Jig Man

I always call the charger manufacturer and get their recommendations. My current charger is a NOCO. I was told by them that I shouldn't leave it on for long times unless I was able to shut off everything to the batteries. I do have a master shut off and throw it when I plan to leave it on for an extended time.

WAR EAGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing to be concerned about. Have you ever smelled freshly poured plastic worms? They smell worse than spray paint. The fish don't care.

Even the ML might be too much rod for the Ned. I've gone through 8 rods so far and have not yet settled on a good Ned rod.

I have used several different head types. They all work but I bought the Midwest Finesse mold. After some mods it is all I use now as I can make heads with quality hooks for about 20% of the going price which is good since I fish lots of rocky places and go through several each trip.

Well color mattered today. We caught 46 bass with 14 of them being keepers. We threw lots of different kinds of baits in lots of colors. We caught fish on every color except JUNE BUG. I had one tied on for about 3 hours. I'd throw it for a few casts after we had caught something. I never had any action of it at all. So some times color matters.

Most of the time confidence but once in a while it is all about color.

I'll bet you like it. I switched to a Ford F250 this year after being a long time Chevy 2500 guy. It handles my 5th wheeler better than my Chevys did.

We have been noticing that their worms don't hold up as good as they used to. It used to take several fish to wear one out now it seems to only take 1.

I have no experience with that rod but do have 5 Falcons. I have 4 low riders and 1 cara. I don't have reels on 2 of the low riders because my fishing partner and I got such a good deal we bought 20 of them.

It is only legal in MO if you have the vest pfd out of the box where it is readily accessible.

I was also needing one that I would wear. I talked to a friend of mine who works for the Corps of Engineers to see what they use. He said Mustang. He said he could work all day in one and not even notice it. So I bit the bullet and bought one. He was right. After wearing it a few times I hardly notice it at all. My other inflatable drove me nuts when I tried to wear it all day.

I have a vise similar to what you are thinking about. I have never been happy tying bass jigs with it. When I tie them I use a 4" bench vise that is permanently mounted to my work bench. Copper wire is my choice for rubber or silicone bass jigs, thread of some sort for hair jigs.

Personally I want the biggest screen where I spend my time (at the bow). As for size get the biggest you can afford.

My rods won't go in and out of my rod locker without socks so I use them. I don't wipe down anything. I hook what ever bait is on the rod in the bait keeper, put on the sock, put them in the rod locker and go home. I usually have 6-10 setups out so I'm not taking the time to wipe all that down before I stow them. I've been doing it this way for a very long time without issues.

It sounds like a bad relay to me. You might want to be on the safe side and replace both of them.

A rod builder can do most anything you want to that rod. I bought a factory second that was 6'11" instead of 7'. That threw off the balance so that I did not like it at all. My rod guy added 1.5" to the handle and made all the difference in the world.

Sounds to me like you have too much braid and too little backing.

Most fun for me would be a fly rod and a top water popper.

I don't own either but have an older Chronarch. It is the best reel that I own. It is just a little better than my Curados.

Pitzen for all lines.

I have a pair of Costas and a pair of $3.49 from Wally World. There isn't much difference in what I can see on the water.

That is good wet cell battery maintenance.

This isn't about a set up for fishing. It is about carpal tunnel syndrome. I had it in both wrists so bad I had to wear braces to fish and alternate right and left hand casting every few minutes in order to fish at all. My doctor put me on NSAIDS which helped. I finally had to have surgery to fix my right wrist. My left was getting worse and I was thinking about surgery on it but then I had a blood clot in my brain which caused me time in the hospital and considerable rehab time. The first thing they did in the hospital is take away my NSAIDS and told me to quit taking them due to kidney or liver damage down the road. They also said I needed to give up alcohol, caffeine, tobacco, and wheat in order to help prevent another stroke. I thought the wheat thing was insane but I don't want to go through this again so I quit all of them. After about a month I noticed I was having less symptoms in my left wrist. It has now been 2 years since I have had any wheat products and I still do not have carpal tunnel in my left wrist. It might be worth 30 days of your time to get off wheat and see if it helps your situation.

I have 2 6.5' Avids. One has a Shimano Stradic 2500 and the other has a Shimano Symmetry 2500. The balance seems good to me.