Darren.

8 hours, 140 fish. Man that sounds like an awesome time!! Well done.

Welcome aboard! I saw "Warriors" and immediately thought Golden State!! But you clarified...keyboard warriors. Ah well, go GS!!

One of those "TMI" videos, but you know he's right!! LOL

I voted "yes", I'd try it, because why not? That said, I'll likely not try it anytime soon as I've got enough leader spools of YoZuri Hybrid, Gamma Edge fluoro, and P-Line Floroclear to last me yeeears.

I know of one. My brother in 1981, canebrake in his collection, over over 40 snakes, a number of which were venomous...thankfully he pulled through!! I've been tagged numerous times by non-venomous snakes I can't tell you the number, but both captive and in the wild. Every snake handler/collector has been tagged in the line of work/hobby. Something you get used to, and it'll happen even with proper handling.

We've got copperheads, cottonmouths, and canebrake rattlers here, though the canebrake is quite rare to find. I've not seen one in the wild yet, but plenty of cottonmouths and copperheads. Here's another of the young CM, as well as a large CM I had an encounter with years before, same reservoir. I found the video, but is too large to upload...

Congrats!! Wacky rig is deadly, as you found out

Welcome aboard, Kevin!

Got a story to tell about the time I tried to impress a girl by eating the hottest wings... You all know the ending. It's in the posts above. I've never taken a hot wing "challenge" since then - early 90s. Learnt my lesson!!!

Aye, but ... I mean however, there is a copious amount of cooling wipes requried for relief.

Need to tell my eldest son. He loves hot chicken wings, and Buffalo Wild.

My favorite under 6 rod is a 5'9" Shimano Compre, cork handle, circa 2009, I think. Has fantastic action, super accurate... Now that I have a Premier 6' ML, I've been using it and the Compre a lot, which is why I've been toying with having the Premier cut down to 5'9". Would make it a great all-around rod IMO.

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard, Jimmy! I like your thinking

You guys that just want to kill snakes are wimps You are correct that most are mistaken. I find the majority of sightings are Northern watersnakes. And as your linked map shows, they're in my area. My sons and I, and my brother, have been snake hunting around one of our local reservoirs and have caught (my bro handles the venomous) cottonmouths and copperheads. One is attached from around Harwood's Mill Reservoir maybe 8 years ago, not sure. I really need to find/post my cottonmouth video at Harwood's Mill...

Welcome aboard, G!

I never drank until I was in my late 20s, and then it was maybe a glass of wine/week at work dinners, or special events. Increased amount over the years, so working on the cut back now. Weight gain definitely a bad thing. Talk about spare tires around the waist... I only need 2 for my bike, and 4 for my truck, not one around my belly.

Great memories! The more I think about it, the more 100% certain I am that it was Jimmy Buffs. That name totally brings back the memory of sinking my teeth into a juicy hot dog the likes of which I never had. Although hot dogs at Yankee stadium were pretty good then, too But not as good as JBs. Boy, memories flooding in.

I recall Jimmy Buff's. I just looked it up on Google and it brought some recall back. As a kid, I don't remember the look of the place, the location on his site doesn't bring back memory, but the name sure does. And Kenilworth is off 22 not far from Plainfield. So it is most likely the place!!

Dude! Monster bucket mouth. 5 gallon pale right there, LOL!

Yes, depending on what you are doing with the BC. I, too, use 20 on BC and will tie 8, 10, 15# test on it depending on the technique. For instance, if I'm throwing a light presentation with a smaller bait (and happen to be using my BC), I'll opt for 8. 15 is for when I want to throw stuff in nasty laydowns with tons of snags and such... Point being, you can use any pound test if you want to. Just make sure you are pairing it up properly, and have your drag adjusted properly, or else you'll be sorry you used 8lb leader throwing a frog with a tight drag

I've tried a lot of dogs over the years - Zweigles, Costco, and many other brands. I'd probably put Costco at the top today. Not sure I would have yesteryear. @RoLo, there was a hotdog joint in NJ, off route 22, if I recall my youth correctly - I *think* it was Jimmy's, but it was not a stand, rather an actual place to eat. Hot dogs were the specialty and they were to die for. It was a treat for this young lad in those days. We lived in Plainfield at the time, if that's any help, if you even know the one I'm speaking of. I wish I could recall!! Was circa 1980.

Hi Steve, welcome aboard!

27" would be in double-digit range, man! Awesome catch!!

So many different opinions/answers to your question. My sweet spot for rod length in my kayak is 5'9". Yeah, I like shorter rods, especially for spinning as I am so much more accurate with them. I'll go as long as 6'6", but rarely anymore. I'm even in the midst of pondering taking my 6' ML St. Croix Premier to a local rod guy for shortening to 5'9". I do so like that length paired with Shimano Stradic 1000 reels. To each his/her own, as you can see from the replies. So the bottom line is fish what you are comfortable with.