rockchalk06

Whats your budget? Youve got a 50 dollar rod, 70 dollar and a 100 dollar rod

I know this sound, what I meant was on the hookset it sounded like a high pitched saw

Cool another guy from OK. Over in Edmond here.

I thought this deserved a public comment. I had a small issue, very small with a couple of crank baits. They were replaced nice and quick. Pleasure to work with them on the return. Thanks alot SK folks!

Wow that little Shirley need to lay off the hormone pills

X2. I've been trying to teach myself how to skip and it works pretty good. I look like a dang drunk monkey trying to do it from shore, but its kinda working lol But ya the Flip N Swim can cover some serious water as a search bait. Basically a spinnerbait with no blades. It comes through the nasty with the head design real well.

Mnbassman23 recommend the Berkley Havoc Subwoofers to me several months ago. I use nothing else now. They are always on sale and have no scent so you can add your own. The Alabama Craw matches the New Gill to a "T" and the Watermelon Red is a dead ringer to the Salsa. The Strike King California color matches the Salsa real well if you want a craw.

Ah gotcha! I heard that and my first thought was, what just got tore up.

I was watching some reruns of Zona and the Major League Fishing and the guys using braid get that weird high pitched sawing sound. What causes that? Is that the reel or the braid on the guides? Does it tear something up or put extra wear on anything. I only noticed it when they laid the wood to em on the hook set though.

Ya. I have been using it hard for a week now. I wished I would have bought some sooner. It's a great pattern for these dirty waters here. The skirt is thick. Site says 60 strands. It's not as thick as the Black series, but still fairly thick.

No problem!

I'm going to try this on one of mine and see what it does. I bought a bunch of Strike King spit n shads this year to test so this may be the ticket

Not this weekend, but last year my son and I were fishing a local lake back home. We were about to head in, when he wanted to reel my bait caster in. Casted a Bomber 6A in red crawfish out and he thought it was snagged. He set the hook and after a few minutes I had to take over. 15 minutes later we landed a 25" Wiper. The next evening we hit the same spot. Same lure and same time. I got a hit like I've never felt before. After 10 minutes, my reel was making some scarey noises and the drag cut loose and the reel went to free spool. I used my thumb as best as I could and drug the line in like a fly rod as the handle would not engage the spool. A few minutes later, the crank came flying out of the water and gave my bell a nice little ring. We fished that spot hard for 2 more weeks and never landed anything over 20" again. What ever the hell that was, I bet money its still there. My son asks me almost daily why I let that fish go lol

The owner of NSCB Chris, has recommended that trailer several times to me. I tried them and loved the action, but on the 1/2 oz swim it was a bit much for my rod. Its max is 3/4, but a heaiver rod would rock with that trailer.

I bought one to try them out. I never noticed any difference using standard guides. What I did notice was when using a leader, the knot would hang up all the time.

Ya, the cheapest stuff is what I usually use. I have 1000 yards of Trilene XL that I have been using, and its cheap. As for a leader, I have started only using them in clear water, but its all your personal prefrence. 3 lines sounds like a lot but if you put 65 yards or so of braid, you will more than likely never even see your backing line.

Good deal. The rooster tail was dads favorite lure! Welcome guys!

How much more quality than a 250 dollar spinning reel can you get? I've got a 25 dollar spinning reel that's smooth as butter with no issues. Did you read the guys post? The quality of the reel has absolutely nothing to do with the problem he is describing. To the OP, not to insult you, but did the put the line on correctly? Was the line reused? If the reel is smooth on retrieve?

Why not put some heavy duty sunscreen on?

It sure does. I recommend a Berkley Subwoofer as a trailer for them.

He lived like he sang. He gave LEO some hell in his day, but did alot of charity and county music lol

I can't figure the crank bite out yet this year. I bought a new cranking rod and reel and can't get bite to save my life. Only thing this year that has produced is swim jigs.

Gotcha. Thanks. I got my 50E for medium to shallow cranking so I don't need the higher gear. Sounds like this is the ticket

Do a quick search here and there are a bunch of people that have had major issues with them. With all the issues, I can't believe stores are still stocking them.

I actuslly considered it, but the handle is too long for me.