ColdSVT

I realize it is a small tourny but we are trying to grow it some...the lakes arent huge, but they are diverse and are plenty big for double the boats we had last year

francho...it is friday to sunday

we only had about 20 boats last year...it wasnt crowded at all

my weakness is the pile of spinner baits I have that never use...i dont know why I dont throw spinner baits but for reason I just dont throw em much at all my other weakness in lucky craft jerkbaits...i buy one everytime I go to the store lol

thats it man...we will the new info uo soon. its alot of fun with some good people. the three lakes are very different but thats what makes it interesting

oh I do not however own any shimano or abu rods. I have loomis, croix and lews rods

tackle shack open in tioga county in july 3 lakes in three days...its fun and humbling lol

I have both lol

what reels do you want? I may be able to get you a good price on them pm me

im a shimano guy and own a curado e7, calcutta b and a citica e. ok thats out of the way my buddy owns a tackle shop and he talked me into a revo stx last year and sold to me at his cost, guess what? I bouhht another stx two weeks ago. I friggin love it! I use the first stx I bought for crankin and she does a fine job, nice and smooth, deeeeeep distance on the cast and a great drag. the new one is going on a LTB for jiggin! my curado performs equally as great if that matters.

SK 6XD in Tennesee shad or citrus shad KVD 1.5 in Bluegill on a side note i have a 6XD coming in Neon Bluegill (new this year) if it does as well i think it will i'll be getting some more

i used to hammer smallies on the rivers in Maine when i lived there on firetiger husky jerks...it wasn't even fair lol

this is my reasoning for all of my rods being 7ft. 7 footers are just what i like i do have one 6'8 however. my 6.8 MHF is for close quarter combat cover fishing!. works great around docks and blow downs. there is a jig tied or creature tied on that rod 99% of the time

this exact thing happened to me when i decided i was gonna master useing deep crankbaits one season. now it is rare to see me on the water without a deep crank tied on one of my rigs. infact my first technique specific rod was a crankbait rod lol i had a similar experience when i made myself learn how to fish a jig right i never leave the dock without a 5 or 6XD tied on, or a rapala DT series lol

luckily the half dozen lakes i fish on a regular basis are each completely different, one is shallow with tons of weeds, one is shallow at one end and deep as well at the other with TONS if different stucture and bottoms, one has a river leading in to it. one is a shallow resivoir and the other is a deep resivoir with acres of standing timber, and lastly one is a combo of the others. i am d**n good in 4 of them, but the other two i am still learning and getting better each season. it was haaaaaard for my to break my habits for other lakes to learn but i got over it and did it and it has worked great. For years i refused to use deep cranks and lipless cranks but guess what? i figured them out because i had too to catch fish. same goes for tubes, and big worms, i didn't wanna do it because it was outside my comfort zone but with tons of patients it paid off. now i take those tactics to the lakes that i was good at and got better at them. heck there was a time when i hated jigs too, but well i learned when and where to use them and now they are one of my go to baits early i didn't wanna leave my comfort zone but i have since learned to open the mind to new and different tactics that are uncommon in my area. living all over the states while i was in the Navy taught me many different ways to catch fish. i have learned to apply them and variations therein to my home waters of PA and it has worked out great for me

something that worked great for me last year was a t-rigged tube. i know i know lol. i put 1/4 oz tungsten bullet on a green pumpkin tube with a 2/0 EWG and worked heavy structure with it. i friggin slayed! my partner gave me a wierd look until i put a limit in the boat. now he always has one rigged lol we fish the same lake every tuesday in a club tourny, tons of pressure and tons of pleasure boaters. my little tube trick has paid off well for me. i use it many lakes around north central PA with good results

check out Lews rods!. good value and great rods i just sold my St Croix Mojo crankbait rod for a Lews Laser crankbait rod w/micro guides and couldn't be happier. the Lews is lighter, and much more sensitive.

cant go wrong with a LTB man!

I hate senkos...if I am deaperate ill throw one especially since I lost a tourny to a carolina rigged senko last year just because I hate something however doesnt mean you wont find it on my boat...well you wint find an ugly stick on my boat lol

I usually go with weightless creature baits. I reacriin innovation sweet beaver to be exact however I also like a go small with a jig or large with a worm depending on the lake

I once asked my old tourny partner ( who fished the classic on four occasions) what color he would pick for any bait in any lake. he said " black followed by white"

most braid floats livetofish. unless I am buring spinnerbaits and ripping it through weeds I use.flouro

I run flouro and my spinner bait and crankbait rigs all the time 15lb on my spinner baits and 12lb on my cranks...sometimes smaller if needed

elite techs are a sweet smally rod. I have one in a MF and I love it...i fish both tubes and droo shots wirh it. I di wish it was a ml or mxf

I know the rod is important but line is also. my GL2s are nice and sensitive and so are my Avids but when switched from mono to flouro is when I noticed a good bit more sensitivity, same on my rods with braid