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man sounds like a great time Mike! wish i could walk out back and wet a line!

frankly i don't think it's any more difficult than trying to do a "walk the dog" type motion from the kayak. definitely doable and made way easier if you can stand and fish from your yak.

couldn't agree more!

i was going to say this right here.... i did this like 2 weeks ago and couldn't figure out what in the world was going on. on closer inspection, i had missed the guide, but gone through the guide foot on about the 3rd guide from the tip.

berkley big game is tried and true, can't go wrong there.... i also picked up some sufix siege here lately and the stuff casts like a dream and seems pretty strong for the lb test rating.

it's never starting over, just the next step.... if this is your next step, then best of luck to you sir!

i can use them both effectively... if you get a good stable yak that you can stand in it makes all those worries obsolete!

let's hope they hold up whenever you catch that fish of a lifetime! otherwise the last sentence will be reversed (negatives will outweigh the convenience!)

LOL, one day after fishing i hit the gas station for some chips and a drink.... couldn't understand why everyone kept kind of eye-balling me until i got back out into the parking lot and realized i still had my PFD on!! that's a testament to how comfortable and discreet they really are!

AHHHHH now i regret not buying the ones i had in my hand at DSG the other night! guess i'll be going back....

uni to uni for me... reliable, easy to tie and goes through the guides well enough (i don't have any micro guides)

Oye! What was it you called me the other day...... oh yeah, CHICKEN!!

well that and a few words that would get starred out on here pretty quickly **********!!!!!!!!!

ok, that definitely looks like it Turtle, thanks! He fell victim to the 4" wacky senko and for his size put up a decent fight too! and holy cow man, the first pumpkinseed in that link is unreal!!! looks like @00 mod must have caught that one, especially being that the link is for Tennessee!!!!

Well on the upside, i got to fish Friday, Saturday and Sunday so you can't beat that! Friday, went to the pond near the house. Wanted to try out 2 new rods one of which was the Poison Adrena 6'6"M I picked up used on TT and other was a brand new Dobyns DX HP Spinning rod. Hooked into a pretty good one right off the bat on the Adrena (pic below) and just like the other days last week, it was all wacky senko.... This fish was guarding her fry from what i could tell after i caught it as i saw A TON of the little guys swimming around! Working my way on around the pond, saw 2 cruisers maybe 2.5-3.5lb so i tossed the worm in, felt the tap and line starts running sideways so i go to set the hook and heard a god awful SNAP. I hesitantly looked and sure enough, rod broke between the 5th and 6th guides from the tip! My heart was and still is broken.... of course i bought it second hand so have no receipt or anything of that nature went on to catch 4 other fish, all wacky senko, all on the new DX HP which is phenomenal. Saturday, hung with the wife in the AM and headed out in the afternoon to a place that's choked in lily pads, so i busted out the frog! Hadn't been there for 5 minutes and had a slurp strike on the white spro popper frog. was using the DX 704c and 40lb braid and got what felt like a solid hookset on it. i had the drag nearly locked down and this fish was stripping drag like a tow truck, i knew it was a good fish. then it decided to show itself and i had a mini heart attack. no doubt about it this was my new PB, i'm conservatively going to say it was every bit of 6lbs, but if it had gone 8 i would not have been the least bit surprised. right after showing itself, it took another run and headed straight for a logpile. about that time, my line went slack and frog floated to the top of the water got about 4 or 5 more short strikes on the frog for the rest of the day, but couldn't manage to land a single one. I'll be thinking about "the one that got away" for a while to come! Sunday, the wife decides she wants to take the kayaks out on the Chatahoochee... i shot up, got the gear and had the yaks loaded before she could even change her clothes! she doesn't often want to go so when she does, it's do or die!!! grabbed 3 rods, spinnerbait, wacky worm and jig. right off the bat, i had a nice one follow the spinnerbait back to the kayak. the water was low and clear so i could really see pretty good. just a little further down a whack on the spinnerbait, but didn't land it. then a nice run of trees was coming up and i was running the spinnerbait on the backside of each one and hooked into a nice little shoal bass, about 1.5-2lb. It had 2 of his buddies following him so i unhooked him quickly and tossed back, but didn't catch the others. i was moving quickly and wanted to catch those others so no pic, but it was a beautiful colored shoalie! so ups, caught some fish and fished 3 days straight.... downs, broke a sweet rod and lost a monster.... but that's fishing i suppose! nice pond bass ugly site.... frog city!

i can't use enough of it! i spray it on LIBERALLY while spooling line onto the reel and then apply a heavy dose the night before i'm going to make sure there's plenty on there. it makes good line great and great line even better.

for practice purposes, i'd invest in a 3/8oz or 1/2oz practice plug or use simply a 3/8oz or 1/2oz weight so that you exactly what it is and get proficient at that. that's right around the middle of the rod's suggested weights and the consistency of that same weight should help you dial it in. don't be afraid to do your practice in the yard, in the park, in the parking lot, etc. i know my neighbors all think i'm some kind of fool for doing it in the yard from time to time, but frankly i couldn't care less!

the color on that bottom one is awesome, great pic!

As a kid, my dad would call about anything and everything of the sunfish/panfish category a "bream" so i'm fairly uneducated on the exact types.... Can someone educate me on what this guy is? It was so cool looking, i was ready to build an aquarium for it!!

yesterday the wife and i took the kayaks out on the river and i noticed a USPS truck delivering.... then saw another one coming out of my neighborhood! they must be doing some deliveries on Sundays....

nice going man, nice walleye too!

nicely done! not resting after winning the state champ i see!!

if there's a drain pipe, there's going to be a bass on or near it. nice going!

i have one from onyx, the automatic type that is super comfortable and easy to wear. was also fairly reasonably priced when i bought mine at Dick's

that thing puts the cow in holy cow!!!