zildjian

wow lots of comments so soon! this is awesome! thank you all for giving your input on this. i'm going to go and buy a decent spring loaded scale. im done with these digital ones. but for now it's all i have. i'll continue to use them and carry them both for the time being. thanks again everyone! -Zildjian

yeah man i just went through my 3 school bags filled with stuff, broke them down into what is easier for me. one bag is for my light setup. 6'6" Medium rod, light reel, 8-10lb mono for just super light lures like short worms, senkos, lizards, brushhogs etc.. in all colors. my next bag is for all my jigs and trailers, along with my longer and heavier worms. which, is for my current rod setup, 6'7" Medium Heavy Powell Endurance, curado G201 reel, 14 trilene XL mono. next bag is filled with my topwater stuff which i'll be buying a 7' rod and fast gear ratio reel and some nice floating fluro line. last bag will be all crankbaits and spinners. which i'll just use either my medium heavy or another excuse to buy another rod and reel. lol let me know what you guys think! thanks guys! -Zildjian

awesome i def will check that out! thanks! -Zildjian

wow i never really bothered to go any color other than green pumpkin, only because i bought every color possible when i first started and i always got hits and landed fish most of the time with that color. so i now always start with that color. i just need to learn if that color isn't working for me how and when would i know what color would work better. i want to learn things like that so i don't waste time. i guess just do the basic dark, natural, bright and light colors. im goign to read more about this tonight on some articles and threads. thanks a lot! -Zildjian

i was thinking the same exact thing but when i tested it with both scales and the one just about read it perfect and the other was off a whole pound. i could make a good guess that its in fact an 8lb weight. stupid me never changed the battery. it never showed it was low or acting up. sucks how inaccurate a digital scale can be if batterys start to go... so lessoned learned i guess. off to buy a spring scale....

i just put brand new batteries in both digital scales. retested and they both read my 8lb weight at 7lb 13oz. lol i feel better now. thanks guys

you ever test your digital fishing scale? i was sitting in my house, and the thought came to me, to see just how acurate my Field & Stream and Rapala scales were. well im ticked, because i took an 8lb weight, put it in a plastic bag and put my Field & Stream Scale digital scale on and it flashed 6lb 15oz - 7lb 0oz. then i tested my Rapala Digital scale and it flashed 7lb 15oz -8lb 0oz. how is this possible? a whole entire pound difference with the field and stream! and thats the scale i always use! does anyone have any experience with this? i didn't think you have to calibrate these. im so frustrated right now. -zildjian

don't be sorry! you have no idea how much your helping me already! well... im off to go buy some swim jigs and go try them out on the water. no worms for me today! which feels awkward just thinking about it. i might slip one in my pocket just in case! lol Thanks, -Zildjian

thats insane! i don't think i would be able to do that just yet! my other problem is, lets say i fish my zoom trick worm, or any worm.. and it doesn't work all day, when is it time to quit the worm and try something else? Also, how do i know what to switch to? if my worm doesn't work why switch to jig, spinner, buzzbait, crankbaits, topwater etc. how do i know what to try next and why? is there a specific time or condition to throw spinner? as same for jigs? etc.. i basically want to learn that when i get to my local lakes and ponds and i see the condition wheather it be the water, weather, or time of day that i'll know what i should tie on my line. not (ALWAYS) throw the worm first to see how the bite is. these are prob questions people can't answer, but its questions that run through my brain 24/7 especially when im fishing for hours upon hours with no hits. thanks you all agian! love this fourm!! -Zildjian

Thank you guys so much gor taking your time to read my thread and helping me out! I really appreciate all your guys comments. Makes me feel like I'm not the only one.

hmm... well thats not a bad idea actually. it's going to kill me to leave my zoom magnum trick worms at home... lol thank you!

thank you so much for such a quick response! yes it def helps since you can identify with what im going through lol thanks! -Zildjian

