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Wally
1 year · Saltwater Rods
Originally from NJ, now based in SF. I'll catch anything I can eat and some stuff that I can't.
Reinna Gabriel
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Want to build a top of the line fishing rod for creek fishing catching a variety of fish. Crappie, Bream, Bass.
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Striped Bass Mortality 2026: Three Things the Circle Hook Rule Doesn't Cover
Atlantic striped bass are released by the millions and die by the hundreds of thousands. The rule built to prevent it — a coastwide circle hook mandate — is under new scrutiny, and even the baseline mortality rate everyone cites is being revisited. Here's where the science and the management actually stand in 2026.
From 1909 to 2026: The Spiral Wrap's Conventional-Only Century
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