thehooligan

I dont like fishing straight flouro, i really do well with power pro and flouro leaders...

Last year i got a curado 201e7 for $99, and tons of rapala cranks from a $1-3 dollars. I always make out like a bandit there

My grandpop says, go for a deaf,dumb & blind girl whose father owns a liquor store, i think i might go that route....

Id go for the 1000, its almost 2 oz's lighter, uses less line, and has more than enough drag for all bass/crappie fishing....

haha, ive cleaned that one out a few times, lol. I usually hit the cherry hill and moorestown dsg regularly....

I havent fished in a week from the ice but its gonna be 60 tomm so ill be out there. Dont know how the guys in the real cold areas do it, ice fishing wouldnt hold me over till spring. Thank God we've had pretty mild winters for the past few years....

Yea i stop in here and there to look for the liquidation sales. Over the past two years ive got hundreds of rapala crankbaits for so cheap...

I fished the banks at night all the time, favorite bait is my sammy 85, always do well....

Definitely fishing partner !!!

I thought they were heavy and didnt like the guides, id also go avid if i was considering a st croix....

Under 5oz's is impressive, but id still rather have a core which im saving for right now

x2 Id also throw spooks, small frogs, spinnerbaits, that rod can cover alot of baits....

I love the 10/2 power pro, but ill give the seaguar a shot next time im at dicks. The seaguar is 8/2, 10/3, 15/4, ill have to figure out what size to try...

I also agree the stradic fj is probally the best spinning reel ive owned for the money. I have a sustain as well and to be honest i think i like my stradic better, lol

A core 51 for $200 would be sweet

i agree

That would be sweet, what would be even nicer is if it was the same price as a ci4 spinning reel

I handled the 6'10 spinning rod at a fishing flea market today. They were selling them for $55 new. I really had to restrain myself from buying one, really nice rod for that money. Might pick one up in the future for just for a beater rod....

I use my champion 682, which is for sale BTW, and it covers all those techniques great. Id step up to a 3 power if your throwing anything heavier though...

Thanks for the info, braid really helps too

I gotta get back to fishing senkos. Also, when i was a kid the only plastics i fished were curly tail 7-1/2 worms texas rigged, i cant remember the last time i fished one... Seems like the only plastics i fish anymore are dropshot or shakeyhead....

Thinks for the info bob, i just went over to dicks to check out the new sahara and symetre. I thought they might of went to a direct drive handle for the symetre this year, which they didnt. so that reel is out. Im in the market for a 1000, so it might just be another stradic fj...

I use gami swivel shot hooks, size 2. Sometimes straight 6lb flouro, other times 10lb power pro with flouro leader. My favorite baits are 4-1/2 in roboworms, keitech live impact worms, and my new favorite, the vagabond airbait slimworm...

I picked up a few kopper frogs when they were on the tw christmas sale for $5. They all have lake fork trailer hooks as well, cant wait for some topwater action

I agree with you on the stradic fj, i love my 1000. Have you handled the new symetre ? Really wondering how that and the new saros hold up against the stradic fj....