JunkYard814

The one that got away? Is that about a fish or the series?

I'd go with the football jig.

If whatever it is that you did was your fault, then Quantum probably won't do anything to help you. If it was a manufacture defect, then they should replace it. Try contacting them.

I've never Texas rigged a senko, but I have a Dinger. I like the movement, but I still haven't caught anything. As for as wacky rigging, I can't tell the difference between the two, but apparently the fish can.

Sorry about your rod. I take a lot of my friends fishing. I have two loaner rods, and Ugly Stick with a Cabela's Salt Striker, and a Penn Captiva combo. Each retails for about $80 and are lined with braid so that I know I'm generally getting back whatever lure they decide to throw. There's only two people I know that I would let try any of my other equipment.

Braid: Power Pro Mono: Trilene Fluoro: Haven't really tried too many yet, but I'm really liking this InvisX

I would look at it this way: If said boat owner was going to sell his boat, would he give his partner a share of what he sold the boat for? Doubt it. Because he really needed the 250 to tow his tiny little bass boat?

Go to your local hardware store and pick up some plastic o-rings. Slide it up the senko, and then when you hook the worm, you don't even have to go through the plastic, just under the ring. They work pretty good as long as you stay away from those toothy critters.

I bought Dingers a while back and still have yet to catch a fish on them. Even fished next to a buddy of mine using the same color senko and he was killing them and I wasn't catching anything. Switched to a senko and problem solved. For $7.50 a pack, with an o-ring, I won't by another.

Welcome! Glad you have success using swimbaits here. Most of the places I fish in Jersey just don't hold big enough bass for me to warrant using them.

You'll be fine, just make sure that when you do have your self snagged on an immovable object like a tree or rock, that you don't try to tighten down that drag and haul it in. That's a recipe for disaster on multiple counts.

The first thing you need to be able to is find water with bass that big, and I'll tell you at least in North Jersey, there are not a lot of public waters that do. Other than that, what you are using to catch bass that are 1-2 lbs will probably still be good enough to catch bass up to about 5 lbs.

I use some variation of watermelon, black and blue, or baby bass. I don't know if those are actually the names, but you get the idea.

I've done this one more than once. I once watched a friend reach his hand into muddy water to lip a bass, only to find out he had a pickeral on his line.

I have Dingers and can't seem to catch anything whether it be T-rigged or wacky rigged. Seconds later I can switch to a Senko and start crushing them. I have heard others say great thing about the Dingers, maybe it's just me.

St. Croix Mojo, Shimano Compre, *** *** seem to all be the recommended rods in that price range.

Depending on vegetation, I'll use a jig in heavy cover or a fluke or senko if it's not too heavy.

If you know there's definitely fish in there, have fun, because you'll probably be able to catch them on a variety of baits. I would probably throw either a senko or fluke and just cover the whole pond. There's really no need to throw search baits like cranks and spinnerbaits on a pond that small (unless that's what you like to fish). Ponds with a good bass population are a great way to learn new techniques. Once you catch a few, start experimenting with baits or techniques you don't typically use. You can build confidence and will now have new tools for your arsenal. That's how I learned how to jig fish and gained confidence with jerkbaits.

I have a 6' 6" M Lightning Rod Shock and love it, especially for the price point. Sometimes I find myself throwing spinnerbaits and shallow cranks on it more than I use my Powell Diesel and St. Croix Mojo. Edit: Mine's a casting rod.

I deal with a lot of infections at work. Here is what you do: Clean the wound and apply some type of Bacitracin or Neosporin. Keep the wound covered at all times with a bandaid. It will prevent any added bacteria from getting in. Symptoms of an infection include: area around the wound will become red and there may be partial swelling. If the area of redness is growing, you should get to the doctor as you will probably need some type of antibiotic. An easy way to keep track of the size of the area is to circle the red area in pen before you go to bed. If it has expanded outside of the mark, it is obviously growing. The area surrounding the wound may be sore to touch. If at any point you begin to see red streaks moving away from the wound, get to the doctor immediately. I definitely think its a good idea to get your tetanus shot. You may want to get that as soon as possible and then you can bring up your incident with the doctor.

If you are happy with your casting distance, and not getting any backlashes then it sounds like you have it set perfect. You may be able to get more distance by taking off some breaks, but not without risk.

Thanks guys. When I lined my reel a couple weeks ago, I had soaked a paper towel and ran the line through it, but I needed some extra now.

Can I spray this directly on my spinning reel or is there some special way to apply it.

I've never fished any other mono than Trilene. For the price, performance and availability, I see no reason to even try another brand. I know the general consensus is to change your line often, but I finally just took some 17lb off my one casting reel yesterday. It's been on there for 2 years at least. No memory problems, no breaking issues, nothing. The only reason why I actually took it off was because I had used so much of it that I was spooling on some of my casts with bigger baits.

If you're using a slower gear reel, really make sure you are picking up all the slack before the hookset. I know with my deep cranking reel, sometimes when the fish hit, they swim directly toward the boat. I could feel something was different and when I'd set the hook, there was too much slack and I'd either miss the hookset or get a poor one.