JaxBasser

I'll go with 17.5 then lol. I'll get rid of the snake pic, sorry about that. I missed another fish that was at least that big. Was picking a bird nest out of my line and when I went to reel back in the fish was on the line. Jumped and shook the hook because I never got a good set on him.

Couldn't get this fish to keep his mouth closed. Do I count where his bottom lip goes or the top. Big difference there.

I'm in.

I have the Speed Spool Tournament. Easily my favorite between my Revos and BPS PQs.

$100. They are the nicest rod in that price range I've owned. I like it a lot better than my Veritas.

Couldn't fish today but the bait monkey got me at Gander Mountain. Picked up one of those *** *** Black rods I've heard so many great things about. It's a pretty sweet rod.

Went out tonight and got nothing. I won't be able to fish tomorrow so I'm done for this month. Still cant believe I forgot my tape measure yesterday when I was actually catching fish. Could have culled that 14.5 and probably a 16".

Hey DEEPdish have you fished the Industrial Park lately? If so which ponds have been producing? I'm thinking about heading out there this afternoon Also has anyone ever fished the pond beside the Gander Mountain, the one covered in pads. I want to go out there to buy a new rod and I was wondering if it would be worth it to bring some gear and fish there.

Had a good day fishing one of my hard to reach spots. They were smashing the speed worms and frogs and I got a few fish that could have culled some smaller fish...then I realized I forgot my tape measure.

This weather seems to have the fish shut down or something. Fished OPCC with dave when it first started to roll in and we caught 1 14" fish between us. That never happens out there.

You should be able to set that STX up to where it will give no problems. Turn on 3 of the centrifugal brakes, set your spool tension to where the spool stops as soon your baits hits the ground when you drop it from the tip, set the mag brakes to about halfway. You won't get amazing distance but it will help with the birdnests. Work your way down from there.

Suffix 832 is really good.

I have a 6'6 setup I keep just in case I fish places like that. Most of my spots are open around the banks though and I don't have any problems with my 7' Veritas.

I'm looking for a casting rod for throwing weightless plastics (mainly Senkos, Speed Worms, Speed Craws, Flukes, and 7" worms). I may also throw a really light t-rig or rage rig with it (1/8 oz). I know that's a bit of a wide range of baits to throw with one rod but I bank fish and can't really tote a lot of rods. I have a 7' MH Veritas I use now for pretty much all of my single hook presentations and frogs but it's not the best for the lighter stuff. I've been hearing really good things about the Black rods and have pretty much decided on one of these. I'm having trouble picking between the 7'1 M or the 7'1 MH though. Not quite sure which would be better for what I want to do. For anyone who has used both the Omen and Veritas is the MH on the *** as stiff as the Veritas(which feels more like an H)? That's the main thing I dislike about the Veritas for light stuff. Would a M be enough to drive those hooks in and pull fish out of cover (lots of small pads and grass in the places I fish)?

Nothing but little fish today. I'll be heading to the good spot tomorrow so hopefully I'll catch a couple replacement fish.

I only had 16" for like 2 weeks and then boom I got up to 83" in just the past 2 days. You never know.

All of this rain seems to have them really active, especially in shallow grass.

I got GTA V at the midnight release but I haven't played in the last 3 days because the fishing has been so good

14.5 Should put me at 83"

20 on a baby ribbit frog 16.5 on a baby ribbit frog 16 on a speed craw The picture of the last fish kinda sucks with the measurement. Couldn't get him to hold still and I was in a hurry to get him back in the water.

I have a 20, 16.5, and a 16 I need to upload pics of when I get off of work. That should give me 4 fish for 68.5" which will make me just one solid fish short of a move into the top 4.

Caught some nice fish on frogs this afternoon. Missed a really really big fish though, made me sick seeing that thing then seeing the hook pop out. I'll upload pics in a bit.

This month has been really bad for me. Almost no time to fish and when I do its all just little fish. Hopefully i'll get something in the next few days.

I haven't had any problems with the PP superslick. I have it spooled up on 2 reels and I fish it a lot.

I actually meant going out in about 30 minutes to hit some ponds within walking distance of my house. I work at 6am on Friday so I don't think I'll be able to get out tomorrow night. I'm off again Tuesday so maybe monday night.