Darth-Baiter

mine. Curado DC 150MGL. so good I bought one immediately after losing mine in Mexico. it casts sick. I have a Bantam, and the Curado DC cast further easily. it is my furthest casting reel actually. to be honest, I also love my boringass Curado200K. it casts bigger baits and I never think about it. not sexy, not light, but dang....

never mind!!! $600!

jumping in with an inflatablevest is a nice idea. nice to understand what to expect.

Thinking of gift ideas. And protecting my rod guides from feet.

the guide in Brazil showed me a cool way to tie a quick release knot. no clip needed. if i remember correctly, it is like a easy to remove palomar. i dont own a single quick release clip thing.

looking for burly, looking for salt ready. i am about to plunk down airplane money for Taiwan and Tokyo. i will walk into a tackle shop and a knife shop. (in that order). the title of my thread is way more difficult in Japanese.

that is a baller order!!! wow. i wouldnt even photograph it..hahaha.. "what order? i dont know what you are talking about"

its all good. i have both, and sitting at my work desk i couldnt tell you which one is treated how. i do know my Kaden is rough, since it was my first with that "feel". never thought about the reasoning.

note to self: never post a photo of my yard. ever.

dang. i googled it and i think there is a $80 annual option. the Delta. it helps to know the names of the areas, so you can find the nearest tidal meter. it is all so confusing. looks like this apps cleans it up for us.

yup. battery. the bigger load of the new FF was too much to handle. mine did the same thing. when i upgraded.

how much does this app cost? the tidal feature dumbs it down for me perfectly.

too lazy to dissect them rulz. are the points cumulative?

You leave them alone? You trim thoughtfully? im not a bass, but they all seem so overdressed to me.

^^TRUE. but dang it if a turkey in full strut at 20 -60 yards is the most visually unmistakable thing on the planet. but this is why i only hunt private land. no schenanigans.

whow..just googled it. i am not even sure how that is possible. it is close contact with shotguns, and a turkey is obvious. i would love the details on how it happened. maybe the guy shot at a "thing" moving thru the trees?????!!!

i see that Suffix Ghost which is white, the best. you cant miss it. i think the new Albright-braid fishes bottom contact finesse better for me, since it tends to sink. i buy the pink. the color is lasting a couple seasons now. not bad!!

this is actually me. i installed drought resistant stuff. no lawn, but landscaped. i have no weeds, which is pretty much my datum for yard care.

Tatsu or Shooter, i would take a spool out of a dumpster and at least try it. i have a roll of cheap mono in my turkey hunting kit. it is at least 12 years old. i use it to give movement to my jake-decoy. this year was the first time i noticed it is getting a bit brittle. figured i have 5 years left. stored in a hot garage.

Terro works, but it works sometimes too well and will alert the hive it is under attack. the pro versions kill slowly. wipes out the colony. good luck. one next door neighbor is visually impaired, and the other neighbor is 96. i treat their homes sometimes. i am getting pretty good at it. oh wear nitrile gloves. i buy my stuff from DIY pest control.

hahaha..you know the old joke/adage...you can recognize a bass fisherman from their neglected yard. (something like that) yesterday we had a beautiful day. i jogged with my dog. i stopped to let him peeeee... as he was soaking a plant, i looked at said plant and thought to myself. "hey, i have that same decorative grass in my yard (AND) IS THAT HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK?!!!". this one was manicured. mine look like butt. dead blades, leaned over, over grown. i jogged home. before my shower, i wash all our cars. the entire time, i was eyeballing my nasty fancy grass plants. soo..i took a pair of hand shears/loppers and take a test cut. it didnt resist much, so i just crawled into the grasses and i went to town. that tiny project ballooned!! i managed to fill a green bin. i had to climb into it to jump it down so i could fit more!! my wife came out wondering what happened to me. she backed off silently before i roped her in. hahaha..i saw her from the corner of my eye. (she did bring me ice water). WOW!! i am still tired. a good tired. muscles sore. abs sore. i walk funny. but my yard does look a little bit less "bass fisherman chic". and i think i earned enough brownie points for a fishing overnighter.!! oh, it then rained on my clean cars. not my wifes's which was in the garage. but my efforts on my trucks was a lesson in futility.

man..hooking that beast on a new bait is like poop icing on a kkrap cake. yewzah!!

Phenix Maxim Med. Daiwa Procyon AL, 2500 was my first setup. i made personal history on that combo. i lost it overboard and ordered the exact same stuff once i got home.

this is the rod i use for this. my reel is a very old Curado 200k, that refuses to be anything but smooth and buttery.

i consider myself a subject matter expert on this now. we have odorous ants in our hood and occasionally the full-on invasion. used to give me panic attacks. exterminators were not successful at my place. they baited my yard, sprayed around the perimeter and put a few bait stations in my house. i did these things: 1. we do not leave food out. ever. i will wash my honey jar exterior before i put it back. 2. i continue to bait outdoors. i use "ants no more bait station" and the same gel they used. i kill hundreds but i dont know how effective it is for my home invasions. 3. i use Phantom aerosal spray. this is EVERYTHING. this is a non repellent bug killer. this means it doesnt kill on contact, and the bugs dont avoid it. they get tiny dust on their bodies from the spray, drag it home and kill everyone. an ant hive usually has more than one queen. many queens. you use a repellant type spray (RAID!) and the colony will immediately understand they are under attack and the queens split for safety. you essentially split the giant hive into several giant hives. i watched my stubborn 90+ neighbor do this and her house got flooded by MILLIONS of ants. she had to hire a pro to fume her home. the pro took all her RAID and tossed it. 4. i keep AdvionAD and keep a few bait stations loaded year round. not sure this helps because of my #5. 5. i see ANTs coming it, i will open up the light fixture or whatever and spray it with Phantom. then i seal the opening with clear silicone. sometimes i move a bait nearby and they hit it hard. keeps them from making long trips across my house. they come in from the crack, eat, go, die. i seal it always. at this point, my house will float. i use a bright flashlight and find where the little mofo's are coming from and i will spray and seal. 6. once a year, i go back and spray all the suspect areas i dont fill. i open up electrical switches and plug plates and give it a quick spray of dust. under door threshholds, etc. good luck. odorous ants and Argentina ants are no joke.