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It works just fine and I have fished it countless times. It doesn't even have to be flukes on there. Rig it like J said and it would be almost totally tangle free.

The new zillions is already out

You better pick up a paper route or start shoveling some drive ways for $. Big baits cost big money. I am not trying to deter you by any means but unless you have your own source of income or your better off then most kids in regards to your parents then I would stay away and not risk the tradgedy.I would stick with baits that cost $50 or less at most. It would break your little heart to snap off a high dollar bait. It breaks mine as it is already and I do ok. You could buy peoples whole tackle box for the price of just a handful of baits and would probably be better off that way unless you have the means financially.

I would never try to point you in the wrong direction. The decoy and savage are outrageously cheap for what you get. Decoys sink very very slow so sometimes I take a sinker with a split ring and hook it to the belly ring so it sinks faster. It will also still fall level this way and that can be very important. Same things goes for top hook Hudds to increase the ROF. It is way easier then screwing with nail weights. Those I only really use to make a Hudd run true when it wants to swim on its side. Weedless Hudds have a hole on the bottom that you can stuff split shots or whatever you like inside to make it fall faster and with the correct amount and depending on where you move them to inside the body can make them fall level like the normal Hudds instead of nose dive. Just another little tip for ya.

Eventually I think almost every rod will be spiral wrapped (or should be). I don't know why it is not more of a thing already. It seems to only be a big bait type deal right now.

No problem. I figured it might help a few people out. It was new to me when I saw it and I doubt many people know or use that trick. I am kind of surprised more people didn't find it useful. I guess we might be the only people who ever get line twist

All this except I never liked the matt lures. Decoy hydra tail, savage gear 3d and they now come in diff ROF. Also don't sleep on some hard baits. A s-waver 168 is like $15 and can be thrown on regular gear and flat out catches them.

If you are talking just pads then you can fish a lot of stuff through there. It doesn't really limit my options as much as something like thick grass. Depending how sparse they are and how lucky you are feeling you can even work a squarebill or trap through them. The only real issue is catching a treble on the stalks. Those things are tuff and it can be hard to pull free. Generally though any plastics or jigs are good. Spinner baits and chatter baits along with hollow bellies also work well and will come through there no problem usually.

For me I don't fish a lot of smaller lures I guess compared to probably a lot of people. Even when fishing what I consider my smaller stuff I am still trying to target bigger ones as much as possible. Seldom do I just fish to catch as many as I can any more. The only time that really peaks my interest is if I have not fished in a while like after winter or something. then I want to just catch them all and get back in the grove. I also throw a lot of things that I guess are baits that generally get bigger fish like chatter baits, jigs, bigger creature baits, swimbaits, ect. I rarely throw things like little grubs or small poppers or whatever any more. I don't even think I have thrown a dropshot this year more then like 3 times and that is the #1 fish catching machine for me. I can have a field day once I get on some fish with a dropshot it's just that good for me.

I came across this sometime ago but figured I would share for people who don't know or maybe troll out there line. Yet again it some more excellent info from Aaron Martens. This dude is just loaded with really good information and knows all the tricks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNOfcZT-0JA&index=1&list=FLj729Y9oMgjrNiYNfH2b26w&spfreload=10%20Message%3A%20Unexpected%20end%20of%20input%20(url%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTNOfcZT-0JA%26index%3D1%26list%3DFLj729Y9oMgjrNiYNfH2b26w)

I bet your are just super pumped when fishing. Crossing the eyes on anyhting that bites and just launching fish all the way to you with only a hookset. Out there ready to get it done. That's funny. You are missing some ! on there though.

This ^ I full grip my reel with fishing bait on the bottom anyways so my finger is already right there. You can also kind of pick up the line a little with your index finger if something seems "fishy" and feel for weight. Regardless of what kind of difference it makes I am a million percent sure I am not feeling less. As long as your comfortable with it why not. You should try and give your self every opportunity you can to try and feel everything.

I will give it a shot if it is a 5# fish. But I am not going to spend the whole day on it. If I can't get it to commit in a reasonable amount of time then it just wasn't meant to be. I only caught 1 this year that was 5# from a bed and it took like 4 casts. I maybe tried on half a dozen more that never bit in a dozen casts or so and I just moved on. It is not a fun though when they are right next to you and you hook them. If I could target them from 50' and hook the big ones I would probably fish them all the time.

