Hooligan

Guess I should have paid closer attention to this, hadn't read to the point that there was a time/date announcement. Oh well, I'll just have to pay full price.

I use an AVC66MM, I use a CUC63M, and I use a G. Loomis TWR802C.

Yes, but the question isn't about Keitech jigs.

I guess, now that I think about it, I use the Owner 5110 some, too. I think it's only available in something like 7/0 and 11/0.

Monster EWG Gamakatsu 7/0.

The only time I ever go as heavy as 20 is to keep a crank at a specific level. Generally, anything more than 15lb is 65# braid.

I've seen, for some reason, the Champion and GLX compared a couple times now, which was odd to me too; hence my asking here. It sounds like the 795DX is the rod I need to look at.

I like them on a couple lakes we fish, they're great for hopping down rock/chunk rock points. They hang less than a football. Get in weeds, though, and they're pretty bad about coming through.

For what it's worth, I have a couple in frog. Never caught anything on them...(Maybe I should fish them some time)

Both the 3X and the Mosquito are excellent hooks for both applications. The Mosquito takes next to nothing to hook-up. You just don't have to drive that hook home at all, reel up the slack and very, very light set. The 3x is also a little heavier hook. Dropshot nose hook I usually use a 1 or 2, wacky on a smaller finesse worm I'll usually have a 1/0.

I fish most on a 6'3" MXF, some on a 6'6" MMod.

Pretty sure they don't make them anymore.

I like the Owner Mosquito hook in 2/0 down to 2, depending on the plastic. I also use the Jackall heads in 1/16-1/8. They perform better than the others I tried, there's almost no hookset needed.

I guess I haven't really looked at that one, no. Now that you said it, I remember someone else telling me that I need to.

Anyone have an opinion on the two of these? I'm looking strictly for a 1-1.25oz grass jig/punch rod. So far these are the two on my radar in terms of what they have to offer.

Lucky Craft FlatCB MR or Fat Rap in Black/silver

I've never fished it and have three tournaments there this year. Can't even find a decent map of it other than on IA DNR website.

I'm either on a St Croix LTB Small Cranker, a Loomis Crankbait, or a St Croix Avid Crankbait 6'6" M/Mod. Most of the time I will fish shallow square bills on the Avid.

I don't know about injury, but I have a terrible time with those hooks. They never stay sharp and they seem to bend rather easy for me. I replace all of them with Owner, VMC, or Mustad.

Love my Castaics for pitching, ultimate in line control for me. I've only played with the Extreme in the store, and the two that I picked up (one fresh out of the box) had a sound like metal rubbing on metal as you would turn the crank and revolve the spool. That's my only experience with the reel.

Rubba, it isn't exaggerated by much, really. I played with it the other day after reading the other thread. With 14lb fluoro a Pointer 100 would stand on it's nose, as did an Xrap10, Vision and Squadminnow weren't as exaggerated as the others, it was more a downward tilt at maybe 35 degrees.

Skinhooked T-rig on a C-rig for me. Only fish Ring Fry, though, not the little one.

Seriously? I'm doing something wrong, then. I cannot fish a square A without being constantly fouled. In wood, I have lost at least a dozen baits, at a minimum it's a dozen. I've tried everything, slow rolling them did no good, running just to the point they'd almost roll out would hang them. I fish them on rip-rap that's about it, anymore. How are you working them so they don't get hung?

So, uh, yeah. If you like your jerkbait to hang vertically in the water column, go ahead and use fluorocarbon line. But seriously, don't. RoadWarrior already posted the link to the other thread. Iaconelli's article can be found here: http://www.mikeiaconelli.com/article.php?id=9 "McClelland said he prefers the McRip 85 for cold-water and pre-spawn conditions, working the bait on 8- to 12-pound Sunline monofilament." "The worst jerkbait season I ever had was when fluorocarbon first came out and I thought I didn't need mono anymore. But I realized after that just how important monofilament line can be." http://fishpaa.com/2011/02/pull-em-up-with-deep-jerkbaits/ Good advice, if you ask me.

They are the hanginest stinking crank known to man. Even the Lucky Craft BDS comes through better than the Square A.