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Those were/are magic in so many different facets.

Great advice here. The lake closest to me has a ton of pressure, and very skittish fish, this technique pays off when otherwise I might've gone home skunked.

My curado 50e on my 6'8"mlxf LTB is my favorite setup. I do everything your looking to do with it and haven't considered other reels since. I'm sure there are better finesse baitcasters but not at 200 or less imo.

Lightweight (1/8-3/8oz) thrown up stream tends to work best for me. A lot of line watching is involved and any reeling is to pick up the slack. Pop the lure up off the bottom and let it drift and sink, reel up slack, watch for movement and repeat. If this fails, I will upsize (3/8-3/4oz) and drag the bottom with a slow retrieve crawled across the rocks etc. This will get you hung up quite a bit, but if your not catching desperate times call for desperate measures. While I might upsize the jighead, I keep the trailer small, we're pulling teeth for bites at this point.

I used a mojo bass mh for exactly what you listed and it's a good rod for those techniques. As for a second setup,like Brianmd said above, I'd look at what techniques you want to expand to. A good medium moderate fast or fast setup could cover a lot that your mojo won't do as well with.

We fish a lot of slimy stuff and weeds around Wisconsin, and theres no way to prevent it that I've found. I'm guessing Florida is the same, just the nature of the beast. Jigs get mucky/weedy/slimy.

Thanks for putting this together 00 mod!

On 2nd look I agree it's not. I wonder if they pour for another company? The ribbon is different for sure.

Kriet Tail Worm is what Big Bite calls it, just looking at their site. Just looking at the tail, I'd guess its a whoops.

Welcome, good to see another Wisconsinite.

Has there been any new talk about Kevin Love going to Cleveland? I think if they can get another athletic guy with some good size they could contend with what they have. It'd be a matter or what they have to give up to bring in a talent alongside LeBron. 7 years was more than sufficent to show you can't do it alone.

x2 Is it a lews or abu?

Those are good general purpose setups. I'd take a look at what technique you enjoy most and look for a setup to specialize in it.

Nice! I'm guessing it's not too bad on the battery either with LED?

I agree with both of what you guys have said, and I'd guess its a combination of those things. For instance, if a angler is using a lure from a company that doesn't sponsor them, or if it's a pattern or color they think is key for that body of water, they wouldn't want it seen. Lund also makes a good point with hooks. Everyone that fishes for any length of time gets hooked, keeping the hooks out of the boat helps.

The carbonlite/pro qualifier combo consistently gets praise here. It all depends on where inexpensive sits for you.

AHA!!!! Thanks for sharing, I bet thats the part I've never seen. When people fish the dam they aren't too far from the parking area so this is probably what they do.

I've got a Lexa 300 I've been very happy with, that said I got a great deal on it and don't own a Curado 300. I've handled and fished both, and honestly I think I'd be more than happy with either. For the price I got the Lexa at it was a no brainer (scheel ' s price matched a online retailer at more than 25% off retail). If you need/want the different gear ratio than 6:2:1 the Lexa is the way to go. Otherwise they are very similar in spec's.

Welcome Bryan!

I have a harder time working a jitterbug in one place, i can twitch and pop a Hula in one spot without moving it much. With the Jitterbug I'm either retrieving or pausing. For this reason I'd opt for the hula more frequently, but the jitterbug has done great on the toothy fish for me. Like Catch and Grease said, you've got two different baits with different presentations, and at different times either or neither will produce.

Good catch-and the fish aren't bad either!

He's from Canada, it comes out more like the bird when he says it "Coot"

This needed quoting, and I hope to see it used more often in other topics.

I think with a Jika you'll be hauling weeds in all day or losing your rig on said weeds when it gets hung up. I'd throw the punch and save the Jika for when you have more open water.

Muskie when you finally get one on are a lot of fun, as are big pike. The fact that you could be wounded (by the fish) while getting a hook out is a strange rush. We had a day last year, labor day I think, that was saved by a bowfin. Nothing decent all day and then BAM! Tons of excitement, drag peeling out, death roll in the net. If we'd been having a good day bass fishing I'd have called it a pest, but as we weren't, he was a hoot.