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Caught my second fish and he died.

I eat fish but no one else in the family does so I just catch and release until I’m more experienced and know how to properly clean a fish.

Went during lunch and got a rainbow trout using a wacky worm on a #2 octopus hook.

When I grabbed him he a little bloody didn’t think anything off it he was moving around. Pulled the hook from the top of his roof of his mouth. He bled some more. Still didn’t realize he was dead until I tossed him back and he was belly up.

First pick is right before I got the hook out, second is right after I tossed him in the water.

I felt so bad.

EDIT: I see all the comments in my notifications, but can’t see them more in-depth. Trying to figure out why. Not ignoring those who have commented

u/HeadlineINeed — 1 day ago

▲ 1 r/dli

Looking for two contacts at DLI; MPD and S1

I’m looking to see if I can get the phone numbers for both places.

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u/HeadlineINeed — 3 days ago

▲ 14 r/HamRadio

Power cable material? CCA vs Pure Copper

Good day!

I currently have an ICOM 5100A which is 50 watts wired direct to my SUV battery. I added a Midland MXT115P GMRS radio which is 15 watts plugged into the cigarette lighter. Not a bad setup. But I want to make the installs cleaner. I’m looking at a getting a fuse block so I can shorten the radio power cables into the cab of the car. I plan on possibly adding a CB radio in eventually. So having the fuse block inside is useful and I don’t need to keep going through the firewall for all radios.

Here’s my question. I was reading the CCA isn’t great cable for battery to fuse block. Am I really gonna be unhappy running CCA over pure copper?

Here’s what I have on my order list right now.

If I don’t need to spend close to $40 on cable and I still get a good quality CCA power cables I would prefer that

u/HeadlineINeed — 7 days ago

▲ 3 r/FishingForBeginners

I took up fishing for the peace and I have gotten a lot of peace now I know why people like fishing. However I don’t know what I am doing.

I got a 6’6” Medium Ugly Stick 50th Anniversary it’s pretty good for me.

I got Trilene mono clear 8lb 330yd, I spooled a decent amount on with tension (held the feed spool with my feet), wasn’t close to overflowing from the reel. Any time I would cast the line just seemed loose, would create loops when reeling in etc. I continued to use it for a week.

Yesterday I got new line, Trilene mono vis-green 10lb 400yds. I soaked it in warm water for about 20 mins, screwed the feed spool down to create some tension, fed it on the spool. Thought I had enough went fishing today and noticed there wasn’t a lot.

Went to the car, took it all off. Spooled the clear back on while holding the feed with a towel to create good tension. Went back out and when I would cast it was curly.

I’m using a #2 octopus hook with a strike king dark watermelon worm. Today I added a split weight (unsure weight)

I put the worm on like a wacky worm and got nothing, tried putting it on so the butt end is next to the knot going down straight.

Edit: I’m fishing a stocked pond that’s fairly large. Not today but last time I went fishing I could see the fish fairly close to shore.

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u/HeadlineINeed — 14 days ago

▲ 17 r/gmrs

I am looking into getting a Mobile GMRS radio for my SUV (I don’t off road or anything in it) just city and highway driving.

End goal is to also get a mobile unit at home for the kids to use to talk to me occasionally while out, a goal to get them interested in hopefully getting a Ham license. I understand GMRS generally goes less distance than Ham.

I’m thinking about getting either a Midland MXT115p Pro for $239 (with antenna included) or a Radioditty DB40-G (no antenna included) $175.

Each has pluses and minuses.

What would you guys recommend? I already have a ICOM 5100A in the SUV. I’d like to also get a CB for the hell of it later

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u/HeadlineINeed — 21 days ago

▲ 1 r/HamRadio

I have a comet mag mount on my SUV and a SBB1 NMO attached. It’s a great antenna but I also keep a SBB5NMO in the car. I’d like to keep the SBB5 on full time. Getting out and flipping it up and down every time I park in the garage (multiple times per day) gets tedious.

These antennas are stiff metal so it’s not like a thin CB whip that bends easy.

I was gonna try putting a spring between the antenna base and the mag mount but can’t seem to find any. And it will make the antenna poke into the garage roof. There’s about 1-1.5 in clearance from the top of the SBB5 and the ceiling of the garage.

Any solutions or just keep running the SBB1 unless I’m out traveling.

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u/HeadlineINeed — 24 days ago