I hope everyone had a great Christmas Holiday. I know I haven’t done much here lately, but during the holidays it gets a little hectic around Casa de Gardner. Before I get to the reason for this post, I want to tell everyone how my holiday went. My wife and I first got news that we were approved for a loan to purchase our own Casa de Gardner. So that was the best Christmas Present of all, no more renting. A place we can call our own. Then I bought her her Christmas present, a Chihuahua Puppy. I decorated the front of the house and she and the children decorated the tree inside. Then Christmas morning we got up to start cooking the Christmas Dinner. I must say I love the turkey fryer I got for Thanksgiving, since it meant I had room in the oven for the Prime Rib and could use the roaster for the Ham. The food was delicious. Then came time to open the presents. I got three very nice gifts and all things I wasn’t expecting. Kelly, my wife, bought me a customized Detroit Lions Jersey with my name and age on it, my sister and brother-in-law bought me a 1/18 scale replica of the Batmobile from the 1966 Batman television series and my mother, bless her heart, got me a Bass Pro Shop Gift Card.

Berkley® Portable Line Spooling Station

That brings me to the purpose of this post, what should I get and should I go to Bass Pro Shop or buy it on line. I have an idea of what I want to get and it is this item: Berkley® Portable Line Spooling Station. I think every fisherman should have one of these, or something like it, in their arsenal. How often do we need to change the line in our reels? If you are like me, you need to do it every so often, since the preloaded reels come with 4 to 8 pound test and as Bass men we need 15+ pound test.

I think for $29.99 this is going to be a good investment. But what else to get. I have 3 Takle boxes, plenty of lures and poles but I find I’m looking for more Under cast type reels. I’ll take any suggestions you guys have.

My next post is going to reprint someting from “The Best of BassMasters” and will be about rigging your hooks.

So until next time, keep your lines wet and your bait fresh.