Tackleholic

I tried many braid cutters, Pitbull Tackle is the best I've found.

It must have been a long and cold winter in Michigan.

Myself and others I know have caught Meanmouths in Bull Shoals Lake.

I don't like screw locks, eliminate that to facilitate your search.

Years ago my favorite curly tail was a 4 inch in the color of Tequilla Sunrise made by Rattlesnake. I caught more small river smallmouth on that than anything else. Don't know if Rattlesnake is around anymore.

I'm a Palomar fan, but when my leader is getting short I will use a Trilene in order to save material; on most knots, when I finish tying them, I will add a half hitch to cinch them down tight. That is just a confidence thing for me.

I keep a scoop in my river boat and a jumper pack, both have received use. I keep a jumper pack in my bass boat, have not needed it yet. With the jumper packs, be sure to check the voltage capacity; the river boat one is not strong enough to jump the bass boat. Check they are fully charged before going out.

Thankyou A-Jay, I'll get you back.

No doubt that is a good idea. My handle of "Tackleholic" is not to be taken lightly. Owner could possibly add another production shift to produce the number of hooks I would require to do a changeover from trebles. Thanks for your suggestion.

Thanks for your feedback; on another subject, is there a remote chance that you are the same Joe I used to talk fishing with at the gym in Dekalb, Illinois? Pre 2012.

I always keep tension on the line, and attempt to keep the fish's head as high in the net as possible, but entanglements still will happen. Can you give a recommendation for a good coated net?

This is very interesting. I hope that you and others will post further opinions based on forthcoming experiences.

From reading these posts, the Conolon rod must have been very popular in it's day. Most Readers are relating it to 1970's vintage, some to the 1960's. I still have mine and my seriously fading memory thinks I got it in the 1950's. Anyone know the history?

I did not find an earlier topic on this. I use a landing net for both Bass and Brown Trout. Sometimes the fish will flop around in the net and damage themselves with 3 sets of trebles. When I finally get hooks out and release the fish I am still left with hooks entangled in the net; usually time consuming to get them out. Megabass 110's are the worst. I'm asking for recommendations on the type of net which could best alleviate these situations.

I had that exact same setup; recently gave the reel away, still have the rod. Memories from the 50's and 60's.

That's how it was for me in Illinois, but I adapted quickly to the Ozarks.

Alberto and Palomar. Only problem with a Palomar is the length of the tag end when using braid to leader; requires changing leaders more often.

Zillion SV TW 1000 L

Each time I believe I've made every stupid mistake possible, another new one happens; there's no end to it. Maybe I have too much stored memory and need to do a scan to delete old files, start fresh.

Works that way in Arkansas.

Flood light.

If you were to observe the size of some of the crawfish, and their claws here in the White River Chain (Beaver, Table Rock, and Bull Shoals), you may think some of your Maine Lobsters were transplanted.

You should take up fishing; you have too much time and money on your hands. Ha!

I have a few of them; they are in an unmarked plastic bag. Don't remember how many decades since I used them.

Just happened this morning....throwing a spinnerbait with 30# braid and 15# leader. Got a backlash, looked down and picked at it a couple times, ran over my line with the trolling motor. Wrapped so badly it stopped my Ghost, line got inside the housing, jammed the spinnerbait into the small gap between the housing and prop so hard it bent the blade. Spent the next 1/2 hour hanging over the bow and fixing the mess. Brought the reel home to work on the backlash, spinnerbait dropped into the lake.