Pigsticker

I frog alot and was using a 7ft heavy fast shimano clarus with a 6.4.1 gear ratio reel I have since upgraded to a 7ft XH carrot stick with a new curado burner reel. I love this combo it is a dream to set the hook,reel up slack line and control fish in even the heaviest grass. IMO the reel and line are more important in frogging. I could put my curado with 80lb power pro braid on my old 7ft H fast action Clarus it would still be just as good. You need heavy braid and at least a 7.0.1 ratio reel. BTW the Carrot stick &ft XH is only 150 about as much as a Crucial

6 week wait for a new combo? Alot like an eternity of intense pain I had to wait 2 weeks for a combo and it almost killed me. :-/ Congrats on the sweet combo though.

Why pay extra money to learn how to catch 2lb bass? Plus this place is a better source of information IMO.

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Could be the Knot slipping, I have seen it happen on the lighter braid diameters. The best solution IMO is to up your line test to something above 50 lb test. The heavier braid ties a very secure knot no matter what knot you tie.

Yeah I was pretty bummed that I did not save the picture, but he'll just break it next time so it doesn't matter much

DUDE, gotta get on the night bite

I too wish they had a 5 inch version, would be really nice. What makes it special(not that special though) is the thumping the tail makes, sort of like a paddle tail worm. T-rigged, weightless, jig trailer. I am a big fan of gambler products but the otter is my least favorite bait. Try their cane toad, 8 and 5 inch flappn daddy paddle tail worm(a lot of vibration). They make good crawworms and 10 inch ribbontails too.

Wow that's GREAT! Makes me want to dust off my 7ft UL 2-6 lb test st. croix avid

Carrot stick 7' extra heavy with 80lb. power pro, 3/16 oz tungsten weight, and a 5/0 gamakatsu Monster hook(heavy wire). T-rigging creature baits,craws and I do not like to but I have thrown 10 inch worms on it.(I like a bigger hook) and weightless t-rigging various baits. I will frog with it too

I like using heavy line and a baitcaster can hold it easier than a spinning set up, so baitcaster.

Wow that is the coolest husband ever!! Great company with great baits. I will be pulling for her in the Classic, I love Reaction Innovations!

Yeah I saw both at wal-mart the other day ;D

Hmmm so Quantum is making revos now? ;D

Falcon rods are relatively cheap.Falcon Cara T7 are 170 bucks for a 6'6'' H ,6'10'' H , 7ft H or 7'2/3'' XH pick one of those and you should be good. Or a cheaper and nicer looking rod the E21 LTX carrot stick 150 bucks and a couple good actions for worming 7ft XH 7'6'' H 6'9'' MH etc.

The last picture is definately a spot, I am not sure about the others though, tough to tell.

They had righties on *** for all of a day ;D I didn't buy any though

Have had success fishing a trickworm with a small bullet weight(1/8 oz) and straight shank hook(3/0) on a spinning rod with light line. Caught fish with it on cold mornings, daytime, and at night go figure I have been just dragging it slowly in bare areas, although in grass I will reel in til I feel a clump(offshore grass) pull it through, shake it, let it sit, the lift the rod tip and that is when the bite comes The set up is just like a shaky head

Longer rod= more effective in flipping grass. You can prefer anything and I would agree with someones preference(whatever works) but the statement above is physics ;D For what it is worth I am 6'5''. Oh the "contest" was to prove a point and back the statement above, that a longer rod makes you more effective. And age has nothing to do with physics buddy, I'll be the first one to say I am not that smart, but I know a small amount of facts and that first sentence is one of them.

Reel Mech just rolled over in his grave and he isn't even dead!!

What I said flipping was was very close to how it is defined in that link : Long rods are meant for leverage on getting fish out of cover, and making it easy to just flip a bait out to a spot with minium effort.....

grass beds, flipping out 15-20ft(sometimes more) in front of me I don't know is that close to the boat? 5BL just said pitching close into docks? I do not think that is the only type of pitching but is a practical definition "pitching is for distance, like a short horizantal cast under a dock" I am tired but I think that is a oxymoron :-?

:-? I flip a lot and do not understand vertical flipping, Are you tossing a bait into pockets right at your boat??? I'll show you length matters: Flipping Contest, both of us in the same boat you with a 6'6'' heavy rod me with any 8 foot heavy, see who does better

shakey head a trick worm

Love Shawn Johnson! Such a good commercial