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Yes, I threw them last fall and sold them all this winter, if that tells you anything. It is a killer concept, but I feel the execution was lacking. The hookup ratio on the prescribed hooks was terrible. They swim well and don't really float like WCZ states. They're a different variation of the Zoom Unitoad, but the Zoom has a better hookup ratio.

Who makes a 6-6.5" worm in Oxblood Red Flake that is not selling them 8 at a time? I am looking for a Trick Worm style worm in a 15-20ct bag. I've been throwing the Rapala Janitor Worm on a shaky head, but I am tired of paying $6.99 for 8 worms when I can buy 20 Trick Worms for $5.99. I know Roboworm has that color available, but it seems to be an old-school color that is either not made much anymore or is not popular enough to warrant even Zoom to produce it.

If you wanted to see what the bass are capable of, I would likely be tossing jerkbaits, even as small as an X-Rap 8 or X-Nanahan on my M powered Zodias with 10 or 12lb line. Trout will hit those as well as bass.

You'd be shocked. My most used bait this year in ponds has been an 1/8oz shaky head with a 6-6.5" worm and I've caught fish as big as 4 and as small as 8" on it. This morning, on the river, I tossed a D Shad and caught 2 that were less than 10" long. Bass do not know how big they are, so they will always hit full size baits. Try it and you'll be shocked. I fished BFS most of last year and gravitated back towards standard gear in winter, tossing 100-112mm jerkbaits, full size jigs, etc and had my best winter for size.

I have to disagree. A properly set up casting combo, either a M with 12lb line or a MH with 15lb line is more versatile. On a good MH rod, you can throw everything from 1/4-1oz and be setup for almost any situation that arises. Case in point, I am hitting the river in the morning and taking a single 7' MH rod and everything from 3/16 shaky heads with a craw up to 1/2oz jig and trailers. It's just a personal preference as I used to feel casting tackle wasn't for me until I started using it and immediately fell in love with it. Give it a try. The SLX is a great starting point, and Shimano offers a combo with an SLX rod and reel for under $200.

I have it and comfortably fish 1/16 Ned rigs with a Ned Senko, 3" Spark Shad on an 1/8 head and split shot rigs. It's a super versatile rod that, with 10# Revolve braid, casts a mile and is sensitive, almost to a fault

I don't buy this. I cannot see it anymore and I've been here for many years contributing and, to my knowledge, have had zero issues with buying or selling, but whatever. It went away months ago and I still cannot see it.

The Cobb is incredible for the price, but I really liked my old Invoker Pro rods.

Well, I currently run a Poison Adrena 7'2" ML that, I believe, is an XF. I really enjoyed the Ark, choose your series, MLXF. I've also used St. Croix and Abu. Abu rods are normally overpowered. Their ML is comparable to everyone else's M. I've had Daiwa MLXF rods as well and they all do the job, but feel slightly different.

I would probably lean towards a M XF for those techniques, personally, but I run two different rods for those techniques, ML for Ned's and smaller wacky and M for shakyhead, 5-7" Neko and what not. I have used everything from BPS Carbonlite to my current Poison Adrenas. Their new Carbonlites are actually very, very nice rods for the dollars.

I carry the same needle nose and Kastking braid scissors I do when bank fishing and I grabbed a Promar net with a 3' handle to use on the kayak.

To say the Freeloader is good is an understatement. I hesitated using the Crush City stuff last year and gave in this year and I'm hooked. It's all good. I caught 10, up to this 4-10, post frontal in shallow water on an Evo with Freeloader here in SC. Water is low 50s or so and skies were high. Keep slinging it, get a trailer you like and fish! More importantly, find a rod you can feel the vibrations and detect light strikes. I'm using a 7'5 Curado MH with a 151MGL and 15lb Invizx.

Previous. Rod has had the cork treated, fishes amazing with a jig and seems to have been super lightly fished.

I have ordered from them already and got the order very, very quickly. Brian Dolne and the gang are doing their best to make up for the mistakes the ALF owners made and, in doing so, they're starting behind the 8 ball. I bought a Destroyer FMJ for a great price used and have had zero complaints.

I'm fishing a cypress lakes next weekend for the first time, any advice to a fella learning? I will be in a kayak with zero electronics. Rods I will have with me are a Megabass F5-70X, F6-71X, Zodias 6'10" M and 7'2" ML Adrena spinning rodand 7' M Adrena spinning rod. Just wondering how to approach the lake to find fish.

I have never fished Santee, but I am heading down there next week. Any advice? I primarily fish the rivers locally for smallmouth/meanmouth and have done quite well this year with 5 over 18" and 3lbs so far. As for lakes/ponds, I have 2 largemouth over 4 on the year already, one on a jig, one on a jerkbait.

As far as swimbaits go, it's on the lower side. I have 3 of those, 3 Tiny Klash and 2 Klash 9. DRT stuff is pricey, but it's so fun to fish.

Largemouth, 6-3 on a DRT Joker. Smallmouth x Alabama bass hybrid 5-8 on a Yamamoto Ned Senko

I would love the PDF of these articles. It would give me a lot of information to read this winter.

The smallie was on a 6'8 Poison Glorious with Aldebaran BFS and the green one was a Levante 6'4 L and Curado BFS. Both had 8lb braid on them to a 7lb fluoro leader. I have a Kastking Kestrel MFS and Kestrel 6'9" L and it's handled 18" smallies also. You learn to rely on your drag.

A light powered rod will definitely handle good fish. Here's 2 examples from this year. The smallie was from the Broad River, heavy current. Both came on Texas rigged plastics on Ryugi Pierce 1/0 hooks.

The metal frame Kastking and Piscifuns are not bad reels. The Kastking Elite reels, any of them, are very nice for the price.

I have Shimano baitcast reels, but will gladly fish Daiwa, Abu, Lew's or Kastking if it's the right reel and price. I prefer Shimano's braking way more than Daiwa and slightly more than the Doyo reels. Spinning gear, I love my Lew's spinning reels. I don't fish spinning gear over 12lb braid and 8lb leader though, so your mileage may vary.

On mine, it was light braid to a 7lb fluoro leader on the Ned and 30lb braid to 15lb fluoro on the jig. I've since gone to a 10lb braid to 7lb on the spinning rod and straight 15lb fluoro on the jig rod.

Yes, Kastking Kestrel Air MFS reel and rhe Kestrel 6'9" L rod. I have this exact combo and it is fantastic for the price. The combo weighs nothing, reel casts awesome and I throw everything from weightless Dolive Sticks to 3/32oz Keitech jigs and Megabass X-70s on it. It is a fun little rod.