wish i could go back to sleep until tomorrow!! new gear smell!

[Hobious]

i am fishing Clearlake CA tomorrow off my kayak.  tommorow is special, because i have  new rod and reel combo.  i kid you not when i say, at the beginning of summer most of my combos revolved around a Dobyns Fury.  a GREAT rod on it's own merits, but i made the decision to step it up in gear slowly.  a quality over quantity approach.  i might not need 13 combos, but 6-7 really good ones instead. 

this is my latest and probably my last purchase for 2023. 

Defender P5 FMJ rod topped with a Shimano 22-Bantam.  i loaded it with 14lb Sunline Sniper.  i like to stay on the lighter end of the spectrum even for the bottom contact stuff.  my lakes are fairly wide open.  i casted it yesteday with a practice plug and it was shocking.  i almost hit my neighbors car, parked very far away.  i had to thumb it hard. 

i dont think my fellow local fisherman fish a Carolina rig often, so that will be my first attmempt tomorrow morning.  i am dragging a big worm. 

Clearlake is 20 degress cooler air temps tomorrow.  i hope the fish are chewing and have moved off the flats and headed towards the tule shores.  heck,i might need a sweater!!  ahhah

go time.!

You cannot view this attachment.

[Donald Garner]

Congrats on the new equipment.  Tight lines tomorrow while out on the water. 

[Hobious]

It's now tomorrow!

You cannot view this attachment.