Brian Needham

this is 100% wrong. while true, if he fishes the part of the pond not on the golf course, but the golf course can still own the land or have rights to the water/land. One day, yall are going to fish the wrong golf course and have to deal with police. I know you all fish golf courses and think it is fine, but you are breaking the law, you are tresspassing. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. People do not pay large sums of money to join a golf club to have teenagers/riff raff/non memebers lining the banks........if you want your own private pond, build one!(just like the golf course did) Another angle of why this is so important....if you fall in, get snake bit, get hit in the head with a golf ball, gator bit (in the south) all 4 of which can kill you, your parents will be looking to sue someone. Its too bad cause you were tresspassing. I am telling you all this for you and the course's safety OP, I am a golf course superintendent...I deal with this everyday ....you can take my advice and ask, or take people's advice that have no clue and are urging you to break the law. Your choice. Good Luck!

using mine for baitcasting dropshot and shakeyheads. I like em pretty good, but nothing I would get rid of a Lews Tp for on a daily basis. Now that you mention it.....I guess I am going to have to try some squarebills and such on one!

thanks ghoti I tomahawk a jig hookset.......its a habit I am trying to break.

and then you are trespassing and get a free nights stay......... trust me, I have done it to people before. what people don't understand is, those fish in that pond are there for the MEMBERS enjoyment. Those members pay money for that enjoyment. Why do you think it is your right to get that enjoyment for free? The members at the golf course I work at, are highly ticked because of people with your mentality. They(myself included) used to catch very nice bass, and slab crappie until people thought they could be clever at night......that is until they saw my headlights! LOL if you have to cross a fence or a property line to get there, you don't belong there.

can you expand on your experience? and on the differences....

Tom- thanks, that's basically how I was doing it and I really wondered why my 5 power rod was bowed over with 4# on the scale. I was using 15# test so I was trying to get 7# of drag and kept thinking to myself "7# of drag will break this rod!" so thanks for clarifying. my next question is..... what do you do when the drag slips on hooksets? I set the hook pretty durn hard on a jig.

can you explain how you do this with a scale? load the rod or straight line pull? I tried this winter with my scale and gave up cause it didn't feel right the way I was doing it.

this is exciting.........hmmmmmm need new combos.

its good to go. I try to stay in the middle of the "line rating"............basically I see it as this, you don't want to run 25# on a drop shot rig , nor do you want to run 6# on a flipping stick

for your price range listed the BPS XPS line is great.....IMO its the best "cheap$$" flouro out there . but if you are going to step it up and spend, go all out and get tatsu. use backing and get 3 reels per spool.

I have ran Tatsu this year as well, and like RW use 50-65 yards per reel, depending on reel used. Drop shot gets 50yds, jig gets 65 yards. I totally concur with RW's findings, it is the best line out there, IMO. abrasion resistance is awesome knot strength is great casting is superior memory I would rate as low, as it will coil some picking out a backlash but lays flat on water during a cast, while is it sinking. sensitivity is unbelievable smaller diameter per # than most other lines price is on par (per yard) with other top of the line FC.... if you aint using backing your are wasting money regardless of what line you use. its great on spinning gear too! find it on sale and try......I really don't think you will be disappointed. I have used 10,12,15,and 20# test this year.

and if your leader is small enough, you can floss in a pinch!!! I cant see heat bothering braid much unless it has all the super duper resins, polymers and magic dust flouro has....

^nailed it

1-3 foot is clear here in my neck of the woods, but we fish oxbows. clear, stained, muddy: it's all relative to water type and area of the country. highland reservoir that might be stained, but to an oxbow that might be gin clear... meaning if the normal clarity is 6 foot then 3 foot is stained, but if the normal clarity is 2 foot then 3 is clear. its all relative to YOUR body of water.

its a sure bet to have fish...........be sure you ask permission and be polite and stay out of peoples way.

find a pond with a drain pipe coming in or going out! even in a little pond fish can and will relate to current. if no drain pipe, find a wash out on the bank and/or where run off goes into the pond. any of these places you can find them holed up and whack 'em!

10xd is rated 25foot with 14-15# flouro from everything I have read.

pitch that jig in the heart of that laydown! the jig is awesome, yet SO MANY fishermen do not throw them. A good day jig fishing is having bruised ribs! Nothing better!!

I never really had much confidence in them either. Then I fished with Glenn at the roadtrip and he gave me a good schooling. it is literally a do nothing bait......cast, sink...........wait...........twitch. reel in. if you don't get bit by then, cast to a different spot. also read Roadwarrior's "guaranteed to catch fish thread".

check the senko FAQ....... no wrong way it fish it, even wacky

adjust your cast control. most baitcasters should be able to throw a 1/4oz jig with a rage craw/meaty trailer. a 1/4oz jig+trailer should weight almost 1/2oz.

so awesome to catch something on something you made, especially a bait that big!

the rod pic I say that fish can go 4#....its hard to tell cause some lakes that length can be 5# some lakes it can be 2.5# . old timers will tell you how many "coke bottles" (the old glass ones) that will fit in the mouth is how many pounds. But unless you want to carry around bottles, I would buy a scale.

another factor is, you don't know who else is fishing it...... case example, on the golf course I work at I used to go catch 2.5 -3 pound fish everytime out with the occasional +4#.....now I am lucky to catch short fish. could literally catch a best 5 of at least 11+ pounds, my best was 15 pounds with 3 fish in a hour. the word got out and the lakes got beat up, and fish got put in a cooler....

exactly what I have all TP besides my cores........ and really I guess I expected too much cause the core didnt blow my away like I thought they would. Go figure.