J Francho

That must have been fun!

Good luck, and get well soon!

I used to feel like this. Organization was the key. It helped me see what I actually had, what I was low on, what I was using or not using, what I could scratch, and what I could add. Figure out a plan to organize it all. Personally, I arrange the boxes to match up with the rod I use to throw the baits. Obviously, there's crossover, but essentially, I'll have topwaters, poppers, and some jerkbaits in one box. Another box will be jigs, bullet weights, and flipping hooks for my heavy cover rod. Another box might have stuff for DS, SS, sliders, and ned rig stuff. Makes it easy to put my crate together for a kayak trip.

My six pack turned into two forties.

I always had trouble with my deep-Vs trying to float them on and be perfectly straight on the trailer. Then again, they were both not Lunds. That would stink not being able to launch. If you knew ahead, you could just bring the canoe.

You are awfully deep with that trailer. It looks like your fenders are at least 6" below the water. Any boat I've had, you'd be a few inches above the water line. There's a few ramps around here where you'd be off the ramp going that deep. Getting a trailer unstuck like that isn't fun. I'd like to see how the bunks perform on a steeper ramp, where you can't dip that deep. I'd also love to see loading the boat under slight power. Not power loading, but drive on trailering. At any rate, it looks like this is gonna work well for you. Not sure it's the end all solution. Thanks to you both for the detailed video! Nice work camera woman!

Mine is light grey. It doesn't get very hot.

Vexus, Xpress, Gator Trax and a few others offer it as an option now.

I have it in my Hobie. It's pretty awesome. Much more comfortable than bass boat carpet.

The newer products like Marine Mat and Sea Deck are actually more comfortable to kneel on than just carpet.

It's funny, I picked 6-8/M because I use this most often, and figured I could adapt other things to it if needed. I didn't want to sacrifice this rod for what ever advantage length and power gave me. I would also accept the fact that I would not be able to fish heavy cover. Pretty sure I could still find biting fish in other areas. I don't recall what hook I chose. They all work for me.

The only issues I've ever had with fluoro is using cheap line, or line that wasn't really 100% fluoro. Knots I've tied that all work well for me: Triple Surgeon, Alberto, Albright, Uni, Palomar, and Improved Cinch.

Turtles like the taste of fish.

And we're done here. Seems impossible for folks not to make political comments.

Finding out what the majority wants isn't always the goal of a survey.

The interesting part of kayak fishing - if your gear is heavy enough - is you can lock down on most fish, and the kayak becomes the drag. But if they dig straight down, you have no choice but to let them.

While it leads in the poll now, there's a big 6-8 M constituency.

That had to be fun....

Karl's and Siebert Outdoors carries them and sponsor this sight, keeping it free to you. Maybe support them instead.

Meh, I'd still go fishing. You probably would too. Don't lie.

When I see the damsels/dragon flies, I use a Ragetail Space Monkey rigged weedless with no weight.

Back in the day, you could not get the hours. Now it's stored in the onboard computer. Ever since hours was available, people were interested.

Hands down, they are crushing it with their game changing influencers. Not.

I put a drop of oil on the line roller around once a month. The maintenance in the care sheet is a once or twice a year thing: http://fish.shimano.com/content/dam/shimanosnaffish/pdf/Spinning Reels maint.pdf

Not with regular maintenance. There are tons of videos that detail this simple process. I value a sealed drag over anything else. An anti-rust line roller bearing is a good feature as well. Shimano has some great care sheets for reels, and common issues here: http://fish.shimano.com/content/fish/northamerica/us/en/homepage/REEL_SUPPORT_SERVICES/Reel-Maintenance.html