Mike2841

There's a China, Maine

I think it's just a generational thing, my parents always write in cursive because that's how they were taught, somewhere along the line cursive was dropped.

I don't have that exact model, but I love my avid. I think you made a great buy

The only dobyns I have is a 705cb and it's the bees knees. Talk to Ron at valley sports, he has good pricing on dobyns rods

The foregrip is actually my favorite part of the avid handle, I find myself holding the rod above the reel using the fore grip the majority of the time I ise it, different strokes I guess

Haven't been out in about a week but how do you guys think this crazy weather is affecting the bite

I like the pflueger supreme xt in the 30 size.

I would try to get the most technical job you can, it doesn't hurt getting paid to learn a skill

Honestly I think you could get away with throwing it on either rod, try it on both and see what you like better

Haven't been using kvds, but I've been killing them one some custom painted 2.5s I have.

I use a ALX deputy for 3/8 chatterbaits with a trailer, usually a rage tail shell cracker or menace, and I ise a kistler helium 3 light medium heavy for 3/8 and 1/2 oz spinet baits. Both are rated fast but they have a slower taper than what I consider fast ( I use st croix as a benchmark as that is what I'm used to). I love both rods but if I had to chose one if choose the deputy, it's te most versatile rod I own. I also agree with the tatula, it's not just a great reel for the price, it's just a phenomenal reel

The north shore is a strange and mysterious place. I grew up in roslindale then moved to westwood in high school. I don't think I ever went to the north shore until I got a job up here. I've been doing pretty well up here, not sure if the fishing is better or if I've gotten better at fishing.

I don't think there's any rhyme or reason to sales at dicks, seems like every store is different. I just got lucky someone mislabeled the reel

After work is in lynn, the profile pic is from deer island in winthrop

Went to dicks today to grab a few things, and started playing with the reels they had. Some one must have messed up because I saw an abu garcia C3 5500 listed as 29.99. On top of that it was 75% off, so I walked out with a new C3 for $7.50. Question is now what should I use it for, I don't do much deep cranking but I was thinking either swimbaits or for saltwater.

Braid - after switch between pp, 832, and sunline fx2 I like 832 the best Mono- so many choices (esp if you count copolys in this category) and there's so many that do a good job, I tend to use suffix siege because it's pretty cheap and does a good job Fluoro- haven't used it enough to have a preference.

Went out for a few hours after work. Lost one a couple feet from the bank, looked like a good sized bass. Nothing for about an hour after that, then I pulled in the biggest perch I've ever caught and a good bass prob around 3.5lb

Why is it that you can/can't?

The tatula has the same braking as the zillion, but I think the adjustment knob has 20 settings instead of 10. Either way it's a great reel, I prefer it to the zillion.

I'm 24, I work full time and just started school full time. Right now it's pretty manageable for me, but my job is pretty flexible and allows me the time to do school/hw. you mentioned that you do a lot of OT, if you go to school full time I wouldn't count on OT for extra cash. Trade school especially through a union sounds like a good option too. I know a lot of union guys that do very well for themselves, I also know some who have a hard time getting work. Off hand I don't know many college grads that don't have jobs, but that doesn't mean they're better off than the union workers. Whatever you do just make sure you're fully committed to it, otherwise it will just be a big waste of time and money.

Never been too good at catching trout with spoons myself. Got a fly rod this year, hopefully I'll get some teout on that.

Tatula

They got rid of it a year or so ago, I don't think they've brought it back

I would get a medium heavy for your second rod, and pick up another pfluger to go with it.

Good day for squarebills. Went out with my cousin and his girlfriend and between the 3 of us we got about 20 fish, almost all of them on squarebills.