J Francho

Same reason I don't prefer Flooger or Abu. Form factor does not suit my hands, and I find the cranking side to be heavier and off balance compared to other brands. It's my opinion, and nothing to do with being a fan boy.

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They're $5 for a pack. How about trying them out and reporting back?

Owner ST-36 or VMC Vanadium Inline.

Probably a good plan. This is the most trafficked bass fishing forum in the world. We peak at over a thousand users online every evening. For every person that posts, ten fold are reading. You can use the report a post link to alert mods to things you think are an issue. Taking it into your own hands is forbidden. All of your concerns are addressed here: https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/guidelines/ Thanks.

Not many fish can "tilt" their head. Most don't have a neck.

I don't like glass because of the weight, the size, and it feels like fishing with a wet noodle. I have a Pinnacle DHC5 7-11 graphite if I want to really launch lures, but it's a bit of a pain at that length to transport. I have to go through the doorway carefully, load it in the truck or kayak hull, it even has a special rod sleeve. Never mind it has micro guides, which I'm also not fond of. It's really a novelty to me, not like my 8' swimbait rods that I have no issue making accommodations for since they are so useful to me. They aren't one trick ponies like the big cranking stick.

What I think is awesome is not using a leader at all, and going straight fluoro.

If you don't want the length, I have both Okuma EVX Cranking sticks, and the MH would suit you well. They a perfect moderate taper for cranks, and since they're graphite they're light and sensitive.

They flat out do not work when the water is hard, as in frozen.

Deep diving cranks always work for me, so long as the water is soft.

Hmm... 150 - 250 posts per day is slow? At any rate, it's poor form to make comments about worthiness of others' advice or posts. It only starts unnecessary arguments. At any rate, I use chatterbaits in place of spinnerbaits, when the weed cover is sparse in spring. Once the weeds come up, a spinnerbait gets through the weeds and outperforms a chatterbait.

That's pretty cool.

I've heard so many great things about this shop. I'd love to visit sometime, but it's a little far from me.

You've obviously never seen a pike pick up a jig.

Kueka is also VERY good. Two of the largest tournament caught bass that I've ever seen came from there - an 8-5 LMB and 7-8 SMB. Funny part, same bag! The thing about Keuka is it's size. You can't run to one end or the other like you can on Conesus. It's the perfect size, big enough to support a good population, but not so big it's impossible to learn. Canandaigua is beautiful on the south end. Was just there yesterday for the grape festival in Naples. I wish I could have been fishing.

Way to go James and Daniel!

It's the taste of fear. Delicious! And celery? That's food for my food.

There is a tournament of some shape or form there almost every day of the week. It receives a ton of pressure, and yet, churns out big bag after big bag. I love that place, though it can break you on a tough day. Spring time prespawn and spawn are best bet for a trophy brown fish.

I noticed you can buy "hook an line caught" canned tuna fish for five times as much as chunk white albacore. I also noticed they were selling $18 organic peanut butter right next to the $3 jars of Jif. They keep these products right at eye level. The less expensive options are on the bottom shelf. You have to be a smart shopper these days. Crying about TW or BPS raising their prices won't change a thing, if you keep buying them there. Order from Siebert's where it's less expensive.

There are smallmouth in the lake, but Conesus is a big green bass factory. It generally fishes typically: docks on sunny days, deep weed edge, jigs & T-rigs. When it's stingy, it's really stingy.

It's not what you throw, it's where you throw it. Big fish is a location game, not really a bait game.

Woah, I hope everything is okay!

I use the internal on a 5 and 7 just fine.

I am actually hoping for a Patriots win (I know, what is wrong with me) next week. Bills fans are insufferable as it is. 3-0 ain't making it any easier.