Koofy Smacker
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I actually think the stock hooks on the arashis are a lot better than on most stock cranks
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Im pretty sure the Crucial comes in a 6'10" ML drop shot rod. Played around with it and it felt really nice. Strong backbone with a nice soft upper 8-10 inches. That said Ive been fishing with the Xtreme DS rod and its been nothing but a pleasure. Also has a strong enough backbone that I find myself using it for texas rigs and shaky heads if I want too. The LTB should come in a 6'10" and from all the LTB's I have I wouldnt hesitate to buy another
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Trapper, on my G3 175 with a 60 yammy im GPSing 36 fully loaded, alone and with a half tank of fuel. Add a person that drops to 35. Ive had tracker 175's with a 60 pull 1 or 2 mph lower than that because of the different steeper v hull design. Since you have a 75 you should be getting somewhere in the upper 30's but most likely not 43-44. My speedo tells me I do around 41-42 for reference (not that ANY of them are correct)
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The rage and xtreme handle materials are totally different from eachother. Im not even sure what the xtremes are made of but its almost hard yet has a soft touch. Interesting yet I really have taken a liking to it
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Ive never used that reel however I currently am using a Curado E5 for doing exactly what your talking and I have found for squarebills I have to reel a million miles an hour to get it to do what I want. (Ripping it then a pause). If thats how you like to fish squares than I would opt for a 6.4:1 and just slow down with your DT10's. I am currently revamping my lineup to throw in a higher gear ratio for my shallow cranks
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Mostly cork; however I tend to put rod grips around them for them it gets really gold and the cork gets slick. Plus it keeps the cork all nice and clean underneath. The only rod I have that is EVA is my crucial crankbait rod and its actually very comfortable to fish with but gets a nasty smell after getting wet. My favorite though? The handle on the new Legend Xtremes. Doesnt fall into either category, doesnt get hot nor cold and although not very soft at all its very very sensitive and a pleasure to fish with
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The way it should be ran is that every single thing in the boat including the outboard, pumps, fishfinders, lights etc. is connected to the cranking/dual purpose battery with the exception of the trolling motor which needs two batteries wired in series itself. So 3 total batteries for the setup that you have now as long as you have a 24v trolling motor.
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go to an empty parking lot with the trailer and just drive around. Practice backing up and try and get the trailer into the parking spots. One tip for you that you'll get soon enough is the less turning you have to do on the wheel the better you will be. At the launch ramp pull as far forward as you need too to get that trailer straight behind you and just make minor adjustments when necessary. Ive seen more guys pull up crooked to try and do it fast and they end up all side ways on the ramp. Do it slow, have patience and if possible have someone with you who is proficient with a trailer already to help guide you
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Flipping tubes account for more lost fish than any lure I know of off the top of my head. With the exception of topwater lures
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Realistically anything past the transom provides 0 support. When I got my boat the bunks were about 1/2 to 1 inch past the transom and ripped off my transducer. Now they are flush with the transom and looks cleaner with no chance of ripping off the ducer as long as you don't floor it over the bow roller
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There are threads. The grip just covers them up and you twist the grip to tighten or loosen the reel seat
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It is a bunch of hot air yet it isnt in the grand scheme of things. Guys who frequent this site take their gear very seriously as Im sure we can all tell, yet the masses see a bunch of rods with numbers and letters and phrases on them and have no idea where to start. They design these rods to cover pretty much anything you could want to do, and they do them all pretty darn well. Im sure you and I both fish COMPLETELY different however and we tweak what we use on the gear we have to create a very specific presentation. Its just the name of the game. Its really just an overall guide.
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LOL I actually laughed when I read this. I have the exact same 6'6" mojo and while I originally used it for jigs I preferred a 7ft over it. My 6'6" has been on the deck of my boat with either a spinnerbait or chatterbait tied on for 2 years now. The shorter length is easier to handle when whipping a spinnerbait in tighter quarters
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Wouldnt be a bad idea to put a sticky at the top of the boards on our relations with companies from a customers point of view in terms of their customer service. While I havent had to deal with Duckett I have had GREAT, over the top experiences with: -St. Croix (These guys will do anything to help you and everyone in the company is a class act) -SPRO (Broke the bill off of a little john. They told me to sent it back and they sent me 2 new ones promptly) -T-H Marine (broke the G-Force handle, I asked how to get a replacement and the very next day I had a whole new handle, cable and all on my door, over 1000 miles away!) -Bagley has terrible CS though. Had 4 cranks crack before they saw water and never even heard a response from them.
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Ive used mine on swimjigs, swimbait jigheads and various other applications. Almost always when the head gets torn up I bite the head off and throw it in a pile to use for drop shotting later. Great drop shot bait with or without the head!
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I like the taste
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Well you could back before 9/11. Ever since then it has been closed off to boating and fishing. Ill put it this way. If that dam breaks much of Reading will be gone... The tully is a main tributary to the Schuylkill which is why the dam was built. Basically to provide drought relief to the Delaware River to help maintain tide lines should it get that bad as well as help provide water to Reading itself. At flood stage that lake turns from 600 acres to well over 1000 acres of lake surface area. So I have no fault in them getting royally ****** at people who even come close, just saying.
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I splurged this year after going through a bunch of gloves and settled on a pair of Simms Windstopper Gloves. They were $50 but they are by far the best I have used. They are half finger gloves which have a mitten attachment which folds over for when you make a run and the windstopper makes it seem as though your hands are inside next to a warm fire (except you dont sweat lol). Plus the thumb also folds back for use with a baitcaster. Highly recommend them. PS I think these are the ones I saw Aaron using
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whats a california rig
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I personally went with the patriarch over the ci4 and have never even began to thought i made the wrong decision. A lot more connected feeling through the gearing than the ci4
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http://www.bargainfishingreels.com/product/SUBW05-360
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Harbor Freight has small trailers for like $250. Perfect for a small little boat like that
