So I bought the little ugly stik.. tired of ticks I went to the lake to rig my line and test the rod. I was very proud of my line rig went to a good open spot with a slip weight, eye bead and a eye hook with rubber minnow, on hook off a swivel. Yah ,yah I won't do fish talk ..lol I Just wanted some weight to see what distance I'd get from a short stiff rod. That I know is basically a dock rod. Open bail and a huge amount of line just tumbled to the ground ! WTH!!!! what a tangled mess. Locked reel cut line wrapped up the mess and left. Thankfully ...it started raining as soon as I left. That smoothed the sting. You know all I can do isshake my head and laugh.
weather permitting, I hope to hit the dam/river very shortly, maybe next weekend (I hope) (white bass, walleye, smallmouth) ... picked up a new Shimano spin today at Bass Pro and enough line to redo the rigs I take .. and a few new nic nacs to try out .. and found out the public area out along the big puddle is open this year, it was closed by the port authority last year 'cause of construction ... that means >>>>> COHO's and Browns, maybe a few Steelheads ... got to pick up some uncooked shrimp for slip bobbers (crawlers works good also as does squid) (shore/bank fishing only no personal boats any longer in the port, must stay out of the walls ).. ....
Lo, it came with the line on it. Actually it wasn't over filled. I came home and did an internet search. Not feeling quite as dumb after that. VERY COMMON issue I found. It could be from the way they mechanically fill reel. Cheapness of line. That or the way the bail is working or not. Hubby is going to help me out on it. That just may finally get him to find where he put my good pole and Gracia reel.
