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***....First year trying them texas rigged and wieghted and doing well......Zoom Finesse and trick worms. Still waiting for my Space Monkey bite to happen :-/

Yep, here in PA bass season is closed from Mid April until Mid June.....Bass season starts here next week - June 12. During the 2 month "off season" it is still ok to fish for them, you just cant keep them.

I dont understand this...I just use spool tension because to me they seem to do the same thing....I cant tell the difference what each other is for.

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I have one of last years Energy's and its crap - I hate it.....Impulse buy last year because it was real cheap....After about a month gears started slipping and grinding - but not all the time....I sent it in for service and nothing was found wrong - so, it just sits in a drawer

so, 34? for me, probably something like 3-4

if your fishing clear water maybe go down a size and use willow leaf blades

I have this rod too and love it....I also have the "Wacky Style" spinning rod and its great too....for the price

Give them a call! I just got off the phone with customer service and explained my situation, They were nice enough to credit me back the 15%. Awesome company. Tackle Warehouse is hands down the BEST online tackle supplier. Wow, good for you hawk, awesome company!

Lucky for me i cant catch Bass on cranks and don't buy neither....Lipless cranks work for me though and i stick to the $7 Xcaiburs

Just pulled the trigger on a Stradic MG - Regular $229 - on sale for $169 plus another 15% off, got it for $143....Also picked up a few Wareagle spinnerbaits and 3 Cavitrons with the money saved....$165 total, not bad at all!

I have both rods.....The HMG is the much better choice......I think the Mojo is a fairly decent rod for the money. Mine is just the traveler rod, meaning it stays in the truck in case I drive by a pond or something on my travels

A military hangar! I keep mine in one of those small flimsy style coolers...Made a separator for it....I never even lift up the jar this way - so , no worries about spilling

there is a pond close to work that i always go to on my lunchbreak....I never need more than a spinnerbait and a wacky rigged senko for this place...I was out Monday and could not buy a even a bite...Very strange for this place....Out today and pretty much the same thing is happening except that with the spinnerbait on 2 different retrieves Bass chased it up to within 6 feet of shore and just ran into the bait - never even opened their mouth..wierd , but at least it was interest. I ran to the truck and grabbed a swim jig just to make it less flashy and 3 casts in had a chunky 16 incher....In my last 20 minutes I had 3 Bass just by taking the flash away....Moral = the bite seems tough here too right now but they will hit the right thing...Keep changing it up - good luck

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I got my first Stradic last year.....Just got another one a few weeks ago and will get another next year.....The 2500' can be found on Ebay for around $125 new if you wait and look around, but its still very worth the retail tag of $150....Try this reel out before deciding!

I fish War Eagle almost exclusively - that means Ill try a new one here and there.....Recently I tried the River2Sea Crystal spin bait....These are real nice looking and run really nice too. Last year I tried a few Nichols pulsators and to be honest I cant get either one to run straight...For me War Eagles just catch a lot of fish and probably just because they are made well and always run straight!

Congrats! I just went and read your article - good job

wacky rig a senko and just walk the shorline casting in the morning if you can.....its gonna get you that bass

Strange that it killed the pickeral so quick but not the bluegill - eh, good for him

What reel are you looking for that doesnt have a lefty? I have no trouble finding lefty reels anymore - back in the 90's it was tough though

try out the St Croix MojoBass spinnerbait rod for $90....I really like the rod and save you a few $$$ for some new lures

I was out yesterday at a small pond and found 1 bed....Its got about a 15" male on it and about 5 feet behind it our 2 females just sitting there staring at him.....None of these fish would touch anything that was thrown at them, they would just stare at it....Even the male - he would frantically chase bluegills away but would let any senko - shaky head or worm just sit in the middle of the nest, i tried throwing the Bluegill tungsten swimbait but they laughed at it ;D

Thank you for all the replies! I decided to give it a shot - though i wont get a chance to use it until next week....I have a Gloomis spinnerbait rod that i also like to use for my topwaters so its going to be paired with that rod and now i can finally take off that god forsaken quantum energy pt i currently have polluting that rod

Pretty much all the time im using a Senko its pitched or flipped....Very rarely do i cast it.....But if i was pitching or flipping into heavy cover (Which is what i think you mean) the rod is just not designed for it....Sure, it can be done, but i think you will have trouble landing some fish and losing fish.