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  1. Funny, they've been nothing but bend over backwards helpful to me. But then I never agree with a word you or Scoobydee Doobidee ever say.
  2. I'm on the lower Gulf but if I was to pick for a January trip it would be tough. River mouths, maybe a bigger bay like Tampa Bay or the east coast. It's coming into up river time, hitting spillways and moving outflows.
  3. I use braid only as a backer on my 400 reels. Topshot with mono. Floro turns opaque when pulled to rated strength taking away it's only marketing ploy, it's invisibility. Knot finicky too.
  4. Same here. I'll take a Jack over any other fish in the world.
  5. Not meaning to cut in but I'd like to interject...... The Jacks have rebounded wonderfully here in S.W. Florida. We went nearly two decades without anything over a pound or so. We were hit hard not only by foreign netters but also local commercial netters decimating them for dog food.
  6. I find no advantage to using a spinner. Only discomfort and lack of distance, accuracy and power. As far as super lines? I want a line with better strength. Super lines only have pulling strength no tensile strength. I like to fish in the gnarliest of environments. Deep inside mangroves, under bridges with concrete and rebar everywhere. Underneath and inside Brazilian Pepper shoreline. I want a line that takes and holds simple knots that can be tied blindly in the dark while in wind and rain. I love fishing in bad weather. Florida is infested with people and the dark and bad weather give me peace.
  7. Me too. Larry Dahlberg once said, when you start to fish you just want to catch lots of fish. As you grow you want to catch big fish. Then as you mature as an angler you just want to catch fish the way you want to catch them. Been there a long time. I fish the way I want to and that includes, never with braid, never with spinning reels.
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    Solo or Group

    Solo. My fishing buddy past away. Can't find it in me to fish with anyone else.
  9. Periodically I try braid again. Every time I'm totally disappointed. The newest, the highest tech, the cheapest piscakingachunk........ It doesn't matter. Color fades even from the initial spooling. Reel line eye gummed, thick goo on rod guides. It still frays easy even at 80#. It's all, no matter the brand, unimpressive for the money you pay and especially it's performance. If I'm in the dark, winds blowing 20-30, with my 63 year old eyes in fogged up spotted glasses, no fancy nancy 30 turn knot to already frayed line makes sense.
  10. I went with the Procyon LT so I could have normal access. It's been fine for the very limited use I get from a spinner.
  11. Best way to describe it is the end of a shotgun choke tube with notches.
  12. Im old, don't really do the various Asian portal things. I got to either see and touch it before I buy it or use a trusted source. I saw the shotgun choke ground into the tool ideas long ago. I'm no fabricator, no shop of tools. Thanks though. I simply used the experience as a learning tool. Im not really happy fishing with a spinner in my hand.
  13. I haven't asked Daiwa in a bit but the last answer I got was it wasn't available to consumers yet. I moved on but I would pay 80 for a tool. It's a fetish I kinda picked up watching your videos.
  14. I dislike spinners but the BG MQ I fell in love with. Problem though, the consumers inability to service it themselves. Daiwa the last time I checked refused to sell the proprietary tool. I haven't found an aftermarket tool for it. If I can't get into a reel, I won't buy it.
  15. 0119

    My Best Friend

    So sorry. It's been almost two years for me and it still hurts as bad as day one. I don't know if it gets better. I don't know if I want it to get better......
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