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Sounds like a scene from a Stephen King or a Hitchcock movie. Glad you survived. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Those Pall Mall’s would run you $17.74 a pack here in Massachusetts.

Past tense here too. I got into it a long time ago, I enjoyed the taste of top shelf cherry, not the cheap stuff at the grocery store. Both the wife and I liked the cherry smell. Got into carving my own for a while. Don’t recall why I stopped, may have just been the middle road between cigarettes and cold turkey. Like I said, it’s been a long time.

Most of the big sturdy full size kayaks I’ve seen weigh at least as much, if not more, than your boat. Think I’d do an internet search in your area and spend some time talking to a few dealers, worth a few phone calls.

If you re still interested… what are you looking to run with it? I’d suggest you end about MSW vs PSW inverters, I went with PSW so it’d run the electric blanket when camping in the cold, yes I’m a wuss now that I’m older, also for the wife’s hair dryer. The size is determined by what you want to run and for how long, the hair dryer on low is 800 watts, my 1000w inverter will just barely run it. Your batteries capacity will determine how long you can run. After a lot of reading I went with one of these PSW in the 1000w size, with 220 Ah of battery. https://www.magnum-dimensions.com/product-inverter/400w-12vdc-pure-sine-inverter-0 Originally I bought this little MSW 300w’er due to its quiet fan, which it is. Unfortunately I found MSW wouldn’t in the blanket and was way too small for the hair drier. Not a bad little unit. https://www.bestekdirect.com/300w-power-inverter big difference in $

Glad I ran into this thread, it makes me feel as if I’m not the only one where time’s taking its toll, me being 67. I fish a solo wooden 15’ canoe I built back in the 90’s, it weighed mid 40’s back then, add at least 6 double coats of varnish and who knows what it weighs now, at least that’s my excuse for it being harder to press. I carry it on the truck cap roof. With the addition of a thick gel cushion I fish about 5 hours from first light before my legs make me get off the water. I could probably get out and walk around some then hit it again, but there always seems to be other things that I want to do, 5 hrs is enough.

Back in the 70’s when I was at Lackland that also trained at least some security folks there. Had a couple guys in my flight that went from one side of base to the other when they graduated basic.

Where I fish that would be a beaver if it’s loud enough, at least all they do is scare the crap out of you. Otters on the other hand are bad news.

We had a team at work that went out a handful of times whenever it first came out. Everyone used guns handed out by the guys who ran it, boy did we suck. Thats what happens when you have all Air Force and Navy guys.

Every time. I fish to give me something to do while paddling around enjoying the solitude. Without fishing i’m only out for an hour or so, with fishing it’s most of the morning.

As a takeoff on the “how many rods, and what’s on them” thread, I’d be interested in knowing how many some of you own. I think I have 12, 4 of which are saltwater, oh ya, and 3 fly, so 15 total. And my wife busts my chops when I buy another. I get the feeling she figures 1 is all I should need.

For the most part I do not look them over. If I think they are over 3 lbs I’ll quickly weigh them and release. The only time I take a pic is if it’s a personal best, so it’s been a few years. I do take them of the grandkids if they get something decent. I don’t even keep track of how many I catch.

3 in the canoe, they change depending on the season, weather, and where I’m fishing.

Along with Deet, I carry a head net for the times the little buggers are terrible and nothing else will work. I use it a couple times a year. Head net

These. I did toss the sheath and the lanyard, they just get in the way when in a canoe. I wanted ones that would not rust, these are aluminum and “coated carbon steel” jaws, no rust so far. I do find the braid cutters are short lived so I don’t use them except to trim down plastics. When I need new ones I’ll get flat jaw, if I try to hold braid to tighten knots and such, it slides thru the serrated ones on mine. i had an expensive pair just like these, worked no better then these, and the darn jaws would rust all the time, oil or not. I’d only buy aluminum or SS.

You can buy the reels off eBay, something like $20 each, you could make a killing if you still have them. Although if you had sunk the $13 in the stock market in 1965 you’d have $13000, so maybe the reels weren’t a great investment.

I remember the old vinyl floor feeling tacky when my wife would spray the kids, in the kitchen.

I always carry a Deet product, never noticed the fish not biting. I am careful to rinse off my hands after using it, but that’s it.

And here I went from Leer to ARE for quality issues. Of course we’re talking 12 yers ago.

I can afford to spend more but I’m happy with what I currently use. So if this was $$ that I had saved over the last 45 years, I’d leave the top end at around $200, per item. If however I inherited a pile of $$ that the government was going to take if I didn’t spend it, then I’d have spend more. Maybe top of the line Loomis rod and Shimano reel, so $500 or so each. It would be fun to see how much difference there is.

I’ve never tried one but do have a canoe that blows around easy. As mentioned, go out early to avoid the wind, do check the weather looking at the hourly wind projections. They are often wrong but better then nothing. Stay fairly close to shore till you learn how it handles in the breeze, it sucks when the wind kicks up and you are a good way from the put in. Fishing from a non fishing inflatable I’d do everything I could to be ready for hooks punching holes in it. Maybe carry patches, have a good vest, carry just one pole to start to minimize exposed hooks. Stay away from gators. might need a short net if it is awkward reaching over the sides. Do a search for kayak or canoe anchors and do your best.

The only essential plastics for me are the Rage craw and baby craws, in white. Any other plastics are just options. I do like black trick works.

A million gallon tank is 74’ wide by 31’ high, that’s a lot of water. You could have one hell of a swimming pool.

I was way off, 500 sq’ for 30 min used 80 gal. So 2 rain barrels would water my veggies once.

People may be different where you are but I’d try and be a good neighbor and go over and remove it unless they say to not do so. I’ve had my neighbors trees fall in my yard, they’re older so I just take care of it.