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My last name is Thibodeaux that's 100% Cajun and I do my own cooking 8-) Sauce Piquant, Crawfish Etouffee, Smothered Chicken, Shrimp Creole, & Real Cajun Dirty Rice are my most requested.

Ok let's explain it where y'all can understand it I've got $550 in my wallet which is the cost of a new Chronarch Mg and A G Loomis Rod. I only spend $125 for the reel and $175 for the rod for a total of $300 The original amount in my wallet of $550 minus the cost of $300 leaves me with $250 I would say the bait monkey lost! Oh yea Long Mike my salary at Academy is not my only income

The bait monkey can't hang with the Catt 8-) Original cost of Shimano® Chronarch® Mg $250 A Loomis IMX or GLX $300.00 less $125 saved on reel $175 Total spent: $300 for a $550 set-up Fivebasslimit, I would but this is going to be my Texas Rig

If you think you're fishing to fast you probably are : Search baits to locate the bass and the slow down with Jigs or Plastic

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Getting that good of a deal on a rod will be a little bit harder since the only high end rods sell are Shimano Curcial, Falcon (some new & some old), American Rod Smith, & Castaway.

Kids, grandkids, nephews, nieces, uncles, and aunts all home safe ;D Oh yea a new fishing buddy

$249.99 ;D

Trophy anglers goal is to catch the biggest bass in a particular body of water and it doesn't matter if they live on the left hand coast, the right hand coast, or some where in between. Tournament anglers goal is to win money by catching the biggest 5 bass limit in a particular body of water and it doesn't matter if they live on the left hand coast, the right hand coast, or some where in between. You also have local anglers like my self that are accomplished in both and it doesn't matter if they live on the left hand coast, the right hand coast, or some where in between.. What makes them the same is their understanding of the body of water they are on, the affects of weather patterns, water conditions, life cycle of the bass's prey, and how to use simple techniques effectively.

Go to any tournament wed site, read the results, there are hundreds of anglers who get skunked. Bass fishing at any level is hit or miss :-? I've seen KVD, Clunn, Brauer, Nixon, Ike all of them skunked :-[

To quote Mr. Hannon It takes a rare breed of fisherman using simple techniques to perfection to consistently catch big bass. There are a small percentage of anglers rather they are tournament anglers, hawg hunter, or weekend warriors that simply get it. They understand the effects of weather, water conditions, bait presentations, and the fish they are after. Far the rest of the anglers I'll quote Mr. Hannon again People often respond to failure and frustration by over-complicating theory and technique.

At Academy we can't sell a product unless it is in the box in which it came from the factory. I bought our display model Shimano® Chronarch® Mg for $124.95 8-)

Far small to medium plastics a Mustad 3/0 Straight Shank Denny Brauer Flipping Hook Far large plastics Strike King Saber Point 5/0 off set Hook

Narrowed my to 3 8-) Summer through Fall: Texas Rigged Gene Larew 7 ½ Salty Ring Worm Cinnamon Pepper Neon/June Bug Laminated (Camouflage). ¼ oz bullet weight and a Mustad 3/0 Straight Shank Denny Brauer Flipping Hook Spring: Texas Rigged Lizard or Baby Brush Hog Watermelon/Neon, ¼ oz bullet weight and a Mustad 3/0 Straight Shank Denny Brauer Flipping Hook Winter: Oldham's Jig 3/8 oz Black/Blue with a Gene Larew Salty Hawg Craw 6 Black/Blue claws cut 1 ½ off the tail

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I carry 4 rods total 8-)

That's why it's called fishing & not catching About the time you think you have them figured out they prove you don't :-?

I don't know how far south you're heading but with water temperatures in the mid 50's you're talking late pre-spawn. The bass will definitely be shallow and feeding up far the spawn, just about any technique should work.

Tell us who's sponsoring the tournament and on what lake?

Stratos's secret weapon is; Mr. Alan Stinson. A veteran many times over, Alan was not only the founder of Nitro Boats, which he sold off to Bass Pro Shops, but he was the designer of the well known Skeeter Starfire, and the world record holding Stratos 201 hulls. He has designed every hull Javelin Boats currently have in their production line up. These are the same hulls they have been running under Javelins for some time now. He also designed the proven 19, 20, and 21 foot Stratos SS hulls. Alan Stinson has designed every hull that Larry Nixon has fished from since 1976!

With Toledo Bend being some where around 65 miles long I can start fishing bedding bass up north in February then continually move south until late April.

It hard to find a comparison test that is not bias; Berkley will not say which is better in any way shape or form.