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#31
News! / Fishing License app for Califo...
Last post by reelynew - March 27, 2024, 05:34:54 PM
Never thought I'd hear fishing news on the radio, but California Fish and Wildlife has a new smartphone app to use as a proof of license.  Keeping the printed copy with me was not a chore, but this is a nice backup.

I already had a login with CDFW, which wasn't working with the app after I downloaded it.  I ended-up having to click on "create a new account" on the mobile app and I used the same email address as my CDFW account, which worked. 

Unfortunately, hunting licenses are not yet available but hopefully before the season starts this fall.

I guess California has finally come into the modern age.  I had been using my Florida app for sometime.

#32
Max Out with Maxed Out / Re: 113h foam knob with matchi...
Last post by Maxed Out - March 27, 2024, 05:22:45 PM
Quote from: Bryan Young on March 26, 2024, 07:10:50 AM
Quote from: Maxed Out on March 26, 2024, 03:51:15 AMThese knobs can only come on my blades fully assembled, or maybe you can send me your blade and I can install my knob

Wait, what?  If I sent you, let's say a Newell blade, you could install the knob on the blade?

Well Bryan, I had a Newell blade Sheridan sent me a few years ago and put this knob on it this morning and shipped it to you. Should arrive Saturday but could possibly show up Friday
#33
Spring prep time gentlemen!
#34
Penn - Vintage / Re: Old Penn's Still Rock
Last post by slugmeister - March 27, 2024, 04:27:48 PM
There's nothing you said that is wrong. The Fierce is what it is. It was one of Penn's first real attempts to make a quality reel again after absolutely laying an egg throughout the 2000's. They came out with the Torque as the big reel, and the Fierce was the smaller reel that were all metal reels that actually worked good. They are not tanks though, obviously, as mine self destructed already.

I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing that people do not realize you can go on ebay, and for the same price, buy old reels that are higher quality than they are today. It's good because I can still buy reels like a 712z for $32. It's bad because manufacturers will continue to sell China made junk if it keeps selling. I wouldn't even be mad if Penn started making reels in say Mexico, Philippines, or heck, even Malaysia like Shimano does.  Shimano Sienna, Sedona, Sahara, etc. are not tanks, but they are usually under $50, so what do you expect? I just bought a Sienna from walmart for $8 clearance as a loaner for people.

As for the braid comment, I guess that's the only thing I don't agree with. Maybe it's a regional thing, but braid was plenty common around here back then, especially with the musky fisherman. The only difference is it was Dacron braid, verses Spectra or Dyneema braid that came out in the 90's. It's WAY before my time, heck even before my grandpa's time, but best I can tell Dacron braid and Nylon Monofilament lines came out about the same time. around 1940. Unless you mean the reels are sized so super braids have crazy line capacity, which they do. I still choose lighter braids just because it both casts farther, and it dives deeper with things such as trolling. I might use 50 pound on something like a 704/706. I think I have 40 pound on my 209 right now. Most of my rods I run 20 pound, which is probably what is going on my 712z.

All I know is I just spool modern Spectra or Dyneema braids like Power Pro straight onto my reels and it works just fine. I usually use no backing unless the spool is crazy overkill. I don't use a topshot in the sense that saltwater fisherman use. I usually use 6'ish of mono as a leader, and for musky and pike I have been using very heavy fluoro and mono as a leader for years, this year I'm going back to Surflon 7x7 steel.
#35
Tools and Lubricants / Re: Brush recommendation's ple...
Last post by tincanary - March 27, 2024, 01:50:46 PM
I use Harbor Freight acid brushes and fine artist brushes when I need more precise application.
#36
Penn - Vintage / Re: Old Penn's Still Rock
Last post by thorhammer - March 27, 2024, 01:09:39 PM
Not sure how / where you will fish it, but the Z was designed long before braid, so you can use braid backing or all braid on 704 and have plenty of capacity. I'd have no qualms about running 50 or 65 lb braid with a leader or topshot on that reel,and have set them up for big drum fishing exactly that way. Just switch in greased carbon drags and get after it. Not knocking your fierce, but those aren't designed in the same performance class as an SS. The new SS reels, which are the generational descendant of the 700 and Z series, are tanks as well. Your DAM Quicks, Senators, Z's, Jigmasters can all still be running after 50 years and with proper care will go another 50; your sedonas, fierce, baitrunners and stellas will not, in the same way you see a 66 Mustang still rolling but good luck finding ANY 2024 vehicle running 60 years from now when the electronics are no longer supported. Meanwhile, someone will have a crate Ford V8 somewhere in 2066, and that Mustang will still go, at a 100 years old.
#37
Centrifugal is best for larger lures since braking force is applied at the start of the cast and gradually tapers off as the spool slows.  Magnets on the other hand, are most effective in the middle and end of the cast since the braking force is a constant, especially in linear magnetic brakes like the Abu MagTrax system.  There's also the Daiwa Magforce brake, which we will probably see implemented in more reels once the patent expires.  Magforce works similar to a centrifugal brake.  An inductor on the spool moves relative to spool speed.  The faster the spool is spinning, the further into the magnet assembly the inductor moves.  The Magforce is also constant, the magnet assembly and inductor will still interact and not be completely off when the spool is moving slow or at rest.  Magforce is probably one of the easiest and most effective brakes out right now.  Those Daiwas with the SV spools are super simple to cast and have a short learning curve for newcomers.  SV spools are typically used for short range casting.  Then there is Magforce Z which is a little different and more conducive to distance casting.  Both work on the same principle. 
#38
Fishing Rods / Re: Help identifying rod brand
Last post by JasonGotaProblem - March 27, 2024, 12:26:34 PM
I think it looks a tad like a star rod. But I'm wrong a lot, it's like my super power.
#39
Max Out with Maxed Out / Re: 113h foam knob with matchi...
Last post by ExcessiveAngler - March 27, 2024, 06:28:54 AM
Man this is a bummer to hear.
#40
D.A.M. Quick / Re: Repair a bent rotating hea...
Last post by Midway Tommy - March 27, 2024, 06:01:11 AM
It doesn't take much corrosion or crud on the bottom of the spool, inside the center hole or on or in the insert to put the spool on enough of a twist that to make it rub the rotor.