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I'm looking at these 3 lines for topwaters and occasionally jerkbaits. I've narrowed it down to these 3 only. If you have used the 8-10lb size of at least 2 of these let me know your thoughts and compare them. Thanks folks!

Sniper 8, 12, 16lbs. NEVER had an issue. Spray kvd on as you wind it on and you're good to go.

Alberto (aka modified albright) is the defacto answer but blood and surgeon knots work as well. I'd give the Alberto some time/practice it's great for what you are trying to do.

Look up the "Snell knot", use it on a 4/0 straight shank hook. Use a bobbed stop to peg a 1/8-1/2 oz weight. My tip... pitch it out there, do the jiggle hop thing for a couple feet then swim it back with some exaggerated pumps.

The number of free stickers around the house from $50 TW orders is staggering .

Completely unnecessary on BPS' part. Monster Energy drink tried to puts local brewery out of business up here because they brewed a beer called Vermonster. Ended up a boon for the brewery b/c they played the big Guy bullying us card and even got our congressman involved. I'll think a lot less of BPS if they drive this guy out.

Magic swimmer soft tip. Once your hollow belly/money minnow/shadalicious have been torn up, clip the tails off and mend-it to the bigger magic swimmer (smaller paddles work better). You're welcome. Never caught a fish on the hard ones.

Try it on a Biffle type head and grind it like a crank.

One of the local tournament studs loves this that technique and has been doing it for a while.

Green Pumpkin produces 10:1 vs Watermelon for me. GP with chartruese tips or GP with black flake I do have some beavers that are GP on top and Watermelon below that have caught some fish.

Slowly and anytime you find water with bass in it.

Reeling up slack faster on a Jerkbait or Topwater?

I have a similar set up (same stabilizers) and am 6'5" 270. I have launched big swimbaits and flipped/pitched out of my 14' canoe with no issues (knock on wood). Often I am doing it while there's another person in the canoe too. Unless your body/mobility is compromised, these should work just fine.

I win... http://docirvcustombaits.com/tacklebox/index.php?route=product/product&path=18&product_id=179 Just request a TON of salt.

Not the fat impact, anything but that. Nope that thing is turrible. Big Hammers are supposed to rock as well. Hudds shads and minnows too.

Lefty 5.2 PQ's were all over eBay (may still be) in the last week or so for $~50.00. Citica E's (which can have 5:1 gears swapped into it) are $50-70.

Check with Shimano if the Chronarch 201E5's gears will work? Like JF said there is a hole in the lefty cranking reels with Shimano. I went with a used Cardiff 101 and had it tuned to get my affordable cranking reel.

30lb Braid with a Fluoro leader if the fish are sketchy (or for your peace of mind). It's more versatile, thin diameter gets deeper and cuts through weeds so snapping baits out of weeds is easier. Just get a nice cranking rod and never look back. I have 8lb and 16lb Sunline Sniper on a bunch of my rods and love it... It does stretch.

As in the TBF Divisional? I thought it was going be on the Connecticut River?

Use the hole on the bottom of whiffle ball bats for that! Amateur ... Hahaha

7'6" Heavy fast casting 50lb braid (flipping/frogs/C-rig/bigger swimbaits) 7' MH fast casting 16lb Fluoro (spinnerbaits, swimbaits, jigs, big jerkbaits and cranks) 6'8" Med xfast spinning 20lb braid (ikas, senkos, DS, shaky) 6'3" MH fast casting 10lb YZH (Topwater, jerkbaits) 7' MH moderate casting 30lb braid with leader (cranks)

Phenix Recon 766 Revo STX 7:1 Sunline FX2 60lbs green/blue 4/0 straight shank hook 3/8-1oz weights

I between my partner and I we put 34lbs (20lbs and 14lbs respectively) of smallies in the boat (10 fish) this fall on 6" Lunker Punkers, 5" Keitechs and Saltwater Spooks... IN driving wind and rains with lots of chop. Check Matt Stevens (Southern Trout Eaters) youtube clip on swimbaiting Champlain. A Smallie will hit obnoxiously large baits.

Potato Gun is a possibility...

If you have a Chiminea and aren't close to anything flamible, like within 50 yards... Start the fire and put the tube in the top of it. Sounds like a jet engine! (Irresponsible things we do in blizzards up here...) Also works with rolled up Pizza boxes. You could do some Bicycle Jousting too. (sounds funny... it's not.)