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If you sign up with a boater and they don't with drawal before the event you are in the event. Then it does go by priority of signing up.

in my opinion, it would be personal perference. I use braid on all my gear and with spinning I use 8/30. 30 lb test but 8 pound diameter. I use it because I can still put a lot of line on my reels but if you drop down to 4 lb diameter you will need more line to fill the reel up. Or you can just use more backer line and less braid.

Imoore, in my four tournament this season I had a similar problem. The boaters batteries die from running the trolling motor and electronics all day long. We tried to start the big motor about an hour before weight in and it wasn't happening. Switched batteries and it wasn't starting. Even tried to get a jump off another boat and nothing. We got towed in with less than 5 minutes to spare before our check in time.... but yea, it's definitely not a good feeling know your day's work is dependent on someone else's equipment.

I personally own the 6'9 MH veritas and it's my favorite rod in my entire line up. I use it for spinnerbait, chatterbait, senko, texas rig, and pretty much anything I can think of while out fishing. it's kind of my utility infielder rod.

Since I started this topic way back in Dec of last year, I thought I would give a quick update. I finished the BFL season inside the top 40 and I'm going to be going to the regionals. Anybody have a tip on Lake Seminole they would like to share?

The Hog Hauler

Fish BFLs and i know the first two tournaments were won and most of top ten were using it. Last two I haven't even tied it on a rod.

Just sent you a message I would be interest

Braid all the way... 8/30 pound on spinning, 12/50 pound on baitcaster. One except is rod I throw my a-rig on it's got 14/65 pound.

I can only talk to Redfish and Speckled trout... I go down to the gulf in Mississippi redfishing and trout fishing once a year. The area I'm fishing is a marsh like with tall grass. The best bait to catch anything is a shrimp. if you want want to live bait the shrimp is first and a bull minnow or finger mullet would be second. If you perfer plastic then Gulp makes a shrimp that has a pretty good smell to it and works well until it drys up. D.O.A has a good shrimp lure as well. A single Colorado blade spinnerbait works in dirty water. Reds and Trout move with the tide and seasons. Summer they will be deeper and closer to ocean. Fall they will be more inland and in skinny water.

I have a loving wife and two boys (4 years old and 7 months old). Seeing them smile when I come home from work is a better feeling than catching a big bass any day of the week.

I use High Vis Yellow has a backing... that way I know how close I am to the backing when I'm casting. If i get to the point I can see the yellow really well on a cast I know it's getting close to time to change out the line.

When fishing from the back of a boat I carry 5, usually 3 casting and 2 spinning, sometime 4 and 1 depending on what kind of pattern the boater is on. In my own boat I have all my rods in the locker but I still only pull out 5 at a time (or less), keeps me in the same frame of mind when tournament fishing from the back of a boat.

Charlie Moore is just loud and his "fishing" show is hardly fishing at all. I like Ike when he isn't breaking stuff and/or too emotional, I think he knows his stuff. Not sure I have seen or heard that much from Ish to know if I like him or not.

life too short to die fishing.