cwen

Taking a trip to Ti June 2-4th. What are chances grass is up in those shallow water areas? Same with pads? Thanks

Going to start with megabass jerkbait.

Can you describe the idler a little more. Not exactly sure what part that is.

I clean my reels every year. This year I ripped apart my shimano scorpion 1001 and cleaned everything as usual. Everything went together fine. I was playing with the reel on a rod yesterday and noticed when I hit the thumbar, the lure descends to the ground slowly, almost like the cast control knob is tightened. I played wot the cast control knob and no matter how much i loosen it, the lure drops slowly. Not sure what is rubbing. I can hear a noise too when I reel in, almost like when you sand something. I cleaned the reel again and checked the bearings and they are smooth and turn freely. After the cleaning, the same problem persists. Not sure if something is rubbing. Not sure what it could be.

How heavy is heavy for a rod? I some rods are super light, but how heavy is too heavy? I just bought a Poweel endurance rod mag heavy that is 7'1. It is 5.5 oz. thhat doesn't seem heavy, but pitching it all day seems like it might be a chore. My carrot stick is right around 4 oz. and imx is 5. My daiwa light and tough is 5.5, but it is 7'6. Not sure if 5.5 for that kind of rod is average, heavy, light, etc.

Anyone know the bassmaster tv schedule? It used to be every Saturday at 10 ESPN the week after an event. Now its two weeks later and i can't find the schedule or what is on when.

I have a small room in my basement that is solely dedicated to fishing tackle- and I need a whole room. My wife would kill me if she ever went down there. To hide all this, I always make sure the first few feet of the basement are a little messy. Now, she never goes in the basement. How do all of you keep the gear hidden?

Funniest thing i read all day because my wife says the same thing.

Don't just let the lure hit the bottom and then lift it out. Sometimes fish will be looking up so yo-yo the bait a little below the surface before you pull it out of the mat.

What/where screw is that? Not familiar with taking that reel apart, but they're all pretty similar and i do all my own.

Mike's Reel Repair has everything you will need. http://www.mikesreelrepair.com/

Ditto.

I usually keep them on a season or so. Gammy hooks are awsome ad rarely rust. Eventually, all the hooks get changed fro Gammy hooks. I will change the front hook on trap baits and put a larger one on as well. If you but from somplace like lurecraft, you can get better deals on hooks like pack of 25 for $14 versus pack of 6 for $5 at tackle shops. The only lures that don't get changed are lucky craft. They already come with quality hooks. Gammy's hold their sharpness as well so in the off-season, you don't have to do as much sharpening or replacing.

A thin layer of grease on the roller bearing. Oil the bearings in the cast control and the in the brake assembly.

Not sure if you could see the gears being worn or not. I just know that when my reel makes a grinding noise or feel, more often then not it is the gears. That is of course if you have assembled the reel back together correctly.