Goose52

Stunning - someday you have to lay out your gear for a glamour shot and post it .... you just teased us on that tackle thread a while back... ;D

Isn't that how much it is usually? I think that's Fish307.com's regular price but it's a buck cheaper than the current Cabela's price and one of the posters above mentioned buying 600yd spools...

I can't take the credit this time - Roadwarrior recommended Fish307.com for Yo-Zuri in a post last year sometime ... I bookmarked it !

Pretty light. The only 7' MH that I have is a BPS Bionic Blade and it weighs 170 grams = 6.0oz. Anyway, the Carbonlites are indeed light and were temporarily at a great price - but at their full retail price I think there is quite a bit of competition...

Fish307.com has Yo-Zuri Ultrasoft for $11.95 / 600yd for 4 to 15lb test. $13.95 for 20lb test. http://www.fish307.com/yo-zurihybridultrasoftline600yardspools.aspx FWIW

I just broke-out an HJ-10 the other day. Ice has melted here and water temp is back up to 46-48deg so based on some recommedations on this board I thought I'd try fishing the HJ slow - trying to find those sluggish bass.

Down here in TN the ice melted off our lakes last week. I fished today for 3 hours - the surface water temp in the first lake was 48deg, temp was 46deg in the second lake. I fished a 4" Senko, a Zoom Fat Albert grub, a lipless crank, and a Rapala Husky Jerk. Nada, zip, nothing. Fishing dropped off here in November when water temps went below 50. Perhaps it will pick back up when the temps get above 50 : Lots of winter left though and I expect water temps will go back down before they get back to 50...

I call that "bank trolling" - done it myself (and still do on occasion!).

I fished my '60s vintage River Runt a few days ago. I got back from fishing that day and did a web search and was surprised to learn that they were discontinued nearly 20 years ago !

Retired from the aerospace industry - now an amateur angler amongst other pursuits...

Sounds like it would be great - Yo-Zuri says that the 8lb actually tests at 12lb so you have a thinner diameter to go deeper but still have 12lb breaking strength...

The new BPS Carbonlite is only 6.7 oz - and only $120... :

Sounds like what I was doing is similar to a lot of you. Now, I'll have to shop for Mendit...

Hopefully they're lost due to catching fish! Problem in my home lakes is that they're not very good fisheries with a lot of little stunted bass and not very many big ones. Plastics tend to last me a long time since they don't get hit very much

Good tip !

Thanks for the replies. Sounds like a lot of folks are like me, and will keep using the bait while it's serviceable (including secondary service like trailers). For now, I will just keep a zip-lok bag handy to store the used baits until they wear out. I can fish nearly every day and I hate to throw out a plastic in the evening that I could use the next morning. It's not like I'm fishing weekends only and could then justify starting with a fresh bait every Saturday morning... Anyone feel that there is an issue with the remaining salt or scent on a used bait? After time in water, is the scent/salt depleting and reducing the "catchability" of the bait? If scent/salt DO contribute success factor of the bait (which I imagine it would - that's why they salt/scent it to begin with isn't it?), perhaps I will have to do a sniff test on the bait and when it seems "out of juice" then I will toss.

Is there a consensus on how long you can fish a plastic or whether to keep it after it's been fished? Say you've fished a certain plastic for a while and you quit for the day, or you change baits - what do you do with that plastic if it's still in good shape? Leave it on the rod and fish it the next time? Take it off the hook and put back in the original bag? Do you have a separate bag for used plastics? OR, do you toss it due to possible degradation of the scent/salt (since it's been fished)? In the old days, before salt/scent, we would fish a plastic worm 'till it fell apart. Just wondering what everyone does nowadays since we have all these fancy scented and salted (and somewhat expensive) baits :-?

That's one rig that I'll never be tempted to buy. Some of those swimbaits are bigger than the average size bass in my lakes - the swimbait would scare away all the fish! ;D

It only took BPS about a day and a half to fix that $70 price for all lengths of the BC and spinning rods on-line. Now, they're all reduced by a flat $20 from regular price. Glad you got the $70 price on both !

Who can feel .1oz plus or minus anyway Regardless of the EXACT weight, you could put something like the new BPS Carbonlite reel on your casting rod and still be under 12 oz spooled up with line - not bad at all!

It would be an interesting thread. Not sure how well some postal scales resolve under an ounce though so you could have some variance in reports depending on the type and quality of the folks scales. I weigh on an (ammunition) handloading scale - reads to .01 gram (.01 gram = 0.0003527396 ounce). I have calibration weight sets so I can verify the calibration of the scale. Perhaps some of the folks are also handloaders and have access to similar scales.

Short answer for me would be the Rick Clunn. Longer answer is that there's some differences between these three reels and some may or may not be important to you. The Rick Clunn on sale for $72 is a great deal on an all-around reel with dual braking. The Nitro has the highest line capacity and drag rating but doesn't have dual braking. The JM reel has a bit higher drag rating than the RC reel and a higher bearing count but is $48 more. The JM also has a wide-spool model with high lign capacity if that is important to you. All these reels are in the mid 9 oz range in weight. So, if want a good all-round reel, get the RC. If you need the power, go for the Nitro. If you have the bucks, the JM is a very nice reel. If you decide on the RC - act quick as they were sold out for a while and no telling how much longer they will be available. Another reel to consider is the Pro Qualifier and many of us are hoping it will go back down to $80 during the BPS spring sale. The PQ offers dual-braking and 4 available ratios and is an ounce lighter than the other 3 reels.

Yes - the $71.82 reel is the 2009 model. The only noticeable change on the new "RCX" reel is the color. The remaining specifications are the same (bearing count, weight, line capacity, handle design, etc.). No one with the new RCX reel has checked in yet to report any changes other than color.

Already posted..but here it is again! Technique specific rods are for "enthusiasts". Almost all your fishing can be done with just one rod. Beyond that, you only "need" three rods: Spinning: 6 1/2' or 7', M or MH, Fast Action (soft plastics and light lures) Baitcasting: MH or H, Fast Action (jigs, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and all single hooks) Baitcasting: MH, Moderate Action (all treble hook lures) A little reiteration there RW You haven't said what the "1" rod would be of those you mentioned. For me, it would be a 7' medium spinning rod...

That's pretty light. For comparison, my GLoomis GLX MBR842C (a 7' mf rod) weighs 125 grams = 4.4 oz. A 6-6 GLX might go under 4 oz, but probably not by much. Sensitivity is another issue of course, but when it comes to weight alone - the BPS rod is.... light !