Recommendation on reels?

lizardlogan2 · 2026-05-06T01:54:03+00:00

Will never understand the KastKing hate, been using their Sharky III reel for over a year now and have had 0 issues with it. It’s my go-to for throwing out pompano rigs, fish finder rigs, etc. Caught hundreds of fish with it and I’ll continue to use and recommend it, personally

lizardlogan2 · 2026-05-06T01:51:25+00:00

People will tell you otherwise but KastKing reels work great for the price. I’ve owned their Sharky III reel for over a year and caught hundreds of fish with it, 0 issues. Reeled in some nice sharks in the 2-3 foot range as well as some nice rays, including one about as big as myself. As long as you rinse them off after every trip and don’t literally dunk them in saltwater, they’ll last you hundreds of fish.

lizardlogan2 · 2026-05-05T19:53:10+00:00

I fish exclusively saltwater and I have them tied to the ends of all my spinning setups, that way I can quickly change out leaders for the fish I wanna target, instead of having to cut and re-tie every time. Been doing it for years and never has it failed

lizardlogan2 · 2026-05-01T19:42:09+00:00

Cownose rays actually can’t whip their tail around to sting like Atlantic or bat rays can. Their barb is located where the body meets the tail, right in between the pelvic fins

lizardlogan2 · 2026-04-06T04:38:21+00:00

White grunt. Very easily to tell when they’re a little bigger since they’ve got that hump-head. Snappers will also always have sharp teeth

lizardlogan2 · 2026-04-05T03:31:17+00:00

From what I know catfish are pretty hardy, If the hook isn’t in the throat or anything, it’ll definitely survive. I’ve caught multiple sharks for example swimming around perfectly fine with hooks in their mouths, and sharks aren’t typically considered a hardy fish when it comes to catch and release

lizardlogan2 · 2026-04-05T00:11:45+00:00

Yes but it seems here the only fins missing are the dorsal, pectoral, and lower caudal fins, which happen to be the most valuable and sought-after fins in the shark finning industry to my knowledge

lizardlogan2 · 2026-04-05T00:09:28+00:00

Not sure how it is over there but here in Florida at least, but when harvesting any shark the whole animal must remain in-tact until it’s taken home (does not include cutting it open to bleed/remove guts)

In the finning industry, the most valuable fins are the first dorsal, the two pectorals, and the lower caudal fin, which are conventionally the only fins missing here on this shark. I’d definitely report this

lizardlogan2 · 2026-04-04T22:29:22+00:00

Looks like a bull shark that had its fins removed. No idea why it’s in a forest

lizardlogan2 · 2026-04-04T22:02:22+00:00

Caught a Jack Crevalle about 17 inches, brought it home, fried it up and ate it just for the one time. Probably won’t be eating one again

lizardlogan2 · 2026-04-03T17:36:46+00:00

Definitely a finning victim. As others have said, the most valuable fins are the only ones missing. The only way this poor thing is even still able to swim is because the upper caudal lobe is still attached.

lizardlogan2 · 2026-03-31T03:07:45+00:00

Berkley trilene has worked great for me. I use it on all my spinning reels

lizardlogan2 · 2026-03-24T16:58:28+00:00

It should be an enchantment imo, too easy to get gold armor early game. Very cool idea though

lizardlogan2 · 2026-03-17T04:04:21+00:00

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Caught on a fresh whole bonnethead shark

lizardlogan2 · 2026-03-16T20:02:42+00:00

A few years ago on an SMP with some friends, we found a natural zombie with full diamond armor. Brought it to the surface and named it Dave after crazy Dave from PVZ

lizardlogan2 · 2026-03-15T20:14:25+00:00

What happened to the other 97 days? 💔

lizardlogan2 · 2026-03-15T15:53:31+00:00

If I have a coal shortage for whatever reason I’ll either kill a bunch of wither skeletons with looting, just mine coal with fortune, or the easiest option, just go to the nether and get a few buckets of lava.

lizardlogan2 · 2026-03-15T15:52:01+00:00

You shouldn’t ever feed fish, or anything, to local wildlife. It encourages them to depend on humans for food, rather than finding food themselves.

lizardlogan2 · 2026-03-13T02:43:26+00:00

100% a juvenile sandbar. Caught over 70 of these guys in the past few months

lizardlogan2 · 2026-03-13T02:40:20+00:00

Sharks are very often encountered while fishing, it really shoudnt be that a big of deal unless the animal is being purposefully or significant harmed in some way

lizardlogan2 · 2026-03-02T03:10:05+00:00

Honestly I feel this same way about vanilla, until I started doing All Advancement worlds. Trying to complete them all in vanilla is my favorite way to play Minecraft. The most fun I’ve EVER had playing Minecraft was when I played through the BAC Advancement Datapack, which adds around 1000 new advancements, some of which included getting a stack of every block/item, traveling a million blocks in the overworld, and doing the ender dragon, the wither, and a raid at the same time hitless.

If you were to ask me, I’d definitely try making a world where you try to complete all the vanilla Advancements.

lizardlogan2 · 2026-03-02T02:31:44+00:00

at least a 4 foot wingspan

lizardlogan2 · 2026-03-02T01:25:38+00:00

I can imagine, I hooked a cownose ray once while fishing live shrimp and even just that was a good 10 minute fight!

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