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Burke

Powell 711 MH with a Quantum Energy PT770 and 65 pound Power Pro.

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From an outside appearance perspective, they look alike. The spool of the "sf" reels will have "holes". I love my sf's because they cast a lot further than the regular curados.

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In the last 10 years, I probably broke the tips off 4 or 5 of my Lamiglas rods. None of them on the water. The ones I remember: closing the door on one; stuck one through a chainlink fence when I was walking thru the marina and not paying attention to where I was going; 2 separate incidents where I ...

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I use several of my rods for multi purpose fishing. My Powell 711MH is used for cranking a punker and baitfishing. If I want to go with a shorter rod for baitfishing, I use my Powell 735MH.

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Talk to Dan at reel-ex.com. He's located out of Foster City. His telephone number is 650-454-4938. He normally has a 48 hour turnaround time if he's not too busy. He's been doing reel maintenance/repair for a lot of us that visit this forum. He's worked on 10 of my reels and even repaired a couple t...

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With the rivers so high, not quite sure where the stipers would be. I fish Hog and Sycamore sloughs alot and have always seen fly fishermen in those sloughs during the summer and fall months.

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From CBS13: BETHEL ISLAND, Calif. (AP) — State officials are set to combat an invasive weed that has been choking waterways around Bethel Island and Discovery Bay in Contra Costa County. The California Department of Boating and Waterways is expected to begin applying a chemical next month that is de...

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I bring at least 2 rods when I walk the bank, but never more than 4.

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If you do a internet search "california delta boat tow", you'll see the towing service on Bethel Island. I was fishing Disappointment Slough near King Island and noticed a boat that offered towing service and stored the telephone number painted on the side of that boat in my cell phone, 20...

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My "Go To" lure for stripers is a 3/4 oz Rat L Trap (color - diamond dust). I throw it in the delta and if stripers are in the area, I'll catch one in the first couple of casts.

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Send them to Dan at ReelEx. He advertises on this forum. He's serviced and repaired Shimano reels for many of us on this forum

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They will basically go after anything that "moves". I've caught stripers on a variety of lures. My favorite lure for stripers are 3/4 oz Rat L Traps if I'm casting them and 1 or 1.5 oz Rat L Traps if I'm trolling for them. My biggest striper on a 3/4 oz Rat L Trap is 27+ lbs. I caught a 15...

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The Magazine Nostalgia section is great. Read a couple of the magazines and it brought back memories. In the 1989 magazine, there's even an article regarding the possibility of a bleak future for the spotted bass at Lake Perris with the heavy fishing there and the introduction of Florida strain bass.

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I like to use 4 inch Yamamoto Kut Tail worms. My favorite is the laminated red/black with silver (color 922).

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Delaney,

Tried the link and it does work.

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Mine is non-fishing. My youngest step-daughter is pregnant and is due soon. They know that it will be a boy (it will our first grandson). I'm hoping for an easy birth and a healthy baby.

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I have had some success with the live pointers. I don't use them as rip baits, but use a "stop and go" retrieve with them. My first fish on them was a 6 lb striper.

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If you remove the split ring and use a snap, use the smallest one possible because the action of the lure may be affected with the addition of the extra weight to the front end of the lure. Test out the impact to the action of the lure in clear water. Using a snap allows for quick changes, but it cr...

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I agree with a 7:1 gear ratio for many of the reasons mentioned. Did slower gear ratio for many years but found that I sometimes couldn't get my lure up on top of the water fast enough before it would foul up, especially when i threw into areas where the weeds were just under the water.

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My favorite are Rat L Traps. I have a few high priced lures, but like sTony, I buy lures that I can afford to lose and not cry about it. I love to crank 1/2 oz Rat L Traps along the outside edge of a weedline. I crank heavier Rat L Traps for stripers and salmon. All my PB fish have been caught on Ra...

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You are not alone in your struggles with a chatterbait. I use a chatterbait alot while my regular fishing buddy, Gerald, hates to use one. He would see me catch fish after fish on a chatterbait and then he would tie the same color that I was using and crank with it for about 5 minutes before he quit...

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I learned how to pull out imbedded hooks with fishing line from a friend of mine. Years ago, I was fishing with my friend and his wife at Clear Lake. She only fished occasionally and never with 3 people in a boat. We told her that she needed to make overhead casts but she forgot. She made a sideways...

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Buddy, Like Bill said, check your connections. My fishing buddy, Gerald, was experiencing the same problem with his trolling motor. At times, we had full power and, other times, we crawled. He traced the problem to a bad connection at the connector that plugs into the boat. He replaced the connector...

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sTony,

Like you, I earned several "croix de Candlestick" watching fly balls disappear into the night fog at Candlestick Park that dropped untouched in the outfield. Even shots of brandy couldn't keep you warm those nights.

