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Make it 4 five pounders And a 3.5 pounder for fish #5 Cory Johnston was fishing maybe 100 yards away while Gee caught all of his fish. Cory is fishless and has just left that area lol

Gee has caught 3 five pound smallmouth thus far..

Very true. Fuel stop. A lot of guys heading to the big water today..

They use to go out there a little bit, Steve Kennedy caught a monster bag out on Clear lake I think, as to why they stopped going to the western waters I do not know. It would be cool for them to add a couple more tournaments including the west.

So Joey the cowboy has a 6 pound plus fish? Was that a smallie?

Robert Gee is leading and didn’t catch one till nearly 10:30 three over 5 pounds, dude is quite a talent.

Na, it’s all good lol

Well what else did you find in the dumpster? 🤣🤣🤣

Hey.. DVT will flat hook you up on a reel tear down clean/lube. In fact I still do my own Baitcast reels but on spinning? No way. I’m sending them out. Shimano has got way more difficult these days for me.

Hey it could be a NRX Or a GLX rod it could be a 400 dollar reel on it… What ya waitin on?? 😂🤣😂

Boy I bet @A-Jay would give those dudes a run for their money.. I’ve seen pics of some hogs he’s caught. Not to mention he’s got the boat to do it in especially if the water gets rough.. How bout it A-Jay? Can you make those youngsters respect their elders? 😂 my bet is yes!!

Actually I didn’t catch that, but you’re right, I didn’t hear a single thing positive from him. Only negatives from ole Randy B. He’s got to learn to age gracefully rather than fight his situation by lashing out at everything. It's just the way of life. We were young once. (Speaking for myself here) There are young guys in the sport and new technology and that’s the way of the world.. This tournament is gonna be a doozy I do believe.

Lol na it’s all good 😂 You got that right, he’ll be making a click bait video title saying: BASS pros blowing up smallmouth belly’s on the St. Lawrence elite series tournament 🤣 Or something along those lines..

Seriously? Trey is in 1st place. He’s on fire.🔥

Ok, thanks for further defining the lines quality. I understand better now.

That’s an excellent idea, thanks for the pictures..

Yup and I asked him who it was and of course he says nothing..

I use Yozuri Hybrid for starters, I also use Pline CXX and CX. They all are NOT discontinued and work exceptionally well for me. They are also very popular in general. While those lines are not a monofilament the CX line handles like one. Another one that’s very good and I’m spooled up with this on one reel is Triple fish, perlon. One of my all time favorites which isn’t manufactured in Germany anymore. I’m on my last 1600 yard spool of 6 pound test. It’s made in a Portuguese factory now and may have even been sold.. Finally, the OP asked for recommendations but a line that’s discontinued isn’t exactly a proper recommendation. While many have said it’s good stuff nobody really says why. I have tried Sunline before and found it to be weak.. I have a bunch of Trilene BG it’s not my favorite but it’s pretty tough for a mono.

Why on earth recommend a line that’s discontinued, I mean there are dozens and dozens of great lines on the market.. 🤷‍♂️

I thought about that but wasn’t sure, didn’t want to destroy it. It’s a very hard eva. Thanks for the tip.

But hey! I wanted one too!! 🤣🤣 Jus kidding lol

Thanks for the tip, I’ll remember that on all my other cork rods. This one is EVA, I’ve ordered a set of gloves and I don’t have any, (never have used them) but I like this rod enough to try to make it work. If not I’ll trade it in to ALFC and buy another GLX 😂 in cork lol

Well it only helped slightly. I’m wondering if a glove would help? Not sure if there’s any other solutions.

10-4 lol, I hear he has a new jig and would really appreciate it if me & you would buy them 😂🤣😂

Getting sideways but Randy B lost his boat sponsorship a few weeks ago. He fishes the Toyota series. Anyway, the dealership went bankrupt, and jerked his boat. Until he lost his boat and was forced to do what many of us have had to do (borrow and buy our own boat) he began to complain incessantly about the prices of boats etc etc. basically launching a new campaign to rail about other than FFS..I called him out on it as did others and he deleted our comments lolol. He has serious character issues too.. I believe in giving every Man a fair shake, I have Ike, I have Randy. I remember Randy in the old days.. dude could compete but man, he can’t handle the truth 🤣🤣