fishballer06

I've had my master catalog for a few weeks. Got my spring angler catalog in on Monday.

I love using tubes as a follow up to missed buzzbait bites.

Extreme 6'6" MH-F CU201B Jerkbait/Lipless/Spinnerbait Extreme 6'10" MH-ExF CU201IHG Plastics/Jigs Extreme 7' H-F Frogs/Walleye Trolling/Jigs Champion 765CB Zillion Crazy Cranker Deep Cranking HMG 7'2" M-MF CU50E Lipless/Cranking TWR773C 6'5" MH-F CH151CI4HG Topwater/Jerkbaits Crucial 6'10" MH-F CH151CI4 All Around Crucial 7' M-M CH151CI4 Cranking Avid 7' M-F CH51e Plastics Avid X 7' MH-M CH201e5 Cranking Avid 7' H-M Cranking/Frogs Premier 7' M-M Tatula R100HL Small Cranking Musky Mojo 7'6" Ambassadeur c4 6601 Musky I keep an Excel spreadsheet of my lineup, so here's what I've got as far as casting rods (copy/paste didn't come across looking as pretty). Looks like I need to fill a few rod seats in with a reel...

I just bought a pack or two of these during the TW 25 day sale. Looks like I should have spent that money on something else...

I got ran off some land that I thought was public while salmon fishing this fall. There was 4 of down at this creek fishing. After about an hour or two, the owner came down and started speaking to me and kindly asked me to leave. I said we would happily oblige, and then I went on to start talking to him about fishing and hunting. I ended up talking to the guy for almost 2 hours while the rest of my guys kept fishing and catching fish. He ended up saying that we could stay and fish as much as we want, and then he went up and asked the adjacent property owner if we could fish on their land as well. He came back down and told us we could and he told us how far we could fish each way up/down the stream. We were very grateful for this, and we were told we could come back next year and fish all we wanted. So at Christmas this year, we sent both property owners a $100 Wal Mart gift card for giving us permission to fish their land.

I would be more worried about getting a rod that's not moderate action, than what pound test I should be using for a worm hook. Like recommended before, I would use braid to help make up for that soft rod.

I've got a Bantam Curado from... When were they released? 2000'ish? Yeah, it's been that long. Still works like a charm.

I prefer Gama and Owner's over Mustad. I like the Trokar's too, but they're pretty pricey and they don't sharpen back up the same because of the way they're sharpened from the factory.

I've heard great things about these baits. Haven't had a chance to pick any up yet.

DD22 DT14-DT16 5XD - 6 - 6XD Scott Martin Goon Duo G87 20A Spro John series Bomber Fat Free series Damiki DC400

The Rapala lineup of baits can really get you started. Husky jerks, DT's, Rippin Raps, Skitter Pops, are all good lures and they don't break the bank. Other than that, check out some of the Strike King stuff as well. Their 1.5/2.5 squarebills, and then the standard cranks as well ( 3, 3XD, 5, 5XD, 6, 6XD).

I've been playing high end tournament paintball (even played 2 years of pro) for about 10 years. I was spending $40-80 a weekend just in paint, then add on all the travel, and about $300-600 per tournament (5 a year). So maybe to some, fishing is expensive, but to me, it's pretty cheap.

I've got a spool of it, just gotta wait 3 more months to use it...

I don't know. I heard that Cabelas logo makes every fish you catch grow a pound once you put it in the livewell.

I bet if you went back and talked to a manager, you could get them to give you the money back, or maybe even just a store gift card.

Brooke Thomas. Oh lord....

Some of you might find this useful. Not sure if it works, but it appears to be active.

You know you will. I think I've bought over 20 spools of line this offseason. I think I'm set for whatever I may want to throw all season.

From what I've read on other forums, it's the same reel as the Type R, with a different accent color, and it has an extra bearing in the knobs. Other than that, it's the same reel, but you won't see every dealer out there online being able to sell them at a $1 over cost.

I tried the Stren braid once. Broke off 3 times while casting the first time out with it. I put it in the garbage as soon as I got home.

Only broke one rod that I can remember. I had a big pike split the boat on me and it ended up snapping the rod in two. Still landed the fish though.

Long story short, no, it doesn't matter. I've caught tons of small bass on the larger 4-5" jerkbaits. They'll hit just because they want to kill it.

To be honest, I never thought the Rapala DT would catch fish because of how odd the shape is. Low and behold, it's probably my favorite crankbait to use.

New reels I've already picked up this off season: Zillion Crazy Cranker Tatula Type R Chronarch 51e Curado 50e If Shimano releases a power gear lefty in the Curado I, I'll probably get one of those too. Wouldn't mind trying a new Zillion TWS either.

Give me the Shimano rubber grips over anything else, any day of the week.