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My local shop coyote bait and tackle has them. Might not be on their website. Coyotebait.com I saw the nezuma rats today when I went in.

Thanks guys. Great advice. Can't wait to get some more with these tips.

I don't switch sides. That's something that I'm going to have to incorporate. I use pauses, jerks, speed changes, and irratic reeling sometimes. Thanks for the tip!

I have been putting a lot more time into cranking this year, and it's been fantastic. Lately I've been throwing a rapala dt10 In firetiger, or orange craw at my home lake. Usually dredging a bit. I use a pretty erratic retrieve most of the time, but do change up frequently to see what the fish want. Recently most of my fish. Probably about 80% have been hitting the crank right when my lure starts to come up right under the boat. What does this mean and how can I take advantage of the situation? Are these fish following and hitting out of a reaction? Lake is 70 acres Fishing 3-10' depths 1-2' visibility High pressure Sunny weather

Sounds like it's been covered, but I'll rehash it. Your revo sx should be fine. I use a revo sx to pitch and it's been great. As well as a daiwa tatula. Even a lews. Like people are saying , it's not incredibly hard for a reel to do. You don't need to have some kind of "insta engage" if you buy a left hand reel. I'd recommend getting a 7:1 or higher speed reel. It makes it a bit quicker getting fish out of cover or getting your lure back for anther pitch. I've also found that braid tends to pitch a lot easier than fluoro, even though I use both. Hope that helps.

Looks like a reaction inovations skinny dipper

I suppose it depends on how big the jigs are. I'm assuming you are talking about skirted jigs? Most all skirted jigs are fished with some type of craw trailer. Sometimes with a swimbait trailer depending on what the bass are eating and what color the jig is. All my jigs I rig with craw trailers. Usually either a berkly havoc pit boss in the 4" size and bite some off to make it fit the jig better, or some kind of strike king rage craw. I think these trailers are too big for the fish you are going for. Don't get me wrong, I catch small fish on decent size jigs (3/8th or 1/2 oz ) but you might be better off with something like a strike king bitsy bug jig as the small fish will most likely hit smaller jigs more often. Or maybe just use a ball Head jig or stand up jig with a small plastic and no skirt to cut down on the size of the bait to get more bites. Main thing is to keep the profile. Bit smaller when going for the little guys. I would try and fish a small 4" worm for the smaller guys

I would go for the veritas hands down. Especially at that price! I paid $100 bucks for my mh veritas that i used. And I was happy with its performance. They are sensitive for that kind of money for sure. Most would use a mh for senkos anyways. At least for the 4" and up seems to be a common thing. You want enough power to set the hook on a decent size hook like a 4/0. Most people don't care a whole lot about sensitivity on senko rods because it's more about watching your semi slack line on the fall for any jumps. Since you want the senko to fall freely you will not have a very good connection to the bait, although fluorocarbon has the best slack line sensitivity. I'd say go with a medium heavy with maybe 12lb fluoro. Not to hate on ugly sticks, I hear their durability is great but I recently took a trip to my brothers house that lives in Oregon. I couldn't bring any rods with me due to the flight, so I used his medium ugly stick while I was there. It was incredibly frustrating. Not enough power to set a decent size hook. Terrible sensitivity. It felt more like a crankbait rod.

I'd say you could drop shot with your medium rod if you wanted to, but a medium light is preferred for that technique. You could also drop shot with a mh rod, you would just have to use heavier line and hooks, which is what you want to do if you are going to be fishing heavy cover where a fish is going to break you off. A medium light rod for your finesse techniques like dropshot, split shot, small weightless plastics. A medium heavy for your spinner baits, bigger crank baits, texas rigs and everything else. Getting a bait caster does have a learning curve. So be prepared for that if you go that way. Much better casting accuracy though.

I'm happy with my wilderness systems ride 115 but if I had the money I would get a hobie with mirage drive for sure. Being able to fish while controlling yourself is key. One of the most dificult things to do in a kayak is hold yourself against wind or current, mirage drive solves that. At a hefty price I might add

Have you bought "mend it"? It will save you a ton of money on plastics. Fixes them very well.

I chose to pack light like you flying monkey. All I brought was a scale, forceps, scissors, and my 7" ms slammer. Not even in a night color. Light rainbow.

I went out with a friend. Snuck into our local park. I ended up landing three fish. Two three's and a four. But I was using braid with a broomstick of a rod and a ms slammer. So I was losing fish left and right. Prob lost about 10 fish total. It was excruciating. I need to save up for a larger reel with mono. Or a more moderate rod. My buddy, who I got into fishing got his personal best at five pounds fifteen ounces. On a spitting wa frog. His first topwater fish ever. And we have to hoist the fish up about 10' to the dock because the bank isn't accessible. An amazing night for sure.

That absolutely helps. Thank you for the lengthy explanation.

Thanks for the review. How's the action on this thing compared to say... A hud 68?