Jrob78

Just my opinion but I think glass rods are more fun to fish.

Nice piece! I bet that is one sweet shooting 1911.

He's trying to get them in as quickly as possible so they don't get off in a tournament. Those fish are money to him. Bluebasser beat me to it.

If you try to carry a fish with your rod in the 90° position, it's putting way too much strain on the blank. People often try to lift or carry fish with their rods held like that to get the fish higher. Rod blanks aren't meant to be flexed like that.A normal hookset is probably around the 45° mark. This doesn't flex the blank so excessively. When you add in dents and dings that the rod might have sustained over the course of time, overstressing a blank can cause failure. Heavy hooksets with braid can also cause a rod to break but are less likely because the rod is normally held at a safe angle.

It's more about how you lift the weight, the angle of the rod in relation to the line coming out of the tip.

I wish more people shared your attitude, not just in fishing either.

For me it's to build a rod exactly how I want it. I can pick and choose the best blanks that each company makes and use the exact components that I like a rod to have. I can't buy a factory rod set up the way I like it, with the guides, reel seat, hook keeper, keeper placement, grip, grip placement, etc. exactly how I want. I can build one pretty easily though. Some people like to have something with custom colors and a custom design, that's more important than the performance aspect, or a combination of the two. For some people it's just something rewarding and creative to do that keeps you involved in fishing. It's cool to catch fish on a rod you built. I never found money savings to really play into it at all.

Concentrate on the edges. If the grass is matted you can punch it. If it's sparse you can fish a variety of techniques. Ripping traps is one of my favorites but spinnerbaits, t-rigs, wake baits, swimjigs, etc. all can be productive. If you have grass all over the lake, do as A-Jay suggested and fish the grass around the structure, fish the edges.

Do yourself a favor and pick up the Alphas SV, it's worth it.

It was probably aiming for his sweet jorts and just missed.

Great signing for SA, I figured they would get him. As a Mavs fan, I haven't been this excited for basketball season to start in a long time.

Yes, unfortunately.

lol

That sounds perfect.

I think $70 for a Triple Trout is the most I've ever spent. I have a few other swimbaits around that price but none more than that. I've not caught anything on the TT but I haven't fished it much yet either.

The same stuff you would fish during the day.

http://www.bassmaster.com/slideshow/first-look-icast-2015-products

That's awesome! I don't think you can buy stuff there though, maybe I'm wrong.

Nice!

Clearly if your frog is gone or you see your line swimming off, set the hook. That's different than setting on a blow up where they might not have even touched your frog.

The Caffeine Shad is great and I do fish it but it sinks a lot faster than a Super Fluke. I fish Fluke style baits a lot in the summer, usually around the edges of grass or pads. I prefer the 5" Bass Assassin for this type of fishing.

I think that red looks clean af on that rod and reel.

Yep, back off the brakes and or spool tension.

Disagree completely. I can't speak for actually being there at the show but it makes for great video. You can actually tell what the baits do.

Don't set the hook until you feel the fish. If you set when you see the blow up, you'll miss most of the time.