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I bought a pair of Cocons at bps, cuz I didn't want to spend 400.00 on RX glasses. I wore them twice, and trashed them..not worth the $$$ imho.

Hooked a tennis ball, a 20" bmx bike, and the best thing was a nice shad shaped swimbait, that was custom made by a local guy. I posted pic's of it on another site, and he identified it..whats cool, is I cleaned it up, and it swims pretty good.

Hmm, how bout a 8lb'r on a Light spinning rig, and 6lb test..?

When you get to be 62, It's a chore just to get up. But a day on the water..makes it all worth while..

I'll make my usual pitch for Diawa Samuri braid. 55lb, and if I use a leader, it's 12lb youzuri..the diameter of the 55lb samuri is the same as 10lb mono. So if you use a lower rated braid, the leader would also have to be lower, IF you try and match the the 2 lines diameter, which some guys like to.. As for abrasion, it isn't that great when you get into rocks..but it great for horsing out big bass from tullies ect.

Very well put Roger

Nope, unless your knot is Huge, and has superglue on it.. ;D I throw braid on my Shimano Calcutta rod all the time..

They do, I have a couple of the bluegill, and talapia 4" swimbaits..Being they have bottom trebeles..I wouldn't toss them where they can get snagged..I've lost 2 already..I also wouldn't use the term Bed bait either, but you could try em, as they are cheap enough.

Ummm, uh, sorry I don't usually look at frog threads.. where have you been ??? ;D only about 3-5 threads on them , wake up !!!

Hmmm, low cost spinning and baitcasting rods don't have crooked guides...do they..?

I have the 3700 storage boxes, and I have plastic's scattered all over in them..lol My backpack is a mess..

Not to highjack your thread, but has anyone thought about these frogs..? http://www.***.com/Tru-Tungsten_Mad_Maxx_Frog/descpage-TTMMF.html

Yeah, in one of his special lakes... Try one at 1 of so. cali's pressured lakes, and see what happens.. the episode i saw , he caught a 10+ lber. on a rayburn red dancin' eel

I have used both fluro, and copoly, I have had breakage issues with the fluro, which was trilene 100%.. I have since returned to my Yozuri hybrid ultrasoft line. I use the yozuri in 4, 6, 8 10, 12 and 15 lb tests. Until someone comes out with a better fluro, or coploymer..I stick with what I have.

If I'm not mistaken, there's a couple of pretty good fishermen on here that use only spinning gear..

For 2.00 I'd try em, but not for the 7.00 I paid for the sweet beaver knock off's..

If your catching fish, and having fun..who cares what your using..

You might try some shallow running cranks, and shallow suspending jerk baits..i.e. if the rocks are 8-10 ft deep, get baits that max out at 4-6' deep. Also if the rocks are Big, you can get square lipped cranks that will bounce off the rocks, and create a reaction strike. For heavy weeds, a jig with a trailer, on Stout rod and at least 55lb braid, you'd be surprised at what you can do with braid..

Expand your horizons young man.. I throw, everything you would from a boat, Except fast sinking swimbaits.. I throw all types of plastics, jigs, with and w/o trailers, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits,frogs,cranks, ect, ect. Obvioulsy the conditions dictate what I throw, also the structure would play a part too. For example, I wouldn't throw out any treble hook lures in heavy weeds, you wind up losing way to many lures..don't ask how I know this..

Just my 3 cents..you can do with a spinning rig what a baitcaster will do..seems some folks like to "look" cool having a baitcaster. Oth, a baitcaster will give you more leverage, and more control fishing in certian situations. Once you become comfy with a baitcaster, you can do almost as much as with a spinning rig, sans very light lures, and of course, you may not be able to cast as far. To proplery use a baitcaster take some practice. There are a zillion topics on how to learn to use them here, a search should turn up more info than you'd care to read.. ;D Also imho, If you get a baitcaster, get the best one you can afford, the better ones will have better brakeing, a free spool, and be lighter in weight..plus have better bearings.

I have the bluegill and the talapia...and yes, good bait for the $$$.

you wanna talk about a braid that does not need to be broken in and has no teflon or waxy coating , you have to talk about Triple Fishes Bully Braid , to bad they don't make it any more (tho can be had on the internet ) OTH..you can buy the Samuri at almost any tackle shop, and on the interwebs..

All I had at the time was my bc rig. Plus there aren't many places locally that require skipping.. But I'll give it a shot with the spinning rig. try sling shotting it with a spinning reel

Diamond Valley lake would be 1, Castaic would be another. There are a couple local city park lakes close by. legg lake in whitter narrows, Puddinstone dam. DVL, and Castaic can be googled for more info.

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