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don't let them touch ur soft plastics. the nail polish melts/fuses when stored w/ plastic. ends up being a nasty sticky mess. and it melts in heat (nail polish on spinnerbait blades was a disaster for me. blades melted to the skirts and trailers in my bag).

that's really comparing apples and oranges. one thing that is certain is that if you put and average MMA fighter in the ring with Pacquiao the only thing the guy is going to be doing is running out of breath followed by a long nap. this is an amazing film study on how/why Floyd is so brilliant in the ring. he just makes it look too easy. his ring intelligence is unsurpassed. this guy did a film study on Manny too. And has a series dedicated to the May 2nd fight

"Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it." George Foreman I agree with .ghoti. that it's going to be a 12 round decision for Mayweather. Unfortunately watching Floyd perfect the sweet science gets boring fast. He can scores points on girly shots all day long ('girly' for professional boxers... please don't punch me like that . I like Manny's personality better but I'm in complete awe at Floyd's skills. Pacquiao will take far greater risks and push for a knockout which will be the only entertaining part of the fight. However he has been slow to cut off the ring lately which makes for a boring fight watching him chase Floyd around the ring all night. I agree this would have been an amazing fight 5 years ago. Mean aggressive Manny against not as experienced/risk taking Floyd.

did you call him? he'll answer the phone or call you back. and he LOVES to talk bass fishing

i can't remember which pro i saw recommend it but... don't take ur hooks out of their original package. they will still be protected and you can even wipe them off if you open ur box in the rain

'Rippin Mr Hankey'?

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do-not-hesitate. I wouldn't try lipping a treble bass until you can decisively lip a single hook bass. things aren't going to end well if ur one of those guys that tippi toes around a bass face, waving ur hand in front of him, hesitating while he spins in circles. learn how to master a single hooked bass first

a few years ago my hook up ratio went thru the roof when I starting throwing buzzbaits on my glass crank rod. so last season i decided to try chatterbaits and spinnerbaits on my MH crank rod. the hook up ratio was definitely better b/c of the delayed response. however the major downside was i could no longer deflect off wood and rocks. the glass rod slowly swept the hooks right into timber and rocks. after a few outings of constantly having to troll over and un-snag my lures i switched back to my MH rod. it's so nice being able to pop lures thru timber and over boulders. now I just make sure I give the bass a frog type pause on the hook set. I like JGBassinAL idea of Heavy glass or standard MH rod with mono leader. A composite crank rod would probably be a nice balance between the two and definitely bounce lures off cover easier. I like braid to fluoro on my MH chatter/spinner rod bc it's versatile. so realistically I'll just keep adding patience to my hook set. My glass set up is a Powell CB glass MH 703 with braid as main line and fluoro leader. 1/4-1oz rating

i gave up on that years ago b/c I had too many problems w/ marker and nail polish melting/fusing together w/ my soft plastics. it can make a nasty mess in the summer so i wouldn't recommend pre-painting too many.

don't use casting gear. you'd be ruling out the best part of weightless wacky rigged senkos: skipping them 30 ft under docks. you can skip them with spinning gear just like skimming a rock across the water when you were a kid. skip docks, laydowns/trees/bushes etc. it's so much fun and extremely productive. can you skip as effectively with a casting reel? recommending a beginner skip with casting gear is dangerous and overkill. buying a tractor trailer to drive back and forth to church looks cool but it's overkill. you'll only be able to skip a baitcaster after potentially dozens of birdnests, hundreds of dollars of replacement line and hundreds of practice hours on the water. or you can learn how to skip in 1 day with a spinning reel. plus casting reels defeat the whole purpose of easily casting light lures a far distance. 50% of my reels are casting but I use them for power fishing and heavy applications. all my finesse techniques use spinning reels.

^ and that my friend is corn that doesn't get stuck in ur teeth

nothing like aiming for the stars! a panic box should help keep the skunk off ya. http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/iaconelli_panic_box.html

