MN Fisher

I wouldn't use that as a live well - a cooler with ice and drinks...maybe a sandwich. Rule for any tank holding fish - if it's not aerated, then 1 gallon of water per 1" of fish. If that's 15 gallons, then you could hold 15" of fish in there...that's a single 2# bass. Even if it's just one of those cooler conversion kits that has a pump, hose, and spray-bar - get some sort of aeration in there if you plan on keeping more than one fish.

I stated exactly what I'd buy...no more, no less. Yep - a boat Never my intention - you want to spend that kind of money on rods/reels...go for it. I'm just stating what I would do with that amount. Don't assign thoughts to me that I don't have.

Heavy rig - 50# Power Pro, 12# Yo-Zuri Hybrid leader Medium-heavy rig - 30# Power Pro, 12# Yo-Zuri Medium rig - 20# Power Pro, 10# Stren mono

I have 5 BC rigs - 3 braid, one mono and one with Hybrid. I've tried FC...not a fan. My opinion? Better to be safe than sorry. After three hours with nothing, you get that first strike...you can be forgiven for being a little excited and trying a hard hook-set.

The three rigs I've got braid on use leaders more for shock absorption than anything else. Straight braid is too 'unforgiving' on hook-set and could rip the lure out of the fishes mouth. With a leader - I use hybrid or mono - there's some stretch so that the hook-set isn't as sharp.

I look at some of these combos and shudder - one rig costs more than my canoe and trailer combined...and they have more than one of these rigs. If I had that kind of money, I'd be in a used Lund, Tracker or Sylvan instead of a plastic canoe and still be using my 'cheap' gear.

Does Lynn know you're a swinger?

Depends entirely on season, weather, surface conditions, etc. Ned, Dropshot, T-Rig, Jigs w/trailers and spinner/chatter/buzzbaits with trailers all have a place in my repertoire. Lipless cranks.

Retail? Diawa Fuego CT-H - $110 Dobyns Fury 705CB - $120 My cost? $96 Reel was a Yule gift from my mother-in-law, I got the rod during TW's Black Friday sale.

This is one reason I have my electronic pliers on a retractable leash clipped to my vest.

Actually - there's talk here in MN to letting the drive-ins (we have six across the state) re-open with the provision that people bring their own drinks/snacks and remain in their cars for the duration of the film.

I'm not sure of the translation either...and I learned German back in High School (40+ years ago). I use it for braid - the right-side bottom shows the number of wraps to use for braided line, the left-side bottom shows it for single-strand (Mono/FC/Hybrid). I've never had it fail and I've used it for everything from 4# Yo-Zuri Hybrid to 50# Power Pro Spectra.

Cover or no - Pflueger Supreme (7.1:1/29IPT) on a Diawa Aird-X 7' MH/F, 30# Power Pro with 12# YZH leader Strike King

Top-left corner of the image 'Multifile-Knoten' is the name to search for. It's big in Europe, still relatively unknown here. Maybe need to come up with an English name for it.

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I do a 'hopping' retrieve with it. Cast it out, let it sink to the bottom and sit a bit. Hop...wait...hop-hop....wait. Waits are usually no LESS than 20-30 seconds, sometimes a minute or more. Hops are just short jerks...maybe moves it 8"-10" each time. Trying to imitate some kind of bottom feeding critter is what I'm shooting for. I stick with Z-Man products - they've been designed to float properly when on a mushroom-head jig giving it the 'nose down/tail up' stance of a bottom feeding baitfish. 2.75" Sticks, 2.5" Craw, 3" Hogz, 3" Slim Swimz.

When I was using 3600 size for my hard-baits, I just used a 3620 with dividers separating the types/weights. Now that I'm up to 3700 size boxes for my hard-baits...I do the same thing with a 3700.

Amazon has them for around $75.

I have the Aird-X MH/F in 7'0" - last year had a President on it, this year a Supreme. I was actually impressed with the sensitivity of the rod. It's one of 4 Aird-X's I have in my arsenal. If you're not hung up on the T-Wing system of the Tatula - the Fuego CT is pretty much the exact same reel...extra bearings in the Tatula are in the handle knobs. Way to get almost the exact same rig for less cash.

"I will hug it, and love it, and name it George."

The only 'reality' TV I've ever watched was 'The Great Human Race' on NG...it was actually very educational in addition to being 'fun'. (Doesn't hurt that Cat is hot either)

I'm acutally not an Okuma fan - of ten rods, six are Diawa, two Dobyns, a Mitchell and the Okuma. I just got it because it was a MH/M in my price range. My reels - two Diawa, seven Pflueger and one Mitchell

I upload vids to my YouTube channel, then just paste the link. The forum automatically embeds the linked vid.

I'm the MH/M camp for wacky rigs. Of course being on a budget, my rods are lower down the 'food chain' as it were. Okuma Stratus IV, 7' MH/M (Model: SVI-S-702MH) that I picked up on sale.

Colder days it's latex gloves with half-finger, knit-wool gloves over. The latter are fairly cheap and I have 2 pair to swap out if the first gets wet.