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Halieus

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  1. retrieve speed is completely up to the fisherman. you can retrieve fast or slow, so it's important to know what the plug does inherently. for example, a slow, level-sinking needlefish can be retrieved VERY slow and still stay near the surface. a moderate sinking plug on the other hand, will stay lower in the column on that same retrieve. it's extremely important to understand your plug so you can properly tailor your presentation to it. also, I'm not sure why you think no one is fishing near or on the bottom with needles. maybe not in your area, but there are definitely situations where it's needed. I know several people, including myself, who use this technique with success. I haven't come across any needlefish that have a fatter head than tail. I wouldn't even call that needlefish. I can tell you that there are plenty of needles that are fattest at the belly that can be retrieved much slower than 'fat tail' needles. Much less to do with the shape, and much more to do with how the plug is weighted and what material it's made of. I do believe the shape influences the action though, and causes some plugs to be 'swimmier' than others.
  2. here's my take. quite late but before the next season starts so hope it helps. slow sink: 24/7 7" & 9" Surf Asylum Flatglide Gibbs High Hook BM Wadd AH Jr & Sr Moderate: Hab's Jr & Sr AH Jr & Sr Franktown BM Gibbs Style BM Jr 24/7 Montauk Special Super Strike N Fish Super Strike Stubby Fast: Super Strike Heavy Tank Jr Needle Super Strike Stubby Heavy
  3. interestingly enough, he seems to be gathering quite a bit of support. I'm sure quite a few don't know his history, but that's also not really an excuse. personally, I find all the public support to be morally questionable at best. it's very shortsighted to say "he was great to me so I don't care about anything else." not a good way to go about your relationships with various people.
  4. there's two sides to that coin. in order for someone to buy something out there, someone else has to sell it. if the folks out there didn't want Montauk to become what it has, they should have held onto their assets harder and maintained the community. I know it sounds harsh, but it's true. And before anyone says "the money was too good to pass on", well then that's a choice they made and they have to live with the consequences. Sucks for us but it was going to happen eventually. Very rare that a community pushes back hard enough to stop that process in my experience.
  5. we will probably never be completely underground, but a lot of new stuff being built is underground. the people are sick of overhead, so the towns push back on anything overhead, and I'm right there with them. it's ugly as hell and sensitive to storms.
  6. that was also 12 years ago. I'm not going to say all the infrastructure is perfect, but things are constantly being repaired and replaced especially after storms, and there are always projects building new substations or expanding existing ones to add capacity. as far as all the renewable crap goes, localized pockets that need upgrading aren't a huge concern. first of all, if a developer wants to bring in let's say 100MW of wind to particular substation, they'll be on the hook for system upgrades needed to accommodate that project. second of all, utilities tend to have a pretty consistent asset management program, cause they rely on the equipment working properly to make money and not piss customers off. I'm not on here trying to rag on anyone, in fact I agree with a lot of common takes on the subject matter, but I've got a job to do. So my point here was to try and shed some light from a technical perspective at what's going on behind the scenes. Whether one chooses to accept or reject it is totally up to them, but at least there's additional context to form an opinion.
  7. ahhhh gotcha. yeah that becomes really apparent during storm restoration too. I know a few crews that really go out of their way to help out when they can, but on the other hand customers try to take advantage sometimes. hear you on the reps. the one's I've worked with are excellent at their jobs and make dealing with villages and townships a breeze. fingers cross on the nuclear..
  8. the outrage about the cancellation, and how that was the reason gas prices sky-rocketed. more recently, they've been talking about how democrats are supposedly holding our country hostage over energy. it's total nonsense. I can agree on some points, but most of it is over-sensationalized and useless. left wing media isn't any better. across the country I believe it's in the tens of thousands, not sure on an exact figure, I'd have to check. much less in any of the Northeast states. unless you're in a major city and are expecting a lot of action, charging stations aren't a serious problem for the most part. what has been popping up that requires more planning is the fleeting charging stations where you might see 100 or more vehicles charging simultaneously.
