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Good advice, I forgot about that.

I ended up coming across these for a reasonable price. I got them to use, since I lose a lot of traps. But I figured it I'd ask before losing these too. They ain't nothing special, or special colors that I can tell. Just traps. Not sure if I'll upgrade the hooks, since I'll loose them anyway, but might.

My boy pretends he's a fish, sometimes a bass, sometimes a big old catfish. I'll pretend to cast a lure out, then I'll fight him and get him reeled in. Unless he crawls around the table, then he's in a brush pile and can break me off or spit the hook. If I get him in, I have to use the pretend billy club to subdue him in order to get the hook out.

I have a handful of USA made traps. Is there any reason that I shouldn't upgrade the hooks and throw them as needed? Do they work better than the new traps? Do they have collector value? I've looked on ebay, but it doesn't appear that the monetary value of old traps is such that I could replace them with new traps from the store, IE $6.00 each.

I almost always cast with 2 hands, using my off hand for the butt of the rod. I have carpal tunnel, and if I don't cast 2 handed, I fatigue quickly.

That's awesome. I'm teaching my boy to use a baitcaster, and he's only 6. I don't force it, but he'll ask to try mine, so I'll adjust it for him and he does pretty good.

Glad you got'em!

Nice one @Falkus. I just scored a purple Rick Clunn off ebay. Will be my first experience with them, though I am a BPS fan.

It's in the 80s here. Miserable.

Howdy from Kentucky.

Watching with interest. I've not not used but 1 rigging style, that is, with an offset wormhook texas rigged with the hook point up. I've been wanting to get some belly weighted hooks for when I want to fish deeper.

Thoughts of a plan are better than no plan. Good luck!

I didn't think of that Aaron, thanks.

I used chatgpt to render these pictures, that are close to what I remember the color as being. Neither of these are spot on what I remember, but I don't know how to get the image from my head into words to get chatgpt to color a trap accordingly.

Thanks @GRiver. Maybe I'll just dabble with upgrading one reel. I didn't know ceramic bearings made more noise until this thread. Ease of casting and better accuracy are goals that are right up my alley.

Stopped by the lake for about half an hour. Got this real nice 2 pounder on a fluke. 2lb2oz. Let the boy reel it in! He got to feel some big fish fight!

Sorry to hear about it. I didn't know him, but he wasn't far up the road from me.

I didn't know that Tom, thanks for sharing.

Thanks @Bigbox99, where do I find the Doyo Lubina series for sale?

I like the two PQ2s I have, I haven't tried the other's yet. I have been eyeing used Pro Qualifiers though. I saw a video where a guy detailed one and it was solid inside.

I see everyone saying that Doyo makes Bass Pro reels. Which model of Doyo reel is which model of BPS reel? Does anyone have the equivalent models of both that can show side by side pictures? I have a BPS Pro Qualifier 2. Can someone tell me which Doyo model is this BPS reel? Don't give me a link to a page of 100 Doyo reels for me to figure it out, because I can't. I can't look at them and say "this one" is the right one. But if you can point me to the exact model, then I could compare them, maybe purchase one, and then do a side by side comparison. Since that model of reel is no longer sold by BPS, perhaps Doyo doesn't make it. Could you also/instead point me to the exact model that is BPS Johnny Morris Platinum reel? https://www.basspro.com/p/bass-pro-shops-johnny-morris-platinum-signature-baitcast-reel

Interesting, I didn't know. Thanks everyone for sharing.

@Swamp Girl You can get weedless ned heads. Or, you can snag the weeds and then pop the ned free, which they like.

Sorry to hear of it. I'll lift her in prayer.

No better way to lose a fish than with them throwing the hook mid-air. I like it, as long as they aren't a new PB.