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Nice work, that lmb looks to be real healthy..

Ditto..I was gonna say the same re: the RT taod... Good work Dink...but wait, I thought your gonna get your 10 lb'r this weekend..?

Yeah, good point..

You are confusing me with the guy with the 2 big smallies in his avatar AKA ROADWARRIOR Nope..I ain't confusing you at all..lol Look, most spinning reels toady are for the most part all good, Diawa, Pfluger, ect..as long as you don'y but the Cheap ones , you'll be o.k Some of us have just seen the light when it comes to inovation and a great warranty, hence we chose the Shimano. ;D

You fishing Casitis..? I don't think the 10-2 rule counts in so. cali...LOL

I voted Stradic, only cuz I'm a Die Hard Sheemano fan.. ;D And it's all Muddy's fault..lol jk.

Lol...looks like he's not to sure about that fish...still good catch. As always, it's Great to see the little ones out fishing no matter what fish they catch..

O.k...this may, or may not help...The city ponds I fish are Loaded with snot grass/ moss..that stuff gets on everything, yet I toss almost everything from soft plastic's to swimbaits. I try to pick my spots carefully where I cast, as there are some small spots in the ponds that are not covered in the moss..so I toss mt lure/plastic and deadstick it for 30 seconds, then retrive, trying to give myself the best possible chance for a bite. As for spinnerbaits, and other lures, I'll toss em out and slowroll them, keeping my lure just above the weed/grass tops. I still get weeds, grass ect on my lures but hey for that period where they are still void of stuff, ya just might get bit. Btw, these ponds are very shallow, 3-5 ft deep.

I've used almost every brand of line, except pline, so take this witha grain of salt...Yes, I like the yozuri best. Imho, where I fish I've had good luck with it..doesn't stretch like mono, has low memory, and is pretty dang strong. Consider where you fish, and the type of fishing you do..obviously some types of fishing require braid ect, i.e. flippin in heavy brush ect.

I'm with Matt on this one..if you guys think the WFN ect is bad, try watching motorcycle roadracing (AMA) compared to it's Euro counter part, I hate the announcers, but am truely glad I can watch it vs not watching it...btw, vs still shows older (2007 and newer) tourny's.

The Mojo weights, which are cylinrical do hang up in rocky areas, at least in my case, they do go through weeds ect, better..don't recall what size I have..

I have both the clear, and the green mist..I can see the green mist much better when it's out of water, plus RW said it works better or something..? lol The clear I have because they were out of green in 10 lb..anywho, I prefer the green mist, cuz these Old eyes ain't what they use to be,,lol

Thanks for the RT lobster info..nice work gettin all those fish.. Re: tresspassing....gotta love Texas..

X 2..Lay the spool on it's side..keeping slight pressure on the line as it goes on the reel, be it a spinning, or baitcaster.

Bama..All I can tell you is what I've expienced, which is I buy the 275 yd spools, the second spool I got did the same thing yours did after 1 cast, I had to cut the line. I then went and bought another spool of 12lb and it was fine, could have been a really old spool or something..? Now I spool up one of my baitcasters with 10 lb, and my other with 12, no problems so far, and I don't even usr my KVD line conditioner on them..So maybe try another spool.

Might check the shimano Clarus rods, usually about 79.00 with a lifetime warranty..also the basspro shops rods are pretty decent too, I have both.

Yup, nothing better than to see the big ole smile on a kids face when they catch a fish..

Come on Muddy, nobody would do that... Oh yeah, mine is still roaming in a lake somewhere too.. :-[

Can always count on Muddy for a good laugh..lol ;D

I too use yozuri on my spinning, and baitcasters..10lb on my baitcaster for lighter lures, and plastic's..12 lb on my swimbait baitcaster, and 8 lb on my spinning, and the reason I go 8 lb, is cuz we have lots of big ole rocks and stuff that can cause some serious abbrassion. I have been using yozuri for only about 1 month or so, and wouldn't even consider anything else at this point. btw, I use the ultrasoft.

This site has done alot for me...introduced new baits, rods, reels, ect, and has helped me better understand what it takes to catch more fish, and better quality fish. I'll take this oppertunity to thank all those that have in one way, or another contibuted thei knowledge so that we may catch better fish.

Nice...I ordered my Mattlures male bg floater too, along with some ragetail toads, and tiki sticks from TW.. Gotta say, Matt was really helpful in me makeing my choice on which one of his baits to buy...I also got his 5" trout from my loacl tackle shop..and my new rod and reel. Oh, I already had the BBZ dirty shad slow sinker..

Thanks...I have looked at the Mojo's in the past..the deal on the calcutta was just to good to pass up. Got to do some casting at the local city pond, still gettin use to it, but at least the distance is fine, just gotta get within a foot of my target..lol I'll be at the lake tomorrow, and hopefully get some bass with the new rig..

I dunno...how good do you look..? ;D

I gotta say....this is a great thread..