  9. the short answer is yes, we will be ready, because we have to be ready. if you want to hear more, I'll type out the long answer too. there's a lot of effort and planning that goes into securing the electric system. on an annual basis, we are looking out to ten years in the future to ensure that there are no issues, and whenever we pursue a project we ensure that it secures the system for 15 years at a bare minimum. one concept that really helps us is peak shaving. if you were to look at a graph of the electric load over a 24h period, you'd notice a sinusoidal shape. this is because we consume much more energy during the daytime than at night for obvious reasons. the goal of peak shaving is to flatten that curve, or in other words move some of that peak load to off-peak hours. the benefits to this are mostly economical because power is much cheaper during off-peak hours, but it also provides a more stable operating environment, which means the utility gets to avoid the large costs of constantly starting up conventional generation. batteries are excellent for this because you can charge them during the off-peak and discharge during the peak, which means you're now feeding load with a lot less money. this is also why batteries are great in combination with wind and solar. being intermittent in nature, you sometimes get crazy high output when you don't really need it. some of that power will feed load directly, some will be sold to neighboring utilities, and the rest will be captured by batteries for future use. this is also applicable on a much smaller scale. instead of a residential generator, one could do a solar + battery combo to replicate that. this is also cool cause some utilities actually buy any excess power your home generates. even without all that, having an EV car sort of does the same. you're most likely not charging it during peak hours very often unless you're driving all day, so it's being operated with off-peak rates. back to a high level, with all these projects and reinforcements coming, regional power transfer will be much more accessible. so if let's say NYC is running on tight margins at some point, LI, Upstate, NJ, etc. will be able to send much more to support than they previously could. all of this is being looked at in great detail. we always have plans for when the load gets really high or when we lose equipment, or really just about any contingency you can think of. and we also secure the system for the worst case scenario, which doesn't often occur. I think Biden's goal is a bit too ambitious, but we'd manage if it did pan out. that said, I hope it doesn't. I'm all for EVs, but don't take away my options. in general, I think the government needs to do a better job at educating on this subject, and making stuff like residential solar more accessible. it's a massive help from a resource adequacy perspective, and it would no doubt quell a lot of concerns. hope that helps.
  10. there's an interesting workaround for the financial limitations- developer owned transmission. as an EE, I don't love it, but it's a way to get these massive projects in on a relatively accelerated timeline. if you're interested, I'd recommend reading up a bit on public policy transmission need. and if you want more specifics, look into Propel NY. they are the selected developer for the NY metro area. this is by far the biggest project, or cluster of projects that any of us have likely ever seen, and it is going to bring a crazy amount of capacity and transfer capability. I don't know who you work for or what their strategy is/was, but I can tell you sometimes we need those quick, dirty fixes until we can get a bigger project in to solve the problem. The biggest cause of this is developers with no regard for the utilities. They often come to us with huge projects, big load letters, and really aggressive timelines. unfortunately, the utility has no right to reject or defer their development so we are stuck figuring out how to make it work.
  11. you mean the same way the right does? please don't pretend that this is exclusive to the left. remember the Keystone pipeline? Fox literally has a solid 90%+ of right wingers (in my experience) spewing the same garbage day in day out, and most of it is total nonsense. unfortunately, both left and right have completely devolved and are too busy fighting culture wars to do anything meaningful. then again, it's our fault for consuming that crap. also, when did the term 'gas-guzzler' become bad? what else would we call cars with high fuel consumption? modern cars have gotten much better, but anything fun or just about any truck will be sippin real good.
  12. a lot of folks prefer to spew political garbage without really knowing what's happening. as someone in the industry, I can say that you're somewhat right, but it's also not as far away as many think. there are major grid reinforcements coming (billions $$$), that will open up a lot more power transfer across the NYS and eventually through the whole Northeast. these reinforcements will be very capable of carrying our system until the load gets stupid high. at that point, we'll probably need to look into alternative generation means as the intermittent renewables might not cut it, but we'll get there. something that the common american doesn't wanna hear is that we need nuclear. it's clean, safe, and super efficient and now comes in small form factors.
  13. Yeah that's something a lot of us, myself included, need to get better at. If we make time to go fishing amongst all our other commitments, surely there's no excuse for missing out on these meetings. Thankfully, we managed to take a small win despite the opposition, but we may not get so lucky next time.
