bassslinger

That's a great post. You will get a lot of life out of a reel if you maintain them like that. One thing I find handy is using my air compressor with a blowing attachment. It makes stripping the old crud out of the gears and bearings easy. Just make sure there isn't any small parts that can go flying. Hold a cloth or paper towel around the part your blasting. I use liquid wrench for stripping the crap off. Works good. Mike's Reel Repair is the source for most schematics if you happen to loose the one for your reel.

Aircraft carrier..... Johnny Bass hit the nail on the head.....

When those boys call ya for direction and advice you are on your game. Sweet report.

Awesome detailed report. Good on ya for figuring that pattern out.

Before I lanch in a tournament I stroke my flippin stick just like that. Start with the knob and work my way out...... Passion Boys that's what Cherry"s talkin about....

Panfish do open this weekend but not everywhere in the Kawartha`s due to walleye santuary restrictions, check your regs for the area you intend to fish.

I would guess the people that poach walleye seriously wouldn't be waiting for spawning reports on this site. They know whats going on.... Sadly. I have seen people fishing with a dewworm 'n cork right when the walleyes are in full spawn mode, totally ignorrant to what's going on around them. I doubt those people are using the internet for any sort of information. At least I have seen an increase of posted NO FISHING signs at the dams this year...

I agree. It is frustrating when you get the time to sit down to watch a fishin show and that crap is on. Who wants to watch that?. Expecially after paying for the service. There is simply just barely enough on WFN to keep people paying. Leafs TV isn't much better.

To be the best you need that kind of intensity and focus... Ike would have done that on Simcoe in the fall if there was a tournament on the line. Worry about the cold after the fish is in the livewell.

Is there a cormorant nest in the tree above?....

What's running that boat a John Deere?.

It's Lebaron...Not Lebarons

Are we talking a Great Lakes strain of smallmouth at 20"?. Big water smallies are quite different than inland, smaller waterbody fish. They grow, feed, migrate and the genetics make them almost a different sub species. Just like the walleyes and perch, pike and so on. A 20"er from a Great Lake and a 20" smallmouth from a Kawartha type lake probably have a 5+ year age and a pound in weight seperation.

For a smallie be 5# at 20" it would be a thick fish. An average sized 22" is more like 5 pounds. A 20" largie can go 5# commonly.

Even Zander are mistaken as Pickerillls. That is a heck of a egg ladden zander.