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either a trailer hook or a b fish n tackle pulse-r

I use the palomar for braid and the san diego jam for fluoro

yup this is what i do. being able to look at a box and read it's label really helps.

I wasn't a fan of scent sprays or jellys until i tried megastrike. I first used it pitching jigs for walleye on wingdams and have used it now for bass plastics. The stuff does work.

Good luck putting that bait down. That color, pro blue and american clown are my favorites that i use the majority of the time. Fantastic jerk bait.

Spring is a good time. Great buy.

The 7' mhm mojo was the only mojo i liked. Id still be using it for 1/4-3/4 squarebills had 5 guide eyes not fell out over a season. Only used fluoro with it.

Thanks for that. These shows really bum me out. Everything around me is hard water for another few months

Is there anybody in the area that has been there recently that could let me know if they have any good deals going on at the store? These specific stores seem to have some really good "bargain bins" about this time. I'm about an hour away and thinking of taking a drive if they have some nice deals going on. They usually have some specific baits on sale that are pretty great after xmas at these stores. You can PM me or post. It would be appreciated. Thanks.

i hear ya

The mh/f is ideal for the weights you mentioned. It may seem really stiff but once you have it on the water you will appreciate it.

Yes

St croix legend xtreme 69mlxf Stradic fj 1000 7# fluoro or 6/2 suffix 832 /w leader 1/16-3/16oz is tue highest i go for shakey heads. Anything higer im using somethng different. Jeff kriets shakey head and secret lures wide gap are the only two i use.

save the space. before you know it, you will wish you had MORE space.

The patriarch is a butter smooth reel..at first. Over a short few months it really lost its smooth effortless feeling. My stradics (fI and FJ) are just as smooth if not smoother than the day i got them. The Ci4 just wasnt for me.

My spinning finesse set up is a 69mlxf st.croix legend xtreme with 1000 stradic. Usually use 7# fluoro but smetimes in the year its 6/2 suffix 832 /w a flioro leader. Love this setup for shakey head fishing.

Yes suffix is good. 15-17# fluoro for your jig set up. Since you dont want to know brands, dont go cheap with fluoro. You get what you pay for. 10-12# mono or fluoro whatever your prefer for cranking.

Ha! I do the same thing. Gets line tight and even.

Get a mop head and attach it to the rod. Give it to your wife and she wont know the diference. In all seriousness an XH st. Croix is something i could not even fathom using or findng a use for. Maybe obnoxious size alabama rigs..

the 7'11 xtreme is a beast and has a perfect action for flipping and punching heavy slop. NEver used the IMX but i'm sure it would be fine for a frog rod.

Not to steer you away from the IMX, but coming from somebody that spent a lot of time with legend tournaments/xtremes, I recently made a few switches of rods from tourneys/xtremes to Dobyns. There are still a few st. croixs I would never sell but the dobyns has got my hooked. Balance is amazing even with 7'4-7'6 rods. The only ones I have purchased so far are the DX744's and they are amazing. I'm still researching the flipping stick but for your requirements I would say the 765 flipping stick would probably be ideal. It's unreal how well these rods balance with their length and power.

If you are dead set on sticking with shimano, the curado G can be had for around 160 and a shimano crucial can be had for about the same. that's in the ballpark of your price range and you would be pretty happy with it.

for kvd 1.0s-2.5s and 1/4 and 1/2oz red eye shads I use the 2012 LTW MHM. It's one of the very few st. croixs that is a true MH with a perfect Mod. action for treble hook baits. If you have handed the new 7'2 MM from st. croix it's a power up from that. (that rod is a wet noodle for anything over 5/16 oz) The rating on the rod is up to 3oz and will fool you unless you handle it. I talked to dan before i got it and his explanation was that rating is meant for people not to be afraid to use heavier bottom bouncers with it. the rod is incredibly light and balances great with a 51e. I also throw bomber A's on bottom of wingdams ranging from 6-12' and it handles it fine. I would not throw a 6xd with it.

