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I always keep mine on. I do occasionally swap out to an oval one, though.

These are my favorite. I have 2 rods for them, both loomis CBR847c. One has a 5:1 reel for when I keep the boat moving and another with a Curado 3.8:1 for when I am parking the boat and pcking an area apart. That 3.8:1 reels them in like BUTTER, but is too slow for when I want to move quickly along a shoreline. I am currently looking to swap out rods. I was experimenting throwing them on a swimbait rod with a long handle that I can tuck under my armpit and it really helped out a lot with wear and tear on my body. i want to get a rod make for crankbaits with a long handle like this.

dang man, if you had 2 more that would have made a great limit. Nice job on the 4 and 5, it's not too often you get 2 fish that size in a day.

That's awesome man! We just had our first baby...a girl...2 months ago. I pray that she will enjoy some fishing, just like that! Thank you for sharing, that lit up my day!

HOly cow, nice day! If that was average size allll day, that would be my best day ever. That was a nice fish!

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D haha funny!

Sculpy clay. You can get it at craft stores. I just bought some from Michael's. It was on sale...2 oz for $.99. You make what you want out of this and bake it in the oven as the directions on teh package call for. It's very easy.

I love this rod, but the but section is too short. For deep cranking all day it wears me out. I wish I could have this exact rod with another 6-8 inches added to the butt section. Reason being, I want to tuck the rod under my arm pit while I deep crank. I'm throwing LC D-20s, Norman DD-22s, etc.... Does anybody have a crankbait rod with a 20-24" butt section they would recommend? I like the action of my Loomis and how light it is compared to glass rods, but need to find something with a longer butt section.

Dang that sucks. Those were some nice bass.

I use my Loomis dropshot rod for it so am probably biased to a lighter action set up. I'd get a ML X-Fast action 7' I'd really look for x-fast. I think this will help you get further cats if you are fishing finesse baits.

My philosophy with high end rods (I use Kistler Helium 2 and GLX) is that you pay alot more for a little better. IMHO these are not the best "value" rods. I think you get a lot more bang for your buck in the $100-$150 price range. I use 'em, and love 'em...but only because I have slowly built up a collection of them one rod at a time...over a loooong time. if I had a lump sum of cash and started over, I'd probably start with rods in teh $100-$150 range and get that value and them upgrade from there as I could afford it.

That's the tool I wass refering to.

Thanks for the tip. Spooning is one part of my game that is a little weak.

You probably already know...but if the water levels go up, fish the newly flooded brush/timber. A lot of fish will move up into this area.

Very nice job.