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That's why I used ", I didn't hear it enough last week.

Worm: TTG Lures or Diesel Baits Stick baits jig trailer: Zoom Salty Chunk Soft swimbait: BioSpawn Exo Swim Creature: BioSpawn Vile Craw swimjig trailer: BioSpawn Exo Swim beaver type bait: Reaction Innovation Sweet Beaver Fluke: TTG Lure soft jerkbait Topwater: N/A

I've mentioned it a few times but the Omega Genesis spinnerbait is a "Game Changer" IMO. I have one to try from a friend. You can bend the wire to create any profile you desire and it can be bent back without memory. It also comes with quick release clasps to make bladed changes within seconds. I could see myself having just a couple baits and a handful of different size and shape blades to switch out as needed.

Omega Rapture bladed jig

This reminds me of a time I met a professional Walleye angler. When we were introduced at a family reunion (wife's side) I told him a fish bass tournaments and very rarely for walleye. He chuckled and said "Oh your a bass guy, that means you spend thousands of dollars every year on equipment to catch smaller, easier fish." I laughed and agreed. Then he proceeded to tell me that a successful Walleye angler uses the least amount of tackle that can have compared to a successful bass angler who needs everything. Personally I collect tons of rods and reels as it is my passion as a collector and don't have a lot of actual tackle.

I was and still like the River2Sea Bling. However I was fortunate enough to try the new Genesis Spinnerbait by Omega. I believe it releases in Aug. And that will start taking more room up in my tackle. It has a bend but do break Ti wire that you can literally bend the wire into whatever profile you'd like and then bend it back with no memory. It also has a quick release clasp to make changing your blades even while on the water without taking the entire bait apart.

That Helium 3 was the exact rod I was going to suggest.

For a tip top?!? I could see a guide since it have to be rewraped and epoxied but not for a tip.

The ceramic insert broke inside the guide. The blank itself is in perfect condition.

I broke the tip top on my Denali Rosewood rod. Does anyone know the size so I can replace it? I don't wanna have to buy a bunch of different sizes.

6.3:1

I recently picked up a Daiwa Tatula 150 at a garage sale. What is the best baits for this reel? I know the added spool capacity and larger handle is good for horsing a fishing if need. Its a 6.3:1 ratio.

The boaters compete in their own tournament and vise versa. We are not competing against one another.

fishingskirts.com I live 20 miles from Janns and very rarely shop there.

I didn't even realize they were still relevant on YouTube.

I am in no way flaming you. I wanted everyone's perspective on this situation. However as being a boater and coangler at different times I have the opportunity to be in both shoes. While growing in my competitive career I was taught and still practice no matter where I am in the boat, once a target passes the center counsel it is fair game for the co. As a boater if I miss an opportunity to hit a target and it is within coangler guidelines (Counsel to motor) and he fires in and pulls out a kicker I will congratulate him and chalk it up to I need to be more observant and have better awareness. If I miss on a hookset again the co has the right to that water once it comes into his "window".

Not arguing and not being confrontational but essentially that means hypothetically if a boater were to swing on a fish and miss then proceeded to tell the coangler I'm going to move down to another dock and come back to this one later once the fish comes back and settles down the coangler shouldn't fire into that spot once the boater passes it and it is in the co's zone?

Just to be clear I was not physically casting in front of him. He said since I knew his plan was to catch that shoreline on the way out I shouldn't have done it. There was no argument and he wasn't really rude about it. I just felt like it was free game since it was castable and he wasn't targeting that area at that moment.

That was my thought exactly. I figured that since he essentially passed the spots they were free game to me.

I had an tournament this weekend where I fished as a coangler. At one point mid day my boater decides to cruise do this canal was about 50 feet wide. He puts down the trolling motor and starts cruising down the shoreline. He tells me that he is fishing the right side of the canal then once we get to the end turn around and fish the other side. I noticed at or position I could easily flip to the other shoreline that my boater wasn't fishing and that shoreline had more cover and was shadier. I decided to fish that side while he fished the right side then once we get to the end I would fish the other side and vise versa. Everything seemed ok until I landed to decent fish during the initial pass. After I put the second fish in the livewell my boater said that I shouldn't be fishing that shoreline because the boater gets first shot unfished waters and I new his plans. I apologized and went back to fishing the same side he was fishing. I am a veteran when it comes to fishing as coangler and normally have no problems with my boaters. I have done exactly what I did in the past on this particular lake without any animosity from the boater. I try to allow boaters to get first cast to all targets and find a target that does not interfere with them. I thought the opposite shoreline was fair game for me since he was focusing on the other side. Was I wrong to do that?

No Fla lakes or Erie? kinda seems strange.

Im assuming by your name that you are in Toledo, OH. I am as well. Go to Janns netcraft in Maumee and talk with them. If you are in the showroom they are willing to deal but not if you go through their site. I got a fury for $95 when I went.

The only thing I have heard coming from Shimano is the sub $50 reel and the DC Curado K. I'm sure they will have more but Daiwa's leaked products sound more exciting.

I absolutely love Lure Lock trays but I can't afford them. Majority of my trays are flambeau. I'm not a big fan of Plano but I do have a few. If Lure Lock would come down in price I'd be switching all my trays to them.

DShad is $5 for 7 of them. It will be almost impossible to find an alternative to the fluke at the same price point.