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Congratulations @Ham enjoy your retirement I know I am. I retired 19 years ago & haven’t regretted it for 1 minute. I think the whole trick to the stress & depression thing is to stay busy. I think the sitting around doing nothing is what causes the stress & depression. When hobbies stop being fun, I stop & find a new one. Never get rid of the old one just pack it away for a while. I have several that I rotate through & add a new one from time to time. I think the whole trick to a happy long retirement is to keep busy but at your own pace.

Wonder why they didn’t shock the lake & move them to other city lakes. They’ve had the same problem with the lake in Lone Elk Reservoir been trying to figure it out for several years now.

Nice to know, thanks for the heads up.

I would start by clearing the cache on my browser, the run a virus scan on your computer.

A friend & I bought a bunch of Odysee spinning rods of different lengths & power from a local sporting goods shop when they would have them on sale. As time went on we started buying better rods. It’s like many things when we bought them they fished well for us. Now we both consider them as loaners. Probably between the 2 of us we have at least 15 of them. We probably started buying them 10-12 years ago. We would both consider donating them to a youth fishing program or a veterans fishing program. We’re both in the Fenton’s, Mo area. Any ideas?

I generally read the forum on my iPad using Safari the only ad that really bugs me is the one that keeps sliding up from the bottom & covers half my screen. Other than that the ads here aren’t bad at all.

My new to me truck’s bed is only 5.5 ft so carrying rods in the bed is a chore. I can lay a couple cross wise up to 6’6” comfortably. Most of my rods are 1 piece because I believe they are more sensitive. Can a 1 piece rod be cut & made into a 2 piece? If it could be done would it be cost effective? My thought is that it would be more cost effective to just buy some new 2 piece rods but thought I’d check with you guys 1st.

That explains why I got a better contour chart with the Deeper Pro+ 2 which I scanned at 240 kHz & used 455 kHZ when using the Garmin. I’ll go back & scan it again using 210 kHz using the Garmin. Thank Dutch for the explanation.

I purchased the Striker Cast GPS version because I thought it would be good to map the local ponds I normally fish. That way when I went back at a later date I could pull-up the map & check depths etc. Took it to a small local pond that doesn’t get much use to try the mapping. I tossed the little bobber sonar dealie out & reeled it back until the map showed I had covered most of the pond. As I was doing the casting & reeling the wife was reading the depth changes off the phone. Her depths from the Striker Cast app were from 8.5’ to 2’ when finished the contours showed 4’ to 2’ this was done at the 455 kHz frequency which is the narrower beam, the wider beam is 210 kHz which would be better for mapping contours especially is shallower waters. My quess is 15’ is probably the max for the ponds I fish & want to map.

I have a bunch of soft plastics that have been store in their original bags that are at least 8 years old. They were stored inside in the basement. They seem a little dry compared to a new bag but are still soft & pliable. A friend has some about the same age but he discovered that a new bag got more bites than his old ones. I’m wondering if there is anything that can be done to renew my old soft plastics or would I be better off tossing them & purchasing new ones?

I bought a KastKing Trestrel Carbon & a 6’6" ultra light Ugly stick & hated the whole thing after one outing. Spent more time undoing birdsnest than fishing no matter how I adjusted the reel. Instead of returning it all & giving up on BFS I decided to try ax different rod instead. Bought a Daiwa Tatula 6’6” med light the difference was night & day. I can cast a 3/32 oz plug all day long without issues as long as I don’t do something stupid. Very happy with this combination. I have #6 braid with #6 fluoro leader.

When going through my old fishing stuff from 10 years ago I came across the Vexilar SonicPhone T-pod but unfortunately I couldn’t find the charging cord. To my surprise it’s still being produced. Vexilar sells replacement charging cables so I ordered one. Looking at the Garmin app & Vexilar app in the demo mode look very similar. I did stick it in a bucket of water & the lights came on & it worked so I ordered a new charging cables. Can’t wait to toss it in a lake & checkout the bottom contours.

Are you tossing the night crawler on the bottom or suspending off the bottom with a bobber. Guessing drop shot might work too.

Those are some nice looking fish for sure, congrats on a good trip.

I’m looking at the Garmin Striker Cast but can’t decide between the GPS model or the standard model, $50 difference in price. I bank fish small uncharted lakes & ponds & was thinking I could use it to get an idea on the contour in an area. I will either cast it with a dedicated heavy rod with probably #100 braid on the spool. Also thinking about towing it with an RC boat. Does anyone have one & is the GPS worth the extra $50? https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/665274/