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What telling Lasmiglas specialist about that question: https://www.lamiglas.com/blogs/lamiglas-fishing-rod-blog/line-rating-power-lure-rating-explained "This rating may also provide a good guideline for the weight of leader you may use. If you are using a heavy mainline and a leader much higher than the line rating, you run the risk of stressing the rod to a break point. If your leader is within the rating you have a much better chance of breaking the line instead of the rod."

If rod line rating is 8-17lb, is it mean that I could lift up fish about 15lb at the pier without risk to break the rod?

I have Scimitar 8'6" 17lb and 9' 30lb rods. It is awesome products. I enjoy both of them for great casting, sensitivity and strength. I've got halibuts, striped basses and even huge stingrays without any problems. They should cost much more!

You also could test yours spinner in the bath. I've took a short stick with spinner on the short line, fill the full bath and pulled lure back and forth. Pay attention how easy it start to spin and how good it spinning on the low speed of retrieving. Good luck!

Yes, everything above has matter. One thing just missed - physical condition of caster. Power that you put for charging the rod very important. And length of rod should fit to physical condition of caster. Too long rod not always the best for weak person.

Thanks everybody for help! I already found information about sonars!

Is anybody could help with reading of images on sonic fishing devices? I understand that this colorful strips and leers meaning something but I don't see a fish. How to find a bottom profile? Vegetation etc...? What color means what? May be there are some websites about? Thank you

Thank you!

I don't know what thing the merger will do to BPS and Cabelas but for sure it will be bad for us. Competition is always good. Each company trying to do the best: looking for new staff, keep prices reasonable low etc. After merger stimulus to be better will disappear...

You several times tells that it is yours first bait casting setup. From my experience: don't buy cheap staff! Later, when you accumulate it, cream whole space without any chances to sell it for decent price. Better to have one good setup for each kind of species: salmon, striped bass, large mouth bass, trout or crappy etc. They will serve you for long time flawlessly.

Be careful! Try to cast without turning of body. May be overhead. Not necessary to cast with full power - in most cases fish much closer that we sappose. I am adoring the fishing but IMHO - Healthy back much, much more important: you need it each second through whole life!. I made a lot of mistakes in young years and now with age they all remind me about.

I've switch to another hand (in my case - left). It is not so difficult like seems. I made at home special exercises with rubber band and fishing rod. It is significantly help. Guys, I couldn't understand: Nobody doesn't want consider switching to another hand? It is much better than to poison yourself by ibuprofen or other drugs. God has provided us by two hands, Use both!

I've switch to another hand (in my case - left). It is not so difficult like seems. I made at home special exercises with rubber band and fishing rod. It is significantly help So, at now I could use both hands. When pain in right hand subsiding, I return to right hand casting. If became stronger, switch to left. It is very useful.

I've switch to another hand (in my case - left). It is not so difficult like seems. I made at home special exercises with rubber band and fishing rod. It is significantly help.

Do not buy a lot of low or medium quality equipment! Finally you found yours facilities crammed without any chance to rid it. Only through Salvation Army store or Goodwill. IMHO much better to weight some period, accumulate that money and buy highest quality stuff. Something like Van Staal, G.Loomis etc. You will enjoy flawless great fishing and get some kind of investment. (And yours wife will happy with extra space for her dress ). Good luck!

Are you seriously belief that "fish being dropped or regurgitated alive by fish eating birds" able to survive and multiplying alone? Or birds take care and regurgitated fish by pairs? "fish being transported to other waters via typhoon/hurricane" type events like Wonderful Wizard of Oz? Some areas with same species of fish never have seen typhoon/hurricane. How with that? What else?

How you know that? How you could explain presence of same kind of fish in the isolated waters around the world muuuch befoooore appearance of people?

Previous topic about legality or illegality of bass transportation made me laugh. How you will punish the birds which make eggs transportation for hundreds or thousands years? Therefore the bass, like lot of another species so vastly spread in the isolated waters around the world. Are they braking any stupid law? Is somebody could reasonable explain why the live fish transportation is illegal?

Thank you, guys! I've got it.

Is anybody knows difference between regular Defier line and Armillo Defier? Only color or some special properties?

There are some recommendations to warm up the spool with new monofiloment in the very hot water for decreasing of wind knots. The questions are: could it to damage the brake system or change properties of line (like strength or softness etc...)? Thanks

Thank you for respond! Snook like warm water and unfortunately doesn't dwelling around San Francisco. I'll try yours jig in the lakes.

I am seeing on the yours picture that the freshwater striped bass likes that lure. Question is: Is somebody has tried the chatterbait in the salt water for striped bass? Thank you

I've tried garlic super jell. It is working perfectly for salmon trout but useless(at least in my experience) for salmon and striped bass. Do not mix humans and fishes senses. Human is sniffing lure with garlic attractant and tells: "It is garlic smell only". Fish has much more sophisticated smell lab. It is telling: "Yes it is a lot of garlic here but, it is smelling also by car oil, tobacco, perfume from morning shaving, lemon joy, old Sheppard... etc...." Some odors are OK for some fish, some - not. Salmon is verrry precocious. Largemouth bass looks like careless. There are a lot of another factors that influence on biting. Hungry fish in the school has not too much time for analyzing. Fish with full stomach is not in feeding frenzy and not in hurry. It could follow lure for long distance, mouth the bait and spit it out many times. During the spawning fish is very aggressive and attacking intruders inspite of smell, size etc... So, I mean that it is difficult to define what has stimulated fish to bite.