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Not being able to resist a good sale on fishing tackle. Next question?

Man, I miss that dude being on my TV...

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If you're using an ultra light combo, I'd focus on ultra light lures. To me, that eliminates crankbaits, lipless crankbaits, silver minnow and a few others. if it were me, I'd choose beetle spin, rooster tails, 2-3 inch grubs on 1/8 oz jigheads, roadrunners or a small rapala floating minnow. And of course the bobber and bait option as well

I've had the same thought that these things seem like they could be REALLY effective on Baccarac!

Recently grabbed myself a few wobble heads, a technique I've never fished before. For those more experienced with these rigs - are these a "feel" technique or a reaction presentation? Sure looks like it would be feel to me but I've seen enough comments about "fishing them like a crank bait" to make me ask.

Just curious what the opinions are for those of us who have or still do fish the Revos across multiple generations. Which generation is your favorite, and why? I've got 3 Gen 1 STX, 2 Gen 2 STX, a Gen 3 STX, 2 Gen 2 Premier and a Gen 1 Winch

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If you're expecting FC to be more manageable on a spinning reel that braid, I think you're gonna find yourself disappointed.

+ 1 for Hammonds! Nature's Tackle Box is in Hiram, not Marietta. You're probably thinking of The Dugout, which is in Marietta

My red PP has faded, but I've never noticed any issues with my equipment being stained.

No idea what they are, how big they get or their habitat so hard to say. With that said, I tend to think that selecting the right leader to add to your braid gives lots of versatility.

I'd go with the 4000 with 15 lb braid

There seems to be a growing trend among the inshore guys to replace treble hooks on their hardbaits with single inline hooks. I just did this on a handful of my inshore baits but haven't actually fished them yet. Has anyone tried this for any of their bass lures? If so, how'd it work out?

St Croix Tidemasters are more moderate despite being labeled as fast

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Negative, ghost rider. I guess I will examine the knot, but like I said it's the same knot I've used on straight fluoro. And the fluoro I'm using on the leader material is multiple weights of both Sniper and Berkley, neither of which gave me any knot problems when I used those lines straight. Regardless, the braid is off at least for now, and was replaced with straight 14 lb Sniper. Let's see what happens Thanks for the feedback everyone.

After years of fishing, I recently treated myself to my first Loomis GLX. I am enjoying it, but I've had multiple break-offs at the hook knot since I started using it, and I literally cannot remember the last time that happened to me on any other rods (normally fast-action rods with fluoro or braid w/ leader). The rod is the GLX 853c that I'm using for bottom contact presentations. It's paired with the super-fast Daiwa SV103XSL and 30-lb braid w/ fluoro leader. The hook knot breaking is happening across several different fluoro brands and sizes, so I think I can safely say it's not a bad batch of fluoro. I'm thinking that the ridiculous reel speed + extra-fast action + zero-stretch braid is just leaving me with very little "give" anywhere, and is resulting in my break-offs but wanted to get some perspective from this crowd. Does anyone else combine those three factors? If so, do you have the same experience, or did you have to adjust your hook-setting style to adapt to a rig set up like this? I may swap out the braid for straight fluoro just to compare...

I've got both the Tidemaster MF one piece spinning rod and three-piece travel casting version. Spinning version is one piece of my SE+Gulfcoast inshore spinning arsenal and the travel casting rod was purchased specifically for my bass trip to Baccarac a few years back. Net net -- I think the Tidemaster MF will suit your needs nicely. Just be forewarned that even though St Croix rates it as fast action, I'd say it is more moderate than what a bass fisherman would expect out of a rod labelled as fast. But it's still serves my purposes just fine.

Once you get the feel of things, make a cast. Then peel off another 10-20 yards of line and put a piece of electrical tape for the remaining line on the spool. If you get a backlash it would only go as far as the tape so hat makes it easier to pick them out

You first! Hilton Head, SC

And that's a dink in this place. The record is 16 lbs -- no, I'm not joking! This place doesn't qualify for SC state records based on it being private and managed but they grow them big and angry!

So you didn’t think I’m gonna miss my chance to target some angry saltwater fish just because the frog bite is strong, did you? J I was a little concerned watching the weather for the week, as there were lines of severe storms blowing across the SE and when I saw the caller ID on by mobile show my trusty guide’s name I knew what was coming next. The wind was gonna be a problem to run the beach for bull reds, and that same wind had also muddied up the inshore hotspots as well. The trip was off, crap. On a whim, I tried Plan B to fish a private, sheltered lagoon system that I had fished before. In the past it’s been really hard to get a trip lined up in there so I was not optimistic, but this time the guide had a few openings so I was in! I think this place would really appeal to most of us on here, as it really resembles bass fishing. You’re working baits in trees and other cover that line a narrow lagoon so it’s really very a very familiar style even if you’ve never saltwater fished before. OK, let’s go get some bait and then slay some fish. Bait’s not in spot A, but it’ll be in spot B. Hmmm, it’s weird they’re not here either, let’s try spot C. Wow, that was a lot of work for 8 pogies and that’s not gonna last long. Then the guide remembered that I was a bass fisherman at heart, so we were off to our fishing spot while we rigged up a weightless fluke. It took a little bit to find the spotted seatrout, but we found them! It seemed the same weather which resulted in the cancellation of my inshore/nearshore trip had these lagoon fish fired up so I wasn’t complaining! After the first trout short-striked the bait, the next ~10 bites were all successfully landed including a nice 5+ lb trout, my biggest ever. We were working the same flat over and over, and drifter back to a grass-lined corner where I tossed my bait. Next thing I know, the guide and I both watched a HUGE wake come out of the vegetation towards my bait but he didn’t bite. That could have only been one of the big redfish this place is famous for, but oh well, we’ll get him next time!

…a frog bite. Made another of our typical family pilgrimages over to Hilton Head Island a few weeks back for the kids’ spring break. As usual, I got some rod time in both the freshwater and the salt and I was not disappointed. Hurricane Matthew sure beat up the island a good bit last fall and they’ve made tremendous progress on the cleanup, but one small upside for us fishermen was the addition of some new fallen tree structure to the golf course ponds. This new structure, compounded by the lines of storms which blew through, made for some good fishing conditions for me. I picked up a few fish here and there on a senko, fluke, chatterbait and T-rigged creature but none of those seemed to be setting the world on fire. As the wind was picking up a few hours in advance of a line of severe thunderstorms, I had the epiphany – the frog. Shallow ponds, some muck on the water, shallow bass…why not? My only concern was that I really was not geared up for this. All I had was my Kistler Magnesium 6’9” MH/F casting rod and 30 lb braid but I gave it a whirl anyway. It didn’t take long for the bass to show that they agreed with my decision, but as usual it took me a few bites to calm the nerves long enough to actually get a hook lodged. After 3-4 blowups, I finally got my wits about me and got into a really good rhythm of hook-setting. And they were eating a frog the way we all want them to eat a frog so needless to say I had me some fun. And as luck would have it, I got two different afternoon sessions of a strong, pre-frontal frog bite including by biggest bass yet on the HHI golf course ponds (approximating 4+ lbs). Man, that was fun! Here's a sampling of the action. And here's the saltwater report