Fantastic family fishing pictures, that fried fish is killing me with the hungries.
My son has been saving since about the start of this thread for a trip to Bass Pro. we went Saturday.
Had some time to kill before they opened so we walked the cranberry bog trail behind the store....
He couldnt wait for it to open.
He ended up finding matching Abu Garcia spinning/bait cast set up and a basket ful of tackle to buy.
He is way into it more than I ever was "Feel how smooth this reel is.....What is the action on this rod"......asking the counter guy a ton of questions.
I was kind of let down though due the emptiness of the shelves.....My experience has been the place is a forest of fishing rods but the racks are depleted.
The counter people were in agreement of course the answer was Covid did it.
I was noticing how it appears every reel these days is almost identical in its cast housing appears every single one comes from the same chinese factory just stamped with a different manufacturer.
Sure there are only so many possibilities to design a commodity but it seems to be one or none, likely only varying in internals to meet a cost point.
Didnt see anything I think is better than my 35 year old stuff.
If I was in the market for rod/reel today Id probably buy used on Ebay. St Croix might be the buy new exception.
