bass wrangler569

I've talked to a few locals who fish Erie regularly and they all said if you don't have at least 25lbs in the spring you might as well dump your bag. They said the winning weight in spring tournies is usually over 30lbs

X2 He's incredible

I have the same amp in the 120watt version but I have no idea what could cause that problem. I would contact line 6 if I were you.

1/2oz chart/white with double willow blades. They're awesome in dingy to muddy water. Any translucent colors work well in clear water but I'm partial to war eagle's mouse color.

My experience with terminator has been hit or miss. I've gotten some gems, but those have been few and far between. I've been using war eagle and nichols spinnerbaits for a while now and they are definitely much higher quality.

I think it does sometimes. One of the guys in my club used to practically live on one of our local lakes. He would get there friday and leave sunday evening, sleeping on his boat at night. As a result, he got to know the lake better than anyone else, and it got to the point that people would just turn around an leave when they saw him pull up to the ramp because they new they had no shot at winning.

E7, it really allows you to take up slack quickly, which really comes in hand when a bass blows up far away on a long cast.

The cranking ltx has a softer action, which makes it harder to rip out treble hooked lures, like crankbaits. I have the 6'9 med. version which I use for jerkbaits in the spring and it works great.

that pretty much sums things up

4-5 days a week in the summer, with usually a tournament or two on the weekend. During the school year, just tournaments and occasional fun fishing on the weekends.

Try some big 1/2 and 3/4oz white/chartreuse spinnerbaits with gold blades. Smallmouth love 'em, and the larger size and gold blades really stand out in the muddy water you described. Also, try some jerkbaits. I'm typically a lc pointer guy, but in muddy water, xraps have more action and seem to get more attention. The xr8s are a good all around size, but if you want to target smallmouth in the 2.5lb+ range, pick up some xr12s. They're going to seem too big, but trust me, they're not, especially in low vis conditions. Color wise, I would focus on glass ghost for slightly clearer water and hot steel for muddy water. Good luck!

I'm not a scientist so I can't lend any explanations to which line stretches more, but I'm with Crestliner, when you take mono in your hands and try to stretch it, it has much more stretch than fluorocarbon does.

He's my friend, we joked about it. He was only useless today, believe me, there have been days that I've been useless and he lets me know it too And he did have us around fish all day, so that was helpful.

I was in the back of the boat LOL! He was the boater. I think he was just having a bad day though, he usually doesn't do too bad. And endless, your right, it was a charity event which is really cool, plus my club raised over $10,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society which is great. So I guess I can't complain too much, I had fun and it went to a good cause which is the most important thing.

good stuff