2023 SHIMANO Cardiff: First Blood! (A lot of blood)

[geoffreyschulman]

Caught a 10lb Carp on the Varivas orange polyester last week from the bank trout fishing. Swiped it in the eye and took 15m to fight!

[davidrauschenbach]

What a wonderful buffalo to test equipment on. Gives me confidence in my equipment and I go braid to leader alot so it may be mental bur nice to see connection knot hold! Have a great week and glad you got out!

[troutmagnetman]

Those bluegill usually hang around to mid November. But sometimes they never show at all. It was rare for me to fish to the right side of the lock because I had to deal with all the buffalo and drum. By the way that crappie you caught on video before had some great genes.

[jimpeterson]

Nice job shaving down the handle knob. Looks much more streamlined now

[sirfishalot]

I have been hanging around for a number of your videos and I just noticed how you mounted the rod holders on the back of your boat. Thanks for some ideas on my lund wc 16

[exitar]

Perhaps before you spool the line on the reel put the filler spool in bucket of hot water to warm it up then spool it on your reel while it is warm and it should take the set on the reel spool and be less likely to coil off...

[dexterrobinson]

In my opinion Victor, since you are in your winter gear the cold caused the reel to contract and the shrinkage lead to the line unraveling.

[bobjohnson]

The polyester reacted to the cold making it stiffer then the wind caught a loose coil and the rest is history. Anyways that's my story a d I'm sticking to it.

[Henry-xhec]

Victor,
That buffalo put up a good fight. Its funny to see you running around the boat to keep it from getting off.
The daiwa jig heads do have soft hooks but they are still pretty capable of landing big fish. Just last week i caught a 20 lbs and 25 lbs grass carp on a .5 gram size 12 hook daiwa jighead. Both on the same jighead.
What rod are you going to put the cardiff on now?
I see you sanded down the cork knob on the reel also.

[torment]

Nice buffalo! They are very good eaters if you can get the big ones because they are suckers but unfortunately suckers are notorious for bones. Love fishing them during spring spawn with green grubs. It could be that they are spawning again because of the colder weather? That drag on that reel sounds nicer than expected as well. Is it loud or is it because its close to the mic or camera that it appears louder than usual? If it is loud that puts my stella to shame in terms of drag noise.

[Ninj_SRG]

Those are the fights i live for that’s why i fish for king salmon and steelhead on my 1000 stella haha

[cosminantonie]

Hi Victor, is possible that you lost some 30 yards of extra line due to line memory and slack that made some of it, I can call the Extra spolled line abandoned the spool, nothing to worry about, fishing goes on, gear gets sorted!👍🎣

[garylake]

Victor, About the line mess. How, Why? This could be one of the great unsolved mysteries. Why when we lose our hair it grows more than ever in out ears?

[vwqcfho]

do you like the new Vanford FA more than the Cariff XR?

[traianrosoiu]

Too much speed is the answer for your riddle, slow down a little bit Victor 🙂. I understand very well the excitement for fishing 🤪.
All the best from Romania.

[markogouk]

Do you know when the new Diawa fuego is coming out and what do you think about the new shimano Sedona ?

[robertmceuen]

Possible you did not spoil the line quite tight enough and the wind caught the line driving down the road. Just blew the line back off the reel. Could have happened to anyone.

[donzinon]

What line Size lb and capacity u using please?

[dontdoxmebro]

I’ve never seen someone get so annoyed by hooking up to big fish. 😂

[gester]

cant explain the problem with the line but hey ho you caught well ? whats to moan about ? 😂