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My source for marine grade plywood in Ohio is about 50.00. Its worth the investment at that price IMO.

Okay so it does sound kind of funny and it did not blow out of my boat nor the neighbors boat. Just lying in the road and I am not in a lake community. I have never seen this diamond pattern on any soft plastic.

Please identify if possible. http://s1073.photobucket.com/user/snyder1924/library/Mobile%20Uploads?sort=3&page=1 Thank you in advance. I did not purchase this lizard but rather found it at the end of my drive last year. It has a nice feel to it and would like to try a pack.

Can someone identify this lizard Please. found it in the street in front of my house and it has a nice feel.. thanks in advance

Does a snell knot work on a worm hook. Tried on Sunday and missed a few fish. Don't do a lot of flipping but am going to try and do more this year and was practicing with the knot. Maybe a worm hook is better pulled straight

I have mostly max series. Not sure the endurance is worth the extra dollars. Max is a great bang for the buck Imo

Try toads also. Rage and warrior are my favorites. Ribbits also are good but a bit heavier. Steady retrieve similar to a buzz bait. When they strike freeze until you feel weight on the line or start to see your line move. I like them much better in the slop and my hook up ratio is assomely better.

My vote is for the stradic. no problems with line twist for me.

On the water today with my new unit and am having difficulties getting the side imaging to work. I think I need to specify the proper transducer. Anyone on know which on I should choose. FYI. The instruction book wS left in the garage. Oh boy.

I have an opportunity to create some cover in my honey hole. 18 utility poles can be sunk and am looking for creative to do so in an environmentally friendly way. the lake is only about 20 acres in size and ranges from two to 16 foot in depth. I am assuming that they will float when I drag them into the water but not sure how much weight would be needed to sink them. Can anyone share their experience and knowledge on this subject.

Getting ready to buy and SD card for my HDS7. Are there any specifics I should be aware of? Size? Speed? Manufacture?

Keep and enjoy your higher end rods. I personally can't make myself take a financial hit to get rid of an expensive rod with a lifetime warranty. There are a lot of very good "bang for the buck" rods out there in the 100 to 200 dollar price range. Add them as you can and seek advise hear before your purchase.

Curious as to how efficient this set up is. Do the weights stay on the hooks after the worm gets destroyed or fall in the drink leaving only an expensive hook? Also do the round worm ring weights also have slots for hooks?

Upgraded my electronics to an HDS-7 and am wondering if the trolling motor is the best place for a portable mounting position of the side scan transducer. I fish from a small boat and the units need to be removable at the end of the day. How does the movement of the motor head effect the operation of the unit? I will mount the unit on a portable transducer/LCR mount http://www.basspro.com/Sully-Transducer-LCR-Mount/product/10200397/ with the 83/200 transducer. I would like to keep them both together on the portable mount for ease of safe transport and storage just not sure of fabrication to mount due to the size of the lss-2 transducer. Thoughts? This bracket was sturdy with the smaller unit. I generally mount the bracket on the starboard gunnel about the center of the boat.

I feel I get fewer line twist with the Shirmano spinning reels but I also really like my supreme 30. I just think the other spinning reels control line twist more.

Yes a frog/jig combo makes more sense. Heavy power with fast action from 7' on up. longer the rod, longer the cast which could be required for the frog. Also move more line on set and a longer fulcrum for flipping.

I would offer my opinion that Shimano's design seems to create far fewer line twist then any other spinning reel I have used. They also have multiple price points to fit different budgets. I own a Stradic and a Sedona. The Saros looks like a great bang for the buck. Was going to purchase one when I found the Sedona at a sale price and just could not pass it up. 2500 size for most work.

I fish several different Powells and I think they an outstanding bang for the buck. Just upgrade to the max. For one hundred dollars the abu veratas, shimano compre and Wright McGill Skeet Reese rods are also good buys that you can get locally.

You can wrap a repair yourself. Tutorials are available.

It does have some memory. Will cause me to try a different brand on my next spool. Price is not too bad.

I prefer graphite over fiberglass. There is more feeling there.

Hello All, So these temperature swings are putting my fish in a seriously funky mood. Even my Senko bite is off. Water visibility was only a few inches on sunday. Bought some senkos and trick worms in blk to increase the silouet effect. Sound familiar, and what kind of changes have you made?

For slop and matts I prefer a heavy action, for more open water I prefer a MH. 50# braid and a fast reel. I use plastic frog mostly and the heavy action really helps with the hook set.

I prefer a shorter rod for my spook time but I also fish out of a small row boat and am not as high in the water as you are in a traditional bass boat. I use a 6' shirmano clarus, med power, fast action. Reel speed is not as important here IMO because you move and work the bait with your rod. the reel just picks up the slack line, till you hook up. 6 or 7 to whatever ratio. whatever your comfortable with.

Been trying to work on my swimbait technique. Gave the Lake Fork swim shad a try and had quite a few hits. some hooked some misses but the frustrating thing is the hook set that rips the last two sections of the bait off. Rigged these on a mustad 4 oo weighted soft impact hook. any suggestions.