MN Fisher

It's even worse when you're in a canoe. Can't tell you how many times I was almost swamped by a passing wake-boat when I was out. Never had that issue from a pontoon going by.

I'd take it back - I've got two Fuegos and neither has a 'loose' thumb-bar.

I don't even do that with braid. Pass through, then back to make the loop for the MK knot I prefer.

What my 'pal' Gim said - bluegill patterned cranks are very productive for LMBs (and Pike) around here.

I've seen schools of crappie look like that on my screen.

They aren't dense enough (too little red) to be rocks. If you look close, there's a bit of arching off the bottom - slight gap between the 'rock' and the actual bottom on the right side. That says 'fish' to me.

Old info... The Tatula CT and Fuego CT are basically the same reel. Frame, main gears, spool - all identical. The Tat replaces the standard aperture with the T-Wing, and puts two bearings in the handle-knobs (the two more bearings the Tat has over the Fuego)...that's it, otherwise they're the exact same.

That's what I've always understood - FC doesn't have the 'elasticity' that Nylon does...so if it's stretched, it retains the stretch where-as Nylon has some 'forgiveness' and as long as it's not extremely stretched will (mostly) return to it's original profile.

Peanut butter - and those are in the 'real' oven. Small jobs (like recharging gel-packs) are done in a dedicated toaster oven...same place I use to cure casting plastic for scale modeling.

Ya - they get 'waterlogged' with all the moisture they absorb. Low temp, fair amount of time...they're cheap enough that I just replace them instead of 'recharging' them.

Na - something better.

Braid to mono/FC/hybrid Length - what ever you're comfortable with. I usually go 6'-8' when I use them - others go 15'-20' or more. Knot - which ever one you can learn - most popular line/leader knots are Alberto, Albright and FG - I use the FG as it's the one I learned first.

Almost everything went up 10%-20% across the board for rods and reels...doesn't matter the brand.

Looking at used... I've picked up a couple Patriarchs for under $100 from ALF's used section...love them.

Oh like I'm the height of fashion.

That's what fish look like on my Striker 7CV

Matt was saying in his vid that guys up north told him they might still be ice fishing on opener...

Just watched a vid from a local guy who guides...he fished for crappies on Tonka this past weekend...water temps were mid 40s.

I know - I posted in another thread that I finally got a response to the e-mails I'd been sending them for six months. Currently they have no plans to re-introduce any casting reels - the President XT is all we're getting for the foreseeable future.

That's like me - I can favorably compare my two Fuegos to my two Patriarchs...four best reels I own.

^ Yep - Buzzbaits, WPs, Spooks - more a summer thing than this early up here. Course MI might be different than MN - check with 12poundbass for your part of the country.

Find a Daiwa Fuego CT on sale. Done

Ya - Raven 4 is still in 'training'. Raven 3 died March 2020.

Too bad Ron lost Raven...she was a sweetie.

And watch our economy go into the toilet. Fishing has a 3 billion a year impact on the state...and most of those that come here as fishing tourists are after walleye since they're heavily managed here.