Size O ball bearing swivels arrived today. $15 for 100. They have split rings on both ends, which is what I thought I wanted, but in size O they are hard to play with getting that blade on. I used roller swivels earlier today and they were spinning like crazy, so it is possible these will spin even faster but I don’t see how they could.
I bought swivels for surf fishing and would order ones that were very swivelly. To test I laid them on the hood of the truck and watched. If they rolled right off as if greased, I knew I had a good supplier. The loops do not rotate in that kind of test so it really is a good test. They came 37 million for a dollar or something like that, but you have to wait for the boat to get here from China. True shame that all the best machines are there and not here. I see items that claim to be American that are in fact from China. They also just out right copy things as if patents don’t exist. Still as bad as it is to buy Chinese, some things are best gotten from them.
Looking at the stack of hacked up pieces of flesh formerly swimming about, I will need more to make a dinner. So back out there again tomorrow. Same bat time, same bat channel. Only this time I am heading straight for that area where they were today, and start hunting them from there.
This morning as I launched and rode out it was like a scene from Africa. Wild birds making crazy sounds. Saw the largest snail I have ever seen. It appeared to be laying eggs on the dock. 3” across maybe. Forgot to take picture. Dock is underwater and kind of tricky to negotiate. Anyways the mornings are my favorite time of the day. God walked his garden in the cool of the mornings.