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BPS opening up below cartersville GA next to lake allatoona in 2014 as well.

Would like some advice and To have a better understanding on what setting is best for this reel. I have been using it on factory settings but have been kinda disapointed on the distance I get with a cast. Factory sets it up with three breaks activated, I just set it to only use two and gonna see how it works on my next outing, but there are also three breaks for pitching that I am not familiar with, tried to just use the pitch breaks and made normal casts and practiced pitching, but I could not tell a big difference. How do some of you set your breaks up and do you ever use the pitch breaks?

I have two Veritas, one 6.6 med action and one 7' med heavy action. I dont have a lot of experience with Higher end rods but I will say that I kinda abuse them a lil more than I like, from transporting them to local ponds to transporting to bigger lakes in a aluminum boat with no cover or protection, I am impressed at the level of durability. And compared to other poles the I pick up at the random outdoor stores I am impressed with how lite they are compared to others. I cant compare how sensitve they are to others except Carrot Stix, but I am also impressed with that as well. If you are wanting to spend $100 bucks on a pole, you will not be disappointed if you purchase the Veritas.

I have a Orra SX paired with a 7' Veritas MH action rod, for the money I have no complaints. I did however have birdbesting issues with the Orra when I 1st purchased the reel, after doing research I read that it was not uncommon of this problem, but the solution was simple, clean the excess oil out of it, mine was too heavy on the oil. After that I have not had any issues.

Great advice, but this is just one of among other things she will be getting, she stated she wants a better set up.

Preferably from TW.

As the title states her birthday is coming up, looking to get her a new fishing pole set up preferably from *** since I need to order a couple of other things anyway. Budget is about $130 or below for the combo, she is starting to join me a lil more when going fishing, just wanting to get her a little more quality than her current shakespear lady pole. So, opinions on what I should get her? Spinning reels only by the way.

Why is Boise on this list? Even if they go undefeated, BCS polls wont give them a shot at national title.

LSU was lucky last year with their wins, not saying they are a bad team, but they won a couple of games by getting lucky. I dont think they will go all the way this year. Alabama has a good chance this year, other than LSU, Arkansas, their schedule should be tolerable to go undefeated. Oklahoma, has a solid team to go undefeated. FSU is my team, i hope they win it all, I predict ACC champs for FSU, but no National Champs.

6" lizard. Pumpkin seed w/ chartrues tail T-rigged works well for me. 90% of my catches are from the slow sinking action, if no bite I just slowly drag it across the bottom with a few twitches here and there.

I use spiderwire stealth braid. For the price I have no complaints.

I purchased an orra sx about 2 months ago. Overall a good reel for the money. Only complaint I have (which is common with this reel) was that it was very easy to get birdnests, especially when pitching or making short casts. I fixed this by taking the reel apart, cleaning, then relubricating. From what i have researched too much grease and oil on these will cause birdnests to happen when they should not. Now, the reel works excellent with no problems.

Does anyone wanna add a link on this thread with good info about Texas rigged plastics and Drop Shots.

You forgot to mention the Dirty Birds. Until they get into the playoffs.

I really appreciate your advice and help. The pictures u have listed of Heath lake and Antioch lake look nothing like the ones I fish, but I dont think it matters, i understand what u are saying with these two examples which makes it just as useful. Really though, thanks for helping me out. Soon as i make it out to the lakes i will let u guys know if I was successful or not.

The two lakes i am fishing mostly right now is located in Floyd County GA. Heath lake (AKA) Trophy lake is only open 1st ten days of each month, its not a huge lake roughly 200 acres. When that lake is closed i fish the lakes nearby which are open all month known as Antioch lake. I have a sat image of the lake but i could not get them posted on this thread.

I was mainly using t-rigged 6" lizard with bullet weight and then occasionaly using football jig and swimming jig. The last two largemouths i caught were using a spinnerbait off of a island in the lake.

Ok, will do. Thanks.

I use the weatherchannel app on my phone. I also look at the almanac for info on the best fishing days and times. To me it seems accurate most of the time.

Thanks on the correction of the difference of structure and cover. Also, please excuse my ignorance, but what exactly are u refering to when u say main lake points?

I tried to search for maps on the internet for the lakes i normally fish but no luck. I have not tried the local bait shops for the maps. But even with a map, i may find depths and some drop offs, but i dont think they tell u were underwater structure is. I guess using the football jig would tell me that. Im not that impatient when trying to figure things out, most of the time whoever i am fishing with at the time usually gets impatient pretty quick and is ready to leave if we are not producing and in return makes me feel rushed. I guess i need to start going alone.

If i were in your position at your age, i would save the $ and convince the parents to get the tackle u want for christmas and birthdays.

Is it pointless to to fish larger lakes during this time of hot weather with out a depth finder? A couple of lakes that i regularly fish have been producing fish well for me up until the last month and half ago when the heat has really cranked up. I have a 14 ft jon boat, but no electronics. Only time i have been catching fish lately is when i go to the local smaller ponds. I feel i should just give up on anything larger until the temps start to come down.

Hey to all, i have been reading this forum for a couple of weeks now and i gotta say i have learned a lot, so thanks to all. Special thanks to RoadWarrior, i read his thread about how to fish a senko and put it to use today. Went to a local pond today after work and hooked i sure a 8 to 10 pound bass, unfortunatly there was about seven feet of extra thick floating grass/weeds about seven feet off the bank. The fish went right under it and got hung up. I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket and went in after it, lol, but when i got within arms length of grabbing the fish he snapped my line and took off. Anyway, figured it was time to Introduce myself. I am located in northwest Ga.