Smallmouth Hunter

Is calamari squid or octopus? That is probably the only other fish I will eat.

Sam, get an Ouija board and ask him/her questions about fishing!

I went to a pond the other day and there were carp probably weighing 45+ lbs (not even joking) and they were constantly feeding. They swam around on the surface eating all day I was there.

Most of the time (atleast for me) with small bass you will either feel a few small taps on your line or you will not feel the bite at all they will kinda swim with it while they got it in their mouth. I think this is so other predators can't steal their food. With a big bass you will just feel a thumb or two on your line and they might swim a little bit. Then you set the hook and you will feel that hard head shake. (<-- my favorite part!) I would say downsize your tackle cause it sounds like the bass are small, and use fluoro or copoly so you don't get line stretch but with 15lb there isn't a ton of stretch anyways.

There is a good buyer/seller list in the fishing flea market section. It is pinned, and its second from the top

Can't decide between 1. texas rigged worm 2. jig with craw trailer or worm trailer (recently tried out of curiousity with the end of a ribbontail worm and its awesome) 3. chatterbait with swimbait on it

Tell us how it goes

Did they flush the bearings on the lew's then reoil? Lew's are always over-oiled/greased.

I find the tourney pro to be kinda finicky for some lures and it takes a while to set the brakes right, but for more arrow-dynamic lures like swimbaits and jigs it will cast a mile easily. I have caught a 6lber, a 7lber and several 5's and it has held up great. My h20 mettle broke after a 8-9 lb bass and a 30 lb carp. I have went through 3 h20 reels and they just can't hold up, either the spool release button gets messed up or the drag/gears get messed up.

I would say get a chronarch or if you like quantum get either the new catalyst or the new energy. Both are nice lookin and have great reviews on tackle warehouse.

I'll be getting a chronarch 200e soon to compare to my tourney pro. I like my tourney pro, but its not perfect. My main issue with it is the centrifugal brakes can be really overpowering and I always have to put a tiny bit of oil on the brake race. (even when using only 1 brake on)

If its a grass carp it will eat flies (sometimes, VERY tough to get em to bite a fly), doughballs, cereal, dog food, corn, etc.

I would say its a carp. I see this lots of times with carp.

I have the 7' cranking rod and it is sensitive and durable.

They're $55 at my academy

I just measured on google maps using the scale and my average cast is about 35 yards, but with some lures I can get 55 yards.

I can cast about 30 yards with just about any lure over 1/4 oz. on a Lews TP. Lipless cranks are the exception though. I can probably cast them 50 yards..

Have the new pinnacle reels from icast 2013 already come out in stores?

I'm the same way... I will only eat fried catfish. Everything else is just nasty.

If you're going to target larger fish like musky and sturgeon, you should definitely get a round reel.

Will it make skipping under docks and other stuff take less effort? I also like the sound the bearings make as long as its a consistent noise, not a scratch and screech here and there.

Will I be able to cast further with less effort?

I always see these videos on youtube of people spinning there reels which have been upgraded with ceramic bearings or supertuned, and on some the spool will spin for minutes! I have seen people say that the free spool time doesn't mean all that much in terms of distance. What's your take on this?

Target docks that are either on the main lake, or in a large cove. These will be in the deepest water. Use texas rigs with soft plastics like small swimbaits or craws, and skip the rigs as far back as you can. The spot in the dock that nobody wants to cast to or the hardest spot to cast to, is the spot where you will catch a bass. After you skip it back in the dock, pull line off you reel so it falls straight down. Use a lure with a medium slow fall rate so if the bass are suspended, it will be in the strike zone longer. Once it's on the bottom, slowly hop it and drag it out. If the bass bite on the hop, they might be suspended a foot off the bottom. When you catch a bass, take note of what type of dock it is (floating, wood pilings, metal beams, etc..). If you catch another on that type of dock, then you have a pattern. When you come across that type of dock again, then fish it much more thoroughly. Try fishing it slow, fast, hopping, dragging, shaking, etc.. Hope this helps

I am really leaning towards #30 PP braid with 30 yards of #12 mono backing and no leader. I think the sensitivity of braid would help me a lot..