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At least it’s not the $80 per shipment it could have been. It still sucks, but it could be worse. I don’t really expect things to change for the better. 😔

Neat. Thanks for sharing! The only issue I have with videos like this is that they’re dropping it straight down, which isn’t realistic. I’d love to see what it looks like at the far end of the cast coming back towards you.

Dang it. I need to get me a couple of these!

Ok. I was just trying to get an understanding of what you didn’t like about it. Thanks.

My thing is, I feel like as long as it looks like something that’s alive, it could work. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a representation of a prey item they’ve eaten before.

Cool, thanks for the info. To be clear, you’re talking about the 7’2h zillion? If you do get an expride I’d love to hear how it compares!

Ah, ok. So what didn’t you like about it? How was the sensitivity compared to other rods?

Darn you! Stop making me want to spend money! 😡 😂

Ah, interesting. Thanks!

How can they blind the basses lateral line? I understand blocking light to block vision, but how would you “blind” the lateral line? That’s fascinating. So why does something like a brush hog work so well? What is it matching? What about a bright firetiger crankbait/spinnerbait?

Sweet! Thank you for the recommendation!

Dang that’s nice! The world needs more people like you! I know a gift like that would mean a lot to me so I’m sure he’d feel the same way!

@Maverick2017 Really? Interesting. What didn’t you like about the rod? How was the sensitivity? What would you compare it to sensitivity wise? Oh and what do you mean by “tile snapped off”? Thanks!

What about a brush hog? Kinda looks squidish, no?

I’ve posted this in the past but I can’t find it now so I’ll summarize my opinions and experiences with this. When I was younger fishing for bass, I very much believed in “match the hatch”. I didn’t like using unrealistic colors or unrealistic baits. I started to expand my horizons and use colors like black/blue, chartreuse, firetiger and other unrealistic colors. I started catching more fish. One of my favorite presentations was and still is a Texas rig. I used to use Texas rigged craws to mimic craws of course. I would use worms and some others as well. One bait that really changed everything for me was the zoom brush hog. Everyone seemed to love it, but I couldn’t understand what creature it was imitating. It doesn’t look like any particular animal a bass eats. Why would they bite it? I tried the brush hog and was shocked when I got bit on the first cast. I ended up catching a ton of fish on the brush hog that day. Went through two bags. I loved it. This changed my entire thought process. Instead of thinking that my bait had to look like a known species that bass eat, I realized that a bait just has to look alive or interesting, or elicit a reaction to tempt a bass to bite. From then on, that’s how I’ve been looking at baits. If it looks like it could be a living creature, even a creature that bass have never seen before in nature, it might work. It doesn’t have to look like something bass eat regularly. Sorry for the long winded post. I hope this makes sense.

Thank you very much for the detailed response! That really helps me understand how the PP feels.

I’ll take it off your hands if you don’t want it. 😁

I’m with you on that. I use tatsu exclusively. I have been curious lately though about shooter/sniper. Would stiffer line = more slack/semi slack line sensitivity?

You’re a few weeks late. https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/267045-shimano-price-increase/

I haven’t fished a rooster tail in years. I wanna try it now after reading your post. I’m sure the fish here have never seen one.

Interesting. The underwater footage I saw from tacticalbassin (sorry, can’t find it now) showed the spunk shad making the bladed jig a lot more erratic compared to the zako. I thought the erratic nature of the bladed jig was the reason it gets bit. I’ve never tried anything other than the spunk shad, especially after that video reaffirmed my feelings. I should probably give the zako a shot to see if I’m missing out. That could explain things. I live in south Florida. The water is never cold!

Wasn’t the shimano price increase posted weeks ago? Edit: https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/267045-shimano-price-increase/

Thanks. So you think tatsu has a lot of stretch compared to other fluoro? I never felt like it was excessive, but maybe I just haven’t used any low stretch fluoro.

I wish you good luck. Please let us know what happens.

Idk. I only use the spunk shad. Never felt a need to try something different.