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Walmart (around here at least) carries some Pinnacle stuff. I've never tried the higher end, if there even is any, but the lower end cheap stuff is exactly that: cheap. Crappola. Others may disagree and have different experiences, but all Pinnacle reels I've owned were garbage. Can't say I'm a fan of their golf balls either.

Negative. You are absolutely the only person I have ever met that HATES the Cubs. At best, they are met with pity. But hatred? Save that for teams that are a threat. Or teams that have unlimited salary caps and buy championships. On topic: Bears are winning the SB this year. Cutler is the greatest QB ever. He has an attitude and I LOVE HIM FOR IT, just like I loved Jim McMahon. Forte will get 1k yards, B-Marsh will get 1k yards, Jennings gets 30 picks this season alone. Peanut? Yea, he'll get maybe 10 more pick 6's. Melton and Peppers will combine for 40 sacks. The Pro-Bowl will be an all Bears line-up, but since they're SB bound, none will play. This year, the record for turnovers caused by a defense will be broken for the last time until football is taken over by robots. You could safely say that the 2012 Chicago Bears have the greatest defense in the history of human football.

Too funny. I completely disagree with the "you either love the Cowboys or you hate them". No one I know even gives a crap about the Cowboys. I only think about them the week leading up to the Bears game when they happen to play one another. Nearly everyone I know only thinks about the Cowboys the weeks they play their favorite team. They have sucked themselves into oblivion. Off the radar. Crapola. Afterthought. They played well like 15 years ago and are average now. Hardly "Americas Team", whatever that even means. You wanna know what team has a love/hate fanbase? The Yankees. Maybe even the Lakers. I hate both teams with a passion.

How can anyone hate the Cubs? I'll take my 101 loss season AND LIKE IT. Go Cubs!

HAHA. Unfortunately, I am a moron and threw away everything that came with it except for the paperwork because something told me I may have to take it apart..... Do you suppose they would take it back without the packaging? :edit: I called and they said as long as I am exchanging, they will accept the return.

I picked one up a couple days ago and got it out yesterday.....not too happy. Sure, it makes good length casts, but it in doing so, it sounds like a dying giraffe. I don't know if this is what I get for going from 2 high quality reels to a cheap one or what, but it sounds like it's "spinning out"? when casting, if you can imagine that sound. Like maybe the bearings are loose or something. I will have to take it apart and see what the spool looks like inside, but doing so may spell the end of the reel lol because I have never taken one apart before and I can't afford to have it done professionally.

Yep. Get rid of Norton. MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) is a great free program. Also, for manual scans, use MBAM (Malware Bytes Anti-Malware). It doesn't run in the background, but it is top notch for seeking out troublesome files. There is a lot of other techno-babble that I could get into (entering safe mode, turning your hidden files to "viewable" etc.), but it depends on your level of tech-saviness because I am not very good at giving layperson instructions. When was the last time you ran a disk defrag (assuming you aren't using a solid state drive as your system disk)? When was the last time you rebooted your machine? What OS are you running? How much system memory? What processor?

Not for anyone with any intellectual honesty. An intellectually honest person simply had no reason to believe that those particular species existed until there was sufficient evidence (not proof. Proofs only exist in math and logic) that they did exist.

You forgot the very real possibility of a Unicorn. I've heard of people that have talked to people that have seen them, so that's plenty of evidence for me to believe in them. Some of those people were scientists, so that's even better.

And as long as people continue to watch, nothing will change.

awesome. The dicks I go to has a lefty and I was going to buy it to see if I like lefty any better.

Retiredbosn: it appears that you and I have far different standards of what we require as evidence before taking something on as a "belief". You should note that I provided links to back up my statements. You should also note that if you believe there is still valid evidence, why is Oxford still looking for it? Ahh, but you watched something on tv 30 years ago and still believe it. I, on the other hand, don't feel the need to "believe" in an animal. Do you believe in all of the spider species that are found in the Amazon before they are found, too? Or do you instead believe that scientists will find them and categorize them? Why am I harping on about this? Because you indicated that there was evidence somewhere for Bigfoot, yet all you've given is your say so. The evidence even for an "unknown north american primate" is missing and highly unlikely. Second of all, what does flat earth and heliocentricism have to do with anything? Science advances when new knowledge/evidence is found. Those examples are great examples of the strawman fallacy, but not examples that do what you want them to do. Believe what you want for whatever reason you want, but if you claim to have evidence, provide it. If you don't have evidence that is up to par, what you have is faith.

I was thinking about picking one of these up strictly due to price. Are they ok reels?

