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Was there earlier in the week and caught 15-20 1 1/2 -2 lb smallies, caught several smaller ones as well.

I had about 4000 dollars worth of tackle stolen out of my friends boat when we stopped to eat at a small restaurant. I felt like a kid that had his new bike stolen, my homeowners insurance covered a large part of it, so I was able to purchase the things I needed, but there were a lot of custom baits and things that are not made any longer that I will never see again.

Catching fish is always less boring that repeated casting with few takers in my opinion. A Senko is as close to a guaranteed thing as I can think of. Start with a 5" Senko either wacky or Texas rigged, there should be about 10 million videos on how to rig them. I like colors like watermelon pepper or green pumpkin pepper, dip the tip in a little chartreuse dye and start catching fish.

I have been using the VMC Spinshot hooks with good success. I use a 1/0 hook with the Zoom Z Drop and have not had any line twist or hookup problems.

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I like enough tip in a rod to help drive a heavy single hook through a gill plate or roof of the mouth at a long distance, moderate action rods just have too much flex in them to fish a spinnerbait the way I like. I also like to be able to feel the blades spinning and the bait ticking the tops of grass, to me a moderate action rod dampens the vibrations. I feel best when I throw them on a fast action rod length depends on the distance I am making my casts, shorter for around docks and heavy cover for the accuracy and longer for open water or weed lines for increased distance.

I have a good mixture of both and enjoy fishing them all. But I guess in the end that I am a little old fashioned in this respect and prefer the full grip, especially with any technique where longer casts are a benefit.

Might be the trailer, it is a lot of plastic and not much hook.

Hard to tell from your picture, but it does appear that the jaw stop in front of the eye, that would indicate a spotted bass. But again it is hard to tell clearly from your picture.

Post away, I am sure we would all enjoy seeing what your fishing with.

You will enjoy the Dobyns, take a look at the 734C, it is a very versatile rod in that lineup.

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I own a couple of Champions, and a few Avids. In terms of sensitivity I cannot tell much difference. Where there is a big difference is in balance, and the Dobyns wins that category easily. Both rods have very good build quality and use good components. The Dobyns is a 250 dollar rod and the St. Croix is about 190, I don't know if there is that much difference between them but I personally prefer the Dobyns.

Pinch about an inch of the bait off, put it on a swimjig with a drop of superglue, they last several fish, depending, and are a fantastic trailer.

Glad it helped, Gary and the guys at the Tackle Trap are awesome to deal with.

They have the gear set available here... http://tackletrap.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=898_792_793&products_id=4011

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Of the two the 743, but I would recommend a strong look at the 744 if you are going to be throwing baits in the 1/2oz range, although it may be a little strong for baits in the 1/8oz range.

I have been using a 6'10" ML XF St.Croix Rage spinning rod with a Pflueger Supreme MGX 25, 10 lb PP and a 6 lb FC leader. I use the VMC spinshot hooks size 1/0 and an 1/8oz dropshot weight, I have been doing well with the Zoom Zdrop in morning dawn and green weenie. I tie the weight to about a 14 to 18" tag end. Works good for me.

This quote from an article explains it much better than I can, maybe the difference is the way the inductor extends into the magnets as you mentioned. I have also heard that there is a very slight difference in the taper of the inductors between the V and Z. "The Magforce V system uses centrigual force developed by the spool to move the inductor into the magnets. Braking action does not occur on startup until sufficient centrigual force develops (with spool speed) to overcome spring tension and then the inductor begins to move further into the magnets. As spool speed continues to increase, the inductor is fully inserted into the magnets and maximum braking occurs, until spool speed is eventully reduced and the inductor begins to move back out of the magnets (applying less braking). Magforce Z is very similiar to Magfoce V, except the point that braking starts to occur is at a higher spool speed, and maximum braking occurs at a higher spool speed as well. Braking is also reduced at a higher spool speed . So, you can think of Magforce Z as a higher speed Magforce V braking system -- only really applying most braking action at the highest spool speeds. The net effect is that overall efficiency of braking action is improved and the spool will spin-up faster and theoretically achieve higher average spool speeds for a longer period of time. In addition, Magfoce Z is theoretically quicker to respond to rapid changes in spool speed during the cast (like the slight increase in spool speed due to the lure being affected by a blast of wind). In reality, most anglers don't notice much difference between Magforce V and Z except when casting lighter lures into/across the wind. [Most of the braking action between the two is the same with heavy lures, since the spool spins up so quickly and maximum braking is so rapidly applied in both systems.] However, with a light lure, Magforce Z is quicker to resond to small changes in spool speeds, and therefore can apply more incremental braking action when the spool speeds up due to the effect of wind on the line."

Jeff, the 100M spool is a good upgrade to the standard Zillion spool but in my opinion it is not as forgiving as the stock spool. The 100M weights less than the stock spool due to material and line capacity and requires less startup inertia which makes it nice for pitching and flipping, it also seems to be able to achieve a little more distance but again at the cost of being a little less forgiving. IMO the reason the stock spool is more forgiving is the difference between Magforce Z and Magforce V, very similar systems but the selling point for Z was that it was able to react to wind and other subtle changes during the cast more quickly than V and make the appropriate corrections to the braking. Don't get me wrong, I would replace all of my stock spools with the 100M but in my opinion it is a little less forgiving. Hopefully some of the others that have made this upgrade can give their thoughts as well.