Darth-Baiter

stout, good sensitivity, a good tip to fling all that nonsense swinging around.

Dometic fridge with a power pack an option?

we talked and agreed to fish together. I am buying him a JDM MET DC as a retirement gift. I got him to tell me he was a Shimano dude..all stealth like.

great question. I'll know more tomorrow. going fishing. unlike my old watch, I clicked on Kayaking to track my fishing route. this new watch has a feature called, "fish". I picked it as one of my favs, and will activate it tomorrow. I think it will track my route, tides, and baro pressure. its just a tool, like a boat is a fishing tool. the watch has a ballistic chart. haha..for the snipers in the group.

Nooo! It wasn’t a PB! He announced his retirement. Dang it

I enjoy the visits. not what he has to do to me on occasion, but the photo sharing, the stories. awesome. he lets me go first with pics and stories. then he goes when he has the work to do,since I cant talk. my wife says we sound like besties...his receptionist laughs at us. I have Mexico pics and stories this time...and I heard a rumor he got his new PB.

Fancy! You wear underwear?!

mmm...if you begin with one animal of each, it ends right there. you do need two turtles to start. unless there is turtle porn,...ah nevermind. i lost the joke. grrr.

i'm trying to add Minnesota to my list. my good friend moved there, and the fish appear very catchable.

its a pacu. the strongest fish i have ever fought. i caught it on the Tambopata river in Peru, after we "bribed" some river officials with a grocery bag of twinkies. the reel was held onto the rod with bailing wire. crazyiest moment of my life. ....(true story) a jaguar came out of the jungle 75 yard from my left, swam in the river a couple of circles and went back into the jungle.

if you fail at finding one, reach out. i'll drop mine into a box for you.

crazyiest part - i still have those very same sunglasses!!

Sinaloa, CA, Tex, AZ, NM, OK. for bass. for other things, add Peru, Brazil, Hawaii, and soon to be Taipei, and maybe japan.

Wow!!! I can track the tides!!

wow. i dont even know what i dont know thanks.

@DaubsNU1 i received my Challenger bibs. bought them from Sportsman Warehouse and had them delivered to the store. i had the opportunity to try them on ASAP in their fitting room. i bought size large in Black. $170 something. they fit awesome on me. roomy. i could have gone with a medium i think, but the L allows room for my hoodie. i love how the fabric is a bit on the stiff side. lets you stuff your legs thru easily. i can squat down deep and nothing blew out. no more butt-crack-mindeffing my fishing partners. waterproofness is a mystery. they feel okay. my brother has the Challenger Jacket and he stays dry even tho the fabric feels like it soaked thru. dunno. my jacket is a KUIU i bought for bowhunting. it is okay as well. now to put it all away for my droughty summer. hehe..

focus on JDM stuff please. Aldebaran? the DC version? Daiwa have a contender? i am starting to trail run. prepping to hike into the California Golder Trout region next spring thaw, and i figured a travel rod wouldnt suck..so leaning into the Triza Aello (?). i think that is the name. this is a 50 mile hike and taking two rods is still an option. one spinning, one BFS would be a hoot. especially if we hire a mule train to take us in..and we hike and fish on the way out. if so, for sure two rods. my trail jog takes me past a pristine bass lake up in the hills, and stopping to wheeze, and take a knee. may was well stay and cast a bit. i will be in Tokyo later this year, so i will shop then. but i would love a shopping list anytime. goals.

Fishing IS hard! I appreciate that fact. If it were super easy, not sure I’d do it the same. The bad days are a necessary thing to make the good days feel awesome. same goes for hunting. all this would be different if we had to do it to eat.

My old Garmin is toast. The battery is toast. And the body is beaten down. I love it. For fishing it’s simply the best. GPS can track where I’ve been. On a map! If I go with a guide? Tap a button and I can track where we go. Usually not helpful since guide use boats, and I’m on a kayak. I usually cannot reach honey-holes. But I know where they are. I’ll see if Garmin can replace the battery, but I did buy the new one. The sirens song of solar was too great. Hehe. The new one is nice. Linking to the phone was the easiest thing ever. Simple QR code on the watch face. my halibut fishing route. And the new vs old watch.

I only have one. the A-rig. it's like casting out lawn furniture. yuck (for me). I dont love it.

I have rods that I keep in Texas for my oklahoma trip. a Recon spinning from Phenix, and MH casting Phenix Maxim. I love those two things. the spinning bait keeper tab was in the worst spot for a tatula spinning reel, so in a dumb fit I cut it off with my Leatherman. not my best moment. but the rod kills it. it is so good.

yes. that part I get. but the part about how the braid buries and bites into the top part of the spool, I dont. I think the OP is talking about the braid being so thin it bites back into the spool. not about slipping on the spool.

pumpkin lizards comment above. I am not sure how mono backing will stop braid from digging into the spool. and I can wait to see pics of Italian bass!!!

batteries are so good these days. I remember topping them off with distilled water when I was 5 years old for my parents. with a good Fluke multimeter with the MIN/MAX function button, you can do a DIY load test at home, but I dont have that meter. I just know my vehicles. and I know extreme heat, extreme cold, full discharge, overcharge, and long time sitting kills them. I won't proactively change out a battery super early, since that seems so wasteful and just builds more garbage. my old truck is running a Deka battery. first time trying that brand. it is killing it.

I saw lots of pink dolphins. we would put the boat against cover to release the fish and give it a chance. @phillyfanatic i misspoke. The other lure was the Perversa. Not provenza like I said earlier. I should use it here more. It’s the only souvenir I brought home. Ha!