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Kudos to all that helped out! Figures you got yourself a sit down job Ron.

Two thumbs up, good work guys!

It wouldn't be wrong to accidentally spill a little beer into those pork mixin's.

Happy B'day Ryan. I hope you and the family are out enjoying the weather and drowning a few of these babies.

Sweet looking ride you got there Rich. I'm sure you, Patsy and the dogs are going to have lots of fun with her.

Well this explains why you've not been over drinking my beer.

And here I thought you was just trying to get his "goat".

Keep at it Peter. I've never regretted quitting smoking only starting again.

I'm sure you had a good nap while driving home.

Grrrrrr.....

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Yep, that's the one you want.

Good luck on get'n dinner. Looks like it's gonna be a beauty day.

Actually you have 'bout half of it Gerritt, Chris got the other half (recently). Remember I used ot brew mass production..

Is that your your honey hole, should have blurred out the background

Guess I'm gonna have to get back all my home brewing supples from ChrisK and start up my basement brewery again. Damn the big breweries and that tasteless swill !

Nope, he said "Bye" and I reciprocated, nothing more. If he wants to take his ball and go home because those in the know don't agree with the 20lb tag, then so be it. It would seem that most said "nice fish" even if they disputed the 20lb claim and it is indeed a nice fish. Easy to get caught up in the excitement and over estimate it's size when it's your best ever, but as I said, those in the know, know. No need to get upset if it's not a 20lb, it's still a solid fish and a benchmark for future efforts. And for the record the lack of an obvious fin clip does not guarantee that it's a wild fish.

Adios !

You and the Mrs. have a great time.

This is obviously a ruse, don't waste your time with this technique, it'll never work, seriously!

MJL's advice is solid and pretty much how I do it. However not owning a heat gun I use steam from a boiling kettle (gently, you want to warm the finish, not the rod), and remove finish a little at a time, scraping it with my thumb nail. It's a slow process so don't try to rush it. I wouldn't recommend using power pro, get the proper rod winding thread and be sure not to use to much tension when winding, the thread does have some stretch and too much tension can actually crush the rod causing imminent failure of the blank.

Nice, I'd love to try a boat trip for steel like that, someday! As for that brownie, whoa, what a tank!

Hey Dave, it was great to have you there. Sorry we didn't get to chat much but you were quite busy with the good folks who wanted to bend your ear and I was kept busy with my duties selling beer tickets. Imagine trusting me with the beer tickets....LOL You did a stellar job and I'd like to thank you again for making it out, I know you had an incredibly busy weekend which I'm sure you're now glad is over. I hope you're now well rested so you can get back to some Dave time out on the water. Be well.

Nice fish Peter! You can't beat spoon chucking for spring Browns, they're hungry fish keyed in on inshore bait schools.

Reminds me of myself at that age and to think of all the trouble I could have been getting in. Thanks for posting, great pics. I hope he's now hardcore.