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- Birthday 09/27/1959
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Saltwater Fishing
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South of the Mason Dixon line
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Pics of the black 250?
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PICTURES!
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Great story! So it happens anytime. Fuel my nightmares - what were the rod/reel at risk?
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hhager23 started following Summer plans for the OBX?
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I know its only March but I'm guessing anyone who is planning on going to the OBX this summer has probably already made some plans. We'll be headed up to Frisco for three weeks staring Memorial Day weekend. I was lucky enough to catch up with @bstriping briefly last year so if anyone else is around I'd love to get to meet some ya'll and fish or have a few beers.
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Glad you got the rod back. What was on it?
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Good to know. At my age I worry about getting to the spike quick enough anyway. I have nightmares about lying facedown in the sand powerlessly watching one of my Century rods head rapidly out into the surf.
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Maybe just paranoia but I have hooked both sharks and drum while pompano fishing - even with the drag set correctly they can put a lot of stress on a sand spike.
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You don't worry about the butt of the rod only being held by 3-4" of tube?
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When I shake the spikes to loosen and remove them the angle side pushes the sand apart easier than the open side so I'm thinking that facing the open side away from the water would make it harder to dislodge the spike from a strike. The theory being that the open side takes more effort to dislodge than the angle side.
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Agreed. I did not express myself well. I was asking about the actual angle in the aluminum angle "iron" itself. Maybe this will help. Would you place the tube/open angle side toward the water?
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Follow up question: When using aluminum spikes do you care whether the angle of spike itself is facing the ocean or land? I've always faced the angle toward the water figuring that it would be more difficult to pull the spike out with the open angle pushing against the sand than the angle itself. Paranoia or worth doing?
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Spikes are the only way I can cover three zones at the same time unless you have a better suggestion.
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Is there a pin through that supporting the rod? It doesn't look like the reel is resting on the pvc. And do you have any trouble with the fence posts rusting? I generally run two to three in addition to the rod I'm actively fishing (primarily fishing for pompano) because that is as many as I can consistently keep fresh bait on. Sand fleas don't last long in the OBX surf. Beautiful pic BTW,