The other day I was in the Walmart store here in Monroe and picked up a few items for this and next season.
First off, I picked up five spools of Trilene Big Game, two green, and three clear for 5 bucks each. Really good price, when its been anywhere from $7.99 or $8.99 the last few years. Its every bit as good as XT, also made by Trilene (Pure Fishing). The green will be used for backing on my reels spooled with Power Pro, and will use the clear for next years harnesses and rigs.
Good hint for storage of mono lines from one year to the next. Take a zip loc bag or better yet, if you have one of the vacuum things for meal and meat for the freezer, use that. If you have one, get all the air out, and if you don’t, do the best you can. Then find a place where the temps are pretty much stable all year long, and away from sunlight. I keep my spare mono in the gun safe in the basement.
The other item I picked up was actually two marker buoys, some off brand. Bright orange, and only $2.50 each. I have some already, but the price was right. These days GPS pretty much takes the place of having to use these, but when on the small inland lakes and you just have a fishfinder on the boat, they are awfully handy to have to mark your spots.
If you go in, you might find a few other items that I didn’t notice, too.
