iceintheveins
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Cavitrons are the slowest retrieving single blade buzzbait out there and make a wonderful squeaking noise right out of the box.
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I will call Dan and follow Captain Bob's advice.
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Big buzzbait with a black skirt, big single blade colorado with black blade and skirt, or a jitterbug.
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Haven't used the rooster yet but I'm sure it would work in similiar ways to the space monkey, which I have used and do very well on.
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1. Rapala Skitterpop #7 2. Rage Shad 3. Cavitron Buzzbait 4. Zara Spook 5. Spro Bronze eye
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Yep, now they are telling me 3 weeks minimum again. Probably two weeks before they even look at it. Lousy service for sure.
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Do you guys feel the Lew's outcast the Curado200e's with light baits?
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You can land great big bass on six pound test. I land 4 - 5 pound smallies in swift current on it all the time. But when you have any appreciable cover, six pound test is hard to get away with, even with a 2 pounder.
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I prefer mono or fluoro, just has more give. I also prefer a crankbait style rod for spinnerbaits, I miss fewer fish and lose fewer fish with one. A MH graphite rod that isn't Xtra fast works well IMO too. I can see using braid in the heavy vegetation though.
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If I can't find thick vegetation, throwing a frog back into shaded pockets under trees and the like will bring bites. So if you can't find or don't have much vegetation, skip or pitch it back into those shaded pockets and you will get bit.
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Go with the Chronarch though, have heard few bad things about these reels and lots of bad about the quantums.
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Pretty much, except they don't make the Chronarch in the 5.0:1 ratio that the old Curado came in. That to me sucks because I love that slow reel for slow rolling spinnerbaits or fishing them deep, not to mention deep cranking.
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Go with the Curado.
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They just got my reel in today and the tech is going to look at it. If it's just the spool that's the issue they will pop in it and send it back quickly they said. Shouldn't take 4 weeks to do that they told me.
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Thanks man!
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In terms of fish caught last year, the scum frog popper was the undisputed winner. I believe the spro comes through very heavy cover better though.
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Fluoro will do a better job in water deeper than 20 feet, which is most of the time you are drop shotting. I get a lot of bluegills and sunfish nipping my robo worm though too.
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I use the shad and it is one of my best topwater baits, outproducing a normal buzzbait in many waters. The chunk is my favorite jig trailer and I had one of my best years on jigs this spring. I also have the space monkey and they tear it up when pitched into cover and shade.
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Anyone here have much experience with their customer service? I sent my broken spooled curado in a week from yesterday, and they still haven't even looked at it, nor do they even have it in their system I was told. Meanwhile, from my pro qualifier that had the broken spool, I already got my replacement reel from Bass Pro Shops today. What a huge difference. I am not happy with Shimano right now. They told me to call back on Monday.
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P - Line 100% fluoro. Not as expensive as some and has decent abrasion resistance and pretty low memory.
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They are fantastic baits and I use them for flippin and pitchin' to targets mostly. I rig them with a 1/4 ounce parasite head and a 4/0 EWG Gammy. Right now they are my favorite creature bait.
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The pointer has an action that other jerkbaits just don't have. The X - Rap has caught just as many bass for me and has a wilder, more hard cutting action. However the flashy finishes and rattles of the pointer get lots of attention in dingy water or windy conditions. The in between action of the pointer falls between and X - Rap and a Rattlin' Rogue. It feels a perfect niche. So yes, they are worth it.
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Rig them upside down with the hook concealed by the belly slit. That's how I rig flukes and it always has worked great.