Yea, the wind was brutal this morning. I got a decent little 2-3 pounder that was, once again, after I told myself I was ready to leave.

Dang man, that's a hawg and a half!

You could use yarn if you wanted to lol. It just depends on what kind of conditions you'll be fishing in and what you want out of your line.

I fish, in what I consider, pretty thick weeds (not sure what kind, but looks kinda like milfoil with some pondweed interspersed (pappajoe probably knows) and my 20# PP has done just fine. That's not to say I am not weary of it and am looking to get some 50#, but I've yet to lose a jig due to fish, weeds or both together. Mind you, I've yet to hook into a real fighter or anything larger than maybe 4 pounds, but up here 4# bass is decent with 6-7 being REALLY good. That said, i am comfortable enough with the 20# for now that it doesn't stop me from throwing into the middle of a thick patch of weeds. Also, I've found braid to be better for sensitivity, especially since I have to cast a good ways (flippin/pitchin from shore? In your dreams). The lack of stretch means I am not worried about missing hooksets on the initial fall due to my line and I get the sensitivity on the far casts as well. I've got a few spools of difference mono's that I may tie on a leader if I feel compelled, but not for jigs in the thick stuff.

Ooh, I'd love to see the journal paper on this. Have you got a link? I certainly hope it's in something reputable, though. :edit: I've searched and searched, but the best I can come up with is some Melba Ketchum who, to put it nicely, is a complete twonk and a sham. A terrible scientist. There is no peer reviewed research! Just for the naysayers who likely will pop up and say something like "mainstream science wouldn't even accept evidence anyways", I will just put this here: http://phys.org/news...5-yeti-dna.html So yea, Oxford is willing and ready to examine legit evidence, but so far, none has been brought forth. :edit #2: Evidence please? I have been unable to find any for this statement either.

Got to take the Veritas out for a spin today. One word: light! I couldn't believe how light it is. I can't say for sure how sensitive it is since it was windy and weedy (constantly ripping through thick weeds doesn't lend itself to touch). It casts a good ways further than the rod of the same length/action as well, so that's another positive. I do like that the reel seat is open so you can feel the rod itself when holding it.

Bubbles has seen a Samsquanch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j5e8NUrkys

Yet another good day on Delavan. I started off with the same jig/yum chunk and very soon had a bite. Saw him flash, and he was gone. Oh well. I went to the other side (same side as the pic in my OP here) and it wasn't long before I hooked another. He was a little bit smaller than the pic up there and it was raining, so I didn't take a pic. Then the wind picked up blowing right in my face and made things a bit rough. Then the rain started..... I stayed in the rain for maybe 20-30 minutes and then told myself "3 more casts, then I'm done". Yea, that didn't happen. I picked up my white/chartreuse cheapie spinnerbait just for the heck of it and had ZERO confidence because I've never caught anything with one before, but figured what the heck, there's a lot of chop from the wind and it's raining so I'll hope for a reaction strike. I started hitting the weed edges on a couple casts, then I tossed under the bridge. Being a bit higher up, the spinnerbait had a tendency to ride high in the water and come to the surface by the time it was ~10 ft. away. I couldn't see under the bridge, but I heard a splash, set the hook and watched the fish swim away. Drat! Lost fish number 2! Then I started back on the weed edge along the boating lane (which runs under the bridge) and hooked into another 1-2 pounder which was my first spinnerbait fish EVER! I made casts for another maybe 15 minutes and caught nothing but raindrops. Once again, I got cold and wet and my hands started to cramp up, so I decided I was done. I had to walk past the spot I went to first and said to myself: "you're cold, wet and hungry, but you're probably going to walk down there and keep fishing, aren't you?". Who am I to argue with me? Made a few casts and hooked another one that caught me by surprise because I was on the last leg of my retrieve and already thinking about my next cast. What a great day. 3 fish landed in maybe 2 hours, which should have only been 1 had I left when i said I would, and 2 more "shoulda had 'em" fish. I will say, the fish on the spinnerbait had A LOT more fight than the fish I've been catching on jigs. I can tell the "killing methods" differ too: jigs have been in the back of the mouth where they crush stuff, and the spinnerbaits were lip hooked. Seeing what you read come to fruition in real life is pretty amazing. A big thanks to all of you that responded.

Awesome fish! That sure is a hawg. Do yourself a favor: stop looking at the picture! It will appear smaller and smaller each time (at least that's what happens to me). You'll keep telling yourself "I know that fish was bigger than that".

Nice fish, brother!

That's where I was. The bridge you see in the background is North Shore Drive.