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Yea I did the year before but after the rave reviews of using braid with a leader I decided to try it. I think I might be going back to the fluoro this year. Have you tried the 100% XL? It's a little more limp and seems to have a bit more stretch, but I really like that too.

If it's over top of matted vegetation without any holes, I don't think color seems to matter much. However where there are more holes in something like pads or in open water color matters more. If you don't have much for waves on the water, the surface actually can look like a mirror if looked at from an angle. When those conditions are present as the frog rolls on the walk, the color of the top is actually reflected downward.

x2 on his choices! Also, the wally world specials that come in the blister packs are made from a different mold. If you look at them closely they have a bump on each side about 1/4 of the way down the body.

I've had this happen a few times too. I finally picked up a few on a weightless soft plastic jerk bait.

I'm guessing you've probably checked already, but make sure the brightness is turned up all the way as well. You have to push the power button to get that menu up.

Like the others have stated, you should be able to share waypoints over a nmea network since the Elite doesn't have the ethernet port.

Definitely a sweet camera that's for sure.

You can feather the spool by cupping your off hand around adding friction to the line, or you can use your pointer finger on your casting hand to move it towards the spool again slowing the rate at which comes off the spool. Either way it's pretty easy to do, and actually sounds harder than what it is.

As S Havanec said, the salt water power ratings are different than the fresh water power ratings. The Avid series of rods are great rods and you can't go wrong with them.

I used 6lb Berkley 100% as a leader on mine all of last year without a problem.

12# Berkley XT will treat you well.

I like it when they match, but not to the point where I'm going to hate it if it doesn't.

Being that you want to see your line, you might want to consider changing your main line. I think it might easier to do that than to use a leader long enough that you can see it above the water.

Leave it on your transom saver and don't think twice about it. There are so many more stresses on a transom than sitting stationary in a garage.

I've got the rod I'm just working on getting the reel. Dream combo St. Croix Legend Xtreme paired with a Abu Garcia MGXtreme

I think you're on the right track and you'll be just fine.

I'm with Francho. Moving baits are the way to go aside from panfishing with live bait. I think the most important thing for someone new to the sport is that they get action. I know when I started as a little kid, I didn't get into it by sitting there for hours of not getting bit. Best of luck to keeping her interest! A couple that can fish together is awesome!

x2 this is where most swing away are mounted unless the trailer doesn't split until under the boat.

I'd say either mount it on the trolling motor, which could be a pain if you remove it all the time, or you can make a sort of bracket to clamp on the back and mount the transducer to that. It'd be essentially where you would mount it if the wheels weren't there, but when you need it out of the way, take it off and lay it in the boat.

Saw a guy pulling an almost new bass boat with a truck that look like it was one of the worse ones pulled from a junk yard. Before I owned a tow vehicle I once borrowed my grandma's gold PT Cruiser to pull my little Ranger.

Either use it as is, or take some steel wool or an sos pad.

I haven't caught a ton of them on a frog, but they will hit it just like any other top water.

Congrats on the new pb! That's awesome!

Squarebills are great around any sort of shallow cover. The majority of the time your retrieve is going to be faster than with the deeper divers. If you can get it to make contact as people have stated that can be golden. If not, it doesn't mean you won't catch anything because you certainly can.

Curado is over filled and Tatula is under filled. The Tatula will be fine to fish with as is for now. I'd pull off a few yards on the Curado until it's at or just under the bevel. Over filling can be the cause of a backlash. If you don't get any, then leave it where it is. If you get them occasionally, pull a little off and see if that helps.