junyer357

Shimano grease and boca lightning oil for me.

I prefer sufix seige myself. I can find it for $9/330yd or often $18/1000yd. Low memory, good knots and fairly abrasion resistant on blue label.

I use and trust the "shaw grigsby youtube knot" on flouro exclusively. Like was said earlier, try heavier baits like jigs or spinnerbaits first, no finesse or rapalas. Watch your backlashes, its bad to break if it gets a hard bend, more so on cheaper or thicker lines it seems. I also use kvd line conditioner, a good soaking as i spool, and again before a trip, either nite before or at least before heading to lake. As far as sufix is concerned, its the only mono i use. I used to use 17# alot for worm n jigs before switching to flouro. Either a trilene or palomar works fine with it. I think its fantastic line for the price.

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I rarely throw a tex rig worm at all, i normally just throw a jig instead it seems. I also have a few lures i set aside because i cant get them anymore, like a particular spinnerbait blade and my WEC cranks. Those only come out for serious times.

Academy ethos rods. Now have 4 med-mod 7' for cranks and a spinning rod.

I keep them in the origional bags inside ziploc bags as well, labeled by type, 7"worms, 10"+ worms, lizards, etc.. in a duffle bag in back of boat. In the front locker i keep 4 gallon bags, zman, senkos, flipping/jig chunks, and 'go to', which are my favorite and most confident worms and lizards. Those 4 are the ones i use consistently. The others are ba kstock of those as well as others i keep for a color change or specific use.

Labeling becomes more important for me this time of year. I have 4 identical crank combos, same rod and reel. I normally run 10 or 12lb flouro, but 2 of them i go down to 8 lb for winter fishing. I also date my labels, so i know how long the line has been on there. To answer you on filler spools, i try and buy bulk 1000yd spools. They are on a rack at home, unless i grab a few for a overnite fishing trip off somewhere

Once i had my hooks divided like i wanted, i superglued the dividers down. Then superglued a shelf liner to lid. Labled each bin and no problems since.

Braid is relegated to just times when i need max strength, like flipping, swimbaits/a-rig and frogs on baitcasters. Mono for topwater Flouro for everything else, 8-15 for cranks, wirebaits, and such, and 17-25 for jigs and worms

I dont tourny fish, but i do keep multiples of presentations once i have a decent pattern going. Normally not the exact same thing, but close for example, i may have a few diffrent color squarebills, say a white w/blue back and a cream w/black. Or 2 white spinnerbaits, but diffrent combo of blades. A couple of jigs with same skirt but diffrent trailers.

If you consistently fish in water 8' or less, anchors, if its deeper id go ultrex. After fishing in a boat in both, they are not a replacement for the other. Anchors wont work in deeper water, and ultrex works best in current or wind. One thing to consider too, is blowback from tm when fishing shallow into where you are fishing.

I prefer the more traditional graphite color with cork, but i do own some blue ethos rods from acadamy, and a grey enigma. Overall the performance matrers most to me still, so if anyone bought me some pink lady avids, i would fish them. I do fish witha former bama player who wont allow any orange in his boat, period. No carrot stix back when they were the hottest thing, said they were good rods but no orange. He even made me remove my orange rod glove before he let me put my rods in his boat.

I stand almost always now. I keep a butt seat in rear spot i can move up if it gets choppy from wind or traffic. My dad still prefers a butt seat most of the time, he likes to lean against it. I used to keep a butt seat front and rear, but when i upgraded to a fortrex, i added a recessed foot tray and it made a world of diffrence on my stability standing alone all day. When standing like capt morgan on the tm foot, i always felt off balance. Now that i stand basically level in the foot, the seat just feels in the way.

I have done it as well, but it isnt ideal. I found it is a bit "whippy" and a bit harder to work the lure like i like, once i got better with working them on a diffrent rod. The other problem to me is the rod length, above and below the reel. I switched to an older 6'4" med rod (mod fast to fast-ish action, it predates listing action on rods). It is easier to work jerkbaits with. It has a shorter butt, so im not hitting my belly constantly, and the shorter overall length lets me work it straight down without hitting water.

Right now im using zman palmetto bugs on a siebert g2 dredege mata jig.

Well waiting on another crabkbait rod, bulk flouro, and some lures from tw, ordered another $100 worth of jigs from siebert. Still looking at another rod and reel too.

Strike king kvd or luck e strike 1.5 n 2.5 (0-5') Norman middle n (7-9') Luck e strike rc jerkbaits Those are pretty good without breaking the bank. Pick some natual shad, a few brighter like chart/black, and a few red/craw and go from there.

Id go with the medium for want you plan to throw, especially after looking at the rod specs online. It should handle the lighter cranks better, but It is still rated to 1oz, so a 1/2 oz bait will be fine with it, even with a trailer. If you get in some grass and find it underpowered, you still have the longer mh rod to use as well.

Anyone know where to get a replacement handle for a pflueger supreme spiining reel? I accidently stepped back on mine and bent the handle on mine to where it wont spin past the bail. I put in a vise and got it useable again, but its kinda awkward still. I searched on here and most said ereplacmentparts, but the handle is listed as unavailable there.

Try a diffrent knot. Im a fan of a polamar on braid amd mono, but for flouro i prefer the "shaw grigsby youtube" knot. Also with flouro, slobber it up good, cinch it down snug, but dont pull the devil out of it, that will weaken it too.

I vote tatula ct. Can be found all day for $95ish in left or right and all 4 speeds. To me the biggest thing to durability and longevity of any reel is properly maintaining it. Regular cleaning and oil/grease is key, wether its a $50bps special or a $500 steez.

X3. My setup : 7' mh-f st croix avid 8:1 tatula ct 20# abrasx or invisx 3/8 siebert dredge brush jigs black or brown