MN Fisher

Same here - been about 15 years since I've 'gone down' - certified back in '77. I dove local lakes, but the visibility in most was such that you almost had to be right on top of the fish to see them. Modern electronics is a much easier method to find fish. Now if you want to inspect the bottom in various spots - even snorkeling can do that...I've done 15'-20' dives that way. Not much time on the bottom of course, but you can at least get a look.

We're both right 5/16 is a standard fishing weight measurement and is .3125 1/3 isn't seen often in fishing and is .3333 .32 splits the difference between them.

I don't know about the others, but the KingPin is super-easy to pull out. I have that on my canoe seat...one good yank and it comes free.

The only problem I see is the weight - .32 is about 5/16 so it'd have to be a heck-of-a floating lure to hold that on the surface.

Bit under that price - Dobyns Fury 765Flip - 7'6", rated up to 2 oz - $119 Bit over that price - Dobyns Sierra 766Flip - 7'6", rated up to 2 oz - $179

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After this Yule-time buying - my rigs are as such Rod Reel Techniques Baitcaster Diawa Aird-X 7’0” Heavy/Fast Diawa Fuego CT-XS - 8.1:1 - 33.9 IPT Flipping, Pitching, Frogs, Topwaters, Swimbaits. Diawa Aird-X 7’0” Medium-Heavy/Fast Pflueger Supreme - 7.1:1 - 29 IPT Spinner/Chatter/Buzzbaits, T-Rigs, Jigs Dobyns Fury 7'0" Medium-Heavy/Mod Diawa Fuego CT-H - 6.3:1 - 26.3 IPT Crankbaits, Jerkbaits Diawa Aird-X 6’6” Medium/Fast Pflueger President - 7.3:1 - 31 IPT Flukes, Senkos, Spooks, Light Jigs, Light T-Rigs Spinning Diawa Aird-X 6’6” Medium/Fast Pflueger Trion 35 - 5.2:1 - 28.5 IPT Small Crank/Jerkbaits, Light Jigs, Light T-Rigs Dobyns Fury 7'0" Medium-Light/Fast Pflueger Trion 30 - 5.2:1 - 25.9 IPT Wacky, Shaky, Neko, Split Shot, Dropshot, Shaky Heads Diawa Spinmatic 6'6" Ultra-Light/Fast Pflueger President 25 - 5.2:1 - 22.4 IPT Panfish, Trout, Ned, Light Dropshot

1: Try more than one technique in a given spot - the area I'm casting may LOOK like spinner territory, but I have to be willing to try a jig or t-rig 2: Pay more attention to my sonar - if it says the larger fish are at 12'...don't toss lures that only get down to 6'-7' 3: Be willing to put more miles on the TM - the bass might not be hanging out within shouting distance of the launch. Actually - that describes almost all lagers (diehard Stout drinker)

How can you live without coffee? I go through a pot a day.

What I've found is that they over-pack the grease at least on the worm shaft...my Supreme came with the grease caked into the worm shaft enough that it was overflowing onto the level-wind tube. It was also a more viscous grease than I use. I haven't taken it apart to check the main gears yet, but if it's like the President I got last year...it needs a full clean/re-lube to function at it's best/

Ya...we're currently at 37

Ya - I have a 702SF for finesse and a 705CB

I picked up 2 Furys this year...haven't had them on the water, but 'bench-testing' looks real good.

I'm all for budget equipment - get on sale, Amazon price breaks, gifts, etc. My most expensive rig 'retail' is the Fuego/Dobyns FR705cb. Retails for $230 - got the reel as a gift, got the rod during TW's Black Friday sale...my cost? $95 total.

Three steps - Order, Suborder, Family, Genus (LMB and SMB are the same Genus) So 3rd cousins Same thing with Lemurs and Humans - same Order: Primate - so 3rd cousins again

Distant cousins - as they and 'our' black bass are both of the Order: Perciformes - but the Family of the Lutjanus species is Lutjanidea where-as the Family of LMB and SMB are Centrarchidae

I've still got a couple things from my Black Friday order at TW waiting to get back in stock.

^ This - every reel I buy gets a full service before I take it out on the water.

Nope - Condensed and Expanded look identical to me.

Ready for the list - there's a few I use Berkley Pit Boss Berkley Chigger Craw Eco Pro Swing Shad I also use these (among others) as trailers on spinner/chatter/buzzbait Normal rigging

Where's yours? Mine is in my profile-pic...but here's a larger shot. Caught 31 July just before 8:30 AM on a 3/8oz Chartruese/Yellow, Colorado/Willow spinnerbait with a 3" Pumpkin-Green Flake Berkley Chigger Craw trailer. 3.94lb.

I'm an old-fart. Have my 2 fingers of Tullamore Dew for New Years Eve probably around 10pm , lights out by 11pm - like every other night.

Video of the bouncer at work - starts about the 50 second mark.

Any body of water has some sort of current going - that'll get the spinner turning. Also, if there's some waves...even just ripples...the up and down motion caused with the bobber will get the spinner turning as well. As Vilas said - it's more a walleye rig than a bass rig.

We got about 3" of packed snow yesterday on top of the ice resulting from the rain the days before. Shoveling and sanding done on the porch/sidewalk and the truck extracted from it's parking slot.