J Francho

That won't pass. It gets submitted every year. Not to get political....

How do the leashes with a D clamp and split ring work?

I thought this was gonna be another workout video.

My full cork Avids float with a sub 8 oz. reel, with nothing added.

Fixed the font issue for you. Size 14 pt. is the normal size. Welcome to the forums.

Butch is on another level. We're talking about a beginner swimbaiter. I want the margin of error to be high.

These are how my skate board bearings are made. You can actually completely disassemble the bearing by removing the shield and plastic cage. The let all the balls got to one side and take it apart.

Hobie Kayak Leash looks like the best option out there. At $20, it seems like a no brainer for our expensive bass rigs.

I don't recommend any fluorocarbon for swimbaits.

I don't like the leader idea at all for swimbaits. CXX is pretty economical. 600 yd. spool is less than $15.

I know you're looking for rod recommendations, but you might want to rethink your line choice. I use 20# CXX. There's many other that go this route. You can get away with lighter line, or the braid, but as your bait collection grows, you want to use an extremely tough line. Speaking of growing your collection of baits. Go slow. I made the mistake of buying everything I could afford. I now use just a handful of baits that suit my fishing and my waters.

I missed this. Very sorry for your loss.

When surface temps fall below 32° F.

Probably anywhere you can find them. They've been disco'd.

Ge grabbed the line and I cringed and said out loud, "Come on, man" like Keyshawn.

Good luck, fish well! Also, I'm seeing some really dumb mistakes landing fish. Clark Wendlandt just lost a nice one.

Topwaters, jerkbaits, vertical drop shot, big swimbaits, diving cranks are all rods that some special taper or power. Other wise, I M/MH/H in pretty much fast for everything else.

Call the DNR tip line.

This often is EXACTLY what bass are waiting for. Many call it "fishing up hill." Ask @Catt about it. It's a mistake, especially with swimbaits to write it off. Also, often when fishing from shore, you aren't usually casting straight out, unless you're following some underwater element. And how can there be no structure? What's holding the water in? Structure is the bottom of the lake. We describe structure with words like break, hump, point, drop off, ledge, break line, and many others.

It's probably the foot switch. I've had it go out on a Maxxum. It's not hard to replace.

If I tilt my bait caster to the left, will move my boat to the right?

I have four SB rods, and they are all over 7'9". One is 8', and is a pain to bring in the house. The S-waver is slow sinking and under 2 oz., and they way you fish it, it is unlikely you'd lose it, unless you hung on a log. They are less than $20, and highly effective. I fish them, along with the similar SG Glide Swimmer from shore all the time, with good luck. The Glide sinks a little slower than the S-waver.

What's a boat have to do with fishing swimbaits?

It just seems bush league to me.