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clean the oil from the disc inside the cap that is supposed to create the friction on the spool. I have 8 revo's and in all of them oil will slowly working its way down the that spool tension rod into the cap, causing it to lose friction. It just needs to be dried off and it will work well again in most cases, unless there is an assembly problem.

am i missing the point of this thread?

I tried every knot under the sun with that junk. Never again.

Nice man, best wishes with that rig. I'm jealous, you have open water and you aren't taking advantage! haha I've passed on some nasty tournaments in the fall, but thats after fishing all summer. This time of year I'm itchin so bad I'll dump the boat in at any open puddle and take my chances. With those conditions its gonna be tough for everyone.

I have won money outside of collegiate tournaments and haven't had any issues on my collegiate team.

Don't do this.

I caught a few 4+ lbers through the ice this year on suckers.

Ha! wow I always thought using that to portage the canoe was a secondary use for the support. Learn something every day.

Sounds like that revo needs a thorough cleaning.

I would go Avid/Revo. Croix has an awesome warranty program and revos have never let me down.

Slick rig man, that hydraulic ram mount thing for your locator is awesome.

I don't have extensive experience with canoes, but usually in an aluminum one there is a cross support in that position to keep the sides of the canoe from flexing. That looks like a jerry-rigged wooden cross support.

I use Spike-It quite a bit. I like the container it comes in better than JJ's but it isn't as potent as JJ's. Good and bad, it dyes well and has a scent to it but I'm not as worried about wrecking my boat with it as I am with JJ's because it seems to be less intense. I have had good results with it.

That's why I said in a relative manner and put smart in quotations. I referenced carp in comparison to bass because goldfish are in the same family as carp.But I do agree with you in that fish can and do learn, at least in a primitive way.

Its nice to think that bass are a "smart " fish but in a relative manner they arent. In all actuality carp have a much more sensitive nerve system and a larger brain size relative to body size. You cant measure fish intelligence, but if you use a ratio to compare brain size bass are FAR down the list.

Last spring I caught 2 bass at once on a rogue jerkbait, and I've been seeing guys whack 2 or 3 at a time on the alabama rig all last year. I'm gonna throw one this season to try and double up again, how many bass have you caught at once?

Ha, we've got 2ft + on the ground and 8-10" predicted to show up between now and sunday afternoon. At this rate I'll be pullin em through the ice mid-june

Baby bass can be a productive color, but if you have something with a little more flash like chrome or white I'd throw that

I use a 7' MF Prodijy rod with a BPS Prolite Finesse reel and 10# flourocarbon

looks like they overshot the landing after jumping a beaver dam

Here is what I take into account in the order of importance, keep in mind everything has an exception: 1) Time of Year: Pre-spawn, spawn, post spawn, summer, fall, winter 2) Water Temp: As a *general* rule cold=slower warm=faster 3) Weather Conditions: Many factors here A) Sun: If its high in the sky I usually look for cover or deeper water. If its late in the day or early in the morning the fish will not relate to cover as tightly. In spring it will warm docks and rocks attracting fish. B ) Clouds: If there are a lot of them the fish will not hold as tight to cover C) Barometric pressure: *generally* a low pressure trend will increase feeding window times, high pressure trend will decrease feeding window times D) Wind: High wind will position the fish because it will force baitfish to follow their food source (zooplankton/phytoplankton). Wind blow structure or cover will usually produce fish. My general rule of thumb when fishing in wind with reaction type baits is: More wind=more thump or flash. Gentle wind or no wind at all, I use more subtle actioned baits. 4) Water clarity: I go on a scale of 3 clarities. Muddy, stained, clear. Muddy is <2 foot visibility due to particles in the water column. Stained is <5 foot visibility due to water coloration and tanins in the water chemistry. Clear is greater than 5 foot visibility. A) Muddy: Very dark colored baits or very bright colored baits, contrast to the water color is key. Loud rattles and high vibration is important here to attract strikes. B ) Stained: I like slightly more natural colored baits in this situation, usually with some highlights of chartreuse or orange. I leave the vibration and flash decision up to other conditions. C) Clear: My favorite situation. I throw natural colored baits and match the forage of the region here. I will use rattles and vibration only when dictated by other conditions. 5) Depth: Pretty self explanatory, use baits that are designed for the depth the fish are in. 6) Structure/cover: I use baits that are appropriate weight and action wise for the structure/cover I'm fishing. Often times I throw a reaction bait until I can locate fish on a certain type of structure/cover, then I will slow down and thoroughly cover that spot. I think that about covers the things I think about when choosing a lure. In all cases, using a lure that in some way mimics a natural forage is obviously important so I didn't put that in there. These are all generalizations too. If I'm prefishing and somebody told me they are slaying them on a technique that doesn't fit the criteria, I'm not going to ignore them.

A spool of 10# Trilene 100% Flourocabon ~12$ A 7'8" Rick Clunn Reaction W&M Deep Crankbait rod ~17$

Jerkbait rod? Thats about the only thing i use a short MH rod for.

I draw the line at 30mph. Less than that i see it as a challenge

Throw an egg sinker and count.