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Ray, how long of a run did you make from the time you had the rod and the time you lost it? Is it worth going back over the section with a treble hook? I have caught a few rods and reels that have fell over in brush before. We can run your track and try if you want to. I got plenty of weighted treble hooks.
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Ron, we don't really know when it fell out. Unfortunately we ran from one side of Big A to the other so it could be anywhere including in the middle of the channel which is 30 some feet deep.
If I had seen it fall out I probably would have jumped in after it.
Mark 1:17 ...I will make you fishers of men
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Hate you'll had bad luck! Thought it may be worth a try. Your new depth finder keeps up with your tracks so we could run back over it and fish for Mr. C rod n reel. Hope he can find another.
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Wish I had thought to run back over the track with my DI zoomed in to the bottom. Next time I get up there I will give it a shot. I am still learning to use it and I never thought to zoom it down to the bottom 4 or 5 ft and see if it would show up.
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Ray spotted a couple of Shimano rods at the local K-Mart that are about as close as I think that I'm going to find. He said that there were three but when I got there there were only two... So I bought both thinking that I'm not going to get caught again with out a rod to shoot with...I come to find out that he got the other one? I guess he liked what he saw on the last trip. I still think that we just had a bad day for fishing but some of those docks that we fished sure did look really good.
CP I do have a catalog and will look at that rod. If I had that first rod off the line, I think I'd put that rod up in a real safe place, it's not every day that a company does that.... I think often of those trips that we made to Watts Bar, of all of the many friends that I made there and those great fish fries on Sunday afternoon. I think that those fish were the thickest crappie for the lenght of any that I have ever seen. And the only place that I've seen and caught a Black Nose Crappie.. I think that those Black Nose are the ones that Don and Blackie use to catch and use a grease pen and mark them... :-) It's always good to hear form you. I hope Paul is doing well these days.
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Hey, Gerald, my friend ... glad to see you're still out there after'em !!
Paul is doing fine. I'm doing OK, myself, after three months of health issues ... and looking forward to getting back out on the water, and maybe even back down to Watts Bar. I'm currently running a similar setup on a local lake, and calling them by the same names ... Spring Fling & Fall Brawl (on Green River Lake in south central KY). The only real difference is the fishing and fish fry are on the same day & the prizes are awarded by ticket draw from a hat ... as there is no "tournament" aspect to these events.
I hear what you're saying, about having #1 off the model line ... but, it's been such a good rod that I'd really hate to see it just sitting there for me to admire, and not use. It has, in fact, been such a good rod that I've pretty much retired two other rods in favor of it.
I've touted the ESP rods over the last several years, and everyone that has purchased one & replied to threads about rods has always stated positive remarks. I've fulfilled my obligation to field test & report back to ESP on what I thought of the rods and how they performed for me ... so I'm not recommending them because of allegiance to the company or the designer/VP of Marketing whom solicited my involvement. I truly like using the rods, and they perform better than the rods they replaced.
I just wish there was a retail outlet in SC that carried these rods, but according to the website locator ... there are none, and the closest outlets are in NC or GA.
Take care, my friend !!
... cp
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