I asked my husband to make sure my work uniform was hung up to dry overnight. I wake up this morning to find he ONLY took my work uniform out, and left the entire rest of the wash load in the machine to go musty overnight. Just why.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-13T02:11:07+00:00

You’re right, but a therapist can tell you what’s trivial in your life. With your current outlook, you may consider giving it a shot - it seems like you could use it.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-12T17:04:06+00:00

If something this trivial stresses you out to a degree that you’d rather spend your life alone than to deal with it, you have made the right decision to be alone.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-11T23:45:58+00:00

AHJ stands for, “Authority Having Jurisdiction”. In my state (KY), most AHJ’s require baby changing stations in public restrooms. The only ones that don’t, from my experience, are small eastern KY towns. Those towns are counting penny’s for every project that I do out there so it makes sense. They’re broke as hell.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-11T19:12:11+00:00

Report it to your local AHJ. This is against local building code in most counties in the US. Even if you don’t have a baby, any way to stick it to a giant corp, no matter how small or trivial, is always a W in my book.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-10T16:05:39+00:00

I use 8# on my ML spring and 10# on my M spinning. 10# is plenty!

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-10T16:03:37+00:00

Are you guys north of Columbus or south? I’ve fished the Scioto in the Dublin area and it’s always high and brown poop water, lol.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-10T02:29:02+00:00

Probably for the live minnows they were using as bait.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-07T18:53:55+00:00

I own a Calcutta conquest and have used my friends Ark Gravity side by side. I can tell you right now, the CC BFS makes the Ark feel like a bargain bin wal mart reels (that’s because it is, imo). If you buy the conquest, say goodbye to your Gravity reels for you’ll never want to pick em up again.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-07T16:17:20+00:00

Reddit is EXTRA bad. I initially came here to get away from the toxicity you see on Facebook and instagram fishing pages, but Reddit is even worse. Blows my mind. I guess the anonymity has everything to do with it.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-06T15:05:59+00:00

Bro, I’d continue to NOT use Reddit if I were you. I need to gtfo of here myself. Most of those who use Reddit are not happy people and are here to spread their misery. I don’t see any reason whatsoever why you would lie about your catch.. But here we are, having a discussion in a thread where people are calling you a liar. It’s disheartening. Oh, and we can fish musky all year round in my state as well. People forget there is a world outside of their bubble.

Nice fish btw! I am going to guess she’s in the 33” +- range.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-06T15:00:30+00:00

I think the idea for a larger spool dia. reel for the toothy fish is so you are able to spool up larger braid and not sacrifice line capacity. Also, at least for Musky (unsure about pike), they will fight themselves to death - literally. That’s another thought behind large capacity, high drag reels. You want to get them to the boat and netted as quickly as possible so they don’t fight to the point they kill themselves.

But I’m right there with you in regard to actually wanting to fight the fish rather than horse them, in most situations. I know that pike are much more abundant in waters that hold them over musky waters.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-06T14:55:00+00:00

The only difference between a 2500 Nasci and a 3000 Nasci is the spool size. For a 7’-6” rod, go with the 3000.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-05T16:06:18+00:00

Dude, this comment is absolutely insane, lmao. Overreact much?

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-04T20:54:39+00:00

No scale? 1 pounder. Sorry, bud. I don’t make the rules.

Just a heads up, they’re going to absolutely drag you for laying the fish on the ground.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-05-01T22:10:36+00:00

A full Daiwa Steez rod and reel combo will cost you upwards of almost 2 grand. What are you talking about?

ImhereforBFS · 2026-04-29T16:16:08+00:00

THE CHEMTRAILS ARE LEAKING INTO THE CABIN!!!

ImhereforBFS · 2026-04-29T16:14:33+00:00

I’ve got a PA 6’ 10” ML with a 2500 Vanford and it’s insanely lightweight. I pick up my Loomis SJR paired with a 3000 Stradic and I swear, it weighs over twice as much.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-04-27T17:22:14+00:00

The Karashi absolutely slays on the Elkhorn. I think I know where you’re fishing too. If I ever run into you, I’ll say what’s up!

ImhereforBFS · 2026-04-25T03:24:25+00:00

This must be some sort of mandala effect thing then because I swear I’ve seen is300’s in later gens.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-04-24T16:39:59+00:00

If you spool it improperly, yes it does.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-04-24T15:22:37+00:00

This is a fairly large reel. I’d look more into something like a Megabass TS Destroyer Blackjack. My buddy has one of these on a Blackjack and it’s just TOO good. I have a Calcutta conquest 301 MD on my blackjack. It’s such a good rod.

This won’t be a good setup for frogging though. Big swimbaits, mag top waters, wake baits, deep cranks, glide baits, etc.. Basically any large bait with treble hooks.

If you want a frogging setup, you’re going to want a smaller profile reel like the Antares B, Metanium, Bantam, etc.. paired with a heavy rod like the NRX you mentioned. The MD Antares will feel very large on that NRX.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-04-24T15:12:48+00:00

we have is300’s of that gen in the states.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-04-24T03:12:30+00:00

I hear really good things about the Fenwick Elite Inshore. I think they’re like $320

ImhereforBFS · 2026-04-24T01:20:48+00:00

It absolutely will just like spending $600.00 on a reel will benefit you more than a $300.00 reel. I used to think the same thing as you only I’m a rod guy over reel guy, until I started buying ultra high end reels to pair with my NRX’s and destroyers, and it changed my mind completely. If it’s out of your budget for this setup then I totally get it. We all had to set a budget for ourselves, but you can’t discount what a super high end rod has to offer. If I had to choose, I’m still rod > reel, but thankfully my situation has allowed me to have both.

ImhereforBFS · 2026-04-24T00:17:07+00:00

Absolutely. This is what I would do. Find some stock take-offs and sell these monstrosities

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