pdxfisher

You are fishing on an entirely different plane of existence. I barely feel worthy to even read your post. Great job!

In all fairness I don't think you could buy a spinning reel in that price range that would not be excellent for drop-shotting.

Thought you were going to break the ice on that trip

Thanks @Swamp Girl and @A-Jay you all both keep me motivated with all your great posts of big numbers of huge fish. I am just trying to keep up with you all!

In my 60s and stage 5 kidney failure. My biggest concession is that I now think twice about buying anything new. The other concession is how often I get out. In addition to kidney failure I have arthritis in most of my joints and I have re-torn the labrum in both of my shoulders. Some weekends the pain is too much but most of the time I can suck it up and get out there. Anything becomes normal after a while.

Great writeup of a fantastic trip!

Awesome that you are out there trying! What was the water temp?

Are you sure it's a scam? My Nigerian prince friend vouched for it

I throw green pumpkin all winter long. Out here I think it mimics sculpin in the winter. I would throw a color that mimics whatever is your predominant bait species.

I have arthritis in most of my joints(including thumbs), torn labrum in both shoulders (previous surgeries in both). All due to EDS joint instability. I just fish in pain and it takes about a week to recover from a trip, sometimes more. Can't get anything repaired or take NSAIDs due to kidney failure. Amazing what you can get used to.

I love the prescription Maui Jim wrap-arounds I got from my optometrist. It was hard to find a wrap-around pair that I could get due to my astigmatism. Hard to find company that could correct astigmatism on curved lenses.

That is amazingly beautiful!

Yes, that is just plain nuts. Culling once in a lifetime trophies!

Great job finding success in the cold!