Shakey head

If I could pitch jigs/plastics for walleye/sauger everyday I would but it's really limited towards early spring/fall/early winter up to ice up. I love jig fishing walleye on the mississippi. This bait is called a "super doo" http://bfishntackle.com/4inch_superdoo.html It's profile is the same as your normal bass tube except the diameter of the body is that of a pencil rather than a large marker like a bass tube. These baits are meant to be vertical jigged in tailwaters and held perfect still a few inches off the bottom rather than dragged of hopped like a bass tube. These next baits are ringworms/moxis/paddletails. http://bfishntackle.com/4inch_ringworm.html http://bfishntackle.com/pulser_paddletail.html http://bfishntackle.com/pulser_paddletail2.45.html http://bfishntackle.com/4inch_moxi.html Each of these baits is used during certain times of low flow/high flow depending on basically what the fish want. The ringworm was originally a bass bait until somebody started pitching them to wingdams for walleye and they have been basically the "go to" bait for finding large walleye with plastics during the spring/fall. The paddletail i'm sure you recognize as a bass bait but it's just been altered a bit with it's profile and color options are what favor walleye bites. The Moxi was introduced a couple years ago and has basically replaced most walleye fishermans ringworm obsession. These baits are KILLER. The tail action on it will thump when it is barely moved. The moxi/pulse-r are dynamite trailers for spinnerbaits and swim jigs as you don't have to move the bait very fast at all and the tail will thump. I throw moxis for walleye pitching wingdams and rip rap/sand areas probably 75% of the time and the rest is pulse-r's or paddletails depending on the action the fish want. Jig heads are used for these baits every time. With bass, lots of times you will use a heavier jig to get the bait to the bottom. With walleye jig/plastic pitching the idea is to use the lightest weight possible to get the bait to "flow" with the current as close to the bottom as you can. There is that fine line between being snagged and getting that bite that takes practice to master. I don't believe walleye a bass school together that frequently but there are times during the year where the "feed" is on and there you will catch crappie/bass/walleye/even catfish if you find bait boiling. Walleye only "prefer" night to feed shallow which is when most people pitch jigs during the cold months of the year as your biggest fish is often caught in 8 feet of water up to inches of water when the water temp is as low as 30 degrees. They will bite during the day but the bite will be deeper during a sunny high sky day and not quite as deep but not night time shallow during low light/cloudy days. Color selection of walleye baits really boils down like bass baits. Confidence. However, my favorite walleye colors are Chart. pepper/purple /w chart. tail/pro blue/oystershell/motor oil (not green pumpkin) /w chart tail, firecracker and white. Of all those colors the only oneI would use for bass would be white. Color selection is something that can change hour to hour and day to day. a basic rule is cloudy days-dark colors like pro blue and sunny days colors like chart. pepper. this rule doesn't apply at night as that's a whole different thing. These plastics are basically as durable as any other soft plastic worm. you do catch a lot more fish on walleye baits before it's beat up though. Bait size is often more "slender" but the length is usually the same aside from the 10in plastic worms for bass. 3"-5" soft plastic baits are the norm for walleye. Action of a walleye bait is more dictated by the tail than anything. How is transmits vibration whether it be a lot or a little dictates the bite. Crankbaits/live bait like leeches/night crawlers are a post spawn up to early fall around the 55 degree mark. Jigs/plastics or hairjig/minnow is used during the color season from 55 degree water temp up to ice up and ice out up to spawn (around 40-47 degrees). Almost forgot blade baits. http://bfishntackle.com/b3_bladebaits.html These are great vertical jigging walleye/sauger of pitching for them in shallow water. the action used for this however is very subtle and only meant to be felt vibration 3-4 times when retrieving (somtimes less, sometimes more) these are also used for smallmouth but the action imposed is often times much more of a 1-2 ft' lift/drop. let me know if you got any more questions.