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I've only fished it once and that was last weekend. It supposed to have some huge smallies in it but we couldn't find any that afternoon. We ended up fishing little round for largemouth instead and did ok. I'd offer to take for free, but it's a bit of a hike from where I live.

I nose hook most of the time

Are you talking about the chicken rig?

I've always wished for something like that to happen. I usually use a Big Bite Baits Fightin' Frog as a pitch/flip type bait, but in the few years I've used them I've only caught 1 fish on one once one of the arms is gone. I don't know if it's just a coincidence, but I've been catching them with 2 pinchers on had one bit off and fished it for the the next 20 minutes or so without a hit. Finally give in and change it out for a new one and bam! Maybe it's just the Fightin' Frog doesn't look right to them with only one. I might have to try it with a different bait.

Any size will work just fine, although I wouldn't go over a "30" size.

I really like using my St. Croix LTB 7'1" MH/F for those techniques.

I bought one for a guest rod/backup rod and paid a whole $14 for it. I've used it a few times and it actually doesn't seem too bad. Pretty impressed with it at that price.

I think if it has a split ring you don't need both. I'd pick one or the other. I use a palomar knot on mine.

It's really hard to guess a weight from a picture a good picture and that isn't exactly a good pic.That being said, I'd say maybe 2 lbs

Order whatever motor you want. It's good to have a dealer close in case something does go wrong. I know everyone so far has said get whatever the dealer has, but if you have an Evinrude dealer somewhere close, I wouldn't hesitate to buy one. You wouldn't have to go back to where you bought it to get work done on it.

From the ones I've seen, they look just like any other treble hook out there. If you're concerned, mash the barbs down.

If I remember correctly, most come with a steel plate similar to what you would find on a normal U-bolt.If not drill some holes from a piece of dowel (Maybe $1 at a hardware store) and run the bolts through there. I'm doubting you're putting all that much stress on it. Rivets can loosen over time and will weaken. Steel drilled through would be a stronger solution.

You might want to look at the LTB 7'1" MH/F. I bought it this spring to use it for similar situations and I'm loving it!

drag tension < line weight

Take a look at the Berkley Amp rods. They're cheap, but it's what I had as a square bill rod for quite a while. The actions are listed as mod-fast, but it's closer to moderate than fast so they make good cranking rods.

A regular casting rod is going to be more versatile, so if it's your only rod go with the regular casting version and loosen your drag when you're fishing crankbaits with it.

Drill out the rivets and buy a bolt on one. You shouldn't need any extra backer and the holes are well above the water line so no worries about leaking.

They look nice, I'm thinking of doing the same thing. My trailer doesn't have them so I'm usually left with tapping the brakes to light up whatever is behind, but back up lights would work so much better.

It's capable of slow-mo. The higher the frame rate the more still images will be taken per second so if you shoot in say 60fps your slow mo sequences can be stretched out longer. You can still get decent slow motion out of a slower frame rate as well, but 60 will give you some great slow motion shots.

That's pretty much any twin tail spinnerbait trailer.

I believe my first one was a little plastic rod that was about a foot long that was a bath toy complete with floating fish that I'd use in the bath tub haha.

I was going to say 2.5#'s too but it's hard to say from a picture with no point of reference. Nice fish though!

It's also worth looking at what the weight recommendations are on the rod you're using. Your bait may be too light for the rod which causes the rod to not load properly resulting in poor casting performance.

I'd use fluorocarbon.

It might be easier to help you out if you had some pics of it.