J Francho

It's all good, I knew where you were going.

Pffft! Lip service, LOL. I prefer CXX for jerkbaits. 10# works fine, and gives you enough diameter for abrasion insurance. It seems to not drag the bait under, or maess with the action too much. My buddy uses Triple Fish fluoro with his jerkbaits. He has no issues with getting bit, LOL. He believes that in clear water it helps because the fish get a long look at the bait. He won't use a snap for the same reason. I always ask him how hooks fit into that theory, but he just laughs, and catches.

Yep, I was.

I fish Hudds like a football jig. It would really help if you said what swimbaits you were using.

I use the same line as I'm spooled with, 12# P-Line CXX. A 7' MH/F casting rod works fine.

People laugh when I tell them I pitch with a spinning rod. I laugh right back and ask, "Why can't you?"

That's basically it. I've never caught a bass below the thermocline. Back to another point; I was rereading the In-Fisherman Largemouth book last night, and it parroted my description of how largemouth feed. Except they called it opportunistic, LOL. <facepalm> So, I guess whatever you want to label it as is fine, so long as you understand the biology.

I didn't make up the "reel for masses," LOL. They did. Powell's aren't all over the place here, but I see quite a few of them. I believe Susquehanna Tackle sells Powell, and a ton of NY guys get their tackle there. Keep in mind too, they are west coast operation, more known for fly gear.

Fish like pike can actually die, if not allowed to shed the lactic acid after a prolonged fight on rod and reel. Many other species as well. Not so much bass, because stack the odds in our favor to make the battle short and sweet.

You are right on track with O2. Water holds less O2 as temp increases. So, you'll see short bursts of activity, followed by rest. Otherwise too much lactic acid builds up in the tissue, and can poison them.

Do you? Never heard of kneel and reel for depth?

For largemouth it's higher. What I've read for smallmouth is they often occur at deeper cooler temps simply by being edged out by more dominant predators. Given the choice, they will choose much warmer water. Bass are cold blooded. They need to eat more when it's warmer. Simple as that.

Don't mess with trout on redds, they really won't bite and it's too easy to snag them. You'll see two huddled up next to eachother in extremely shallow riffles with a clean gravel bottom. Sometimes so shallow, their dorsal surface is out of the water.

LOL, what a dummy I am. I was going to suggest a pinch on lead belly weigh!

I would hesitate to make any assumption about the feeding behavior of pet bass in an aquarium relating to fish in the wild. Fish in the wild are limited by food and water quality. They have unlimited resources in the aquarium, and quickly learn to use the tank structure itself to their advantage. Quite simply, the gorge because they can. I am not saying that a bass won't seize an opportunity to eat, if an easy meal is presented. What I am saying is that isn't the norm. Opportunities for unlimited feeding occur seldom in the wild, and we can see that as well, typically pre spawn and late fall. The rest of the time, they wait in ambush to feed. Why else would they be so predictable to the avid angler?

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LOL, live baiting with a Zebco. No thanks, I was over that before I turned 10.

It's basically the same length of cast, but with SLIGHTLY less effort with a longer rod. Most of the longer rods I've tried have terrible balance, and cause fatigue after an hour or so.

Sorry man, that makes ZERO sense, or their marketing team has gone bonkers! From the article: It doesn't take a genius to figure out how a rod designed for the masses that is hard to find would be a failure. These rods are obviously meant to entice buyers from a lower budget to spend on a Powell.

Used to catch a lot of bass on beds using a float while crappie fishing back when we had a closed bass season. Other methods work as well, so no need to resort to it.

Then you should think about something other than glass. All the glass deep cranking rods I've tried are heavy. I'm not sure why you are married to 7'8", that seems weird. I use an Avid AVC70MHM for deep cranking. I don't feel like I need a longer rod to make long casts, and it's plenty light.

Trout are extremely opportunistic, it's forced on them due to their dynamic lotic environment. They are nomadic creatures in constant search of food in a high calorie environment. Trout eat what is there, when it is there. That's why hatches are so important to understand when you fish for trout. When there is a hatch on, that's all they are keyed on - show them something that represents a copy of the millions of others, and if you can present it right in front of them, you'll get bit. By contrast, bass are homebodies. They sit on structure, and wait, until the bait comes to them, when they are hungry. The very opposite of opportunistic.

Here's another thing I thought of. They risking their reputation on this. There will be a lot of people that will buy this rod, simply because it's below $100. These are people that would NEVER spend more than that, maybe people that only spend $40 on rods. They break one, and their impression of higher end gear is bad. I think this could present a PR issue.

Are you nuts, or just pulling our legs? Nutrients don't have to come from sewage. If anything there is too much nutrients in the water, encouraging light blocking algae growth. It's coming from fertilizers. All those cottages with plush green lawns. Isn't it odd that two of our local drinking water supply lakes have some of the BEST weedlines I have ever seen. The fishing is pretty incredible, too. You can bet, they aren't pumping sewage in there. And there isn't any cottages either. In fact, anything other than incidental human contact with the water is forbidden. Go figure.

No, it just says they are in an active to aggressive mode.