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I really like my St.Croix Mojo Frog & Slop rod. Tons of power and will launch a frog. If you're looking for one for next year, they've redesigned them using the SCIII blanks instead of SCII so they should be a little lighter and more sensitive.

Since you already have 2, I'd probably look to add a really nice one. Even though you could search around and find a deal on used and possibly get two nice ones.

I was going to say 4 lbs before I read your weight. Congrats on the new PB though!

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bluebasser is right. Normally when these pins are not locked in, centrifugal force from the spool spinning forces them out and against the brake ring to cause friction and slow the spool. If there are no pins there, there's nothing to cause friction.

Just go grab a St. Croix Legend Xtreme and be happy!

I only back mine off in the winter when the season is over. Otherwise they stay set where I want them.

6 years and it's already dropping power? I know I wouldn't be looking to buy another one of the same thing that's failing so soon.

No doubt, I can understand you being particular to what you want. My response was directed a little more at comfortably numb who was saying he doesn't see any UL being able to get a hook into a bass.

Smaller fish will still hit a swimbait, especially one that's not overly big such as your sick fish. Still counts though!

I think we sometimes forget how easy it can be to set a small hook into a bass. In college I used to fish a small lake a few blocks from my rental house that had a pretty good population of undersized bass. I bought a 6' UL Quantum Tenton Trout rod and spooled it up with an ice fishing reel and some 6lb mono. I'd fish 4" rubber worms with a small weight and a small bullet weight. Despite it being pretty whippy, I never had an issue sticking a fish with a 1/0 ewg.

Man, if this sucker is affordable like their line cutter, it should only run $600-700!! At that price I couldn't imagine not buying two so I can make two jumbo snot wads in front of my bait and really dupe those crafty bass. Plus I wouldn't have to learn the tricky art form of tying knots! It'll really come in handy since I know tying knots in any condition other than clear sunny skies and no wind will hamper my art forming ability! Besides, who doesn't want to catch bigger fish, just like they said in the video! I am totally sold on this! hahahaha

Of all the reels I own and have owned, I've never lost a spool tension cap. All of them have side to side spool play long before the spool tension knob is loose enough it could fall off. If the spool has any side to side play, you tension is loose enough that it's in free spool.

I would not be able to bring myself to do it. Even if I did buy one, I doubt I could convince myself to throw it. I don't know how long it'd last around here either. The pulling power of those baits would also pull the toothy critters of the region and before long I would be waiving goodbye to $250.

Welcome to the forums!

If you're going to be in Green Bay, I wouldn't worry too much about heading north. Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay has some of the best fishing in the country. The Winnebago chain seems to have a love hate relationship for some and can get pretty rough when it gets windy.

That's awesome! Sounds kind of like the time I took a free throw and it bounced straight up off the back of the rim and bounced about 3-4 more times and it came to rest right on the flat spot on the back of the rim.

Yeah, it's the ol' trap'em in the gap pattern! 0.00000000000001% of the time it works EVERY time haha.

My girlfriends biggest northern was somewhat lassoed. It blew up on a frog and took it down head first, the line ran through the mouth and hooked around the jaw hinge where it extends past the joint. Both hooks were pulled up tight on the front of the mouth and keeping the line tight kept it locked on. Also, did it with a northern a few years ago. I was flipping a small grass mat and it hit the weight which wasn't pegged. Line went through the mouth and the hook had caught the line coming out the other side of the mouth and both sides had hooked around the jaw bone. Crazy stuff but this was definitely a new one!

I don't consider them a nuisance fish unless they get on that tungsten bite or any other expensive bait bite haha. But seriously they're a blast to catch and delicious. The only time they seem like a bummer is when you're in the middle of a bass tourney.

So I was out fishing some fish cribs on a lake I had never fished before the other day. I had lost 1 bass and had another one rip my creature bait off on back to back casts. I decided to change my profile a bit and threw on an old jelly worm and quickly fired my bait back out there. As I'm letting it sink to the bottom, my line starts moving sideways, so I reel down and set the hook. I expected to feel some resistance from a bass, but instead my weight and worm came up to the surface and I saw my bait with something small skip across the surface. Thinking I just lost a little fish I reeled up quickly and my line came up to the top basically skiing across the surface. I flip it in and this is what I found. https://www.facebook.com/michael.mudgett.9/videos/10205895800746620/?l=4804262720545942785

The practice would probably help slightly, even though the number of bass brought to the scale during a bass tourney vs the total breeding population would be a very minimal percent so it's probably close to a draw. There are a few paper weight tournaments around here. Basically you keep track of the number of fish you caught and the length and that's converted to a weight by a chart. If you catch a legal bass that's heavier than the statistical weight, you can bring it in to weight it to get the full weight. It's a great idea for small clubs where everyone knows everyone and you know nobody is going to cheat. For bigger clubs, I think the live weigh in is the best. Not that people still can't cheat, but it's harder. Plus, as a fellow angler I enjoy seeing how everyone else did vs looking a a piece of paper.

When the bite gets super tough, there's only a few options: 1. Slow down and downsize. Things like weightless t rigs, drop shot, shakey head, very small profile baits in general. Fish them very slow and make them either look natural enough to coax a bass into biting, or keep them in the fishes face long enough it annoys them into biting. 2. Pull out the power fishing gear and cover water. By fishing fast, you are trying to force a reaction strike and/or find some feeding fish. It's a numbers game, but it can work.

Sounds like you could use a lure retriever!

I think it'd be sweet to try, but I'm not sure how good at it I'd be.I think I could make it longer than the guy who left on the first night though!