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Glad to see the jig works.

And the trout should like them especially if you tie on a Matrix.

Caught. Yeah, I could probably cull a few but one hates to be caught short on a slow day and that special lure is back at the house.
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Juan, another lure? I just had a tour of your lure room/man cave and you DO NOT have room for another lure. All the walls are festooned with lures as it is, are you going to open an annex in the barn?
OD

Some truth here . . .

We enjoy watching Winston Chester's Panhandle Outdoors on YouTube.
OD
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Reply to PCB. . . The unit is slow. And the numbers on the screen are small even at what they term 'normal' size making them hard to see when standing away from the console while underway. While stationary my screen won't stay still. It flips around and I haven't yet found a button to push to make i...

I am very disappointed in the Hook unit I bought. so much so I went on ebay this week and bought another Lowrance hdi elite 7. (I had moved my old one to the bow). I really like that unit compared to the Hook 7 i bought.
OD

Glad to hear you are doing well Earl!
OD

JUAN (Rick), when you start getting my early spring trout snagging reports you'll be amazed at how fast your recovery will go. They start next week.

OD

HAVING HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING FISHED WITH PA SEVERAL TIMES I CAN TESTIFY THAT HE IS THE "KING" OF TOPWATER FISHING AND I KNOW HE'LL PUT STEVE'S PLUG TO GOOD USE. I WISH I HAD VIDEO OF PA TALKING TROUT INTO A STRIKE ON TOPWATER AT PLACES WE FISHED SUCH AS ICONFINA, ST MARKS, AND ST ANDR...

Glad you are feeling better PA but please get your doc's advice on stopping your meds.
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Thanks again for the hints guys. I can go lighter on lines and rods because I'll never target tarpon and can usually wait out any red I catch. I am retired and in no hurry.
OD

Great. Thanks for the reply. Do you use sinking line? I found some in my tackle bag, but thought it might be too much work to cast it. And thanks for the tips on attractors. Juan, once this weather clears, we'll go get on some. I thought I might try it tomorrow but it looks like some rain lingering ...

I have used floating line---the same line (7-8 WT) I use for fishing for bream and bass, and a6-8 foot mono leader for speckled trout and I've caught some--on a Clouser minnow. And that's because I was too lazy to rig up the right way for trout and reds. Now I want to rig up a reel specifically for ...