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The reel does feel plasticy IMO when cranking it, the normal carbonlite feels much smoother, the only thing I prefer is the drag on the JM. Someone else took one apart and said it was good internally but I know nothing about reel breakdowns

I got one in rh but I think its going back, I feel so awkward using them. LH reels are much easier for me. I really wanted the 7 ratio. The box felt empty when I picked it up its so light. I didnt even notice the bottom of it as you have it in the pics

thanks for the advice

Martin wasnt fancy enough I guess lol, must have wanted a daughter. Went out with my dad again, caught 2 bass early(zzzzzz) lol, then 1 snake, I lost 3 and my dad lost 1. They were hitting the spro frog in the pads. By the end of the day my knuckles and wrists were killing me from the rod and braid. I didnt even care about losing fish. I think this week will just be squarebill crankbait fishing on mono if any at all.

Between what main roads? Closer to delray or boca..... I forgot where the canal starts and ends Atlantic and Clintmoore? or higher up ...I may just drive down 441 today and see whats popping, but specifics would save time edit I mapped the canal to palmetto park road also found this which is good news for bass fisherman http://stripersandan...osing-no-threat Susan Cocking - The Miami Herald MIAMI -- Marty Arostegui forked a white fillet from his plate, dipped it in sweet Thai chili sauce and took a bite. "One of the finest fish I've had," Arostegui, a retired physician, said. Arostegui, who has caught and eaten seafood delicacies everywhere from Suriname to Thailand, had bagged this dinner the previous day in a narrow, muddy weed-lined canal that runs along a busy highway in North Lauderdale, Fla. He served it to his family and three guests in his elegant dining room, along with white rice and salad. Everyone pronounced the entree delicious. It was a 4 1/2-pound snakehead -- a slimy, ugly freshwater fish native to Asia that has been the scourge of fisheries managers from Florida to New York to Arkansas for the past eight years. Despite the poisoning and draining of ponds in northeastern states and the making of possession of the live exotics a criminal offense, snakehead populations are slowly spreading from water bodies, where it is believed they were deliberately released. Paul Shafland, who heads the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's nonnative fish lab in Boca Raton, said the bullseye snakehead -- the only one of 25 snakehead species detected in Florida -- is found mostly in north Broward County's C-14 system. But the dark-hued fish with the orange eye spot on its tail has spread to southern Palm Beach County, and there have been a couple of unconfirmed sightings in the Miami-Dade County area. "The fish is here. I wish it wasn't here," Shafland said. "If we could eliminate them, we would. If you catch them, eat them. Don't release them." But so far, the pesky exotic hasn't turned into the environmental disaster that some predicted. Early results from the FWC's most recent electrofishing study in the C-14 (stunning fish with a mild electrical charge so they can be examined) shows that although snakeheads are abundant, they are not destroying populations of largemouth and peacock bass -- the two main gamefish species in South Florida lakes and canals. FWC scientists using the marine version of electric cattle prods caught as many as 1.58 snakeheads per minute weighing up to 9.2 pounds. Examining the stomach contents of 127 dead snakeheads, they found the remains of 13 of their own species plus one bluegill, 11 mosquitofish, seven warmouth, two peacock bass, several lizards, bufo toads, small turtles, a rat and a snake. No remains of largemouth bass were found. Looking at 68 peacock bass' stomachs, the researchers found 16 snakeheads. In 41 largemouth bass, they found one. "They seem to be complementary predators," Shafland said, referring to snakeheads versus peacocks and largemouth. "We don't see one dominating the others. I think they're all pretty much holding their own." Arostegui agrees. An avid snakehead fisherman, he and son Martini, 16, have caught several world records on light line and fly tackle with Hollywood guide Alan Zaremba. Most were caught in an area of the C-14 the two men have dubbed the "Snake Pit." "We see in the water a lot of Mayans [cichlids], tilapia, bass," Arostegui said. "Even though the snakeheads are there in quantity, they're not decimating everything." On a recent Sunday excursion to a canal, Zaremba and a guest caught seven snakeheads up to 4 1/2 pounds and lost at least that many more using plastic frog lures retrieved on the surface along the banks. Zaremba said the bite was unusually good, probably because the fish had recently completed spawning and had ceased guarding their young. "There's some over 10 pounds in here. It's just a matter of finding them," he said. "They like to ambush baits. They hang under trees, ledges and wads of grass."

Try line conditioner

They all end up like the last one....tossed in the bushes. After wrangling these lavish puppies all day, catching bass is a snoozefest. Ill drop more gas tomorrow and head back south.

We went out today, pops and I. I caught 4 and lost one and he caught his 1st which is the 1st one pictured. It was 3lbs 8oz. Had a blast. I also caught a nice sized bass which fought well in the weeds.

I workout to improve my muscularity and make women swoon. Fishing for bass doesnt equate to cardiovascular endurance or challenges. Maybe saltwater would be a different case.

Taking my pops out this weekend, hopefully we get something on the line

LR will last you a long time. I have a 7ft older model casting and it is still kicking

That April 29th venture sounds good. What size reel would you think is needed(2000 or 3000). I gave my dad my calico jack and president reel combo that I had before.

Which cranks are you using? Ive had great luck with kvd 1.5 and 2.5 in sexy shad color. Ive caught them on all types of line also and we're both in the same area. Have had good luck in development lakes catching bass and turtles unfortunately

I know a few people with them that love them, there also a few reviews on tw.com. Id try out the new JM Carbonlite with that discount as the dude above said

We'll take anything as long as we can get to it. I think we may buy some kayaks shortly, this may help some of the problems we run into. A kid at the park told me he hooked up with a 20lb snook at a park on indiantown road I believe and it pulled his kayak a small distance while trolling

I posted a video in other fish species, you can probably hit them up on youtube

When it gets too windy to cast into it Ill make sure the wind is to my back...but Im a shore fisherman

I used both zoom and stanley this weekend. The zoom are a bit light and not as noisy as the stanley. I prefer the gander, yum and rage toads for weight and noise. If I used the stanley hooks I would have jooked up with the fish that ripped the back legs off clean due to the positioning of them. I bought the zoom 5/0 frog hooks I may try this weekend also if weather and time permits

I need to hit up some of your spots with my pops, who is your age exactly, retired and looking to fish more.

reviews look good so far

One of my friends had to go #2 in the woods once, he wiped with leaves....poison ivy

try near the sawgrass xpwy off sample road in Coral Springs, thats where we caught the one in the pic...I can give you specifics if needed

Sunburn

I took my boy to the place where I catch and he ended up getting his first. 6lbs 1oz I struck out, I missed about 5 fish, one bit the frog in half...Ill try tomorrow possibly

I havent had any mishaps since falling into a lake trying to catch shiners when I was a small child, but my friends have gotten my tackle stuck in trees 14-20 feet high. Loaning them the tackle seems to be my stupidity...they are restricted to old unused rusty rattle traps and soft plastics. Ive also lost multiple lures trying to retrieve lures that broke off.....lost 3 additional lures trying to snag and recover 2 frogs that snapped off a bad spool of PP. I then went to walmart to buy boots thinking I could walk out to get them all only to find out it drops down to like 10 feet. I then paid a kid on a kayak 10 dollars to get my frogs back.....he got one and the other sunk...expensive day there. 4 lost lures (20 bucks) 10 dollars paid to kayaker New line needed after pulling the old line off in a rage 15 bucks Boots 25 bucks, but returned them