hey guys, my buddy got me into the sport of largemouth bass fishing last year around this time. ever since then i've been hooked! ever since the beginning, i was buying every type of bass lure, different kinds of line, rods, reels. i just converted over to bait casting reels and rods. i knew i was going to have to "learn" the reel since all you hear is bad stories about how everyone you know hates these types of reels because of constant backlash blah blah blah.. well i wanted to figure it out for my self. and yes i did have my fair share of backlashes in the beginning, but hey that's trial and error right? i'm now very good with my bait casting setup and i caught my first bass of the season with it! and my second bass with my setup was my PB! 4lbs 10oz. you guys have no idea how excited i was to feel this amount of power pulling on my lure! especially since around my area of local lakes your average largemouth bass is a little over 1lb. If you catch a 2lb bass around here your high fiveing all your buddies lol. so a 4lb 10oz Bass just a couple oz's short of 5lb is on heard of for us here. well that leads me into this.. every time i go out fishing no matter what, i always use my Zoom Trick Worm: Green Pumpkin with Gamakatzu EWG Offset Shank Worm 2/0 Hook Texas rigged weightless. on 8lb mono. i always start out with this, becuase when i was first starting out, I only used worms. senkos, ribbon tails etc.. and the only color that really worked well was green pumpkin. so everything i bought was green pumpkin this and that. and i would always catch bass no matter what on the zoom trick worm. worked every time! i have so much confidence in this worm its ridiculous. but now, like today for example, i started out with that worm and nothing all day.. for hours. but i know it works. so what do you guys go to next for lure choice if your go to lure doesn't work? i know it matters about what the condition the weather is, what time of day, water temp, etc.. im not even talking about that. i just have zero confidence is anything else other than worms. i started using jigs at the end of the season last year and i bought every kind, every color, every size with every different type of trailer... im weird like that, and i actually caught my past pb on a jig. (the pics of the bass that ate is in my photo gallery)! the bass was 3lbs 3oz. huge for around here. this picture i took of the bass with the jig in it's mouth was right as soon as i pulled it from the water! i was so shocked my jig and trailer worked! and how awesome it looked in it's mouth! but i just don't know what to do when your go to lure doesn't work... i tried spinners, buzzbaits, jigs, flukes, jerkbaits, frogs, popers, crank baits etc... the only bait that works is the worm. and every time the worm doesn't work for that day and i switch to a different type of lure, i feel like im wasting my time and i could of caught a bass on my worm by now other than using that current lure i have setup. i need help! sorry for the long post about something so simple i need answers for, but i know you guys would listen and give me so advice! thanks, -Zildjian

hey guys, my buddy got me into the sport of largemouth bass fishing last year around this time. ever since then i've been hooked! ever since the beginning, i was buying every type of bass lure, different kinds of line, rods, reels. i just converted over to bait casting reels and rods. i knew i was going to have to "learn" the reel since all you hear is bad stories about how everyone you know hates these types of reels because of constant backlash blah blah blah.. well i wanted to figure it out for my self. and yes i did have my fair share of backlashes in the beginning, but hey that's trial and error right? i am now very good with my bait casting setup and i caught my first bass of the season with it! and my second bass with my setup was my PB! 4lbs 10oz. you guys have no idea how excited i was to feel this amount of power pulling on my lure! especially since around my area of local lakes your average largemouth bass is a little over 1lb. If you catch a 2lb bass around here your high fiveing all your buddies lol. so a 4lb 10oz Bass just a couple oz's short of 5lb is on heard of for us here. well that leads me into this.. every time i go out fishing no matter what, i always use my Zoom Trick Worm: Green Pumpkin with Gamakatzu EWG Offset Shank Worm 2/0 Hook Texas rigged weightless. on 8lb mono. i always start out with this, becuase when i was first starting out, I only used worms. senkos, ribbon tails etc.. and the only color that really worked well was green pumpkin. so everything i bought was green pumpkin this and that. and i would always catch bass no matter what on the zoom trick worm. worked every time! i have so much confidence in this worm its ridiculous. but now, like today for example, i started out with that worm and nothing all day.. for hours. but i know it works. so what do you guys go to next for lure choice if your go to lure doesn't work? i know it matters about what the condition the weather is, what time of day, water temp, etc.. im not even talking about that. i just have zero confidence is anything else other than worms. i started using jigs at the end of the season last year and i bought every kind, every color, every size with every different type of trailer... im weird like that, and i actually caught my past pb on a jig. (the pics of the bass that ate is in my photo gallery)! the bass was 3lbs 3oz. huge for around here. this picture i took of the bass with the jig in it's mouth was right as soon as i pulled it from the water! i was so shocked my jig and trailer worked! and how awesome it looked in it's mouth! but i just don't know what to do when your go to lure doesn't work... i tried spinners, buzzbaits, jigs, flukes, jerkbaits, frogs, popers, crank baits etc... the only bait that works is the worm. and every time the worm doesn't work for that day and i switch to a different type of lure, i feel like im wasting my time and i could of caught a bass on my worm by now other than using that current lure i have setup. i need help! sorry for the long post about something so simple i need answers for, but i know you guys would listen and give me so advice! thanks, -Zildjian

awesome! Thanks guys for all your comments!

I've also been looking at carrot stix and g. loomis rods. Any pros and cons against these rods? Duckett vs Carrot Stix vs G.Loomis?

Hey guys, I want to buy a Duckett baitcasting Rod for an All Purpose Rod. 6'9" Medium Heavy or 6'6" Medium. Which one should I go with? I do mostly Jig and Worm Large Mouth Bass Fishing. My Current Setup Is a Powell Endurance 6'7" Medium Heavy with Shimano Curado G201 Baitcasting reel. I just want to try out these Ducketts I've been hearing so highly of. Thanks Guys!