SirSnookalot

If you are considering using a light rod with a UL reel you are probably not dealing with much heavy cover to pull fish out of. That's my ponds scenario, I use ul rod and reel along with light power rods. I happen to like a soft tip I think I get a better fight, 4-5# bass are not uncommon here and the rods handle them just fine. A stouter rod is the way to go with heavier vegetation. Personally I prefer those size rods to be 6'.

With all due respect why are you asking for opinions after your bought the reel, the time to ask was before. Now is the time to give us your review. I own 3 supremes, been using them over 5 years and I like them. The 8230 is anything but heavy, the ci+ in a 2500 size is only 1/2 oz. lighter and it's twice the MSRP.

I'm more interested in the game, at halftime I'm taking care of some bodily needs. Not too crazy for the commentators, there are no Mel Allens or Van Patricks any more.

Quite true a sand flea is a crab, great bait for pompano and permit. Both are great eating fish and being in the jack family give you a pretty good fight. We don't see them like we used to on the beach, don't know why.

Before anyone places a target on my back I don't believe I bad rapped bass or saltwater fishing. There are similarities as well as differences, one venue is neither easier or more difficult, the conditions at hand dictate that. I find both types of fishing satisfying, but I do favor the salt. 0119 IMO made an excellent point about elitism. Quite often I notice saltwater fishermen viewed as 2nd class anglers, understandable as this is a bass forum and people tend to be protective of their own sport. I assure you that in saltwater there are nice boats, great gear, highly skilled fisherman that use a variety of techniques, some have been adopted for bass like umbrella rigs and drop shotting. If one thinks all you have to do is put a live shrimp on the line, then ya haven't done much salt fishing, I'm not talking about a blue runner or sand perch. To catch fish here you have to hunt them just like being on the lake looking for bass. Have had many days going skunk both inshore and offshore.

Try it yourself with out a guide and see how easy it is. At times bass fishing is easier and other times inshore fishing is easier. As much as one needs to know about using different techniques and lures to catch bass an inshore fisherman has to be aware of tides both incoming and out going, what fish are if the area if any. Just like bass fishing inshore fishermen have to know how to fish certain wind and water clarity conditions. Being with a guide at stick marsh for bass or a guide on the keys is a great benefit, they have the knowledge you don't. When I catch a good fish with a guide or charter, they are the ones that deserve the credit. Catching them by myself is the time to pat myself on the back. What fish is the best fight is pretty much a moot point for most people, you haven't caught them all. You could never tell a smallmouth fisherman that anything is tougher, same goes for steelhead, stripers or redfish. I've caught all those fish but some species have eluded me, and I can't be told anything is going to out fight a jack, permit or tarpon. It's meaningless banter. I get razed by my saltwater friends all the time, "going for pan fish" as they chuckle " gonna use em it for bait?" I'm no expert but I do fish bass and saltwater nearly every day. Without being overly bright just the experience of being there everyday, one has to know something.

Would have it been a bad call if Lynch had been stopped short or fumbled, same for Wilson? At least with the pass the ball made it to the enzone. No question the safer play was a run and probably what the defense expected, great defensive play. As much as I like Brady, Butler should have been the MVP, he didn't win the game he prevented the loss.

The only reason it was a bad call is it failed, had it been a reception Carroll would have been a hero. Give credit to the defensive play.

A hard fighting fish is relative to what one normally catches.

I'm content right now. If I find the fish I'm going to catch them most of time, don't see it any more complicated that that. Nohow catches fish, not magic lures.

When the water temperature becomes more consistent. The temps have been bouncing around, once we get a steady uptrend it will pick up. My least favorite time of the year to fish, inshore bite hasn't started in my area yet, bass have slowed down, caught so many up to a couple of weeks ago I'm bassed out. Waiting for inshore as well as some peacock action.

Looks similar to a sand perch that we have here in Florida, bucket fishermen love them.

I'm from Michigan originally have driven in all kinds of weather, not only cars but larger trucks and tractor trailers. When it rains hard down here in Florida with poor visibility, you bet I stay under a bridge until it passes.

