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While I let the plastic spool soak for 10 minutes in warm water so it can take the shape of my reel spool without too much springing, I put the arbor knot on the reel spool. Also this is a good time to wipe your rod and finger check the guides for any nicks on the ceramic hoops. Then I do this method http://www.bassfishin.com/video-tips/how-t...-spinning-reel/ and I use a telephone book and put the line though the last few pages for pressure (for 60lb braid, for 15lb-30 mono or flouro I used mid way in the telephone book), and close the book. When I get out onto the lake I cast a few long casts with a swivel and lure and this gets any remaining twists out. I know you probably can't get 100% twists out but I never really have any twists and tangles anymore.

No weed on it, put it back into the box. I squeeze out the water from the bucktails first. Leaving lures out on the boat makes me lose them, or get them caught in my pants or the net. Treble hooks are also very painful and I don't want any nasty surprises while I excitedly fight a fish.

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She checked the gas tank in the boat just before we left 8:20 am and estimated full. It was near full. At the end of the day 7pm we put the boat in front of the pump and we watched the $$$$ go up to $26 I thought it was over with the charging but then she had a tube and was filling it with oil and said $10 more for oil. I think gas is perhaps a tiny bit over, but we did drive around the boat alot, but $10 for oil I'm sure was overestimated. But I don't really care of a few dollars anyhow. At most we were overcharged by $5. Not a big deal. If we caught big fish then the boat rental would be well worth it for the lifetime memories of big fish. Other things to note $700 or $800 deposit (FULL refund) on that boat and $50 late boat fee after 7pm. She acted professionally and she gave us a water proof map to use that showed the shoals and some fishing spots.

Hi everybody. I rented the 14' PRINCECRAFT fishing boat with 25 hp Merc motor about 2 weeks ago from Rosedale. It was fun to drive around and easy to start up. Just turn the key instead of yanking the cord like on the smaller 9.8hp motors. The seats were comfortable too, better than sitting on the wooden board like in the smaller boats. The downside was that we got nailed on gas and oil at the end of the day. She charged us $26 for gas and $10 for oil!!! Mind you we did go all over Balsam that day and almost drove over the logs in the northwest bay lol. But there was a small muskie hiding in the upright logs which caused a fuss for my plastic shad. It struck but I did not hook it properly:( I should have waited until I felt the weight of the fish before setting the hook. The total for bot rental that day was $161 after taxes. The marina had a nice clean and large washroom (10X better than the portapotty stinky boxes at other places) and the service was good too. So nice to wash your face free of suntan lotion after many hours of fishing and the drive home. I'll probably head up there again in the fall because muskie fishing sucked for me the day I went.