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Jeff Little destroys river smallies year round. seems like most of his dead of winter sm come from dead sticking a small soft plastic ie tube/spade tail etc. i've seem him dead stick them from 20 seconds to 2 mins. not sure if the 'winter' query will carry over but here's a link to his youtube channel (KayakBassFishing). he's got at least 10+ winter river smallie videos. https://www.youtube.com/user/KayakBassFishing/search?query=winter here's vid of him using a blade bait and a vid with the hornet/beetle technique. treble hooks are def easier from a boat/kayak. it's the same retrieve but i'd go with RW recommendation from shore b/c the upward hook of a hornet won't snag near as easliy

i'm with scaleface and won't use them from shore anymore. i did use them from the bank years ago but quickly learned 1: they get snagged easy 2: if the bass are going to chase a rattletrap they will just as easily chase a lure that won't get hung up ie a spinnerbait/chatterbait/swimjig. i use them as search baits on large water b/c you can cast them a mile and cover alot of water. and it's easy to get them un-snagged from a boat. if you have lots of weeds I would use a chatterbait b/c the vibrating blade literally shakes weeds off so you don't 'waste' a cast every time you touch weeds like with a spinnerbait. just rip ur rod tip hard and they will shake the weeds off 90% of time. spinnerbaits are like static cling when it comes to weeds. however when around rocky shoreline i use a spinnerbait b/c it deflects better. the chatterbait heads wedge into rocks more easily than spinnerbaits.

lotta guys in the crappie forums rave about that rod. i'm sure you'd be happy with a St Croix also

I have the 6'9" L river runner and I love the action/power but I think Fenwick fell way short on the handle (pun intended). I've literally never had a rod w/ a handle so short. It's only 7 1/2". that small of a handle is fine while fishing small trout streams but it mean's I'm virtually making one handed casts when on open lakes. it's really hard to generate a fulcrum point with a stub of a handle. even with no handle i can still cast a 1/16oz tube jig w/ Baby shad about 60ft w/ 5lb braid. i'm going to extend the butt section this summer (need to experiment on some cheaper rods first). I can't wait to fish this rod with a longer handle. in comparison i think Fenwick nailed the smallmouth tech handle. the 6'9" has a 10 1/2" handle and it casts like a dream. my recommendation would be to position a reel at 7.5" on a current rod and see if you can 'handle it.

don't buy that meyers sports pal. like goose i have a Radisson canoe. it's airplane grade aluminum ie super thin. you can't take it into shallow streams or you will dent, puncture, jar loose the rivets...and even worse loosen the seam. a welded seam runs up the middle and there is a metal tracking piece over it. my canoe is leaking from that seam. it would take an aluminum welder, a whole lot of time to strip the inner ribs/foam, and a bunch of money to fix my leak. i just keep a huge bath towel in the back to ring out as my bilge pump. the cost/time/hassle is too much so i deal with it. i sold my second radisson (my lake only canoe) b/c the other one is sinking faster and faster. if you get a canoe go with polyethylene material. i also have a sit in kayak and love it as well. its better on small streams bc it can handle the rocks. i prefer sit in b/c i also live in the north. i didn't like sit-on top kayaks in March and November b/c it's just too easy to splash cold water on myself. i like to stand while i fish so i like being in the canoe much more. i also use a trolling motor with 2 batteries when on larger lakes and only my canoe can handle that

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if ur making ur own I would use a EWG hook. you can T rig a fluke on the back and never get snagged even when coming thru the nastiest timber

stop watching the marketing/flashy sponsored item mentioned every 30 seconds youtube videos and start watching the DIY/make ur own tackle videos. no loud music w/ adreneline shots of drag screaming bass but you'll learn a ton about how guys all over the country make their own tackle while on a budget

if you have to ask the answer is no. asking means you are on a budget and there a PLENTY of quality rods on the market. i just bought a Shakespear Micro rod at Wally word for $15. the action is as nice as my $200 orvis fly rod and my $150 Fenwick RiverRunner. It doesn't have a warranty and the components might not last as long but for $15 I'll just buy another. there are plenty of guys here that are fishing 20+yr old $30 rods and they catch the exact quantity/quality size bass as everyone the guys with the latest and greatest gear.

fishing from a boat can be overwhelming b/c of too many options. plus you can lose a major advantage you might not have recognized from shore: from shore you are always reeling uphill. bass pin baitfish against the shore when attacking so reeling from deep to shallow on the bank preys on the natural instincts of a bass. when i moved from the shore to a boat i couldn't figure out why i started to suck to bad. too many choices plus i wasn't reeling uphill. then i started positioning my boat literally against the shore (i'll often hold onto the shore/rock/bank with my foot to anchor) and my catch rate went thru the roof again. plus i started catching quality and quantity b/c i had access to so many more locations from boat than from shore. i very rarely reel down hill ie shallow to deep, unless i'm working a jig down a ledge.

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