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Great catch! Were the gars going for metals? I saw a dude get gar on metal but wasn't sure if it was fouled or not

Very nice!! I was about to say it was a tackle house popper haha Hey I have a question about playing kings when you're a bit outgunned. Do you let them run? Or lock up the drag?

Fenix HL30. Good amount of lumens and good battery life =]

Good read =]

Very nice! From Alan Hawk's review of the new Catalina, it's basically on par with the Saltiga for a considerable amount less. Same gears, drag and anti-reverse.

I use whetstones too, if you have the time to learn, it's well worth it. Really satisfying =D

I use two tiers of whetstones 400grit: quite rough, good for blunt knives, gives them a new edge 1000grit: fine, makes the edge sharp, for general use it's really good, probably equivalent sharpness to buying a quality knife out of the box and if you really care for your knives 6000grit: really fine, gives it a laser edge, good for cutting proteins (meat, fish, etc), with an edge this fine it'll get blunt quickly when cutting hard objects and may chip quite easily if cutting into bones, use this for a sashimi slicer like yanigiba or sujihiki, but not as a fillet knife unless you want to sharpen often using whetstones you won't need sharpening steels or gadgets, just some water and the stones, but it takes time to learn. good luck! =D

could try some zman or snapback plastics, they are stronger and don't really get their tails bitten off

had to get a friend to hold on to the other end to get mine undone. man butt joint rods can be annoying sometimes

I've used fisherman and sunline shock leader and can't fault either. Just got myself some YGK but haven't tried it yet

that release the first fish mentality is pretty cool congrats on the barracouta too! that's awesome!

Yozuri hybrid is my pick if you're going all mono

oh man my zippers are impossible to open with all the salt and accidental dunkings my backpack had. gonna go searching for a new one too

I found most things hook themselves, so even if you feel a bite just continue whatever retrieve you were doing. Or maybe slow it down a bit.

hahahaha awesome!

is it the same browning as the gun brand? the split grip and carry bag look sweet!

Barry Zuckerkorn looks so young hahaha

nice work! i've had no luck at greenwich before, hope yours keeps up!

i've tried setup 3 with just splits to single hooks. i found it really good on metals, it doesn't alter their wobble or twisting action much and you get all the advantages of one big hook. for some of the jap swimmers it seems to alter their action too much for my liking. for instance the adagio there, i tried singles on it and it had a smaller S arc compared to the recommended trebles. if you're worried about catch and release you can try STBL-66 (barbless trebles)

A bit off topic, I got some Sufix 832, it's pretty impressive. Not super limp like premium Jap line, but it's so strong that it takes extra effort for braid scissors to cut it

thanks for the review. still a handsome reel i think!

thanks for the review. still a handsome reel i think!

i don't own either reel but my reasons for going stella (5000) - you don't feel any urge to upgrade/change reel - high resale value if you need to - reliable and performs real nice but since you're happy with the stradic, maybe you could spend your money on something that you're not happy with

Bonito is really quite nice if bled and iced. My palate is pretty sensitive to the bloody taste so I can't handle mac tuna, just use it as bait or chuck it back. This might help Onboard Handling of Sashimi-grade Tuna They seem to cut tuna behind the pectoral fin to help it bleed. Never tried it though, I just gave up on mac tuna instead =P

wow epic catch! was the leader frayed at all?