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Are these good reels? I know they are a bit dated. But if I got a really good price on one, or two, are they good reels? If so, what are they good for? Will they handle light baits? Thanks.

Welcome aboard, bruthas!

+100 on returning it. Abu will probably send you a brand new reel.

Bassin' said he's got a Steez reel. Maybe he'll sell it to you.

I had to post your pictures on the reels forum. Not enough people will see them here.

Charcoal. I used gas for years. You'll never get as good a taste with gas as you will with charcoal.

Get one of these...

Our newest member, BassinNewbie (from Virginia, no less)posted these in the introduction forum. http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1243191841/0 Now, this is thinking outside the box! I think they actually look great together! (Sorry, Bassin, if it ain't posted here, not enough people will see them.)

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D That friggin' rocks! They actually look good together!

That could be likely be the best photo ever posted on this forum. Please consider it. BTW, list your Steez reel on the Flea Market section. Someone will snap it up.

BTW, you like extemes, don't you? (1) Zebco Omega (1) Zebco Delta (1) Daiwa Steez

If the weeds are on the surface try a weightless toad or other flapping topwater. I recommend the Zoom Horny Toad or Rage Tail Toad on an Owner Twist Lock 5/0 hook. A Rage Tail Space Monkey on an Owner Twist Lock 4/0 hook is killer. If you have some clear water on top of the weeds, I'd try a wakebait, like the Ima Roumba or Jackall Cherry 0 Footer. Or a topwater like a Lucky Craft Sammy.

I bank-fished there tongiht from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. I fished small wakebaits and small swimbaits only. Caught two bass and one pickerel. The lake is at full pool. Water is definately clearing up. If you've never been to this lake, the water gets ultra clear in the summer. Baitfish are all throughout the weeds. The grass and weeds in the water are greening up. The most amazing thing is the bluegill and redear in the shallows. The friggin' fish are gargantuan. They are bedding. Lots of really big panfish. Here's my biggun for the evening. Caught on a Jackall Cherry Zero Footer waked next to a small foot bridge.

Another Virginian! Woo Hoo!

Hey, another Virginian! Welcome aboard!

The Tierra is based on the TD Advantage. Go with the Tierra.

ithinkurriteshimanocantbebeatoncustomerservisbutithinkyoushouldcheckoutabuggarciatheircustomerserviceissecond2none .youcanspindmoremunybutyoucantgetnybetterthanabugarcia. This may not be English 101. But understand when people see a post written like yours, more often than not they skip it.

He doesn't mention anything about the current state of the river or lake, except that the commerical trade, shad, and lily pads are gone. He does say eagles are back, but that's about it. As far as shipping traffic on the river, which ended with the dam, I'm glad. The Chick would have ended up another Elizabeth River if commerical boat traffic and shipbuilding, industry had continued. That would have created a real problem. As it stands, the old vestiges of commerical trade that are still there have reverted to habitat. Nice to remember the old days. But I sure as heck don't want them back.

You busted a prop in the Northwest? I can't imagine . Good job. If you have any pics, post them up.

I don't see any readers letter's section. It doesn't much matter. I just chalk it up to a an old man waxing nostalgic over what used to be. I just thought the overall tone of the article was negative. That's shame, when there is so much right with the Chick. The Chick is a jewel among Virginia's public waters. As far as people coming to the Chick, I say come on. That's easy to say since I know it won't happen. The Chick doesn't attract too many people except locals that already know about it. That's fine with me. Even many locals won't go into parts of the lake I like the best. The parts where you have to pop your boat into 4-wheel-drive and where a good drag means a lot.

Burley is also known as "Mr. Dinky."

Does anyone get "Virginia Wildlife" magazine? And if so, have you read the article "Down on the Chick"? Written by Jack Trammell, a Randolph-Macon professor. He writes the article with the help of a fellow named Bill Buck, who grew up on the river before the dam was built in 1943. Essentially a reminiscence of pre-dam Chick River life. The article is interesting, but it turns into a lamentation about how the river degraded after the dam was built. In fact, the article seems short on facts, which, IMO, ought to be evident to someone who claims to be familiar with the river and lake. One of the most perplexing assertions is that the lily pads "are gone." More specifically, yellow pond lily. Frankly, I'm not sure how anyone who's been on the river and lake in spring and summer could reach the conclusion that the yellow pond lily has "disappeared." The lake has huge swaths of yellow pond lilies. The Chickahominy, river and lake, is a botanist's dream, with huge fields of lily, pickerelweed, cattail, wild rice, and other water plants. Not only are they not disappearing, from my view they are become more vast. If the present condition of the lake represents a severe decrease from years gone by, the river of the 40's must have been clogged with vegetation. The author asserts housing developments are springing up. That may be - somewhere. But one of the benefits of the acquisition of the lake by Newport News Waterworks is that much of the watershed is protected now. No developments are appearing around the lake, and very few upstream from there. Downstream from the dam, homes have been on the river for years, in areas where they can be built. In other areas, waterside land is unbuildable. The Wildlife management area has essentially protected Morris Creek. No question development is a problem. Runoff is a problem for every body of water in the Commonwealth. But the Chick is still a very remote feeling stretch of water. The ill-effects of the dam are another thing. Bill Buck tells the author that the "shad fishery is dead." "...The shad run is gone, and the days of filling wooden fish boxes with hundreds of shad are gone." I say, if the shad fishery is gone, it was uncontrolled consumption and the filling of boxes with "hundreds of shad" that did it. But of course, the fishery isn't dead. One only need to go to Walkers Dam at the end of March and early April and see for one's self. The run of river herring is as strong as I've ever seen it. Counts of herring may be down due to under controlled Atlantic fishing, but hardly as a result of the dam. As for shad, I've caught more shad this year than any other. Again, under controlled Atlantic commercial fishing is the culprit for reduced stocks. The dam, with its fish ladders, is not the problem. Reading this article, one might come away with the impression that the present condition of the river and lake is poor, and getting worse. Over the years I've been fishing it, the condition is good, and getting better. Numbers of bass and pickerel appear to me to be increasing. I'd like to think I've just become better at catching them, but I can't help but believe there are simply more to catch. I've caught more shad, bowfin, catfish and perch than in previous years. The numbers of ospreys, bald eagles and cormorants have dramatically increased. Blue Herons and Night Herons, Redwing Blackbird are all over the place. Below the dam, I sometimes pull up commercial crab pots, not to take a catch, but to see what's in them. And blue crabs are still very much present in the lower river. The people that live along the lake and river, seem to me, to care about the water. When I saw that this month's magazine had an article on the Chick, I turned right to it and didn't put it down until I was done reading. I'll agree with the article that the river is definitely different. But worse? I guess if depends if you miss an old way of life that used the river without regard to what was happening to it. Of if you use the river and lake today, and appreciate all the acts and laws of conservation that came about as a result of that old way of life.

What A-Jay said. If the swim senko is spinning, it sounds like you need to use a extra-wide gap hook, or even better, and extra wide gap hook with a weight on the shank. Something that keels the bait. The best hook I've used for swim senkos is the Owner 4/0 Twist Lock with a 1/8 oz weight. The bait does not roll over with that hook.

Very nice! Thanks for posting them.

Yo-Zuri is the best line I've ever tried. I really see no need to try anything else. However, before getting hooked on Yo-Zuri I tried Gamma. If RW recommends it, it must have some redeeming quality. But the spool I bought and tried was overpriced garbage. I wouldn't mind trying P-Line.