clayton86

My frog pole as mentioned in the other thread is a 7ft hvy berk lightning rod(39.99) reel is a quantium burst 7.1(huge POS cost I think 50 or 60) same thing as said by fat g no need for a ton of sensativity.

If anything it covers the scent from ur hands I'm not completly sold on the whole fish can smell/taste ur fingers stuff even though I put mega strike on everything but you use your fingers to put it on so wouldent your scent still be there.

Aluminum isn't magnetic and neither is cheaper plastic reels either the pole won't be as well. The bearings would be ur only chance and u better have a big arse powerful mag

There was just a thread about this very same thing shouldn't be to far back id post a link but idk how when using a mobile phone

My nephew puts coffee grounds in with some of his gear he's always trying crazy stuff he puts coffee in a tic tac case with his snaps and stuff some in cheap unscented plastics garlic cloves u name it. Personaly idk of its helping me I got rage baby craws in coffee scent all I know is it smells like a capacino and it smells awsome to me so the fish have got to like it right....right

I used to use rattle traps I can't even count how many times iv knocked it off or my buddys have knocked poles off the docks I would just tie a trap on and start dragging. There's also the swimming option iv been known to do this for lures and rods. Id mark the spot and comeback with my trunks goggles and pliers

Iv found that the bass here regardless of the roller coaster weather are right on schedual with how they were last year it started slower but it seams like there making up lost time. We've had 80 degree days for a few then drop to high 30 low 40s bass seem to be un phazed. Just because the air droped temp quick doesn't mean the water does it takes a while to cool water that dramaticly.

Another one for me is the drop shot I have such a hard time with it iv caught fish on it but it was when they were destroying anything I threw in the water. So drop shots and deep cranks are my nemesis. It used to be spooks like tholmes till last year now there one of my go to lures.

Its not even raining today its that cold misty drizzle its almost worse then a down pour. We got 2 weeks till we get outa the class room and into the field so maybe it will be nicer then. The people I'm seeing come back now though are solid mud from head to toe front and back.

Its not even raining today its that cold misty drizzle its almost worse then a down pour. We got 2 weeks till we get outa the class room and into the field so maybe it will be nicer then. The people I'm seeing come back now though are solid mud from head to toe front and back.

240 m60 there both nasty weapon systems id actually rather be back in my original squad with this unit as a 240 gunner like I was fresh outa basic. I went from the 240 to the 249 saw to the m4. The only bad thing bout the guns is all the spare barrels and the tripods but that's what AGs are for. I definitly don't miss battle drills with the saw the dam bipods would get caught on everything yanking u every which way even with the collapsable stock and short barrels.

I set it by feel on my spinning gear but not bc gear bc I crank all the way tight spinning gear iv always done by feel sense I was a kid

I carry a m4 because I'm in the turret with the M2 .50cal The saw was badass and sucked all at the same time its not as heavy as the 240B but the 240 didn't replace it no way it could unless we were all jacked like arnold in predator or rambo with the M60s. The saw fires the 5.56 belt fed from a plastic drum the 240b fires 7.62 belt fed from a ammo can or backpack like when I was in weapons squad. The saw is a Squad Automatic Weapon 2 per squad 3 squads per platoon not counting weapons squads. Weapons squad gets 2 m240b one goes with platoon sgt the other goes with platoon leader. This is all coming from infantry grunt stand point. Then u throw in the m203 guys per squad as well. The M203 is the only weapon system I haven't been issued that we use iv only fired them in basic and they were chalk rounds.

By the looks of the guys I seen coming out of the field when I arrived at Ft drum today I have the feeling I'm gonna really hate that saying. Its calling for t storms for as far as the forcast goes right now. I'm so glad I don't have the 249 saw any longer because it will be a PITA to clean after these next 19 days.

I usually measure them and do the L x L x G / 1200 and I just have a cheapo scale I use some times both are pretty accurate iv found.

Hmmm iv always cranked mine down well up I guess in terms of poundage. Iv lost missed hook sets to many times to count cuz I forget to tighten the drag when I get my rods out sense I back the drags off for storage. Same with if I loosen it to pull out a nest and its not all the way tight I go for hook set just to have the drag let line out and guess what no fishy so mines always all the way up or close to it and never had a issue

I throw some together on purpose to get tie dyed baits and they seem to produce very well for me like flukes I tend to toss in my trigger x bag with green and chart lizards

Depends if there Fl strain I heard they grow faster plus the weather and water temp also is a factor. I know here in ny my buddys pond was stocked 6 years ago were just now getting a few in the 4+ range.

Strong braid is a must all the spots I fish are packed with grass and lilly pads I wouldent catch hardly any fish if it wasn't for heavy rods and 50lb braid to rip or drag em outa that crap

Tackle warehouse has a whole section just to punching threw the thick stuff might wanna look threw there get some ideas on what to use

I'm with blue basser I can't catch a thing on deep cranks I think all iv ever caught was a tail hooked carp and some zebra muscles and a rock

Id want one but just getting the wife to let me buy 1 revo sx was like pulling teeth took 3 years of begging I better start early if I want one of these by the time I hit 40

At least it was your hand and not your face like happend to me 2 weeks ago. Personaly I don't really see the need in barbs I don't think that extra 32th of a inch barb is gonna really stop a hook coming out of a fish tearing its mouth up anyways making biger holes usualy then that hook is poking. Look at worm fishing or any plastic I always see big tears in the fishes mouth where the hook was worked back and forth. A lot of times once liped the hooks come out without touching it

I seen a cool poster in the armory well getting my weapon and sensative items issued I wanted to get a pic and post it but its in the captions office. Its got bin ladin walking like a zombie with a hole over his eye and it says in blood "osambie"

Like crestliner said make sure you build confidence in multiple techniques. Its tough I know I have a hard time with it I used to be a all top water guy then plastics guy then jigs. Now I'm trying to get the crank bait thing down but I find it hard to resist a weightless fluke every now and then I crack and start throwing it and usually don't put it down once started. But I mastered the jig thing by takeing 1 pole and one pole only and a box full of jigs and paca craws. It worked took a few outings but by the 3rd outing I was looking at the water visualizing a bass under a dock or tree pitching it in there and bam fish on. Its now one of my most confident presintations second to weightless fluke