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Matt,
I too have switched to braid for every application. Have not had the problems that I had with flouro -- snapping off a lure or two every trip while casting because the line needed a lot more TLC.

I have a few more birdnest but have learned to clean them up quickly.

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Name: Burke Fong Age: 61 Been fishing since I was probably 8 years old. Back then, I had one rod that did everything and a handful of lures. Nowadays, I have at least 20 different outfits and enough gear to stock a store (according to my friends). No boat. Almost everyone that I fish with owns a boa...

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Dan, a lot of great information about the Rat L Traps. I agree with you. I use the "stop n go/yo yo" method to retrieve my traps. I do not use the stock hardware -- upgrade my hooks to Owner 4x or VMC 4x and change to heavier split rings and oval split ring on top. Before I changed out the...

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I have a fishing buddy that always seems to drop an outfit or two overboard every year. Twice I fished with him when he lost an outfit overboard. Each time, my heaviest lures were 3/4 oz Rat L Traps so I tied 2 of them about a foot apart and dragged the bottom. The first time, I couldn't snag the ou...

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I posted on the bass forum because I love to fish for both types of fish. Hopefully, we can get a lot of fisherpersons who are willing to openly share and talk and not hide behind a moniker/nickname.

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I agree with all of you about getting this forum back about what we all love to go.....talk about about fishing, especially about bass in this forum and stripers in the other forum. Can we have the same thing for the reports section? I used to post a lot there, but nowadays I only post now and then ...

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Before the division championships started, I told my friends that I would love to see a Texas/San Francisco World Series and it might come true. GO Giants and Rangers!!!!!

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Been reading the recent issue and enjoyed the great article on drop shotting by Jon Werner. I had been thinking about using different plastics with this presentation and see that Jon has done it with success. Great magazine.

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Grumpy, It's been a hit or miss. About 2 months ago, we fished Montezuma Slough strictly for stripers when the water temp was in the low-60's and landed at least one keeper size stripers (largest 20 lbs) in the first 10 minutes of each trip trolling. I also fished Montezuma when the water temp was h...

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I have my best luck with catching stripers and salmon in one trip during the winter months when the water temp drops into the 50's. Usually it's from Nov to Jan.

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We've been catching them in Franks. A lot of dinks. Most of the keeper size stripers have been 21-22 inches with an occasional 8+lb fish.

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A few questions:

--Where are you coming from?

--Are you going to be in a boat? If YES, how big is your boat? Where do you plan to launch your boat? How far do you plan to go from where you launch?

We've been catching them in the Frank's Tract area and Montezuma Slough using Rat L Traps.

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The 1.5 oz that I have been mainly using is clear with a blue tint to it. I've also caught them using 1 oz chromes.

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I've been using 1.5 oz Rat L Traps and my buddy uses broken back rapalas.

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Big difference in price between wood and injected plastic punkers. You can only buy "silent" wood punkers and the paint job is fantastic. Injected plastic punkers come in "silent" or "rattles" and don't have the fantastic paint job. I have all three types. To me, the wo...

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We have been catching them in Montezuma Slough. The smallest one that we caught is about 6 lbs with the largest around 25 lbs. Been catching them trolling and cranking 1+ oz lures. Seen a lot of bait being clobbered in the morning and will be bringing my punker rod to test out the top water action.

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I also change out my all punker hooks to Owner 4X. I found a guy on eBay who ties feathered hooks. I sent him the Owner 4X hooks and he tied a bunch of customed feathered in various sizes for me.

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I use 65# for Punkers and Sammys and tie the braid directly to the lure. I guess I'm lucky most of the time because I only foul my hooks maybe 1 in 10 casts.

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Like many others, I'm sure glad that you changed your mind so that you can take care of our "babies" whenever they need some TLC or feel "broken".

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My cousins and I were returning to Paradise Marina this week and a houseboat was tied perpendicular to the launching dock near the end. In the middle of launching dock were two large cruisers tied perpendicular to the dock. On their gas dock which runs parallel to the launching dock was another boat...

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Dan,

Definitely reconsider. You have a lot of supporters who hate to see you quit your business. You're doing a great service for fisherman on this site. I always recommend you to my friends when they need service on their Shimano reels.

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We did real good using chartruese colored lures (e.g., spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, and crankbaits) over weeds and along weedlines.

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Here's the DFG site for license fees:

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/licensing/fishing ... scrip.html

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Looks like the fall run has started early. Entered a report on my Tuesday trip in the Reports Section. My friend and I boated 3 (6, 8, and 15 lbs) and lost 3 in a 3 hour period fishing Montezuma Slough. I caught mine using a 1.5 oz Rat L Trap and he was using a white hair raiser jig. My friend and a...

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Can't remember who I bought them from. I've checked out the current sellers with custom Lucky Craft lures and their names don't ring a bell. I haven't use them because I've only been on the water twice this year due to one reason or another.

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