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  1. When I lived overseas in the '80s, I'd enjoy fishing from the breakwater at a local harbor and watched the commercial handlining skiffs returning. I would catch a sea robin, dogfish, or small stump nose bream once in a while, while their wells and crates brimmed with catches of barracouta, yellowtail, and tuna. I learned that these crews would collect scrap metal and a local shop would mill and drill the material into simple spoons or jigs for a few bucks. The deck hands polished those lures to perfection with Brasso paste before each trip. No fancy swivels or treble hooks. Sometimes they would add chicken feathers or red wool. These were the effective, inexpensive tools these tough men used to make a humble living.
  2. Looks 8/10. Functionality 10/10. The Akios 757 casts amazingly with its magnetic and centrifugal braking. I've used this reel on several vacations and I'm careful about maintaining my reels. This is a great reel for distance surfcasting for blues, drums, stripers, and small sharks. Spooled with 300 yards of 60# Hercules 8-strand braid. $125, which includes shipping within U.S.
  3. I forgot to mention that I found a severed seal flipper about a mile south of Race Point, Mass. last summer. I suspect it was the work of a GW, and I mentioned it to a ranger.
  4. I grew up near False Bay and its notorious white sharks. Every year there were a couple of sensationalized fatal attacks. Statistically speaking, we all know the risk of being a victim is extraordinarily low, but emotionally that small chance is terrifying. Taking reasonable precautions, such as not going out in the dark, not dangling fish over the side, and avoiding seals, sounds like a good idea to me.
  5. Want to sell: Pre-owned, Penn Spinfisher VI 4500 LL in good condition in original box: - 10/10 mechanically - 8/10 cosmetically (some normal wear on the foot) - Spooled with 250 yards of white 25 lb Berkley fireline - Asking $125 OBO Please let me know if I can answer any questions.
  6. Many options: Avet MX Raptor, Avet MX Star MC, Daiwa Saltist 40H, Daiwa Seagate 40H/50H, Saltiga 40, and Avet LX MC. You could even install a $30 Blakdog knobby mag on a Squall 30. I have the Fathom 30 and 40 and think the centrifugal brakes are inadequate for surf casting blasts. It's hard to beat a big spinner, such as a Gosa, Slammer, Spheros, or Spinfisher, loaded with 65-80 lb braid for cast shark baits. Conventionals are a lot more fun to use though.
  7. I've got a bunch of ceramic bearings around from rc projects. Would ceramics do much for this design?
  8. I want to remove the bearing, soak it in isopropyl alcohol to remove the grease, and then re-lube it with light oil.
  9. Does anyone know how to properly/safely remove the pin that's holding the following bearing to the spool? (The duck stopped the spool from rolling off my workbench but wasn't much help otherwise.)
  10. I'd love to see a variable-magged version of the Fathom 25N. It would be dynamite for California surface irons offshore and drum/sharks on the East Coast.
  11. Is a Fathom III star drag in the works? Will it use the attractive silver design of the Fathom II lever drag reels?
  12. Move to the bow of the boat, cast leeward, and shuffle to the windward rail as the lure descends almost vertically.
  13. I ended up chiefly using live bait on a dropper during the day. I hooked a 20 lb BFT and lost it in a tangle, but the 10 oz Captain Jay pink-and-silver vertical jigs were effective during the night and I maxed out on 50-80 lb BFT. I'll forever be grateful to a guy from Park City, Utah, of all places, who taught me how to do get a rig to sink straight down and avoid telescoping the line on this trip.
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