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Lotsa good info there Bill. ^^^^

Nice fish and good to hear you & your son had a great trip.

Absolutely Bill, every time you don't figure 8 you may be missing nice fish. And FWIW, I used to do a HUGE amount of musky fishing after dark and the majority of my fish came on an 8 right beside the boat.....talk about a rush when you don't even know she's there until she clobbers the bait LOL

Nice Barry, good to see the critters in their natural habitat.

I think people that follow that rule are missing a lot of fish LOL

Atta boy siwash, not the musky you were hoping for but nice fish just the same.

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It's all just a personal choice and everyone has a different opinion. I always preferred the larger reels but would certainly never tell anyone using a low profile that they were wrong. Sorta like the never ending debate on which hand should you crank with. Pick whatever feels best to you and if you borrow one of each from a friend to try them out all the better.

Sorry to hear that, it's tough when you lose a close friend like that. My closest bud and I were like brothers for 40 years and always together. He's the reason we bought this house here in the boonies as they were only a couple miles down the road. It was great for 18 months then he suddenly got sick and died. My wife and his wife are still best friends after 1/2 a century but at least I've still got a head full of memories.

Went down the Peterboro to go into CTC this morning and not only have they set-up for Halloween but they're stocking the shelves with all the Christmas decorations all ready. Even got some artificial trees out on display.

I liked the Calcutta reels and used them for years. The CT's were a good casting reel for bucktails and spinnerbaits but my usual go-to was a TE with a power handle and it was incredible for burning baits fast and working large jerk baits. I also had an Ambassador 5500 with a power handle and while a lot less expensive than a TE it worked quite well for jerkbaits. For trolling I found the Tekota 600LC was a good as they get. All just my own opinion though.

Just my own opinion but I always found black & orange baits worked very well on Pigeon.

Other than a couple hiccups it sounds like a fun trip. Good to hear you guys enjoyed your trip.

There certainly are Roger LOL

Haven't had one in years but back in the day we used to just slice them up and fry in butter but your recipe sounds really good. Maybe I'll take a hike thru the woods tomorrow, LOL

Be good to see you again, let me know when your coming up and I'll give you directions.,

Everything's great here, stop in the next time your passing through.

Not quite the way Monique describes you LOL

Happy Anniversary to a pair of fun folks !!

Thanks guys, I just thought it was a cool little guy and thought it odd that I'd never seen one before.

Spotted this critter while watering the flowers this morning. Really beautiful spider with a body about 1/2" long and 1 1/2" from tip of front leg to tip of back. Not a big deal but my 1st time seeing one.

You should give your location where your leaving from if you want a drive-to to help guys with their recommendations.

Atta boy Bud, good stuff !!

You guys are having some good trips this year.