boo radley

Hey all...I spooled the Sahara with 8lb .235mm Fluoro. I may have overspooled it; I've had to cut off about 20 yards, so maybe I've corrected the issue. I'll try it again, possibly with a different rod. I put in a order for some stuff online, so I think I'm set. Couldn't resist this: https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/bass-pro-shops-johnny-morris-signature-seriesfenwick-hmg-spinning-combo You're correct (schplurg) -- the BPS crankbaits were 3.99 each. We'll see! Planning on going out tomorrow PM after work.

So I have two outfits here, inland, at the moment. One is a Penn Battle II 1000 on a little crappie rod "BooCoo" or something, and second is a Sahara 2500 on one of my inshore rods -- a Temple Fork Outfitters 7' M spinning rod. This reel was bought quickly at BPS (they're open locally!) to replace a Stradic HG-K that died from salt, and it's 'ok.' Sahara seems heavy. Impulsive buy, but I like Shimano, and this was in a blister pack so I could get in and out. On another impulsive buy, I bought and spooled it with Yozuri TopKnot Mainline fluoro, which I've never used before, and I had to pull the spool off 20x yesterday to untangle, which is a b*tch in a kayak, while getting rocked by wakes. I will probably pick up another spinning rod -- a 6'6" ML something -- to go with the Battle, and make that my main freshwater rod. Some good tackle suggestions. When I was 30 years younger, I fished lakes mostly to catch and *eat* (crappie and cats) so worked a lot of live bait, but the stuff we used for bass were rubber worms, mostly Texas-rigged, Rattletraps, and something called a Devils Horse for topwater. I had this giant Poes wooden crankbait, but never caught anything with it. Neither I nor my buds had much money back then, so buying and losing ONE lure like a Rattletrap was a big deal, so we mostly fished worms. The lingo has changed a bit. Certainly don't remember 'senko' and the term "Ned rig" seems like exactly how I do 95% of my fishing inshore in the marshes for speckled trout, flounder and drum: just a softplastic (typically SW Gulp or Z-Man) on a 1/4-3/8oz jig head. But it sounds like a couple decent crankbaits, fish the plastics properly, and I should be set.

Last 30 years I've fished saltwater (coast of NC -- offshore and inshore). With Rona restrictions, that's not currently possible. I did bring a Hobie kayak back from the coast, and fished an area reservoir yesterday catching a small bass on a beetle-spin, and I'm hooked! But I've got like...zero freshwater tackle. Much of the lingo has totally changed, gear-types, etc. For $50 -- what would you suggest is base tackle? I brought two of my lighter spinning combos back, so I'm set there. From too much time reading, here's the start of my shopping list: Yamato 4" Senko (darkish color) $8.00 3/0 Wide Gap worm hook $4.00 2 x Bass Pro bargain bin crankbaits $10.00 (already bought -- impulse buy) Boo-ya something 1-3' depth.. pack of Owner shakey-head jig-heads...$5.00 What else would recommend for large NC reservoirs? A top-water something would be good, I guess, and more plastics, but the variety and options are staggering. Thx!

The cold rain after some warmer days is frustrating.