Tested rod repair well today...

... and it held up just fine. I even forgot and boat-lifted a few smaller fish. I gotta break that habit! You recall I broke, and then repaired my Abu G ERFS 67SUL. Well, so far, so good. Biggest today was a 11.25" shellcracker bull. Still not sure what's going on spawn-wise, I haven't gotten on a full-tilt bed yet - still ones and twos on the real big fish, anyway. Was surprised to catch one redbreast today; these were never stocked, just impounded when they made the lake. 77F surface temp.
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Really nice looking fish there!

Congrats on the repair working .
And a Big Congrats on a fine day on the water .
Beautiful Fish !

Some very nice fish there, and I’m really happy to hear the repair worked. They All looked to be very well fed.
Bob

Beautiful fish! Glad your repair held up

Thise are some toads. They surely tested it

Glad the repair worked for you, good looking fish.

Congrats on the repair and the fish.

Good catches for sure….rod repair should hold up fine if it passed the test today. Beautiful fish both species are!


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Nice catch for sure . :ThumbsUp

More, ahem, testing today. Shellcracker females still full of eggs, but more bluegill seem to be moving onto beds, I can see them on sonar, and the big bulls are biting, and need to "go", if you give them a little squeeze. Today was very windy, so I looked for beds in a new part of the lake where wind was sheltered, and found a few. Kept a couple bull males for my supper, released all else, including a bunch of shorties.
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Some very nice looking fish there! They looked big enough to fill the pan!
Bob

Nice fish to test rod repair.

Glad the rod is working out. Beautiful fish.

Regards


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Some Great looking fish.

Got shipping notice from Digitaka that my new top half is on the way. I'll set it aside and continue to use the repaired rod. Right now the dollar to yen rate is pretty favorable: I found another slow taper special 6'7" SUL in stock (thanks to member zekepa for the heads up), and bought it. I also ordered another Daiwa 21 Presso 1000S-P to put on it. I used my accrued points from Digitaka and got the reel for just over 3 bills. I have no will power, none.
Headed back to the lake as soon as my batteries charge up - forgot to hook up the extension cord after filleting fish yesterday. Fish tacos tonight! :cheers2

Glad to hear your repair passed the trial by fire. And boatlifting! I’m impressed. Those are some gooduns where I come from.

And I’ll take two of those tacos please.

Good to hear the rod held up. It sure caught some nice fish!

Nice