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Ugh.

Please delete that picture. That is my favorite spoon three years running.

Nooooooooooooo!!!

Many of us started with convectors and quickly realized the money we thought we saved went out the door in lost gear lol.

I noticed an Okuma Convector in the background. I found the drags on the convectors to be too sticky- not smooth enough for no-stretch wire rigs IMO. You may want to consider upgrading to Tekotas with Christmas approaching lol.

YOU DON’T NEED FLUORO going to your flasher. You should be using at least 30lb mono to the flasher. The large swivel ring on flashers are too large to be tying 20 lb onto and expecting the knot to hold.

30 lb 1x7 strand stainless wire. There is plenty of nuance with using wire so it would be beneficial to jump on someone’s boat that is experienced using.

You have worthy rod holders already. Hopefully they are bolted (not scewed) in place with proper backing with stainless plating or large fender washers. You can catch a lot of fish with 1000’ of wire on a Tekota line counter with a 10’ ugly stick dipsy rod.

What is the length of the boat?

Sorry to hear about your health problems. I wish you a speedy recovery. How much are you listing the boat for?

Looks like you spent a lot of time customizing!

Huron was a plankton problem. The overstocking/ too much natural reproduction problem only sped up an inevitable crash.

They are delicious and were quickly consumed. They need to be eaten fresh or spoil. Zip the lateral line out and trim off remaining dark meat. Egg white wash, and coat with a white cornmeal/Panko/salt/ pepper mix then fry. Dip in cocktail sauce.

I had the jetty to myself. Unreal. It looks like there a limited number of camping spots on site also.

Great morning today. Went to Cape May inlet early and was rewarded with a great dolphin show followed by great topwater action for stripers and bluefish. Kept a few blues to fry up.

It is one thing to have spawning fish, and it is quite another to produce viable fry. You need right temps, O2 levels, a lack of egg predators, the right timing on flushing etc etc. It really is the Salmon River and a few select rivers north.

Good call. I checked it out today. Long walk to the jetty but beautiful area. Tomorrow’s excursion will involve me fishing this time. I saw this on a t-shirt in Cape May....

Stone Harbor, about 3/4 mile from bridge over to wildwood. Got beat up again in the waves today. Is the surf ever calm around here? Friekin’ crabs were biting my feet today when I stepped on their holes at low tide. Still looking for some pelagics. Very little bait within casting range. Quick hitters, with bait moving fast down the beach, usually out of casting range. No bait = no pelagics. I have found a good challenge.

DO NOT USE that type of swivel. Stick with Coastlock or Duolock styles.