Deephaven

Lol, $40k. Dreaming. The 4.4sec option comes on the $90,252 version. The $40k will have 2wd, super limited range and be slow. Amusingly there is a very logical place for electric cars....but the Lightning is about the last logical one I could think of. Anything that is made for towing distances it is awful for. That being said, I would love and am shopping for a 2nd car to use only around town. Running the kids to soccer and such. For that an electric car is great. Never having to stop for gas, heat/cool as I want and most importantly is wickedly fast. The biggest problem with electric cars right now is that Tesla basically takes 1990 VW Rabbit manufacturing tech, duct tapes an iPad to the dash and sells it for $60k. If they could figure out how to make a real car instead of a tinker toy I'd already have one. The Mustang MachE is better, but we are still a generation away from the perfect around town car.

My 9/11 year olds got rods for Christmas. At this point in time, the entry point for a reel IMO is the Daiwa Fuego. Spending more doesn't net you a ton, but spending less gives up a bunch. There are other options and compromises, but it is what I felt made the most sense. I am not brand loyal and only owned 2 Daiwa's before these, but we have been enjoying them so far. Liked them enough I bought another for my ML rod.

I wasn't specifically referring to Tonka, but the first real nice weekend will be busy everywhere. I may still suffer through Tonka, but I don't believe the fish are where the boats will be anyways. I have 4 soccer games to dodge so my time window is rather small, but I am going to get out and fish!

Between work and two little ones (9/11) playing traveling soccer I haven't had much time to go out. Pulled a beast out from under our dock yesterday, but going to target taking my boys fishing this weekend. First thing in the am? Mid day? Sunset? Night? If you only picked 2 hours which two would it be? 2nd part of the question is if you expect the lake to be busy during the 12-6pm window does that change it.

In the early spring before we have grass I use my lighter CB rod for lipless, but as soon as the milfoil pops up a MHF gets the lipless. Still in the pre-grass window now, but not for terribly long.

I like the Tatula brakes better than my Shimano's for skipping. I use a GLX 844 that is kicked out 2" to 7'2". It is one of my few rods that does not get braid, but just straight big game. Helps for when I look down and smack the water close as well as I skip into nasty places with zebra mussels so braid is not the right line. Picking lashes out of braid sucks as well and it is the one rod I am guaranteed to blow up at least once in a blue moon.

Needing that extra foot is a major cause of a borked cast.

When Lithium's that will last 2-3x as long as the AGM's per charge and take 5-10x's more charges are only $499 vs $300 for the AGM and way lighter I am not quite sure how AGM's are still being sold. If you really need juice Lithium power is the solution.

Ha, we have a killer dock for fishing under. Of course when I am down at the beach and someone comes by I have my boys trained to run out onto the dock, make a ton of noise, and ask them how the fishing is. My experience is that all the noise on the dock and commotion shuts off the bite and makes the anglers move on. Not super nice on my end, but I try to keep my little guys fishing hole setup for them.

You are going to backlash and throw line away at first. No reason to waste money. Put Big Game on it. Long term you will like 15 better, but it is easier to learn with 20lb so I'd start there. Get a spool of both and after you ruin a couple 20's switch up

Absolutely. If you aren't going to the bottom and pull it off by hand a bc is way better.

Spinning is useful for ridiculously light lures in particular when you want to fish them vertically. Much easier to get a controlled drop to the bottom with a featherweight technique on a spinning rod. For those presentations I use them otherwise I much prefer a baitcaster. MN & WI here and the majority of people I see can't cast.

Out of all stores in town it is where I would stop in to feel rods. They are usually good on pricing as well and always discount reels with rod purchases. Selection is great, they actually all fish, and their rod building puts even normal high end builds to shame. I've replaced all my rods except my heavy cranking rod with theirs. I don't crank that often either so I bought a used Quantum KVD for $40 for the bigger stuff. Obviously for this one with the credit you should do something else, but just wanted to clarify my recommendation.

...and I failed to get to them. Darn it. Not sure where the time goes. *looks at the kids soccer, band, school schedule and sighs*

I had Thorne Bros build me a rod for just that...right at the top end of your price point, but you could surely cheapen the guides/handle and lower the price.

99.9% of the reactions of my bait getting close to their boat is an "oh sorry, didn't realize you could cast that far". Using a 9'6" rod and nearly a pound of weight allows quite a cast

Have you looked through the manual? Many of those sorts of things can be shut off. If not, get in the habit of putting your car keys in your boat near the motor when rigging up like Glenn offered.

Much easier than spinning unless you are throwing super light things.

When I fish rivers in my canoe I typically bring my 7'6" M BC. I no longer own any rods under 6'8" as I don't see a purpose for them. Longer rods were tougher when all I knew how to do was overhead cast.

Boats cut me off I pull out the Muskie stick and put a foot long bait within feet of both ends of their boat and continue to do so until they leave. As for other harassment, I have a shiny boat again. Seems everyone on the lake wants to know if I am catching anything. When I get fed up with it, my standard answer is "just a bunch of bullheads".

Congrats

My wife will out fish whomever she goes with. Doesn't do it that often, but if you tell her what exactly to do she does it unlike the rest of us that second guess and change things. Tells a story.

Woot

No officer, I am just trying to catch a crappie. An 11" Suick is perfect for it, really.

Not really. Crappie and sunnie's bite all walleye live bait techniques and that season is open. Not really. Crappie and sunnie's bite all walleye live bait techniques and that season is open. Not really. Crappie and sunnie's bite all walleye live bait techniques and that season is open.