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Hope you have a great one and the fish are biting for you. Glen

That would all depend on you. If you don't mind fishing and working a little bit for fish then stay out and see if you can get them going. Sometimes you can sometimes you can't. It will make you a better fishermen either way. If you just want the easy fish, fish the bite and head in during the slow time. For me, I usually burn more fuel running in and back out than if I just stay out and run on the kicker. Good luck Glen

Ya, 5500 rpm sounds right. I'm sure you could find the information on the internet to varify this. Glen

Glad to hear it went well. Nice job getting this tournament off the ground Nick and good job having fun out there Sean. Glen

I wouldn't run much less than 650 ft on the downrigger rods. A quality reel with a good drag thats set right will stop all LO Kings by then. Closest I've ever come to being spooled with a little more than 600 ft of 40 lb line was a 24 lb King that was hooked in the side. We had to turn on that fish anyway because we couldn't gain any line back on him. On my Shimano 600 Tekotas I fit about 750 ft of 30 lb Ande and never had a problem after thousands of LO of Kings. Good luck Glen

What part of the lake do you want to fish? Glen

I like either black or black. Glen

Happy Birthday Greg. Hope it's a great one. Glen

I set my riggers first dipsys second and copper third since it takes the longest to get out. Glen

No. She doesn't need a license if shes not fishing. Glen

Nice job and much better pictures Big. Glen

Nice fishing guys. Glen

Never had that problem Nick but every once and a while you need to tighten the belt using the belt tension adjuster as the new belts stretch a bit. Once the belt stretches a time or two they set in and stay put after that. Give it a try and see if it works for you. Glen

Running Scottys since 1994. Don't have any negatives to speak of. Probably the two things that bother me the most is the sight windows fog up on occasion and if you bring up a plastic bag or weeds on the cable it will slide the auto stop beads down the cable when the weeds get caught in the front roller. It only takes a couple seconds to open the top cover and wipe the sight window clean and if your in weedy or debris filled areas you just got to keep an eye on the cable coming up. Very minor. The riggers are strong, trouble free and just keep on fishing. Good luck Glen

YA..... On squeaky door hinges. Works great. Glen

You can't make everybody happy all the time Nick. Relax and enjoy. I learned from my tournament fishing it doesn't matter what the rules are somebody will ****. All tournaments are not for all fishermen and they never will be. Glen

Not yet. Passed the tests, got the drug test today and just got to finish the paper work and get the form for the drug test back from the lab then send it to Sea tech. They will review it and send it to the Coastguard. Won't be long now I guess.

Nope but thanks. Got to be type 1 Thanks for the info Nick. Glen

Spray on slimy grimy and hit it with a pressure washer Scott. Safe for the environment as well. Glen

Great tournament Tom. Well run and the Spoonfed Team really enjoyed it. Glen

Need 6. Anybody have any to get rid of? Thanks Glen

Thanks for the correction Mortigan. Some reason I was thinking next weekend for the start. Post up if you get a definate clarification on if it's 20 or 25lbs for the summer session as the 20 lb fish on the board would suggest it's 20. Thanks Glen

You were probably looking at the spring leader board as the summer derby hasn't started yet. I know in the fall session the minimum weight is 25 lbs. Have to check the rules for the summer weight. I would think it would stay at the 20 lb mark but 100% not sure. Glen

Nice job Split.