J Francho

Yep

Looks like smoke salt and pepper.

Maybe it's something else - mystery meat!

This is the smoke purple flake I use, not sure about Roboworm:

If you type in "North Atlantic Walleye" into google, it comes up as North Atlantic Cod. Anyone that has cooked with cod, knows about the nematodes so there's some stigma attached to cod. Not so with the word walleye.

Same as "Chilean Sea Bass." It's called marketing. It's cod: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_cod

Me too. I feel you.

That's pretty bad. I guess I'm lucky, my FedEx, UPS, and USPS people are all friendly, careful people. Even the rando Amazon delivery people are good. I did get a crushed rod tube for the first time this past summer. For the most part, I don't get these issues.

I weighed what I carry in the crate for a review and it ended up being 27 lbs. I don't think I carry as much as I could, but it's everything I need for whatever is thrown at me any particular day.

Dryer sheets, moth balls, and barn cats work well against most everything other than red squirrels. Red squirrels require other ordinance.

I mean, they're both awesome fisheries. You could also look at Chaumont Bay or Lake George as alternatives as well. I honestly have a hard time recommending one over the other. I guess maybe Champlain for the sheer size and diversity. That and it feels like most largemouth I catch there are usually over 4.

Key word in my post: most. I definitely have some red and craw colored baits. They are the jam in spring.

Most of my cranks are Lucky Craft MS American Shad, or whatever the company calls it. For Spro, it's called Old Glory. It seems to cover all the bases for me and simplifies my selection process.

Depending on the gauge of the hook wire, the line on the reel, and the power of the rod I adjust the hook setting force. There's never slack in the line if I can help it. The range of force could be a slight as a wrist flick all the way up to a pretty powerful "lift and separate" set that also involves getting the fish up and out of heavy weed cover in the case of punching. It is rare that my hookset exceeds the drag setting, but sometimes with really light line it happens. I'm talking 4# fluoro.

Boric acid works well.

Our school had them too, and there were similar sirens within a radius of the nuclear power plant, and I'm a Gen Xer. I was referring to RW

I'm in.

Sorry for your loss.

Any side effects on the shingles vax?

For this reason alone, I ALWAYS use a trailer hook. Blurry pic, but this fish gets away without the trailer:

Not embarrassing at all. I never throw the thing. I wouldn't know if it's a catcher because it's too annoying for me to fish. I'd rather fish a drop shot or watch paint dry.

Ditto that, and here-here!

Who you gonna call?

The more I learn about this boat, the more I'm willing to think about a 6 hour drive for a boat. Here's a nice overview with Matt Cashion's (Cashion Rods owner) boat and a few others.