My kiddo and I were out of Fair Haven on the 3rd in that fog - absolutely crazy! We were in the driftboat - 6 rods. 3 flatlines, a one color, a slide on one side and chinook diver on the other. We ended up 6 for 10 - not on fire but picked away. All put back for another day. Vid of him navigating the driftboat back to the chute LOL.
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He's only shore casting in the spring - winter he's too busy fishing steelhead so for him never really below freezing when he is shore casting - agree braid absorbs water and will make a mess if it gets below freezing.
My son uses 15# braid to a barrel swivel and a 4-5' of 10# flouro leader - good castability with braid for that application. He uses a 9'6" 6-12# rated rod and an older 2500 size Daiwa SS spinning reel that holds plenty of braid and has a smooth drag.
my guess is your board is sliding on the release - instead of your middle board sliding 'up' my guess is your inside board is sliding down the line enough that the two end up with close to the same "line out" from rod tip to front release on the inline - what are you running for boards and releases?
I get it but if you make it hard enough where they have to put extra effort in they usually move along to the next guy....scammers don't really seem to put much work in - at least for something thats a few hundred dollars it seems....content usually to find another easy target...
A lot of these guys will grab pics off the internet and ask for payment even thought they don't have the item in their possession. What I typically do is ask them for a second photo of the item and ask them to hold a specific item in the field of view - like a can of soda or a dollar bill or some common object. When doing that I've never been scammed - most times on social media or here if I have requested I'm either blocked or the person goes away.....food for thought.
Lots of good memories in our 2023 rewind - couple good tournament placings, Bobby won the summer LOC youth salmon (4th on the main board) and we took home the A-Tom-Mik triple crown for the 2023 season. Enjoy!
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