I've bought like 30 spools of this suuuuuper cheap braid called Gevicont over the past 7 years or so. A 1000m spool of multi-colored (every ~36') 8 strand braid was like $45. I don't think I have ever had a failure from it once and it's on over 20 of my reels.

Yesterday I went to buy another 1000m for a Tiagra 50W I just picked up and their whole Amazon store is out of stock. Makes me wish I would have gone ahead and bought even bigger spools in bulk just in case they went out of business.

Hoping they come back around or some other nonsense Amazon store decides to sell their stock but I'm pretty bummed. I get deals on PowerPro but PowerPro doesn't have 8 strand color coated line, and even with the discount it would definitely be more expensive than Gevicont.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HRB4TWS/?colid=1GIABNQW3T5ZF&coliid=IJBR5P9QNRMS4&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_pab

Looking at Hercules braided line on Amazon. It's not quite as inexpensive but it might be the same quality. Thinking about ordering a 100m spool and testing out breaking strength and knots and stuff.

https://www.amazon.com/Hercules-Braided-10lbs-200lbs-Superline-Multicolor/dp/B0791CZC6F/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1

Ribs are great, labor intensive sometimes, but always worth it when you need more that one napkin to get the sauce off of your cheeks, nose and ears !  

Quote from: jrodda on February 13, 2026, 05:48:19 PMProbably seals. Frustrating.

Those Santee Seals are the worst 

Tuesdays are for Tacos and Fishing, I like it 

Haven't had ribs in a long while, those sound and look great.

Probably seals. Frustrating.

Loving the hook jaws you're finding.

Sounds like a fun day!

Fished Newport Harbor with Peter. I arrived a couple hours before him at 1600. 10-15mph wind in the face, cold. Awful tide swing, low at noon and high at 0400 the next day, all you need to know.

Found a decent sized blackgill rockfish washed up, relatively fresh. Somebody f@cked up and probably learned that they f@cked up once they got to the harbor.



I wanted to experiment with a floating Powerbait egg on a short c-rig on UL to see if I could find a little critter to commit. I got several taps but nothing committed.

Switched over to flukes on neck breakers once Peter arrived around 1800. Wind still howling. We ended up each getting one.



Left around 19:45.

I wanna make Tuesdays my weekday fishing days for the time being, to accommodate Alicia's school schedule among other things. Next Tuesday is a little ridiculous with the wind and rain but sometimes that's fun.

Good luck. Getting tired of reading fish reports at work.