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Dang that's something that I do regularly, I will have to remind myself to always apply gradual pressure from now on. wishing a full and speedy recovery to you.

Love me some culprit ribbon tails. There's one hanging out the mouth of the fish in my pfp.

Ah, makes a little more sense then. Still don't think it should just crap out like that though.

I've got a 12 year old black max that I've cleaned once because the drag was gunked up. It still works great. No reason for a reel in that price range to have that issue in year 5, much less 8 months in. That's a warranty claim.

Recently bought a new (to me) boat and I've used it enough to know I'm going to keep it for a while. Got all the little issues sorted out, time to put electronics on it. I'd prefer not to break the bank but want FFS on the bow and side scan at the console. I don't need giant screens, just something to find my way around new bigger lakes I now have access to and help find some offshore bites. Budget around 2k, but I could go 2500 if I wanted. For the bow unit, is the Lowrance eagle eye 9 any good? how much of a disparity is there between it and the flagship FFS units out there that cost much more? For the console, I'm debating the Lowrance Elite FS 7 vs the Eagle TS 9." Seems like bigger screen vs clearer image to me, with the bigger screen being slightly less expensive.

Shouldn't be at the same water within a ten year period. So many great fisheries in that region.

I didn't say who was running the boat. There's plenty of irresponsible adults, or those who simply aren't well experienced in boating. It's not about allowing the kids to drive, it's about safety and accessibility across the board.

Exposed hook = lean into the fish Weedless = hit em' Circle hook = reel down That's as fancy as I get.

Blakemore Casey's Classic Road Runner Heads 2pk - Tackle Warehouse Slightly different design, but very similar. Might be worth a try.

I got spooled by a 32 pound grass carp a few years ago while fishing an underspin. It ended up being the biggest fish I have ever caught, and I wouldn't have landed it without a good knot around the spool.

I use old school trilene for 90 percent of my fishing, even flipping. Imo it has better abrasion resistance than any flouro I have used. I am not sold on the fact that flouro has less stretch than mono, it seems comparable to me. Where the advantage comes in is that flouro sinks, leading to better sensitivity. How does that work if it has the same stretch? because when mono is sitting on top of the water, and your bait is on the bottom, this creates slack in the line. Flouro however, goes straight from rod tip to bait, and does not create this bow in the line. For long casts with bottom contact baits, this is a big advantage. However, it is not an advantage I'm willing to spend 30 dollars per spool of line for, outside of tournaments.

somewhere between 5:1 to 9:1

This is sort of my point, in racing they don't start kids out in full blown race cars, they start in karts. High school tourneys should be in jon boats with 10hp limit. This would simultaneously increase safety, and decrease barrier to entry. I've fished local tourneys with nothing but a trolling motor.

This is not a race on a closed circuit; these are fishing tournaments on public water. The orgs have a responsibility to do whatever they can to keep bystanders on the lake safe. We need Horsepower restrictions and speed limits, especially in the lower divisions such as high school and college.

Same situation here. I have had two things work lately, one where fish were stacked on brush piles just a little off the bank and I was catching them on a t-rig worm or jig, the other is just burning a lipless crank or chatter bait around to find scattered post spawners. Also gotten a few nice frog fish under matted veg in the middle of the day.