You're not wrong or right. With as much similarity with bass and inshore fishing there are big differences too. Many of the bass waters I fish are landlocked, the bass are always there, doesn't mean they are always striking. Without addressing variables like tide and baitfish, inshore fish just may not be in the area. Pretty hard to catch a fish when none are around. At certain times bass fishing is easier and at other times inshore fishing is easier. A little tip with inshore fishing, with some species of fish that are busting don't cast to where they are. By the time the lure hits the water they're gone, cast to where you think they will be.

I don't find casting to one spot over and over to catch a fish is easy, it can take a lot time. I don't care to do it, the reasons of morality don't enter into it, I enjoy my fishing using different tactics.

Don't seem to understand a locked down drag, off the top of my head for 2 reasons. Big or small I want to play a fish, not drag it in, once the drag is set for a bass it doesn't need to be adjusted. Secondly it's always possible to get a strike from a much larger fish than your intended target. A locked down drag with 6# line and 40# fish hitting, your chances of the line or knot holding are greatly reduced.

I'm sure I've said this before, it all depends how one fishes. I have little need for a super sensitive stick, I seldom fish the kind of lures that require it. Bass fishing for me is not about the fight, it's more about the strike. I don't find too many fish that explode on a top water lure like a bass, even a tarpon doesn't it's a different kind of strike. When I get a 22" or bigger bass hitting a top water, that's something special. I'm using these lures on various rod sizes, the most fun I'm having is when I'm using a ul to catch fish that size. My ul has the backbone of an over boiled spaghetti noodle, that limpness is what makes it exciting and does challenge my ability to land them. The rod isn't worth what I paid for it, probably no more than 40 bucks years ago.

I have rods that fish both light as well as heavy for what they are marketed to be. Don't feel they are bad rods just labeled wrong, I use them for what I think they are.

That was really the main reason. Once in a while I'd get a call, line was dead and the phone wouldn't work till I rebooted. I get a kick out of this, have 2 friends back in Detroit both owned pretty big companies, very successful guys. Neither has a computer at work and at home only their wives are computer literate. One of guys had a black rotary dial phone at his business, he was a trader and spent his life making phone calls at work, lol. Those old rotarys never broke and were free from Bell I think.

Good point about trying to get more depth. I'm sure many in freshwater do this, down here on the jettie it's real common. Being at 10-15' or higher a lure does not go very deep, people use inline torpedo style trolling sinkers ( splitshots too) for depth and longer casts with light lures.

I use spoons quite a bit. I'll nix the Johnson silver minnows for 2 reasons, they turn over and create more line twist and the hook is that sharp, they do excel in weedy conditions. If you like that type of spoon check out a clark spoon, the hook can be replaced. Kastmasters are super, especially where distance is needed, I've forgone my Krocs in favor of them but I don't them for bass fishing from shore. For bass from my favorite is a gold hammered Wahoo Redfish key spoon, yes it's a saltwater spoon, all I use for bass now.

Can't address that particular rod but overloading where I fish is a way of life. Not only me but a lot of people I see toss 1-1.5 even 2 oz on a 3/4 rated rod. Doing this for years and years, I've never had a rod break or seen one break, and whip them out pretty hard. 1/8 oz over max should pose no problem.

The line is going to follow the lure. Using a jig for example the line will be pulled down by the weight of the jig. Using topwater lure that floats the line is going to be on the surface.

Probably the easiest and most effective way to do it. Never using a scale to set my drag I don't really know what 1/4 or 1/3 is, I just know I have my drag where I want it.

This works fine. You can also reduce the size of the image, I like 600 pixels, and attach the file. Either method works well. As of late I've been using dropbox, the photos are automatically uploaded to my computer as I shoot the picture, I then downsize when I get home if I choose to post. With photobucket or Imgur you have the manual option of uploading on the spot too. Another nice feature of dropbox or any cloud service is using it in conjunction with google earth. I pinpoint as many locations on earth as I want, I then send the kmz file to dropbox. Having separate files for different geographical areas I can hone right to that area using drop box. I use it both on my pc as well as my smartphone. A screenshot of how it looks.