fishballer06

You must have a lot of spare time on your hands to keep all of those stats. Very impressive.

You can't cast over 50 feet with your Curado?! You've got your settings all out of whack or something. I can pitch 50 feet with my Curado. Casting, you should be able to easily launch well over 100 feet. On the SVS, set it to 2 on, 2 off. Set the dial knob to around 2. Set your spool tension knob so that a 1/4 oz. lure will slowly fall under it's own weight. You should be able to easily sling with those settings. And put some 40 pound test on your reel. 20 pound braid is way too thin for any baitcaster.

I don't know how big this golf course pond is, but more than likely, it's not big enough that the wind would affect the baitfish at all.

The BPS Extreme rods are nice and retail for $100, and sometimes go on sale for $70-80. I also recommend the Fenwick HMG rods.

I own 3 ci4's and 2 Curado I's. The ci4 is definitely a nicer reel. If you're super tight on cash, the Curado will be good. If you can afford the Chronarch, do it. It's one heck of a nice reel.

So they're interested, but note quite enticed. Try a different color (chartruese, black, whatever). If that doesn't work, try something that moves a little slower on top, like a popper.

St. Croix Premier and Avid's come to mind. They're in the $130 - $190 range.

It's safe to say mono needs changed out more often than any other line out there.

I've practiced flipping into buckets. Also, whenever I'm trying out a new knot, I'll practice tying it a bunch at home, so that I can tie it up quickly and properly when I'm out on the water.

I would get the Frabill series of raingear. I have the F3 set myself and I absolutely love it. I highly recommend it. If you're more on a budget, the F2 series set is only $200.

That's exactly why I changed them out

Let me know when you sell them.

2500 is my favorite spinning reel size.

I do most of my shopping online whenever I can find the best deals. If I do go to a store, I do most of my shopping at Field and Stream because they have the biggest selection of everything close to me. I'll also stop at Dicks and Gander because they're always have the randomnest of sales that lead to great deals.

Wow, awesome!

I've got one in the Perch color. I finally used it for the first time a few weeks on a day that was going really slow. Caught one on the very first cast with it. I used it like a jerkbait, but you can run it like a crank too. It has a nice tight wobble, and a slow rise. The hooks are sharp and tacky, but they're not the strongest. As mentioned above, I bent one out on a 2 pounder the first day I used it. I went ahead and replaced them with Gamy's. Other than the hooks, I'm very impressed.

Never caught any fish with a plug in/on them, but I have caught a few with a hook in them. I caught a salmon over the weekend with 3 different hooks in it. That was a new record for me.

Coming from a guy who owns the Sahara, Symetre, and the Saros, I will say that the Saros is definitely a decent step above the two lower models. I've messed with the Stradic ci4+ in the store and while it is pretty and super light, I don't see where it really outperforms the Saros in anything except for weight. To me, that extra ounce or so it shaves off isn't worth the extra $80-100 over the Saros. If you're using a 30 year old reel, I'm sure the Symetre or Saros will make you very happy.

It adds line twist. But worst of all, it's very hard on the bail spring. Over time, you'll wear that bail spring out and it will need replaced.

The HMG's are tough rods. I caught this 41 incher today on mine.

Mine work great with weightless worms

41 incher from today. Took another limit.

Just bought a few of these baits (still waiting for them to arrive). From the way the action looks on video, I'm positive this bait will catch fish.

Took a limit out today. Took a while to find a steam that they were running in, but once we found them, it was a ton of fun.

Sunline Sniper FC has been the best main line FC I have found thus far. Seaguar Red Label and InvisX seem to have too much stretch and memory for my liking. For just a leader, I really like the Seaguar AbrasX.