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Spec is 20 lb. I’m going to try it with what i have to see of it’s doable from a canoe before spending anything. Thanks all for the info.

I thought of this last week when I was out, the 4 people I saw while out were in solo yaks, exactly none had pfd’s on. Not that they care but the rule in MA is pfd’s Sep 15 thru May 15.

If I were to try punching through heavy hydrilla mats, what test braid would I use? The highest I have on hand is 30lb PP, and the heaviest rod is a MH SC Premier 6’6”.

Water at my favorite pond is still pretty cool in the 50’s, but that can be a plus as the weeds that choke this one are just getting started, come summer most of the pond is unfishable. Had a good am till the wind wore me out about noon. The best of the day was this one at 5.5, which is a once in a year thing where I fish. White spinner bait with a baby craw trailer.

I have the cold weather crops in, garlic, onions, and peas, the rest has at least a couple weeks to go. On the plus side, the asparagus is up. It’s easy to go too quick around here, 70 degree days make you forget about the very real possibility of frost till the end of the month.

Ditto, get the 5 or the 10, the 5 taking twice as long to charge a battery then the 10. if you have a 100ah AGM and use up 70% it’d take 14ish or 7ish hours to charge.

I had good luck with Interstates, lasted 7 years and rarely needed water. Had Everstart too, lasted 4 years and always needed water. Now a days I’d agree with the above and go AGM’s if lithiums are out of reach.

I used to stop and get a couple plain crullers till Covid closed the bakery, one during the hour drive, one for sometime out on the water. Since then it’s been a Cliff bar and a couple Fig Newton type bars, and coffee. The bakery reopened early this year, but only Thur thru Sun, and not till 6am, used to be 7 days at 4 am, d**n that Covid.

I had a friend who was a Ranger, https://cpfu.org/james-p-spignesi-memorial/

There used to be a GE plant on the upper reaches of the Housatonic R in western Ma, heavy PCB’s closed the river to edible fishing. In the 90’s I’d paddle up the river and fish, being new to fresh water fishing I didn’t know most of what I caught but the river was loaded. It was a very eerie, the shore looked like something out of an old sci fi movie, big metal structures the purpose of I couldn’t even guess at. Caught, sort of, a few what I think were Northerns, never got one in the boat, they were way to much for my rods at the time. The EPA has been working on cleaning the area up for the 20ish years, something like 250,000 tons of soil removed so far. I think they have the first 2 miles of river done, only 150 or so miles to go.

For me it’s trial and error. Find something I want to be able to make, find a recipe that sounds and looks good, has ingredients that I have, and make it according to the recipe. Try it out and make notes on what to change next time. I have a spring clip binder and a small notebook and use both. Many time I toss the recipe and try another, sometimes it just needs some tweaks. Mostly I find ideas when we travel. We make a point of eating where we can get good local dishes, the ones we like we try to learn after we get home. It helps a lot when you know what you are trying to recreate.

Prefer naked, like Catt I hit em with the magic eraser when needed.

I tried a rudder on the far end of the boat but didn’t like it, more trouble than it was worth, I do however use one of the Bullnose rudders. I use 1 anchor, although I have 2. For me it’s like the canoe, I just need to pick which corner I need to anchor from. I use zig zag cleats, and yes, the canoe has 4 cleats too. The only time I use 2 anchors is if the wind requires it, most of the time 1 stays in the truck. My anchors are 3.5 and 7 lb lead filled pvc pipe.

We have all day earthquakes every Friday, the grandkids are here. Supposedly the folks in the school about a mile from us did.

We’ve had a few conventional campers and about 10 years ago got serious about a truck camper. What we wanted was a molded fiberglass to get away from roof problems. As Bigfoot was closed down at the time we wanted a Northern Lite. While looking we ended finding Escape conventional and went with their 20’ fifth wheel, in layout it’s a 20’ truck camper, saved me needing a $60k truck, and has a real bathroom, sort of. Anyway, if I were to look at them again, it’d be either of the 2 I mentioned above as Bigfoot is back in business. Bigfoot costs more than the Northern Lite’s but are a step up. , at least they were. I’ve found there are less issues with fiberglass, real fiberglass, not the fiberglass coated panels, and they hold their value. As such, they are hard to find used and you obviously pay more for them. fWIW, I did look at the AF conventional campers at one point, nice units, higher priced, and heavy.

Narrow plastics t rigged, sometimes weightless, some times up to 3/16 bullet weight, small ones are pegged. If not too thick spinnerbaits and under spins w/trailers, weedless jigs.

20 -40 mph winds, temp in the teens, and you went out in the water? I see young folks out in the cold with shorts on while I’ve got on long John’s, I’m getting old.

You mean you want to peddle the actual fish?

It must have to do with the reel position as I swap hand for spinning but do not for BC. So I crank a spinning reel with my right and my left with w BC, all casting is righty.

I’ve been using polarized progressive wraparound shades from Wiley X for 10 or so years now, in what they call bronze. First pair were not mirrored, 2nd 2 pair were mirrored, I prefer the mirrored. To me they seem darker and the polarization works better.

I appreciate the work you put in but it’s too fuzzy to read, at least it is on my ipad. Anyone have better luck?

I’m in a canoe, even with an anchor, which I have a use, 10 mph is too much for me.

Went up into the Berkshires Thursday, hit a small shallow pond. I had some hits on a 4” grub but no hookups that made it back to the boat, seems they were grabbing into just the tail and letting go at the boat. The water being crystal clear I could see them do so, 2 bass, 2 picks. Only stayed a couple hours, the wind was about 10 mph and wore me out. Nice to get out though, first time this year and first time ever in March. And of course I forgot the thermometer, which was the main purpose I went. Next time I take a few cranks.

There’s some small print for that rebate.

Went and looked at the ponds I fish up in the hills today, they are open but looked like the Bering Sea with the 25 mph wind. Hope to get out, or at least try, later this week. Went up this early a couple years ago and the access roads were impassable, 10 or 12” of slush.