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I suspect that brand and slight variation within lure category and terminal tackle is the norm for most fisherman here on BR, and the bait industry is thankful for it.

I do not know if they are the best, but I use a Boomerang Tool. It has lasted at least 2 years and is still going strong.

Boatbuckle it is. Thanks for all the input.

I bought cheap and wasted my money. I bought the retracting type that bolt to the trailer. Both of them stopped retracting and squatting down to ratchet them disagrees with my knees. What brand do you guys use? I am looking for the ratcheting type with a hook on each end. Thank you in advance.

Thank you. I never knew about this site. I have a new pair of sunglasses on the way.

Even better. When I get done using old braid, I will get that. It looks like it is basically even cheaper braid.

I have started a process going forward where I am putting cheap 40# braid as backing on all my reels. I like having a full spool with reasonably fresh line, and it feels like such a waste to throw away so much line that never touches the water because it is at the bottom of the spool. Once done, I can imagine the braid backing lasting the life of the reel.

Salt strong did another test that dismisses the common belief that mono floats. https://www.saltstrong.com/articles/fluorocarbon-monofilament-sink-float-test/

I can not skip a baitcaster so 90% of the time I tie on plastics to MH or M spinning gear. The other 10% of the time, I want to tie on a third plastic, but I generally only bring 2 spinning rods.

I have come to believe that Gammy and Owner hooks are worth the extra money. They seem sharper. Their points seem to hold up longer. Last but not least, I feel like they have better barbs that hold on to the fish better, particularly Owner.

When I was 14 I thought I wanted to fly an F15. Then I grew too tall and my eye sight went to crap.

I am sorry for your loss, Tom. I can not imagine what you are going through right now.

It might be the operator, but those wraps do not look that good to me. I'm sure it will work just fine especially with the heavy gauge line he was using, but the wraps do not look perfectly uniform to me. I know it is personal vanity, but part of the reason I use the FG knot is because how pretty it is.

I launched my boat this year and forgot to put the plug in. The run to fetch my truck and trailer was the fastest I have moved in a decade or more.

Merry Christmas Bass Resource. Thank you everyone for the well wishes, and I hope everyone has happy and safe holiday season.

Wife wrath because of the boat owner spending too much time on the water.

In reading the description, I think you are correct. I initially searched the website for “Johnny Morris Signature Series” and a page loaded with all the “Johnny Morris” named rod and reels. Not reading carefully I assumed they were all Signature Series when in fact it is a specific spinning reel ($100) and baitcaster ($160). The rods are listed for $150. It is still generous funding raising, but significantly more expensive. https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/johnny-morris-fishing-rods-and-reels?searchTerm=Johnny+Morris+Signature+Series&krypto=t1KcFe6jk%2Fqt9ZgIZzm6G5hNiQ9z9eowtIn2q78XYeP%2BkpHdkN8fWrnJfsNcBbjybl8zaw6gv1lX8AjON7iic9%2FF%2FS0uiJJy6MojaYkO%2Bfw%3D

Does anyone have any experience with this reel? Johnny Morris pledged to donate $100 for every Johnny Morris Signature Series rod or reel purchase helping Anglers for the Bahamas to raise $4 million and growing for hurricane relief. If he is going to donate $100 of the $120 I spend on this reel to people in need, I can not help but be compelled to buy one if it is any good. https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/bahamasrelief

My wife was surfing the Facebook group “I just know I’ll die trying to pet something I shouldn’t” and came across this image. The thing is about six inches long and has a mouth. It was caught on a worm near Yuma Arizona. Anyone know what it is?

3000 is my preferred. It’s heavier but the larger diameter spool gives me fewer line issues.

I fall in the category of bass fisherman that has no problem letting people harvest fish that are fishing with me. They are welcome to take home my limit as well as their own. I insist that anything about 3 pounds or more go back in the water for the tournament guys. Although I like eating bass, I personally only harvest terminally hooked fish which happens. In that instance, I do this except with bass fillets. Descaling is too much work and messy.

I soaked bait for catfish and stripped bass as a kid, but I didn't start fishing for black bass until I was an adult with a steady income. Technically, I started fishing for black bass with a pack of EWG hooks, a pack of black and blue Senkos, and a pack of green pumpkin Yum Dingers with chartreuse tails. I remember thinking to myself how ingenious it was that Yum Dingers had a built in slot to texpose your hook. Immediately after about a 1.5 pounder stretched my line for the first time, the Bait Monkey had his way with me. I started buying some of everything.

It’s so pretty...

I am new to this technique. However, I go with a the one made by Big Bite Baits for what it is worth. It has a Gamy hook, but still manages to be the cheapest one on TW that I could find last time I looked. As to what to pair it with and how to retrieve it, I am still trying to figure that part out.

If you go with MN’s suggestion of the Aird X, I feel like my medium power is on the lower end of what usually passes for ‘medium’. The same is true for my Heavy powered rod as well. Just keep that in mind when making your selections.