fishballer06

I do agree that the arms on the Pit Boss seem to come off pretty easily. And I also prefer D-Bomb over the Pit Boss as well. However, both work great and are fairly cheap.

I love using my St. Croix Avid 7' Medium-Fast (AVC70MF) on my ci4 for topwater fishing.

The Rio Rico will throw better on a baitcaster.

Bluegill love to do this to me on my Pit Bosses. Some days, they're too valuable to be thrown away after they lose an arm or two (Pit Boss has 4 arms). Just keep throwing them.

I've got one of these. I think I threw it for about 3 casts just to see how it worked. Maybe I should give it another shot sometime.

Get on any of the Facebook fishing groups, or just search Facebook for custom lure painting. There are numerous guys out there who do this. I've had over 50 cranks painted this year alone. I use 2-3 different guys to paint my stuff, just depending on who is busiest or cheapest. I've always just sent them brand new lures and they always come back looking great. One of my go-to's in a DT10. Holds up great over time to rocks and fish as well.

No surprise at all. I just got back from a 10 day trip to Ontario. I caught 57 walleyes, of which, 51 of them were caught in 3-6 feet of water in the weeds. They were up in the weedy, shallow flats chasing fry. We caught the majority of our walleye on rattletraps, chatterbaits, and baby minus 1's. The other 6 fish were caught in 6-11 feet on wiggle warts, shad raps, and DT10's, just off the rocky breaks of a weedy flat. Lunker of the trip (6lb. 7oz.) caught on a Rattlin Rap in weeds. You'll notice the weeds still on his back.

I'm curious how many people are within a 1/2 pound of the weight. I know every time I've been darn close.

Tungsten split shots? No way.

Keep the Sahara, and get another Sahara. I know many guys on here love their Pfluegers, but my Dad and his buddy both have terrible line twist problems with their Pfluegers.

The Zoom split tail trailer is basically the exact same thing and will have the exact same action, and they're readily available.

Odd. I've had 12# Sniper on my cranking rod since March and that line has seen extensive use fishing around rocks, wood, and man made fish cages, and I have had no issues or breakoffs. Nor has it turned white on me. Perhaps you got a bad spool?

The spools look the same and both have the same capacity ratings.

I use the Trilene knot almost exclusively for braid. It never fails.

I saw the new Citica I listed on TW today and I started looking it over (considering selling my Tatula R and getting another Shimano). It didn't take me long to notice that this reel appears to be the exact same as the Curado I. Am I missing something here? Why should I spend the extra cash on a Curado? Both have: Xship 5 bearings + 1 ARB Same Spool Capacity Same Weight Same Gear Ratio's SVS braking Same shape? Side note: I do already own two Curado I's. Just trying to justify why I should spend the extra $30 if not needed.

Zillion 4.9:1 Champion 765CB Double tail Fat Albert's

I understand what you are saying, but I can tell you that Pymatuning #63 is limited to 20hp motors only.

Rapala DT6 Wiggle Warts Shad Raps

Pymatuning in the 60's? That's a shocker. I would hardly call it an amazing bass fishery, compared to some of the lakes (and limits) you hear of down south, but I guess its good to have a local lake on there. My club had a two day tournament there 3 weeks ago and on the first day, there was a 21 lb. bag (six fish).

Bill Lewis

Just got back last night. Needless to say, they were biting.

You mean, you haven't thrown a Senko?!

I bought two of them and I cannot get them to work properly for the life of me. I was hoping they would work well for me, but oh well. Rapala also makes the Glidin Rap, which is a musky lure, and these work really well for toothy critters.

The Champion was the front runner of my personal consideration prior to posting this, but I wanted to hear others opinions first. Any reason why you suggest straight fluoro? I have tried using 13lb. Sniper (Japan direct) with chatterbaits and I feel that it's too stretchy and that I am not getting a solid enough hookset and I'm losing more fish that way. I also feel like the braid with a FC leader transmits better. Just curious to your thoughts. Thanks.