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Catfish are great for ponds...

Neither of them are ideal for walking but the SPRO is easier for me. I can walk my Bobby's perfect frog better than both of them.

That's a nice combo but at that price there are better options. Here's the best under $100 combo I can find. Lew's Laser Tournament Speed Spin Combo That's almost half off and will be an amazing combo.

"Tatsu has less stretch, greater sensitivity, better casting, better abrasion resistance, and better knot strength. Not to mention the longevity of Tatsu is superior to that of Invizx." Quoted from Hooligan.

I bought this reel for cheap and can't find any identification on it. I have looked around the web for days but I am stumped I like to collect and sell vintage rods and reels, any help is appreciated! It's missing the handle. Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4

God I hate pike. They destroy my favorite swimbaits, bite off my lucky crafts, and don't even taste great. I even go to fishing for them exclusively in my honey hole and relocate them to the beach.

I usually don't keep it in the water for more than a minute except for craws. But I've had some weird experiences. The first time out with my first baitcaster I tossed a T-rigged Rage Craw a country mile toward shore and had a huge backlash. I began to pick it out but decided to screw it and reeled my slack line in and felt a big bass on the line. I set the hook and reeled that lunker in. I learned that bass will hit craws that are just sitting on the bottom so after that experience I let my craw sit on the bottom for a good 15 seconds before reeling it in then twitching it and letting it sit again. I've ended up catching many more bass doing this and wouldn't have learned how if I wouldn't have backlashed.

Your right but it could be the slight difference between a bite or not.

I want the Goldfish!!!!

Shouldn't be too bad. I'd go with brighter colors and get some noisy cranks and jerkbaits. Bass don't rely on their sight as much as their lateral line and other senses. My hometown lake is very murky and tested positive for e coli. Doesn't keep the bass from biting.

Hybrid is a good line but it is a copolymer. Haven't tried the Steez fluro yet, I'd like to try it though.

Black supposedly gives it a better silhouette.

I work my Rage Craws slow and my Senkos fast.

Sure, work it slower than usual.

My Dick's has Sweet Beavers, Yum Dingers, Zoom Flukes, and Brush Hogs for under $2. I had to stock up haha.

Rage Craw: T-Rigged Power Grub: Swim Jig Trailer Bass Pro Shimmy X2 Worms: Wacky Rigged 4" Senkos: T-Rigged 4" Yum F2 Dinger: T-Rigger and Wacky Rigged 3" Bass Pro Stick-O: Wacky Rigged Just a few to name....

I use 10# Seagaur InvisX for my T-rigs. My setup is similar to yours, 6'6" BPS Extreme MH with a Chromica 100B. Your reel has a bigger capacity so 12-15# sounds good to me. Like I said I favor seaguar but have had good experience with Sunline too. If you can afford to pay $40 for Seaguar Tatsu, go for it. The more economical choices are AbrasX, InvisX, Red Label, and FC Sniper. Sunline FC Sniper Seaguar Tatsu Seaguar InvisX

No problem, first off Shakespeare has very low quality stuff, so I'd cross that off. Pflueger makes a quality reel and has more better features than the Abu Garcia Cardinal. The Pflueger combo has aluminum oxide guides which are better than the Abu Garcia stainless steel. Pflueger has a full cork grip and Abu Garcia has split eva grip. Pflueger has more bearings than the Abu Garcia. Pflueger has a higher gear ratio making it a better all around reel. Pflueger has higher reviews and ratings. I can keep going on if you like.... Some of what I mention is based off my personal experience.

I use 4" Senkos on my MH T-rig set up

I use the Danielson version of those occansionally. The bass don't mind them, I've caught a few largemouth wilth one of those on a suspending jerkbait. But I usually only use them for Pike fishing.

1. It can be stocked. 2. Try to keep it clean and you should be fine. 3. The pond could suit bass but isn't ideal for trout and I don't know what a pickerel is. Bass are expensive to stock, the cheap ones are blugill, channel catfish, and redears. You can buy them online or at a local dealer. Here are some links to websites you may find useful. Stocking Fact Sheet Dunns Fish Farm How to Stock a Pond

Between those two choices, I'd go with the Abu Garcia. But here is another option you should consider http://www.cabelas.com/product/Fishing/Rod-Reel-Combos/Spinning-Combos|/pc/104793480/c/104762880/sc/105791580/Pflueger174-President-Spinning-Reel-Combo/739562.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Ffishing-rod-reel-combos-spinning-combos%2F_%2FN-1102843%2B10000049%2B4294771378%2FNe-10000049%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_105791580%3FWTz_l%3DSBC%253BMMcat104793480%253Bcat104762880%26WTz_st%3DGuidedNav%26WTz_stype%3DGNU&WTz_l=SBC%3BMMcat104793480%3Bcat104762880%3Bcat105791580

Oh thanks for the info.

The Falcon BuCoo M 6'6" with a moderate taper would be a good option. It is $100

They have other ones on Bass Pro too.