Fishingmickey

Years ago, the shorty rods were pistol grip too. FM

And there goes Wheeler... Ouch. FM

I just googled Poe's. The eyes are wrong. TY for the correction Scales. FM

The bottom two middle chartreuse ones look like they might be Poe's. Hard to tell that top one. FM

There is a lot of really good rods for that price range out there too. Knowing on how your planning to fish with your new JDM Met. would help out a bunch on making a good recommendation on a rod. Targeting Great lakes Small mouth? FM

They both break way above the lb test rating. FM

As Choporoz said. The Hawg Trough was the standard before the Ketch board came out and became popular. Some of the issue's were, the measurement lines weren't darkened (people were making "fat" lines when they darkened their lines on the boards. Then we had the "bent board" scandal and the "shortened board" cheating incident came about. The Ketch board came out and it is a much stronger board with pre-darkened lines. The Ketch Karbonite and Aluminum boards are pretty much required in most tournaments. On the national trails BASS requires a Ketch board either Karbonite or aluminum. The Hobie BOS series requires the Aluminum. The KBF events are either Ketch board. FM

I haven't got a Nucanoe, I've got a Hobie PA14. I've been kayak tournament fishing since 2014. I've been thinking about putting together my next fishing machine. Nucanoe Ultimate or Frontier is what I am leaning towards. I feel the Nucanoe is built better then the Old Town. FM

I think Nucanoe makes a better Kayak IMHO. Old Town has it's share of followers too. I'm not familiar with Nucanoe's pedal drive system. I demo'ed the Old Town probably five years ago and just felt they weren't as well engineered. FM

I also admit to being a plastic's geek. I bite the head (usually a inch or so) off of my 7' and 9" power worms more often then not. I like where the hook is positioned a little further back in the bait better. I think it improves (speeds up the ROF) especially when I am fishing deeper water. I really do like altering my plastics, be it removing appendages, shortening a long curly tail to a shorter curly tail, cutting the flap off of a speed worm to just a paddle on the back. Changing the action. Etc. etc. etc. FM

The full monty, Toxic! Fishingmickey

Hi Glenn, Do you mean like paddle tail like Keitech Swing impact or paddle tail like (a paddle) paddle tail grub or reaper? Flat tail type is what I am trying to get at. FM

I am a spinner bait guru. River2sea Bling. It ain't compact, it won't last forever, it will bend if you boat flip'em and or lock the drag down and haul'em in. The R2S delivers the best thump out there. I give you the half ounce gold double willow Chartruese spinner bait!

50:1 is usually the recommended standard if I am remembering correctly. FM

They are both fine rods, The Kistler KLX Feel and Reel Heavy is definitely a heavy power rod. I haven't tried a Heavy Mojo bass yet. I do have the 7' MH/fast Mojo bass and it is a fine rod too. St. Croix makes some excellent rods. You might also look at the Dobyn's Sierra or Kaden series. FM

I have several (10-12) Kistler rods. Nothing quite that heavy though. I have three KLX feel & reel (fiberglass tip) two are heavy and are rated up to 2 oz. one is a MH. I have a couple of Helium 3's, Argon's and Graphite's. If Trey say's that's the rod then that is the rod you should have. His customer service is excellent and you'll have something that is made in Texas and the knowledge that they will back up the product. Fishingmickey

I don't have an exact count of my combo's... FM

Chicago Blackhawks, Followed them during the days of Stan Makita, Bobby & Dennis Hull, Phil and Tony Esposito and Keith Magnusen. The Bruins were our mortal enemies. I played organized for 11 years till I aged out. FM

You'll love it, I have three 18 Bantams and a 22 Metanium. They are all rock solid great reels that are a pleasure to fish with. I also love my Zillions that I bought when the yen was down. FM

I've been doing a regular fishing trip to Maine every fall. I have gone the travel rod route and I carry them on. There are some really good travel rods out there. Especially in the JDM market. FM

No problem, Thank you for you very informative post regarding the GS Hydro maps. I'll have to check them out for my next tournament. Best regards, Fishingmickey

Google Earth is another good scouting source of lake history. Checking different date views when the lake is down and marking weigh point on rock piles, stumps and whatever else you see that might be productive. Edwin Evers has a video on you tube discussing how he does it. FM

Hi Aquarium, I'd suspect it may be cracked or something along those lines. Bounce it off of any rocks? May be a factory defect too. Give it a good going over with a magnifying glass? If you can't find anything. Send 6th Sense a email along with a picture or two of the water in the bait and see what happens. Good luck, FM

McClintock or Seven brides for Seven Brothers mentioning for fun. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. for number one. FM

Order is in, thanks Mike!