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Yeah, crazy. Hardcore swim bait guys might change it every trip but I bet you could get away with every week but why waste $3.00 in Big Game line every week when you can waste $60.00 on a lure every month.🙄 Or maybe stop being lazy and check your line and retie your knots. It doesn't matter if a san diego jam is stronger than a Palomar if you never retie either of them.

If I were fishing a $60.00 bait I would be checking the line, knot, and snap every couple of casts and retying at least every hour. I don't care how much stretch big game has, casting a larger bait like that has to shock/be hard on the knot and probably the snap. Might go with a heavier snap too if I noticed the one I was using was showing signs of opening up. Then again I don't fish baits I can't afford to lose so I don't use $60.00 baits. I could be way off on what I would do.

It came on a 5'6 pistol grip bantam graphite C. Model Gc-1552. Medium action bass. Line 8-20 lure 3/16-7/8 rod, but the bottom guide is broke off. Might be a good time to learn to wrap a guide and give me a winter project. Right now it's on a 6' short handle medium action Fenwick Venture from the early 2000's. Actually the first decent bass rod I ever bought. It has a pretty close look and feel to it.

It definitely has brass bushings on the spool. I gave it a clean and fresh lube the night I got it. I really was surprised by how well it casts and it's relatively smooth for what it is and how basic it is. I'm not really into older fishing gear but I'm really glad I found it. I think it's super cool. As far as Goodwills go, you have to go a lot to find deals and get lucky. Prices can be all over the place. My wife and I enjoy thrifting and we have two decent ones pretty close. We stop in everytime we are by one. At least two-three times a week and the deals are still few and far between. One thing that is pretty consistent is clothes. Used clothes don't bother me and I can almost always find nice golf clothes cheap so I usually fish in Under Armour, Adidas, or Nike golf clothes. I figure golfers stand around a lot in the sun so the clothes should be similar to fishing clothes. I look fancy on the water. 😂

Are you sure your flipping? NM. Bass Rutten beat me to it. I actually prefer a shorter rod for pitching. I'm short and a bank beater. The shorter rods just seem to work better for me.

That's pretty cool that it got that close but at the same time, fishing will never be the same. All my 2 pound fish will be 2 pounds instead of 4. 😂 Gonna have to go find a 1/2 scale ruler now, actually I wonder how it would do without a measurement?

Found this at Goodwill yesterday with a Shimano pistol grip rod for $5.50. Cleaned it last night and had it out in the yard playing with it today. Works way better than I thought it would. Also grabbed an Abu black max on a Gander Mountain rod for the same price. Not to bad for $11.00.

Some people eat other people, does that make all people cannibals? Just because some rabid beaver eats a fish, that doesn't mean all beavers do (I have no idea if beavers can actually get rabies). I do know I catch bass in areas where beavers exist and beaver homes can make pretty good bass homes. ∆ Ask Winona, she might know. ∆ Your most likely over 40 if you get that. 😂

Around me this is the correct answer 98.9% of the time.

Probably this one. Found him about a month ago stuck on the end of a line hanging from a tree that someone broke off. Had to climb down a small cliff and wade out knee deep to rescue him. Little fish but I thought it was cool that I was able to save him.

If you want or don't mind a shorter rod, Falcon Bucoo BRC 7-17 Carolina Lizard Dragger 2. 7 foot heavy fast. 3/8- 1.25oz rated. Fuji guides and reel seat for $100.00 and a 5 year warranty. Short and light enough to not beat you up and powerful (7 power rod) enough to move fish. It'll launch a 1/2 oz. frog surprisingly far. It's my poor man's eye crosser lol and it's pretty versatile. I bought it to be a frog rod but it fishes spinner baits and t rigs pretty well. Probably fish a Carolina rig pretty good too, but I've never tried. With braid the sensitivity is good.

ATG's are the 'ish. Pretty much all I wear as well. Comfy, durable, relatively inexpensive, and available everywhere. Target, Walmart, Goodwill...

Have you tried the rod you have? I have the lowrider 6'10" m shakey head rod and have no problem fishing flukes with braid.

I use the trilene knot for all line to lure connections. Mono/copolymer gets 5-6 wraps, fluorocarbon gets 6-7 wraps, braid gets 8-9 wraps. Works fine for me.

Raybestos element 3 hybrid. Semi metallic/ceramic hybrid. The coated rotors seem pretty good too. Only had them for a little over a month but their quite, minimal dusting, pretty inexpensive, and they grab. So far the rotors have no rust. Opinions might change after a winter with them though. No experience with the akebonos that Greb suggested but they where on my short list and they come highly rated as well.

Pitching Stick/Head Turner. A smidge faster, a touch stouter, and 2 inches shorter 😆.

Wrong Gary. Gary Loomis NFC blanks that Kistler was using and not Gary Dobyns blanks. At least that's what I'm guessing.

I've never used a Dobyns rod and I hear they're pretty good but I think your going to have to step up to a Sierra to get Lowrider performance. The reason I say this is go back to around 2016-17, the Fury was about $110 and the Sierra was around $140. Back then when you asked for $100 rod it was the fury vs bucoo vs bass x vs inferno. Want a $150 rod? Sierra vs lowrider vs mojo. Prices changed and the rods are still the same. I think if your used to lowriders and get a fury you'll probably wish you got something else. I might be way off but that's how I look at it.

Not the flavor of the month, not going to see them all over YouTube. They certainly have a following with people who fish though. It's been years since I was on any other forums but they used to always have people who used and recommended them. I believe dollar for dollar they are one of the best rods on the market. At their price points it's hard to find a rod that provides as much value between quality, warranty, and customer service. I love my falcon rods.

I have the mod fast. I think the actions between the Bucoo and Lowrider are going to be very similar but I don't have both to compare. I do have an older U.S. made Bucoo 6'6" MH mod and I would say the lowrider is maybe a touch faster but that's not really a great comparison.

Not asking me but.. No experience with the Bucoo but I have the Lowrider All 'Round. Lowrider is lifetime warranty, nice cork handles, better guides, and maybe a touch more sensitive, faster, and lighter. Not really sure on those last three as I can't compare. Bucoo is a 5 year warranty and EVA grips. With 30# braid my LR really is my all round do anything/everything, only bringing one, casting rod. Not really sure if that's worth an extra $30.00 or not.

So you owned a Quantum twenty years ago and that qualifies you to tell someone that a modern Quantum reel that you've never used is garbage? Seems legit. The Smoke S3 is a fantastic reel. For a hundred bucks you will be hard pressed to find a better new reel. I have 2 KVD Smokes (Smoke Xs basically) and they have been great reels. On a side note Shimano Curados were about $120.00 and Citicas were about $100.00 twenty years ago.

Falcon. Bucoo Trap Caster for $100.00. Low Rider All 'Round for $130.00 I don't fish square bills or small swim baits a ton so my suggestion is probably terrible 😔. Fishing a square bill you can usually get by with a faster rod than you would want for a deep diver. One of the rods you have may be fine. I certainly wouldn't run out and buy a rod for a bait I had never caught a fish on and had little confidence in.

Super Lube. 40 wt. for spool bearings. 100 wt. for other bearings and level wind. Grease for gears.

Pro Mix braid is pretty good. I've been using it on my frog rod for two years. Similar to Power Pro but doesn't bleed color as bad. It's good enough that I won't be changing it out anytime soon and I would buy more if I needed 4 strand braid.