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Chrisper4694
06-19-2016, 11:37 PM
The day started off ok as we got out super early and set up for seabass. shortly after setting up with a chum bag I battled another beastly nugget 21" that put up a hell of a fight...thought it was a small keeper striper or something. Shortly after that with a few more seabass, ling and porgy our bite died...we pull up the chum bag to move a bit and...well...it was gone :mad:

needless to say we couldn't get a bite going after that as we didn't really have a backup. since no sign of stripers out front on the surface and we didn't feel like trolling we headed over to fluke fish.

All i can say is....TRASH FISH BONANZA! and it got bad...after a couple of dogfish i get a big one next to the boat and i don't think i can swing it in so i go to grab it and it death rolls tangling my line around itself and yanking the tip of my rod down SNAP goes my favorite rod!...About 30 minutes latter Jimmy goes to swing yet another dog in the boat and his rod explodes in his face! Thankfully John was able to nab 2 keeper fluke cause everything else we caught was either the evil dog fish, skate, or short.

All in all caught a few fish but not much and the day was pretty much spoiled by some ROYAL failures!

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SaltLife1980
06-19-2016, 11:58 PM
Sucks about the rods. I broke one last year on a stupid dog fish! I almost cried

Chrisper4694
06-22-2016, 10:54 AM
Just shipped it back to shimano. Maybe a small chance they'll replace it. They replaced a cheaper rod I had that I broke on a pike for free, but that one broke in the middle. This one is about twice the price and broke at the tip so they'll probably say it's my fault. I think they still offer a huge discount though to buy a replacement through them. 50% off I believe.

rwp2101
06-22-2016, 08:05 PM
What was the rod, the one that broke recently, your favorite?

Chrisper4694
06-23-2016, 11:27 AM
Trevala s

SaltLife1980
06-23-2016, 10:42 PM
Trevala s

Any word on if they are going to replace it for ya? Its not like its a cheap-o rod. Its a decent set up

Uncle Nicky
06-23-2016, 11:18 PM
The little girl photo-bombing you cracks me up!! Sucks that your rod broke.

Gerry Zagorski
06-24-2016, 11:34 AM
Priceless shot and young lady photo bomb!!

eds2cents
06-24-2016, 12:33 PM
I'm pretty sure all Trevala's are lifetime warauntee. I know my Trevala F is. Tackle Direct sent me a new one after I sent them the broken one back.