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I found a,nice net on the road and posted it on here . The owner saw it and he met me to get it back . It's the honorable thing to do GOOD KHARMA

And your point is ?

With launches closed and no wake 1000 ft from shore we decided to stay close and fish Sandy . Friday afternoon pre fishing was pretty good with a surprise 6# walleye and some big perch were the take . With some nice bass,in the mix Today was good early but front came thru and put fish down . We,had a nice,bag 3 bass,, a bunch of big perch and a,walleye . Had a total of about 15 BASS on the day . The weather changed . So out came the Jack and the fishing took a back shelf . Great shore lunch of walleye , perch , and a,few bass. Both cleaned bass were still pre spawn and eggs were not close to being dropped. Small senkos were the best lure choice of the last 2 days

I use a lot of mono and it is as good as it ever was Maybe better . I like Trilene XL clear or Big Game for my casting rods . I ave even used Bass pro or Eagle claw,with decent results . Use to use 40# $1.99 mason for flea line . Worked Great ! As luck has it I talked to a bass guy today and asked him if he used Flouro . He said " not any more , I hate the stuff " and pretty much said the some of the reasons I gave as why . The Gary D rig is still in R&D . But preliminary testing from mid July last year and up until last week for me have been excellent. I have caught everything but a brown on it . I catch More kings on it than anything else I used and it is the best lure in my spread this year . Nice to see that Seagaur has found their early version was less than stellar and improved it . I am going to ****can all the spools of Flouro I currently have so I won't be tempted in a moment of weakness to use it . Except for the Drennen.

Back in the day , pre flea , I ,and a lot of guys used 12# and 15# pink Ande or Trilene XT or Big game , and almost NEVER ,broke off . Pulled dodgers with the 15 . And the fish were bigger . So why does the Flouro to my baithead or My fly rod tippet etc of the same # test as the mono or heavier break way easier than mono ? A guy on here said he had a hard time landing stream fish on 3.6 # . That's not much less than the 4 I use most of the time with no problems . So why is that ? Mono is way more durable than Flouro . Flouro is more abrasion resistant than mono . But once it abraides it is way weaker. Kind of like a chip in your windshield . Maybe the fish I had break off swallowed the hook and the action of the line scraping over it's teeth compromised it . Or at least a,few,of them . I'm not above tying a,bad knot , but not all of them . And I know how to play a fish . The stuff just fishes different IMO . And I don't like it . The only reason to use it is because it is invisible .

A,friends of mine has a starcraft 17 ft 70 s . His,leaked where the Transom met the hull by the drain plugs . He had a friend who was a welder weld it some how . We thought it was the bolts also and it wasn't.

I use 17#Stren. This is what I use for my 25 ft tippet from my 30 # to the swivel. No problems at all I use 8# vanish on my Crankbait spinning rod ,no problems . I use the same 17# for the bait heads . It breaks just before or at the baithead . 4 breaks in 2 weekends and lost 3 bait heads . Never considered it might be A biteoff as I have had to ta ke the hook out of the throat of a few fish and maybe they use the head as leverage . No crimps . I don't think it can take the shock in that 4 ft section . I tie a Snell knot and yes, I take my time tying the knot . And wet it . All I know is I fish a lot , more than most And catch a lot of big fish on 4# mono . When I use Flouro as tippet material . , I have problems .be it this , fly fishing tippet. Float / jig , or braid tippet for bass. I rarely break off trolling . I am going to try the Blue label and tie some 20# mono and compare . Flouro all has the same properties , which are all documented in various tests .

Went out first light . Set right up over bait and fish at 70. . Two Gary D rigs at 45 and 60 . 60 was first to go with about 12# king . In all for morning was 4 hits with one landed . Fish shut Down after first hr or so . Broke off yet another Flouro leader at boatside with a nice teen king. Have I mentioned that I hate that stuff ?That makes 3 times . Bassin next weekend then out comes the big boat .

Any of you guys out there in fish land have issues with water getting into lower unit of a Minn KOTA ? I have had this happen on 2 different motors after only 2 years use each . Had marina / baitshop on Empire fix it last year and it did it AGAIN ! So that's 3 times . I fixed the first motor and I just took the second apart and fixed that one . Sounds like it's a common problem after internet research. WTF?

Just went to Hamlin town hall and spoke with the town super and building inspector All the , town does is install / remove docks . Ask him what the chances we fix at no cost to the town . He told me probably not going to happen . Looks like I get the creek to myself this summer to bass fish . Was a nice thought . Affect you guys more than me .

That's my brothers place on the peninsula . Very sad .

Looks like a Yellow barrier across access,to launch.