Darth-Baiter

there is ZERO logic here. i am doing perfectly fine with my very pedestrian collection of rods. not once can i recall a bass i lost (that i know of) where i can say, "dang it! if i only had a P5: that bass would be mine!" or was that a tick? is that tick a bass? i feel i dont miss many bites. i kayak fish, so i would probably vomit and have to be put on suicide watch if i flip and lose four-digit$ of fishing rods. it would hurt, hurt deeply. but dang it if i dont want to experience first class fishing rods. i would get two. a casting and a spinning. i have a Levante, and a Triza and if that is any indication..the P5 is definately rarified air for me. i spent kidney money on binoculars and now i could never ever go back. i imagine the same would happen with a P5. i would plunk down some cash now, but i put too much money into my Amazon River fishing trip. it aint happeing 2023. maybe for Christmas i can swing ONE.

goes without saying. if you know of any Civil Engineers that want to fish Clearlake and the CA Delta with me. have them reach out.

exactly. el choppo or whoppers must be familiar by now. on the CA Delta only the biggest whopper plopper seems to get any attention these days. i can throw my "next size down" whopper and my friend and i standing next to each other. only he gets hits. he thinks his makes the lower chug noise. dunno. i am gonna stand next to him and Chopkick some bass up!! plus i like the Luremaker. he just seems like a cool dude. and the back of his lure packaging is all warm and fuzzy. very "green". i'll let you see for yourself.

i am hiring engineers. it has been brutal. applications vary wildly, but they trend towards AWFUL. we asks candidates if they have any special licenses for the job. for example, if they are a licensed Civil Engineer. i got, "i have a drivers' license!" at interviews, when asked about the occasional night work, i got, "well, i really like my sleep" my job opening is for field engineers at major construction projects. the kiss of death for me is, "so, can i do this job from home? telework?" the wind beneath my wings of enthusiasm for building a great team is now gone. dead air. hahahha.....

yea. i wasnt going to look it up, because unlike my bud, i over think things.

Yea. Same guy. I do love his spiel. he also cast 20lb flouro. I can’t be sure but I would imagine the 65 braid is thinner? Overall the dude is a fishing gear hype-man do I keep that in mind. He sells stuff. my friend is 90% 65 lb Braid and he casts/ skips like a pro. My friends superpower is not overthinking things. He just does his own thing.

i have two reels with Braid. one is 30, the other is 50. both cast very similar. very. i can fling 65 like a wild man as well. when i first started, i did a reel with 20 and it was a hard reel to cast. it's all good. as far as listening to the Y-tube, i think i know exactly where you heard it. but that same dude also says to try it for yourself as well. and if it works, keep at it.

us as well! i was getting my kayak ready, and now i am just back to watching the rain and figuring out what new stickers to paste onto my boat

i went with UL. crazy how big a trout you can battle with it. the rod is so supple it really absorbs the shock. i was hauling in big browns with 3lb line.

ahhhh...sorry. i assume the water is gone. so the water gets saltier. a stronger dilution. hahaha..sorry, i was totally unclear. but if there are a billion flies? we know where this is going. we cant even manage our prescription pill surplus.

in my highest speaking voice..."speaking!". hahahha.. just kidding. there are ladies here, for sure.

awesome point!!! hunting. no doubt you can draw some parallels. hunting is carefully regulated to maintain "fair chase" no drones, no rich dudes with helocopter spotters, no night vision, no heat vision. in AK, you cant even hunt the same day you fly in so you cant run after a moose you saw on the flight in. i remember a hunting outfit that legally had trackers. like 20 fit mountain hikers that would find the trophy animals and get the hunter to the spot. hardly fair. but like live sonar, at this point it takes $$ to play. i think livescope is like heat/night vision for hunting.

hard to argue the fact that your fisheries are off the hook fantastic. my friend moved there and he hated it his first year, but when he was pulling in bass after bass after bass, he thinks the system works. plus he visits family in Ohio during the closed season to get his fix.

you take it out. then water the plants, drink it, put it into swimming pools. you saying you put it back into the...sewage? maybe i dont understand. where exactly are you putting it back in? we studied it in college. my wastewater class. professor said the biggest problem was the byproduct. been 20 years since that class, but i remember it.

what do they do with the salt byproduct?

i dont have it and probably wont for awhile. i want to perfect my craft first. plus i am not fishing for a living. if i was, i would buy the best and everything i could.

its a guideline for me. it is so obvious when you are outside the range anyways. i will push it, if i forgot a rod and the bass are hitting on a big swimbait. all the time. it hasnt broken a rod yet, but it does feel awkward as heck.

hahahhahhaha.. yea, his side hustle

is that the beef rancher guy?

until we look at the giant mountians of by product..salt. and we put the salt back into the ocean, and turn them extra salty. nothing like a big giant dead sea to provide foods. that cant be good. most states comsume more revenues. CA is a payer. most states are spenders. we send more money out to taxes. stop that and we could buy water from other planets. (i exaggerate of course..for fun)

I know the tunneling crew that bored under lake Mead and essentially installed a drain hole. Vegas got weary of the existing outfall going high/dry. It will my ever be to droughty to not pull water from Mead again.

I think the bait monkey is a beautiful woman. We are bewitched. For our female hobbies, Yup. Hot dude.

I do love me some beaver. Wait, that came out wrong. Makes total sense. You all get rain regularly. my local lake is for flood control. It dampens surges. Golf courses are brutal. Las Vegas is gonna dry up Mead.

I’m not gonna debate anyone with so many giant bass on resume:). I do love my spinning stuff. Honestly it’s my most expensive combos.

i should put a 5" Senko on a scale. i think it is fairly heavy. i would guess 3/8th. easily within the capabilities of casting gear. 12lb line.