don't spin the handle like crazy while the spool is removed, and you'll be fine.

I'd swap line from reel to reel to see if the problem follows. At least you might come to a conclusion. Swapping spools is a half step, but worthwhile to see if the issue follows the spool or not.

Are you allergic to changing the factory settings to see if your results change, or are you simply stuck on the factory settings thing just because it works on the other reel with very different line? What do you have to lose?

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Good advice. While I didn't have the sense to use my grippers on this occasion, I did have my 8" sidecutters with me, which I always carry. The bass was thoroughly hooked by the rear treble and the front got me when it shook. Without the cutters I couldn't have freed either of us.

Forget about factory settings. Set all the brakes to "on" which means unlocked from the "up" position so they're swinging and not locked. Set your spool tension to eliminate side to side play. Try casting it, then back off brakes as need be. How anyone else sets up their brakes is meaningless. How you set up your brakes depends upon your casting stroke, release point, etc. Not anyone else's. Start there, then post your results.

My knees got a little shaky reading that. My goodness. Glad your sight rebounded. Did a course of antibiotics. All clear. Sensation is weird, but not too worried about that. Thanks.

I imagine most people who've fished for any length of time have had close calls or worse with fishing lures and hooks. I took one to the finger a few weeks ago, and badly. This could've been avoided as my fish grippers were on my person, but I was lazy in the moment, so what could've been easily avoided turned into an ordeal of pain, shots, and antibiotics. Fortunately, it was only a finger. In the past I've retold stories here about one night where a fish shook my Whopper Plopper 75 that rocketed out of the water and grazed my friend's ear hair on the way past his head. An inch or two over and he would've been blinded for sure. Another night I had a RI Little Dipper spit under full rod bend that landed flat against my eyeball. By some miracle the hook didn't touch me. I now wear sleek, clear, safely glasses at night. Last week while I was out on a boat, I was fishing pads with a Zman ProCrawZ rigged on a weighted Gamakatsu swimbait hook. The whole shebang weighs about 5/8 oz and it casts like a bullet. I pitched it out and felt a good bite, so I set the hook with a strong south to north swing. The rod folded over under the pressure, and just as the fish came up through the pads it spit the hook. In a fraction of a second, I felt the bait clip my rod and knock my sunglasses sideways, then it dropped into my PFD. The first thing I noticed was one of my rod guides dangling on the line. Then I took off my glasses and saw the scars on the center of the right lens which up to that point was very clean. There's no doubt whatsoever that had I not worn those sunglasses because it was cloudy or whatever, I would've been in serious trouble. Everything would've changed dramatically. This isn't something you should gamble with ever, whether you're fishing alone and especially when fishing with others. Not for a moment. My bait could've easily nailed my fishing partner or vice versa. With having the experience of being deeply hooked in my finger still quite fresh in my mind, the thought of getting a hook in my eye is even more unimaginable than ever. Just an FYI.

Call again tomorrow. Get the salesperson to do a physical check so you're not wasting your time. They did it for me a few weeks ago. It wasn't a problem.

Call them while they're still open. You have an hour.

I measured 88 in some of my spots last year. During that period I left light line rigs home. No playing fish. Get them in fast as possible and keep them soaked during unhooking, then back out fast, but with an extended release/wagging period until they take off strong.

The sale ended this afternoon.?

In general, for the most part, young people who were born of ancestors who came here 200 years ago, or 150 years ago, or 100 years ago do not want to work in the trades anymore. Call them Europeans if that's what you'd like to say but feel like you can't or shouldn't. Day laborers are willing though. I check in with a friend every few years who has the same type of business that the OP's friend/boss does. Last time was back in March. His main guy of 20 years moved back to Ecuador as of our previous get-in-touch call, so I was curious if he'd found a replacement yet. He hasn't, so he's going it alone. I asked if it's really been that hard, and he said beyond, and that day laborers without proper paperwork who are found in droves in the parking lots of places like home despot won't even get into his truck for under $300 a day these days. Doesn't matter that they many have little trades-skill and might have been farm laborers the month before. The ones who do have skill want $350 a day and often have an attitude. My friend's hypothesis is that the skilled guys are those who on the course of operating their own business as fast as possible and are only there to build the capital to get there, so they'll get in the truck but just don't want to be there, or won't do work they believe to be beneath their skill level. This is not an isolated story. Many of my friends are business owners in the trades, from home improvement contractors to tree companies. Same story. Those of European ancestry don't want to do this work anymore is what they say, regardless of the pay. Can't find them unless they're a relative of another business owner. In contrast, most of the new arrivals are willing to put in a real work day, but they aint gonna do that for $18 bucks an hour. I told my friend who's going it alone now that he's better off. He's got a lot to lose. Hiring someone who cannot be put on the books is a disaster waiting to happen. I won't do it, ever. Nope. So many things could go wrong. The implications are devasting to a legitimate business owner if they do. I've had workers who've gotten injured. Thank god I'm on the up and up. The costs are staggering on the front end, and on the back end I'm paying out on increased insurance rates. Thankfully negligence on my part was not deemed to be part of the equation, because it wasn't. They simply got hurt. It happens. Thankfully I wasn't sued. The lawyers they were required to have at the comp hearings tried to get the injured parties to sue, but they refused. It's not easy being in business, eh?

? Hat tip to @MiceNReets

It now has a metal handle-side side plate like the 80, 150, 200, and Elite(s). Totally worthwhile update, and if the gear-cut is like the Tat 80, this sucka will be smooth. I'm getting one.

Exactly. I'm a little south of you, and they're off beds no later than the 1st week of June at the very, very latest. Usually, a few weeks before then. The weeds don't hit their fullest until about now and going forward.

The full moon was hanging directly over the lake when I got there, and it seemed to stubbornly stay put over the next few hours. Fortunately, the soft filter of wildfire smoke mixed with occasional passing clouds would blunt its shine just enough to where they were willing to bite during certain moments. Even then, nothing was interested in breaking the water's glassy flat surface while the electric-white brightness was periodically muted, and definitely not when it wasn't. Wakes and topwater baits were ignored, so I ended up either dragging or swimming plastics slow and low to get my bites. Missed a few but got some too.

My story is a lot like yours. Life happened, but the thought was always there. Once I wet a line again it was a rocket ride and has been ever since. Love it. Welcome aboard!