SneakySnook

I will say 7lbs. WTG! Great looking fish.

WTG! Looks like you had yourself a pretty good day.

I'm glad I have a laptop so I can sit on my couch or anywhere else I feel is cozy.

G-loomis rod and find something else to relax on.

Shimano symmetre and Daiwa Tierra

WTG! That swimming senko is one of my favorite lures.

The rod is a Ohero Inshore Slam 7'6" medium action rod. Soft tip but plenty of backbone. I lost 2 fish that strighten out the hooks when I was using a tru-tungsten shakey head jig. It was a nice rod for small swimbaits. It's more of a saltwater rod but it worked just fine for bass. If I was going to use it for bass I would use it with swimbaits and medium size crankbaits. Great soft tip and plenty of backbone. The rating on the rod is 1/4oz-3/4oz. I turned it in today and he said he will tell his production team to go a head and start making them. The reel I was using is a Quantum Accurist 500pt.

Congrats on the new toy. Hope it works great for you.

Congrats on the nice looking fish! The best way to get confidence in a bait is to just take the one out with you.

Here's the 16".

Went out a couple days ago to try out a rod for a local tackle shop and had a pretty good day. I ended up catching 7 bass from 7pm-8:30pm. I also was fishing with a LC Rick Clunn crankbait for the first time. My 2 biggest bass was one 16" and one 20". So I have to say that I had a pretty good day with the rod. Here's the pic of the 20".

Go for it. Go with the light stuff your body will thank you. I got rid of equipment to go lighter also because my elbow was bugging me when I was about 27. That was 4 years ago and since I have gone light I have been able to fish longer and don't have the pain after fishing like I did before. Now I am always looking to cut the weight down as much as I can.

I'm looking at these 2 reels for a g-loomis mossyback jig and worm rod bcr853. Unless you can guys can recommend something else. So this poll is to help me decide what would be best.

98 sounds like Florida weather. Today was a cool 95.

I got a g-loomis mossyback BCR853 rod and don't know what reel would be a good match. I have been looking at the daiwa sol or I have been checking out some of the Japanesse daiwa reels also. I'm looking at anything in the $200-$300 range so hope you guys can give me some good advice. If I was to go with a Japanesse reel what would be a good one to go with.

I will say the zillion. It's a great reel.

Welcome to the g-loomis world. I have 4 and looking to get more.

Sweet looking reel!!

I t-rig them on a 5/0 hook with a tru-tungsten 3/8oz. weight. The bass love them. My son caught a 8" bass on one. Not sure what it was thinking.

I use a daiwa zillion on a 7' custom g-loomis imx rod. I have no problems with this set-up.

You should see how dark they look in a lake that I fish that has a ton of cypress trees and the lake is stain. The fish look black in that lake. The bass around me are dark green from hiding in the grass. Here's a pic of a bass in crystal clear lake but full of grass. You'll see how dark it is from lying in the grass.

It's not a retation pond. There are a couple around me that have some nice fish but this is a canal off the main lake. I live at Lake Carlton Arms and they have some big bass. Here is a pic of another bass I caught in this lake.

Looks like I'll be looking for a new reel soon. ;D

Here's a pic of one of the 15".

Went fishing a couple of days ago after work and had a pretty good day. I caught 12 bass mostly small ones in the 8"-10" range. I did get 1 20" and 3 15" and missed a ton of other hits. All fish were caught on a LC LVR mini. Here's a pic of the 20".