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I just donated a WP to the lake last Friday, but not before solidly hooking three fish! Should have checked my line, 50# braid broke. I have noticed that if I start my retrieve with my rod tip really high the plopping action will start right away. I then lower the tip in anticipation of the strike. The strikes vary from a slurp to a heart-stopping explosion! Be ready for a strike really close to the boat or shore. Don't pick it up too soon! Not sure color matters, except dark and light. Fun lure, for sure!

This one looks like it might fit the bill: http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Gander-Mountain-Angler-Bass-Casting-Rod-76-Heavy&i=922494

Yep, spinning!

Caught a few on the Zoom Speed craw yesterday. Watermelon, black flake. Texposed, D-shot, short tag, split shot.

It excels when you need to cast a very light lure a long distance. Out here in CA the bass go into a feeding frenzy pushing shad schools to the surface. You need to cast to where this happens, and you need to cast NOW. Very light flukes are often key in this scenario.

Backlashes or overruns happen when the spool turns faster that the line is going out. Line needs to pull the spool. When the lure hits the water you must stop the spool!

Gunfish, Rover, Whopper Plopper are mine right now.

Ambassadeur 6500 is a beast of a reel.

From what I have experienced with myself and others this "complete arsenal" is a mythical concept.

CA 420 is a big bass color!

For the knot- Alberto! Uni/uni if you want to break off fish!

Is the hammering noise your sonar?

Unless you take apart reel for a living, never start without an exploded view.

Not nearly as sensitive.

Why did you want a 2-piece?

Get a galvanized bucket handle and wrap it around a large bolt. Tap it around with a hammer to make the tight bend. Put one end in your pole and wedge it with a screw. See mine in the background:

OK, I see some problems. I would say no if you are using braid. Walking a bait or jerking a bait can leave loose loops of line on a spinning reel. If you are using mono or FC, then go for it, but small would be the operative word.

What time of day are you fishing? Dark to First light is hard to beat.

There is a pretty strong trend toward rightys cranking with the left.

4" neko-rigged Dinger in watermelon seed is deadly!

If it has micro guides the bottom one tends to break off. Fishes just as well without it.

The FC is not slipping, the braid is cutting the FC! The two are direct opposition to each other with the uni/uni. Bad Idea from the start. I lost several fish on the hookset before I changed to "improved" alberto; my own improvement. I wrap back through the original loop twice.

Just don't put a small nail weight in one end of the worm. That never works.

I was trying to go this direction, until I realized that a spinning setup Was sooo much better suited for finesse!

Check out the Float Tube Fishing Forum. Most of the members are form the LA area.