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Went out of the Merrimack early today.
Sea robins, mackerel, cod and herring. No keepers.
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Here's a little schoolie from last week:
Dude that thing would fit in a shoebox...C'mon burn that pic
this is a typical (Glosta) striper....(last Aug.)...if it ain't >4ft. long it dosn't countBetter than no fish. I'm heading out tomorrow. Did you hear....first tuna caught on the bank today. 88" from a boat out of Sesuit Harbor.
Redeemed myself today from my apparently pathetic bass.
In COD we trust!!!
(Squished) Let me use my $$$ Stella to jig for cod ...... LOL. Dude - that IS too funny. You need to use a plain jane Penn 113H w/ aluminum spool loaded w/ 65 lb PP - they are simple and great at winching up doubles from down in deep water. You can buy about 6 for the cost of the Stella!
Is that other conventional reel a Torium w/ an aftermarket power handle? I use a Torium 30 as well, but prefer the Penn 113H. I jam the rod in the gunnel and just crank on the handle LOL.
Glostaman = boat fish don't count. Last time out in a boat w/ my buddy in CT we were getting lots of fish in the low to mid 40" range -> drifting eels is killer!!
113H w/ aluminum spool is not that heavy. The diameter of the spool is greater than the Torium so the actual amount of line that comes is a lot more than you give it credit for. Do this test: tie on 20-30 lbs of weights and crank it across the floor. The 113 SMOKES the Torium in terms of effort involved.
I'm not making it up - I've have already done this test. Try your Stella like that as well and see how it feels. The old Penn 9500ss did surprizing well for a spinning reel (much better than my Spheros 14000).
You type too darn fast as well LOL.
I'm talking about PURE winching power of the reel. Go tie on the weights and REEL it across the floor and you will feel the reel BIND up. The Torium binds ups and wants to twist when you reel it - effort involved is much greater than with the Penn 113H.
I don't vertical jig so I don't know what it involves. I know they use those long butterfly jigs with one or two of those hooks that have some line tied to it already. So when you hook into a fish you you just pump it like mad and reel like a SOB? My back would give way doing that - it must be a young guys thing.
Next time you visit your girlfriend, pop over earlier and bring your reels along and we can test them. Were you still looking for saltwater poppers?
Here is a nice bass I caught in 2002 in Webster Lake