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Capt Shane is not a BASS Elite. But he makes a living as a bass guide.... We have a few more successful guides on here that pay the bills by guiding.

Fish it. Looks pretty wicked.

Haha... Theres always room for more

Just ordered the Dobyns Extreme 703 and another Lews Team Pro reel. Super stoked! Gonna be a t rig and plastics rod. Gonna use both my Powell 723s for my moving baits Also gonna bite the bullet on tatsu line and see how it is on this set up

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About a decade ago, Castaway was huge here locally. I bought a few. I still have one. The Castaway skeletonsare pretty good rods. You will enjoy it.

Hello and welcome. Good topic. Rod: Powell Endurance 723 7'2"MH Reel: Team Lews Pro 6.4:1 Clear water- Plastic-GYCB senko- watermelon red Crank- Spro fat papa 70 -nasty shad Jig- 1/2oz brush jig with rage craw - green pumpkin Murky water- Plastic- Rage annaconda or lizard- bama bug Crank- Bagley B 3" sqarebill in chartreuse with black back Jig-1/2oz brush jig with rage craw - black and blue Haha its pretty tough to pick just one bait.

Senko type worms,GYCB is best, but there's a lot of good copys... I like the yum dingers Craw type bait, rage craw is best, netbait and berkly make decent ones too. Straight and ribbon tail worms. Zoom makes good ones. Zoom super fluke. That's a good start.

Flo bassin, if you look around, you can find Endurance rods for 150. That's a twenty dollar bill and light years better than the inferno. I bought one when they first came out and to me its no better than other rods in the 100 dollar price point. The inferno is a good rod, but for your money you are better off finding Powell Max for 130

Where are you located in NC? Halifax co here.

Who would want to ? In cold weather, I wear my work boots.

I've fished on several different boats with different footwear, from aluminum boats with no carpet to fiberglass skiffs with no carpet to my carpeted bass boat and I've worn probably EVERYTHING, from work boots, flip flops, barefooted, tennis shoes etc... The best all around footwear I've found on a boat is a pair of crocs or comfortable tennis shoes.

Powell Endurance for 150.

Good job dude!

Night fishing.

Hooked son!

Also a firm beleiver that rods will become weaker in certain spots over time due to stress, it may not have the been the 3 lber that broke your rod. But no doubt he contributed

I don't wana come off wrong, but if you are gonna be boat swinging fish, you've gotta use common sense ans know what the limitations of your rod. Never dead lift a fish and always usr their momentum and use the shortest swing into the boat. I use a Powell 723 probably mote than any other rod and unless its a Dink, I'm not boat flipping any quality fish, now my flipping rods and jig rod is a different story.... Just remember if you can't get a momentum and a short swing. Just lip em or net em.

Smallest is a Bento Minnow 3" on a drop shot. Man those things are tiny. Largest, probably not the heaviest, but def the bulkiest is Flash Mob A Rig with 3/8 or 1/2 oz heads.

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Yes they are. I've had three and Ive sold all but one. The castaway skeletons are great but I feel that there are better options in the same price points. Good strong rods tho. Not the lightest, stout with soft tips is what I liked

Another case of a billion dollar business playing head hunter with the little guy.

That looks good Bobby

Wise words right there. I use spiderwire, but most of the major brands will do fine. If you bought a spinning rod then you can go as low at 10 lb braid, if you bought a casting rod, then 30 or maybe 20 is as low as I would go. 10# braid on a spinning set up is leathal.