  14. Needlefish. If I had to choose one, it'd probably be a moderate, level-sink needle, as it's just about as versatile as a bucktail but casts waaaay better. Then there's the other variations. Slow sinkers are deadly in shallow water regardless of the bottom, and fast, tail-sinkers produce nicely in big water or deep rips. In general, have any other plugs come close to needlefish in terms of big bass landed? Maybe the redfin, and maybe a rigged eel, but the amount of water that a needle lets you cover puts it on top for me.
  15. As small of a percentage as they may be, they were allowed an extra fish compared to private rec anglers for a very long time. Just look at Montauk, not too long ago those giant bass would stay in those rips just about all summer long. Think about how many charters were out there bringing back 24 fish in a day, every day for an entire season. Yeah, I understand there were probably more private boats, but each charter was bringing in the equivalent of at least 10 rec boats. That matters A LOT and I don't care what anyone says. My other question is that, if there's so few of them, why is so difficult to close the fishery down? Why are we depleting this fishery? So a small percentage of guys can make money while the ship is sinking? Make it make sense....
  16. Hey bud, sorry for the late response. 6 and 9 are still available, but 7 is gone. If you're still interested, I'd definitely like to see what you've got.
  17. Hi, sorry for the late response. The jointed BM is gone unfortunately
  18. Apparently Lou and Lambert and going to be staying, with Lou potentially relinquishing GM responsibilities for a higher-office-type role. Of course, it's not official yet so take it with a grain of salt...thoughts? Personally, I'm not crazy about Lou staying, but I don't mind if he assumes a "president" role with another GM coming in. I do think he still has some to offer the organization, while probably not being able to bring us back entirely on his own. As far as Lambert goes, he's a rookie coach and obviously still figuring things out, so I can understand the decision but boy, I don't like it. I'd love to be proven wrong, but I just don't think he has what it takes to keep a team like ours motivated and performing to the level they are capable of. If the reports are true, I think he needs to be on a relatively short leash.
  19. The 1pc is not any better. Sloppy garbage- had to return it in a week. Consider myself lucky that the tackle shop even took it back
  20. I lost hope when they bumped Horvat down the order instead of Lee. Time to clean house, the players are being exposed by garbage coaching and management. It's not all doom and gloom though. I think we're genuinely only a couple of players away from being a serious team. Need another first line winger, and definitely a big defensive signing. Making those two moves, alongside keeping Engvall and firing Lambert into the sun should have us more competitive next year. Question is- are we going to make it happen...
  21. Yeah I don't know, an isolated gear failure isn't enough to call a whole model overrated IMO. If that were the case, everything is overrated. To me, it's a finesse/specialist rod. Boron is similar to carbon, but more tightly bonded on the atomic scale so you get additional backbone, sensitivity, and casting distance at lighter weights compared to carbon. Everything comes at a cost, though, and in this case the cost is a more brittle rod. As a result, one needs to be mindful of how they fish it, as it will not handle extreme stress as well as a purely carbon-based rod would. This seems to check out, since I was advised by multiple builders to not use it for wetsuiting or other heavy applications. When I was in the market for an 11fter, I ended up opting for another NEX1 instead, and I'm extremely satisfied with that decision. So the way I see it, the rod was either misused/mistreated or it was a lemon. Neither of those scream "overrated" to me.
  22. Mostly due to the formation we play, which seems square. Other teams just need to defend in a diamond formation, that way each dman can essentially take two of our guys out of the game. It's crazy that we do the defending for the opposition just by garbage tactics. We should switch it up- make them go man-to-man. At least this way it forces them to ACTUALLY have to defend well. But no, let's sit there and have PP and PP with 0 SOG...
  23. They do it well, but we play right into their hands. We're so square and static, so it's obvious when were angling for a shot or the killer pass, so they hunt down the puck and usually win it. It's great tactics on their end, and bush league on ours. Said it before and I'll say it again, Lane's gotta go. I've seen nothing from him that convinces me he can take this team to true success. His coaching is subpar, and on top of that he doesn't have the balls to make big decisions (i.e., Lee still getting first line minutes).
  24. The counter-points are also solid- women not knowing they're pregnant is a VERY valid concern and is also backed by math. Maybe if we as a country sought to better educate our people on these topics and make birth control more accessible we could have stricter timeframes such as this, but as it stands, the policy is very short-sighted IMO. Morality is not the ONLY factor to consider.
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