They have a Zillions TWS now that is probably the bees knees. It does weigh 2 oz more and cost a extra $60 then the Lews. Don't get me wrong I love all my Lews reels and there great but Diawa is just to good now. I forgot to say you can;t get them on TW for some reason even though they have been out. Just google it and you can find it. Or you can do to diawafishing.com and see all there stuff. It all looks so nice.

For normal regular fishing 1.5-2.25 is a pretty good range for bass from all around here on average. When throwing big and that is usually what I do mostly now a day it jumps up to about 3-3.25 but those bites are a lot fewer and far between with the random 2#ers mixed in that even it out for when you hook a 5#er.

I would say the rod depends a lot on what your fishing. Do you fish your chatterbaits/spinnerbaits in a lot of grass and rip them free? Or is it a lot of open water for the most part? If its open water I would go with a glass rod or something with a nice parabolic bend. It will also double as a great hollow belly rod or crankbait rod possibly. If you fish a lot of the grass like I do with mine usually then I like a MH/XF or a F is ok also. I use a heavier line in grass and go lighter out in the open. For some reason not a lot of people seem to use a glass type rod or something with a really nice parabolic bend unless they are fishing like a crankbait. They really are the deal in open water if you can get away with it depending on the weight of the bait and how much force it takes to drive a hook home. It really reduces the amount of fish that will slam a bait really quick and jerk the rod super hard and by the time you set no one is home . I would also say blow your load on a rod you like first and then reel second. If you don't have much left after that a Tatula is almost impossible to beat I think. Its a absolute workhorse of a reel.

Has anyone used this bait before? I just came across them and they look pretty awesome. I am not exactly sure but I think you can get them to suspend. I bet they would crush some fish out here. It is something these fish and probably never seen since I can only find them on japanese sites. I think I could even just try to frankenstein something similar up and see how it works. If I could get it to suspend it would be to good. I added a pic of one

According to Aaron Martens all his reels are backed with braid. Maybe he is just delusional and has no idea what he is talking about. I would like to believe there is something to it though since it is coming from him and he is one of the top fishermen on the planet right now.

I caught a couple fish on it today and had one get a little tweaked from some 2# fish. I just bent it back with some needle nose and kept fishing. But I expect little hooks like that to eventually bend if you start sticking some decent fish. They are just little baby hooks but they are very sharp.

I was looking at those a few days ago on there. I never used one but I bet there are a pretty decent rod. they were like half off or something and selling for like $39.99. I would of bought one but they didn't have the rod I wanted. That might be the best rod of the suggestions if they are still on sale.

I guess I would say a good overall length I like would be 7'2". My favorite of all my rods is a 7'2" M/H X/F Crucial that unfortunately I don't use very much anymore. That was my do it all rod that I fished the crap out of and loved everything about it. I use that as a guide on what I want a rod to be like even though it is not my best rod. I just really loved that rod and find my self thinking about it even when looking at a rod that is nothing like it. I have rods I use anywhere from 6-8". If I am looking at a new rod now a days I want it to be a 7" or more.

Pay the extra $10 and get the HMG. I have the MH and it is a pretty stout rod and that was one of the reason I bought it. I use it for small frogs and plastics in heavy cover. It would work for a drop shot or split shot rod also but if you want it for stuff along those lines mostly the M is probably better. It is for sure worth the upgrade to the HMG for only $10.

You don't need 20# for little 2 oz baits and depending on what baits your throwing and what line you pick 12-17# will do you fine. You will never cast far enough to spool your reel any ways.

If your looking for a lighter reel then the TP wins. If you want the best reel of the 2 then its the tatula. I have both and either one will be a good reel but overall the tatula is better. I dunno what guy was talking about with lews having tighter tolerance cause they don't. The tatula is also a better caster and mine have stood up to abuse much better then the lews did.

I do have a couple rods with me in the car. I have a 2 piece spinning rod a M/H casting rod and a cheapo big boy rod for throwing the big stuff. There is also a bookbag with some 3700's in it and a smaller bag iwith some small boxes nside it also. I can toss a couple things inside the tiny shoulder bag and be good to go if that's all I might want to take or even care to.