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Since I'll be camping next week I thought I would ask what is everyone's favorite campfire foods? Some of my favorites have been lemon pepper salmon and Baltimore style pit beef, back when I ate red meat.

Mmm sashimi

I've used both a uni and a palomar for the drop shot, it seems to work equally well with both.

I've been in a similar situation. The year I was on chemo, one of my friends came down every weekend and we found a spot and would grab lunch and fish until dinner time. I don't think he ever caught a fish that entire time, but I got a few. A lot of the time we were fishing the same thing etc

All of my Shimano reels don't spool perfectly straight, don't have that problem with any others. Just make a long cast and it'll straighten out.

For what it's worth, it seems that I'm either on the money and landing almost every fish that bites but when I'm missing them I miss them all at once, maybe 60 or 70% or worse. For the most part, I really can't see what I'm doing wrong and I don't think I'm doing anything all that wrong. Then there's frog fishing. If I set the hook too early on the first one that bites and miss it, it's going to be a recurring problem all day.

Try this. I got the Gen. 2 for my oldest son, the idea was to keep it tied to his seat on his kayak. I wanted the larger 3 ideally (and would still buy the larger version given the choice) but they were out but it's a little bit larger and round so it' s not a lost cause with larger fish or treble hooks. It's cheap and has held up well so far.

If there is never any cover, you could go as low as 12# as previously mentioned. 16# would be my normal go to line for jigs except in thick weeds where I get out the flipping stick with braid.

All I'm gonna say on the matter is at least the picture was taken long before Adobe Photoshop existed.

This review is 100% spot on the money with my experiences as well. I can't comment anything as to abrasion resistance, line strength, longevity yet other than no premature failures. I have this line in 12# and 16#, also new to me this year. My youngest son has 12# Invizx and my oldest has 12# Shooter on a reel, and the J-Fluoro handles better than both. I've only fished the 16# a couple of times so far but it did not disappoint. I bought myself a 16#, 20# and 12# on ebay in late 2020 for $20-22 each on ebay. I got another 16# earlier this year and the best price I could find was $30.

Well I carry them all, but if I could only carry one jig with me, it would be an arky head jig. I usually use the Dirty Jigs Tour Level Pitching jigs (that @E-rude dude linked), but there are many options. Finesse jigs are also good to get more bites for finicky fish or when the baitfish are smaller. You can get a "full size" finesse jig like this or a small profile lightweight finesse jig like this.

I would look at it like this #1) A hard bait is only good until you snag it. #2) Soft plastics are like live bait with a longer shelf life.

I can fish alone or with some people. I fish with my kids a lot, my youngest in particular is pretty in tune with whatever I'm trying to do so it's no hassle at all.

Well this is a good year for it being the year of the cicada

I usually go out regardless of the weather, but last weekend was around 40 degrees from Friday until Tuesday and at one point it actually snowed. Then this weekend was in the 90s. I would have gone out anyway, but I was woken up all night Friday night and again Saturday night and just exhausted. Plus I had some things to get for my camping trip in a couple weeks which I had to go out of town for (still can't find any propane canisters anywhere for my grill). Given that we're mid heatwave and late spawn, it probably would not have been the best fishing anyway.

I would think a frog rod like the Tatula 7'4" H/F might work well for this since it has a fairly heavy lure rating. Maybe it's a little too stuff, not sure.

...and that's how suddenly an entire forum of bass anglers instantly switched from bass to surf fishing overnight.

The YakAttack one works fine with a Garmin Gt54UHD. The newer GT56UHD is the same size more or less too.

Invizx is about as stretchy as they come for fluorocarbon or monofilaments, and it's pretty good line too.

Accurate at what distance? A lot of bass fishing is short pitches and flips at 10-20' or even less. Then there's skipping baits, walking baits etc. I mean if you can do this reliably with a 9' rod, I will get a lifesize idol of you made and keep it in my house.

A fish finder is every bit as useful in a kayak as in a bass boat, in some cases more so. For example, having maps in a big lake is quite invaluable as you might have a day or two on that lake and there's no chance of being able to map it all, so the maps will tell you where to start. Yes you can get maps other ways as well but you'll have to remember to bring them with you if you print them from home. As far as sonar, it's as useful as you make it. If you go to what you think is a good area, anchor and start fishing and aren't into exploring for a bit first, then maybe not. Personally, I find it valuable for finding brush piles and laydowns, rocks, drop offs that I otherwise couldn't see. Also sidevu is amazing for covering a shoreline. If you are worried about being able to mount a transducer, you could also get something like a YakAttack Cellblock with the transducer arm that you can run off the edge of your kayak. All you need is a gear track to mount it to.

I've had fluorocarbon line on reels for three seasons with no problems.

I'm wondering if your line was dragged over rocks or even possibly wood and has became weak perhaps. Rocks do a number on braid, so if you're dragging it over rocks, fluorocarbon tends to fare better. I started using Daiwa J-Fluoro Samurai this year. While I can't give a full season review yet, it handles exceptionally well so I would say it's worth trying out. If you hit ebay at the right time, you can get it as low as $22 as well.

What you need to do is cast more, or ideally get in a kayak on an empty lake, cast, row until most the line comes off and then reel just so it gets most of the line off and gets to respool it. Or go out and fish and don't worry about it. Either is as good as the other

It does look a little more concave in that pic, maybe it's just the orientation but not too bad. I think you're okay though.