hookingem

I've only had experience with the fireline braid. Bought a spool when I was broke and it was on sale at Wally World for dirt cheap. Decent stuff didn't have any issues with it.

Just bought a pack of the superfreaks tonight can't wait to put them to use. LF makes some baits with awesome actions caught my PB on a Live magic shad.

Welcome ill be headed to college next year and will surely be joining the bass club! Welcome to the community!

Give a Clarus a shot! Its quite a rod for 70 dollars and you cant beat Shimano's lifetime warranty!

Your posts make me more and more envious! Awesome fish Big-O

So lets get a list of who all is going to make an appearance on Saturday. 1.Hookingem

Thats what I'm talking about lets do Saturday and kaotic what if we make it around 4 or 5 in the evening instead of the morning? Would that work out?

Welcome to the BR community! Truly one of the best online communities! Look around and use your search tool a lot of good information here!

Go for a shimano rod! You wont regret it crucial or a compre.

Idk what day would be best for everyone. Is next saturday too soon for everyone?

Maybe one day I'll be lucky enough to have a combo for every technique, but I'd have to say the vast majority of us here have to use our combos for more than one application.

I'm already really stoked on it! Seems like an awesome opportunity to continue to do what I love in college and become a more knowledgeable fisherman overall.

For a second I thought I was in Ap calculus again... ahaha OK. My records show that I put my "most used" (so far) PQ in service on October 26, 2009. I just set a reminder in my scheduling program to go off on October 26, 2014. I'll give you a report then. I have saved the link to this thread and will capture a screen shot of this post as well and have it on file if for some reason this thread is not viewable in 2014. At present, I have 12 BPS BC reels: 2 ProLites, 2 Rick Clunns, 2 Carbonlites, and 6 PQs. Of those, the ProLites, Rick Clunns, and the low-ratio PQs are niche reels that will probably last a lifetime at their current service rates. What I will report back on is those PQs and Carbonlites that have seen relatively constant use. Regarding "use rates" - I fished about 300 days last year. So, is that typical for all anglers? If my PQ reels do show wear or become unserviceable - then did they give 5 years of service? Are my 5 years the same as other angler's 5 years. How about northern anglers that have hardwater for 4 months - they only fish for bass for 8 months (or less if they have closed seasons). Then, they may be working and only fish a few times a week. So their "year" of fishing may only be 60 days on the water. Something to think about. I keep relatively good fishing records, but I will NOT be able to tell you how many days that I fished each reel since I maintain a "catch" log - not a fishing day log. I WILL be able to tell you how many fish were caught on each reel, and using an average number of casts per fish (probably around 25 or so - have no records on this...but my waters are not continuously productive - I get skunked from time to time!) I will be able to give an estimate of the number of "cycles" (casts & retrieves). I would be able to state (if I wanted to crunch the numbers) the total weight of the fish caught with each reel (it would take some work - not just file sorting). Another metric I could generate would be the types of baits that were used for each reel - this would provide some measure of reel service as a bait worked with the rod tip like soft plastics probably presents less strain to the reel than cranking for instance. Those are some metrics that come to mind that would provide some evidence of the amount of "use" and resulting durability of the reel(s). As an example: The reel that I put in service on 10-26-09 (PQ#2) has so far caught only 171 fish. At the same rate, in another 3.5 years, it would have only caught a total of 641 fish. Perhaps 16,000 cycles? Who knows. Let's find out! In return, you can report on how many, or all, of your current ( by then old) reels are still in your possession and serviceable. See you in 2014... BTW - on old stuff (as I just posted in another thread) I sorta know how to keep gear in service. My "new" car is 23 years-old, my "old" car is 39 years-old. I fish 25 year-old reels, and still occasionally fish my 45 year-old gear. So, I'm somewhat familiar with using, and keeping older gear...

I'm assuming another Bank Beating day would be much easier to coordinate. Ive only fished Lake Rooty a total of 2 times but I'd be more than happy to meet there.

I switch I don't feel like its a big enough deal to re teach my self not to.

I use it on my shakey head rod and really dont have too many complaints. It does have some memory issues but I spray it down reel magic frequently and seems to work out just fine.

I was unable to make the last one and have really wanted to try it again since. With the weather starting to break here once again I think we should begin to plan another one. How did Innsbrook work out for everyone last time? I'd be up for there or any other locations you guys think may work out well. Hope to hear from a few of the Central Va heads!

I for some reason like to throw anything I can on casting gear I'm thinking of picking up a 7'0 med. casting and a 50e.

Who fishes it on casting gear? And if so what rod action do you prefer?

haha I used to do something similar in my 5 speed 91 Honda civic with 230k on it. Now i have a mazdaspeed 3 and cringe at the thought of hitting a pothole.

Thanks for the input im becoming more and more excited about fishing in college I apprecaite it!

Its one of the hardest things to do in bass fishing (for me at least) but you have to wait until you feel the fish's weight before you swing for the fences on that hook set. Its hard to wait after you see them smash that top water frog and even though I know to wait i still have this similar problem sometimes. You are most likely just jerking the bait out of the fishes mouth before they have fully taken the frog in.

So although I am lucky enough to be able to pick up curado's for a good price new. I am a broke high school kid working 2 jobs to support my fishing habit! Tomorrow the pro qualifier will be on sale for 79.99 with 15 dollars off of that with a trade in would make it 64.99. So I am curious how have these reels treated you? problems? How do they compare 2 Curado's I have 2 Curado's will I notice a big downgrade? Is it worth it just to shell out the 130 for a new curado? Working at a tackle shop has its privilege's

heading to the Richmond Bps after school is this 6pm to 9pm deal at all the BPS's?

My dad isn't much of an angler but he loves to spend time with me and knows fishing is what I love to do so he comes out with me. This is all he throws he has caught a lot of bass on these things pickerel seem to like them as well!