lachsforelle

Buy old Penn 320s, 310s and 330s when you come across them on ebay or this site. You'll leave them to your grandkids and you can get them for a song a piece. Rods are not worth spending extra $$ on. My recommendation with them is to buy as many of whichever one you settle on. It doesn't matter as much for salmon, but when trolling leadcore, it's helpful to see all your board rods doing the same thing...at the same time. When one breaks cadence, even a little, that'll tip you off to a hangon.

Every day, for the last 3 years, I take a piss by my outboard when I get home. I have a long commute...no rodent issues so far!

I go with 50'.

still need the backing plate? I have one, 4x4" for the cost of shipping or pick up in Springville, NY.

Yea me too. I'll measure what they are when I get home.

Check the keel weights on the boards.

Big Jon multi axis for board rods and Big Jon HD's for divers.

Most of my fishing season is focused on walleye in LE and I rely on leadcore. I have used Bass Pro's and Suffix and cant tell the difference. Both brands run fine and hold up for years...but I'm not dealing much with fleas or drag screaming runs.

Ill have to try that too!

Cabela depthmaster rods (8'6" planer board) are all I use and they do a great job. No reason to spend more. If you're pulling in line planers, you'll see the bite off the the board, buy also when the soft rod tips break cadence from the swells.

Absolutely. They should've requested the assistance of the local field and stream or required applications (with interviews) of interested, qualified hunters. But, yea, I love the idea. Put some sort of control on their population besides car traffic.

Tangent to this... I've only been hunting for a few years, so I don't have an entrenched perspective on this question, but has NY ever done much to control the population of its suburban deer? I live in southern Erie county and we are overrun with them. Nearly every time I drive down the time I see multiple deer along the Cheektowaga stretch. I have to think there's been quite a few people hurt or worse in car accidents because of them. ****, I've taken our two in the last three years. I'm not advocating what these guys did or suggesting they should be exterminated, but seems like the experts could put forward a couple suggestions to control their population instead of leaving the task to motorists just trying to get from point A to point B.