Bluebasser86

I was lonely out there Monday, thankfully the fish were keeping me company.

Small poppers I fish on a 6' 2" M/XF Avid. I can make them do things with that rod that no other rod I've found can make them do. The 75 plopper could be fished on the cranking rod, but I like to fish mine on a 7' M/F rod and braid. No hookset required, I just crank into them and let the hooks dig.

Cardboard TUBES are almost as safe as PVC. Cardboard BOXES are not. I've had a few I bought from online outdoor retailers that were primarily golf/hiking/biking/running/ect stores that had some fishing gear for really cheap. They shipped in long cardboard boxes and my stomach always turns when I see that because I know the odds of them being undamaged are not good.

I also just slide the band down a bit and tie in the place where band was at.

Black and copper spinnerbaits have kind of a cult following here. I've caught some big ones in the spring slow rolling a single Colorado bladed black spinnerbait during the day.

Rapidly dropping temps, rapidly building winds, off and on drizzle, beautiful day on the water Monday ? One other boat at the ramp when I showed up. He told me to go ahead, he was going to wait for a minute. I launched, he waited a few more minutes and then just left? Only other boat I saw the 6+ hours I was on the water. With the wind and clouds, seemed like a moving bait bite would be going, but that wasn't what I found for the most part. I got 2 on a squarebill, 1 on a jerkbait, the rest were on a Ned or shakyhead. The most important fish of the day was on the squarebill though. Built like a brick, barely longer than my 18" board and 5lbs right on the button. Took a while to dial in the slow moving bite, and it was painfully difficult to do in 20+mph winds, but I was really working them over for a while.

Same, the tooth patch thing isn't a clear identifier IMO.

Take care of yourself, the fish will be there when you get better.

I was fishing a squarebill pretty fast Monday in 50* water. Only got 2 bites on it, but it's winter time and when 1 of them looks like this, I'm okay with it.

Welcome!

Wind was calm in the morning yesterday. Only bite I got was a 5 pounder on a squarebill. Once the wind started howling 20+mph they were chewing a Ned and shakyhead. Usually the wind helps a moving bait bite but they wouldn't touch it yesterday. Instead of forcing it, I gave them what they wanted and had a good day of catching.

Straight shank for braid, EWG for fluoro and copolymer.

Get a digital kitchen scale and weight the hooks to get the best results. I swap most of mine to the same size Owner ST-36 trebles and they'll stay close to where they were suspending before.

Everything made it today in 1 piece.

How old is it? Might be worth contacting Diawa directly if it's been taken care of and happened during normal use. That's not something that should be happening.

They had the Z nail, which was kind of a tapered Senko/stick worm. It was a really good bait but they quit making it for whatever reason.

It stinks after spending all the money on them, but swimbaits are no different than almost every other bait I buy. As soon as they come out of the package, the stock hooks come off and upgraded hooks go on. I'll echo A-Jay on the hyperwire split rings and Owner hooks. The trick with glide baits is getting the right weight to keep the proper balance to not effect the glide of the bait. A digital kitchen scale can be a big help.

C'mon man! If I'm paying premium for tungsten sinkers, is it too much to ask for them to have the weights printed/stamped on them? I've seen a few with them, but not many. Honestly would be nice to see on lead sinkers and baits as well.

That "one piece" part is the big key factor. I'd never had a rod come in broken, then something like 3 of the last 7 have been DOA.

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Which bearing? A spool bearing is super easy to replace and is a DIY job that can be done for 1/3 that price. I just replaced both spool bearings in an abused 100B Chronarch for about $25 with nice ceramic bearings.

How is your Tatula "busted"?

Sportsman's Outfitters. The date just keeps changing on the top of the tracking history, location has stayed the same since the 30th ? Your package is moving within the USPS network and is on track to be delivered to its final destination. It is currently in transit to the next facility. December 4, 2019 In Transit to Next Facility Your package is moving within the USPS network and is on track to be delivered to its final destination. It is currently in transit to the next facility. November 30, 2019, 12:36 am Departed USPS Regional Facility GULFPORT MS DISTRIBUTION CENTER

That 6-7 inch range seems to be the sweet spot for glide bait sizes that bass like to eat here. I think since they mainly eat gizzard shad and those are the best size as far as easiest to handle while being the biggest gain.

Great looking bait! I love throwing rats, fish hit them harder than anything else imo.