fishballer06

I already got the Kentucky Craw and the Purple Craw in a football jig from Mike. I'm sure I'll be ordering more of these in a Sniper jig once spring roles around.

Since you're already familiar with Shimano, I'd go with the Metanium. Honestly though, I prefer my Chronarch MGL for squarebills over my Metanium's.

If your wife bought you all of that, then you are one lucky man.

I like the VMC lead one's. No need to pay for Tungsten and regular nails aren't heavy enough for the proper action.

Sounds like just enough to buy my 2018 fishing license and a pack or two of Senkos.

That's a dandy. I wish they had a better picture of the fish though.

Don't forget to throw a few quarters in there if you need more counter balance.

True Life: I'm addicted to Rage Tail baits. 31 packs that I've bought so far on the various holiday sales from a few sites (mostly Seiberts). 8 more packs are on the way from TW.

Why don't you be a good friend and post up the remaining days?

Be careful. The Hedgehog website is a slippery slope. Soon you'll be blinging out every reel you own!

It's hard to find any heavy/xtra-heavy powered rod that's pushing 8 feet long that balances properly. However, you can add a Cush It butt cover to counter balance the rod and make it feel much better.

I own the 853C in the GLX series. I use mine for 3/15-5/16 jigs, and it will also handle a 3/8oz as well. I wouldn't really want to go over that for extended use. Since you are familiar with the Dobyns series, I'd say your 893C is going to be comparable to a 744. I hope this helps.

The Orochi XX rods balance great. They're a little heavy (according to the scales), but you don't notice it in hand because of how they balance. What kind of pitching/flipping are you doing? What weight sizes? I've got the Extreme Mission Type F and I would say it's perfect for that 1/4oz - 3/8oz range. If you're trying to go heavier than that, you're going to want a heavier powered stick.

If you have 50 free minutes to listen to this, there's a lot of cool information on the history of not only Abu Garcia, but fishing in general. I watched this a few years ago and I remember it discussed this information.

Extreme Mission Type F. Not sure yet. I have about 25-30 casting reels, and I'll rotate them around depending up what/where I'm fishing.

Beautiful fish. Stonewall?

Since we're starting, I'll post my loot as well. Clayton knocked it out of the park! He must have really done his research. The Crock O Gator is a bait I've been wanting to try and he even got it in my favorite color. He also got me a Showerblow and 6th Sense squarebill in my go to color - bluegill. Then I also got some of his famous handmade vibrating jigs. Then he topped it off with some Damiki rig swimbait heads. I might have to get some more of those off him. Well done @Bluebasser86!

My two new sticks for 2018.

Only 1-1/2" of deductions. So nearly perfect. The casting reels are all left handed, but the rifle is right handed. It's just perfectly hidden behind that one tine. I noticed that after I took the photo's too.

I might be interested in some of the warts if you're trying to sell.

Just curious, how much saltwater do you have around Memphis, TN?

That's a dandy. What for setup did you land that beast on?

Sending mine out today.

That's not true. It's just that Shimano painted them white and spelled it CH200E5.

I've never had luck trying to get a jig through in a punching situation, so I've stuck to 3/4oz+ texas rigs and it does the job just fine. However, I recently heard from a professional that you need to use a jig double the weight of what you use for a texas rig setup to punch through. Example: A 3/4oz texas rig is able to punch through, use a 1.25-1.5oz punching jig to get through.