SusqyMusky

I'd take up fly fishing if I were you. Their reels have fewer parts I think.

Nice pike Matt. Which one is in it's mouth?

Cabela's "Guide Wear" for sure. My brother had the BPS 100 mph stuff and switched to the guide wear too. I never, never launder my gore tex suite. Just hose it off and wipe it off. It will keep you dry for years and years.

The whole "Balls Out" thing makes me wince...

Thats cool. I wonder if it has an airborn throttle cut off so as not to over rev the engine too much.

Well done...!!!

Hey Tboyd. Nice rig. Congratulations on the purchase. If you have any ?'s on jet boating send me a pm and I'll try to help. I'm on my 3rd rig now. I switched from outboard to inboard on my last upgrade. You're not running shallow until you feel the boat lift up under you. When the water gets real thin, it compresses and the higher density will lift the hull. Just remember with the tunnel hull the boat usually hits before the motor does.

You bass fishermen sure are wimpy. Yall should try throwing musky plugs all day. FWIW; Before I switched to baitcasters and a wrist brace I made this ergonomic handle for my spinning rods. Maybe it will spark some ideas other than the video..

There is coverage under the Homeowners or Tenants policy.(with a deductible) There should also be some coverage under a boat policy, listed on the front page. You can buy additional coverage under the boat policy. My cost is $28 for a total of $2500 coverage, less $250 deductible. That help?

Philsoreel It doesn't take whale stopping equipment to land large land-locked stripers. My pb is 45 lb.. Did that on 12 lb Stren mono. But this was an over weight land locked striper in Norris Lake in NE Tennessee. It took about 15 minutes to boat that fish with help from my fishing partner. Now a 25 lb striper say on the Hudson River in strong tidal current is a whole other ball of wax. These fish have way more fight than that 45 lb Norris fish did. But having said that we still have no trouble landing 30 lb Hudson Stripers on 20 lb mono. Note; we are fishing from a boat. This allows you to go after them should the need arise. Hope my bragging helps... By the way here is the Norris pig. Caught 1995.

Yes you still need a leader. They do more than just prevent bite offs. Braided line is more flexible than mono and this is a problem for some lures during the cast and also on the retrieve. The flex in the line allows it to foul the lure. The short length of leader helps this problem. I use 60 lb fluorocarbon. At this strength I can still tie the knots by hand and it has never failed me. Not even on Lake of the Woods in Canada fishing for a week straight with the same leaders.