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I'm in Kissimmee through this week and have no clue where to fish. My time fishing will be limited as I'm on a family vacation but being from Ohio I had to bring poles with me. Any guidance for bank fishing quality bass would be awesome.

the rod was less than a month old and this was a jig rod.... The first rod was broke on my second trip using it. If a 3lb bass is going to weaken the rod in no way do i want to own it.

i do swing the fish into the boat a lot. Where i'm at in ohio the bass do not get that big but if it is of a decent size i will use a net or from the banks pull it out by hand. the largest i've caught this year was probably 3.5 lbs. the rod snapped yes pulling fish out of the water, but both fish were small probably 1.5 lbs. crap my son uses a berkley lightning rod 6'6" and i know he doesnt treat it right. he pulled a 5lber up out of the water with this junk rod and it took it like a champ. These rods should not have snapped. i like my st croix rods but was looking for something more sensative which the *** Black was.

So I've broke 2 *** *** black rods... before they broke I loved it. BUT I've not brought in a fish over 4lbs and 2 rod snaps 2" down from the tip is crap. What I want is a decent rod 7' or 7'3" m or mh with a fast tip. Thinking about ducket ghost, carrot sticks will wild green or st Croix premier. Thought pls.

Still beats work... Crap days do suck tho

I bought one and wasn't impressed with the action on the legs. Took on avg amount of water. I wont buy another

The type of braid will make a big difference. What are you using? I use spiderwire stealth braid and love it. 20# for jigs n t-rigs and 30# for frogs or heavy cover.

I just got my replacement black *** today and it is just fine. Hope this one doesn't break.

my lexa 100 has suffered from a sticky random clutch since it was brand new. i have not had this happen to my T3. i started off with a probly 10-15 year old daiwa baitcaster and while it would backlash like it was designed to do it i never once had the clutch act up.

I agree with most... There are more expensive rods BUT even on a $40 rod that is brand new that thing better have the guides straight.... That's about the most basic part of it...

Those look really good!

What kind of air brush do you use? Is it special to be able to blow the powder? I would imagin that this is also easier to clean than one when using paint.

I would say it depends where you are gonna fish... Here in Ohio a 30# line is more than sufficient for throwing a frog and most of the time i use only a 20#. For my jig and Texas rigs a use a 20#. Always spiderwire stealth braid. Never used power pro but lots like it.

Yea im def in agreeance that the powder is easier. Heat, dip, bake and done. The brown as it was shown on bass pros website was much lighter. The green flakes are always there which is nice but i am having trouble getting consistancy. I think the shallow bowl over using the container is a good idea. In trying to think of a way to mist it with the powder. The blue is very easy and bright every time. The whole processes of molding and painting with powder is very easy, my 10 yr old has made a few for our trip tomorrow.