JustALineWetter

I started the vid, just to see what the 'hype' was about...saw it was Randy...stopped the vid. Certain techniques I go straight braid, but most of the time I've got a leader on.

If I'm using FC for a leader....it's InvizX.

Fishidy has a few mentions of LMBs being caught in Bailey. Don't know if it's the lack of reporting, or a severe shortage of them that has so few mentions. https://www.fishidy.com/map/us/texas/burleson-ponds There's also some old (2010-2011) reports of LMBs coming out of Bailey as well on another forum https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/5017284/Bailey_lake_hidden_creek_in_bu

When you're trying to make ends meet on minimum wage, you take all the advantages you can. I don't keep dinks, but if it's fair sized, it goes home to the freezer. I'd say 2-3 meals a week are of fish I've caught...whether bass, trout, walleye, pike or panfish it doesn't matter - if it's eating size, it gets eaten.

Yep - happens here in MN. Bass season doesn't close until Feb 24, 2019. Ice is already strong enough on some of the smaller bays and sub-lakes of Minnetonka for portable ice-houses to be up. So some bass fishermen are already out there with drop-shots trying to entice bites.

That depends on two factors 1) The base diameter of the spool - a larger spool picks up more line per turn 2) How much line is on the spool - a half-empty spool will pick up line slower than a mostly full spool. The gear ratio is still a baseline measurement that gives a general indication of how fast you'll pull line back in.

Yours too? It's our State Bird as well. What is it about 'Northern Tier' states? Is it something Canada is sending us?

I'd go to a hobby shop and get an enamel paint from there. Testors or Testors Model Master brands. Most hardware paints are acrylics and don't hold up as well as enamels.

Minnesota's a little more restrictive. Bass through the ice is legal until Feb 24 when the season closes, then from May 11-May 24 it'll be catch-&-release only until the full season opens again on the 25th

Oh I get that. Halloween 1991 we had a 3-day storm that dumped almost 30" of snow on us. Guess who had to drive 20 miles each way all three days of that, in a sedan, because of work?

I wasn't talking accumulation, yes our averages are less, but I was talking about our reaction when it snows. It snows, we shrug our shoulders and go 'no big deal, it's winter, that's what happens'.

I MAY eventually end up spending a few hundred before next opener in May. Only (minor) gripe I have is the shipping time on Standard. Ordered a new tackle bag from Cabela's, and boxes for it from TW on the same day. Got the bag Thursday, still waiting for the boxes. It's minor though - doesn't prevent me from spending money there.

I'm gonna (sadly) put that off a couple weeks. April 27, 2019 - at least for Minnetonka.

...and this is why you never let a co-angler play with *your* electronics.

Should be "90.8%, 4.2% and 5% are from Minnesota and go 'It's just snow, what's the issue?'"

Have all that in heavy cover to boot and now you know why I use 50# for pitching - I may even up that. (I DESTEST millfoil - and Minnetonka is infested with it...every bay and sub-lake)

Bait/Sports shops won't give you more than a few bucks even if they take them. They can't sell them to others because of their business model Craigslist/E-Bay/Pawn Shop/local posting site (The one here is called 'Nextdoor') are your best bets.

It's one of those 'gut things' to me. I 'know' they're more stable, but seeing the shallowness of them still triggers something in me. One thing I'm adding to my canoe this winter while the water is hard is outrigger stabilizers. Then I couldn't flip it if I tried.

I might add that Berkley Powerbaits suffer a similar problem. The scent molded into them leeches into the water, that what gives them the extra attraction. Also the chemical scent is finicky when it comes to temperature of the molding. If it's even just a few degrees too high, the scent will 'vaporize' away, leaving you nothing but plain plastic without ANY scent.

Talking specifically about Senkos - there's an exact level of salt in those that slowly leeches away every time you cast it into the water. Unless they're sending you Senkos that have only been cast a few times before being damaged, the re-molds are going to be lower quality. A mixed bag of 'fresh' and 'well used' wouldn't be anywhere near the same properties. The density will be less for one and that will affect the action.

So you're doing this for free? How are you going to recoup the costs associated with doing this?

You'd need to base your pricing on 1) Time it takes you to do the work (I suggest MINIMUM of $10/hr if part-time, $13-15/hr if this is going to be a full-time gig) 2) Shipping costs to you and back 3) Wear-n-tear on your equipment - everything breaks down eventually 3) Miscellaneous costs - gotta cover the electricity usage your equipment needs, non-reusable items (rags, etc) You'll find out that what your pricing NEEDS to be to earn a profit is more than people are willing to spend. Trust me, I ran a cabinet making business...tried at the start to severely undercut my competitors, but ended up being about par on the pricing.

And given this, your prices for the re-sell will have to be lower than the market average. People aren't going to pay premium prices for questionable quality.

Okay, I may only have a canoe, but Liability and Un/Under Insured boaters are a worry. I've been with Metropolitan for decades; house, car, boat. They've been good to me (storm damage on the house, one total loss on vehicle) and given my long-time loyalty, I get some terrific discounts. I even have the fishing equipment (lost to the bottom of the lake?) covered under a rider.