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  1. Finally my turn on nice fish :)

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    A really nice fish. Congrats to you and thanks for putting her back. Those lesions don't appear to be lamprey related.

    I don't know, but since they were circular and many of them on her back already healed I thought lampreys. In the area where I fish it's very unusual to catch fish fithout lamprey attached this time of the year. Some of them are up to 10 inches long :unsure:

  7. Finally my turn on nice fish :)

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    Posted · Edited by Lifeisfun

    We had great 2011 fall with Mike (fordson) and we got spoiled by the numbers caught late last year.

    This spring was tough for me, got new dog and I did not spent nearly enough time on the water as I would like.

     

     

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    Managed to make some friends happy getting theres personal best this year but me.... ehhhh... I sucked.

     

     

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    Luck started to change 2 weeks ago when I lost nice fish at the boat side since my fishing buddy was traveling with

    his family to visit mom and dad so he just left me hanging :lol: and couple days ago I was so frustrated that I did not set the hook enough :oops:

    Well, this morning I took wifey for "boat ride" and after 20 minutes of boring trolling finally musky gods decided to make my day!

    Started casting and not too long in to it this nice fish visited my net.

    This fish was recently caught by another angler (CATCH AND RELEASE WORKS!) and had bunch of lamprey marks on its body.

    By 9am was gettin very hot so we decided to go back home and that sure made the dog happy :mrgreen:

     

     

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  16. Tackle Industies Rods

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    It happened while fishing. I fished about 5 hours with 2 other guys,we had already landed 4 pike and two 38-40" ski's,but my luck was that i had caught 3 of the pike but neither ski. I went to change lures and noticed my braided line was frayed. At first I thought maybe from rocks or something but quickly realized I had about 30 ft of frayed line. We were in a river making short casts into pocket water in late fall. One insert had fractured leaving 1/2 the eye in place and a 360 degree knife edge, and another insert on my guide next to the tip top was completely gone.

    Hmmm, I still think it probably happened while in transport or perhaps

    The leader was thin enough to be reeled in.

    How is the other rod you gave away?

  17. Tackle Industies Rods

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    Posted · Edited by Lifeisfun

    I bought two for throwing cowgirls and gave one to my son-in-law. The rods balanced well, but mine didn't hold up. Two of the rod eye inserts broke out. I decided to send it back rather than repair it myself as I was concerned they'd all break sooner or later. I wasn't satisfied with the warranty process. I had to make multiple calls, just a hassle. I won't buy another.

    I have to say that I never heard of this problem before, I know many people who own themand my self

    use them exclusively 200-300 hours a year.

    My friend had cracked one of them on his St.croix tournament rod and it fried his line but that's about it.

    This actually happened while fishing or transporting the rod?

  19. Tackle Industies Rods

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    Posted · Edited by Lifeisfun

    Great rods, using 5 of them for the past 3-4 years.

    Always ordered directly from TackleIndustries or you can order from MTO

    but would be nice to see them in stock at eTackle - great retailer

     

    ... and here is the proof they work

    ( you can see two split grip TI rods in the bacground :thumbsup_anim: )

     

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