Dwight Hottle

Congrats on the PB. Cool picture.

That's a real nice summer walleye.

Roger Gary & Gary are both saying Dwight who! Thanks for the compliment.

Don't have have to tie a new leader on as often.

Take a look at the combo for sale by Shimanogloomis man in the fishing flea market forum.

Anything with the Diawa name on them can't be all bad. Your just going to have to experiment with them.

Great outing Paul. Your dads bass has great color.

Sounds like everyone caught fish & your making Big-O happy.

Well then who is this mr walleye man!

I have spooned a few times in the summer probing deeper water structure after the spawn. Deeper water is 25-40 feet. I use mostly hopkins & northland buck shot rattle spoons. I do change out the hooks on the hopkins to a larger size & usually use triple grips on the spoons. Spoon jigging is mostly a vertical presentation for me with a mostly stationary boat or slow drifting boat not exceeding 1 mph on the gps. Faster than that you lose the vertical technique even with a heavier spoon. Spoon jigging does work. My biggest problem is keeping the sheephead off . I probably catch two sheepies for every smallie using this technique. I drop the spoon down on semi slack line until I fell bottom contact. Then I jig with one to two foot hops trying to feel for the bite on the descent. I always use 10lb or 20lb braid with a mono leader made from 12lb maxima ultra green. Much better than fc for me. Very abrasive resistant & ties up good knots without having to baby it like floro. Most fish are hooked on the up sweep. I hold my rod by the reel seat but tuck the rear handle under my forearm at all times. This helps distribute the shock of a bigger fish grabbing your spoon while saving your wrist. Any fish over 5lbs gets your attention pretty quick when that weight is suddenly there. Jigging with spoons is a lot of fun when you are over fish. It is boring as h when you are not. With smallies they sometime want a slower jigging speed & sometimes a much faster speed between pumps. When they are aggressive they will hit the spoon on the drop before it hits bottom. Sometimes they will follow the spoon up as your reeling up to start over. Changing speed is the biggest trigger for those curious smallies. Actually changing speed or cadence or rhythm as Catt likes to call it is the best trigger you can use for increasing your quantity & quality of smallies caught.

Yes sir 50/50 is safe for the screen.

Catt, so what your saying is that you got rhythm.

If your only buying one rod for multiple purposes then yes that is a good choice

Your BAD.

I would like to rummage through his rod & reel combos.

I always clean my unit with a spray bottle of water/vinegar mix & then wipe with a soft clean t shirt. Also never let any one touch the screen with their fingers.

Excellent writeup Chaz! Very informative.

Congrats on your first win. Nice report John.

Well I could ask what brand of jig you were swimming but I think I already know the answer. Sounds like you had a great outing with some real quality fish thrown in.

Mine doesn't. But if you lend me yours it will!

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Pretty good day to have two biggies. WTG on that new PB.

Very nice PB. Congrats.

I understand the relationship between loomis/shimano & the Gary Loomis departure/North Fork Composite. My point was loss of warranty for the glx if you altered the blank.

If you strip a glx you will probably lose the warranty from loomis.