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Well done all the catchers!

In a few weeks it will be 2 years since I quit taking tramadol, and I don't regret it.

Welcome to the forum.

Back when we really had the fever I wanted Molson Brewery to sponsor Rob and I in the ATC (Austin Team Championship). All I was after was a banner and some beer, and any help with gas money from Canada to Texas or entry fees would have just been gravy. I'd still like to do it.

I buy whole corn as well, and usually mix it with a few other grains and pulses before soaking and cooking. If you aren't going to use the kernels for hookbait (and it is great bait), you can cut out the soak time by buying rolled corn instead, and just bringing it to a boil then cooking on medium for an hour.

Well in the fathers and grandfathers!

Zander don't have that white spot on the tail; that's all I know about it. Nobody calls walleye Yellow Pike though, they are commonly, mistakenly referred to as pickerel here (and pike are often called jackfish, no matter the sex or size).

Stay warm, have fun, and good luck.

Saskcarp just caught a beautiful walleye, which he dedicates to the Bristol Rovers.

Right now we're just waiting until the ice is thick enough to drive on. I'm looking forward to getting out and might walk on later this week.

The signature of the amazing IanD: The first rule of Bait Boat Club is don't talk about Bait Boat Club. 🤣 My memory isn't perfect but it may have been in response for some purists throwing shade at them.

If speaking frankly about a company on the internet was prosecute-able Fairbrass would have all our stuff at his house.

Well done all catchers, all fishers, and all wishers. It's nice to see this sort of excitement.

Welcome to the forum.

I remember this coming up on the old CAG forum, and the consensus was that honestveek is right. Iirc there are a couple of ways that sanding the spigot could ruin the rod (either making it loose or seating it flush and never getting it apart again) and nothing to gain.

Welcome to the forum. The US based forums seem to have either withered or changed to concentrate on specific methods (ie: fly fishing) so give the scattergun approach a try. https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&hs=4WW&channel=fs&ei=smt9W9-4A-2x0PEP8LW20Aw&q=carp++fishing+new+jersey&oq=carp++fishing+new+jersey&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i22i30k1l4.4078.9520.0.9813.19.15.0.4.4.0.281.2069.0j7j3.10.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..5.14.2120...0i67k1j0i131k1.0.WGyJx0aB5tQ

I know someone who has absolutely ruled using huge donkey chokers, but a 10 lb carp can still suck in a boilie the size of a golf ball.

...and/or also lost what could be a once in a lifetime fish through a brain fart or not being alert enough. John Alden Knight is credited with starting the solunar thing [(I've bought the booklet his family still publishes)at least I think they still do] but market hunters and fishermen had long known that the juxtaposition of sun and moon affects game and fish. I've seen it work perfectly on cue and not work at all. There are quite a few factors involved in why and when fish bite, and the solunar table is just one of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solunar_theory

I'm a caretaker and maintenance man at a bar, never buy sunglasses (or gloves) again.

I had an offer to go paint stripes on the humbugs at the candy shop, but at my age can't see giving up my career as a whisky taster.