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I use my curado E reels in saltwater. As long as you rinse it after fishing with it in saltwater, then it's going to be okay.

okay thanks guys. Yea I've been using silicone skirted jigs only. I think it's safe to try out the living rubber ones as well. Thanks for the info guys.

hey guys what's your favorite jig skirts? How is that living rubber material because I use silicone, but want to change to something else. I hear hair jigs are nice also. So looking to get an idea of what you guys use.

First off welcome to the board. This is, in my opinion, one of the best forums in regards to bass fishing. I see that you're already a good fisherman because you have been able to catch fish. Now that you're a member, you're going to keep learning and building on your previous knowledge. Anyways welcome to the board.

Hey guys I got a curado 200B that I would like to get supertuned. I bought some abec 7 bearings along with the carbontex drag, but haven't installed it in the reel because I'm wanting to get it supertuned first. So anyone who does it, shoot me a pm. Thanks in advance.

wind is a big factor as well as the worm you're using. I like to go as light as the conditions allow. For example I like using the berkley 7" powerworm with 1/8oz so that as it's falling down, it's doing it slowly. Just a thought

You see here's the thing, I love this reel and I was wondering if I sent this reel to Quantum, what would they do to it? I don't think they carry replacement parts for it right? or do they?

hey guys I don't know what happened, but this week we went saltwater fishing and my quantum IRON IR300 reel got messed up or something. Whenever I click on the cast control button, and after a cast I would turn the handle, but the reel would not reengage. So a few days ago I took the reel apart and found that the piece responsible for reengaging the reel, a little piece of it got chipped off, so it won't reengage the reel anymore. Should I just send it to quantum or what can I do?

that watermelon/black flake color is deadly. It always gets me a bite when the bass don't want anything that day. I cast it out, and painstakingly slowly drag the worm, let it sit for a few seconds, and then reel in the slack, and drag it again. This works when nothing else does for me. You should give it a try.

thanks for the info guys, I pretty much got an idea of what spinnerbaits I'm going to get custom made. thanks again.

yea Roadwarrior I've watched that movie dozens of time. That's the reason I got into that lumaflex skirt thing, but now I'm trying to get some custom made ones. Also here's another question, what size spinnerbaits are you guys using? I used 3/4oz most of the time, but I think it's too heavy on me. I'm thinking about downsizing. Any more suggestions?

Yea this was what types of spinnerbaits I wanted to get custom made. I wanted to get a few white, white/chartruese, bluegill pattern, and some colors for off-colored water. As for the blades, I was thinking about double willows, tandem blades, and some single willows, and single colorado blades. I probably got the clear water situation down, but what about the off-colored water?

Hey guys need some tips on what color spinnerbaits I should get. I'm getting a guy to make me some custom spinnerbaits and I was hoping for some quality info from my fellow bass fishermen. Anyways I want to have some spinnerbaits to fish in all types of lakes. My local lake has about 3 smaller lakes or ponds if you prefer to call them that. The first 2 ponds are light stained to really stained water, I mean you can't see anything sometimes. As for the last lake, it's ultra clear. Anyways I would like to know what colors are effective, as well as blade combinations, and spinnerbait sizes. I would appreciate any inputs guys. Thanks in advance.

dang $8? that's it man where do you find such good deals like this. Oh well anyways the sebile soft magic swimmer doesn't last as long as I thought it would. I have only caught about 3 or 4 bass, and it ripped on me already. I like it's swimming action though, looks a little better than it's hard bait counterpart to me. But it doesn't catch more bass than the hard one, dont' know why.

For those x-raps I like using olive green, and silver/blue as well as some with gold in it. As for the pointers, I use ghost minnow and a bluegill looking pattern, but forgot the pattern, at least it looks like a bluegill to me.

dang those JDM reels are badass. Wish I have loads of cash man.

the cabelas swimbait is fatter than the spro bbz shad. As for that twitchin of the rod tip that causes the spro bbz to turn 180 degrees, it doesn't work for the cabelas swimbait.

yea I agree with the fact that new reels are causing too much hype. The main difference I see between old reels and new ones are that new ones can cast lighter lures better, but older reels can far outcast any new reel when using regular weights like 3/8 and up.

hey I have used a few of these and I like the action of it. It swims really close to the spro bbz shad. However, this swimbait is bulkier in profile and has a wider swimming action. Haven't caught a bass on one yet, but it looks pretty darn good in the water to be a cheap lure.

I still use round reels. I only use round reels for saltwater unless I"m fishing some soft plastics with my curado reel. Anyways I have this really old Quantum Iron IR300 round reel that I just can't let go. I know it's pretty cheap nowdays but man it still reels in the fish.

buy some seaguar invizx or abrazx. You won't be disappointed, I guarantee.

use a lipless crankbait

micro guides are a nice. They actually cast farther than regular fishing poles with the normal sized guides, even the concept style guides. It was the traditional guides, then came the concept style. Now micro guides are a new thing, well not really new, but you get the idea. Anyways although I haven't used any carrot stix because I wrap custom rods, I did wrap a few rods using micro guides, and while testing them, they do outcast my other poles. So is it worth the extra $50? that's if you've got some money to spend.

I think you mean the eyelet for putting on a treble hook on the bottom of the swimbait. You don't have to use it, I don't.

man is it me or does quantum reels really "SUCK"? No wonder guys go with shimano or abu garcia. How much is that reel? $200?