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Sexy Shad and Chartreuse Sexy Shad are great colors but I'd be wary about this bit - 1 Chartreuse Sexy Shad and 1 Sexy Shad Pro Model crankbait in each of these sizes: Series 1, Series 3, Series 4, Series 5 and Series 6 Are you going to be doing a lot of crankbait fishing where you're going to need all of those depths? If you buy it I'm going to guess a good portion of those crankbaits will go unused for a long time. *Edit - Disclaimer: I'm a shore guy and use mostly 1.0-2.5 size squarebills for cranking, so a lot of those deeper divers wouldn't be a preferred option for me.

You might want to check out the Strike King Slither Rig - they're pricey but the skirt and tungsten weight come together in one piece so one less "moving part" to worry about.

When I was a kid (11-14 years old) and looking at tackle aisles I was always in awe of Rooster Tail spinners and Mister Twister plastics (anything chartreuse in particular). When someone I knew showed up at the local lake with a Rooster Tail, that was a big-time bait that I always watched them fish with envy. When I started fishing again 25 years later, Rooster Tails, Mister Twister, and any chartreuse plastics never caught my attention the same way because of the other options available.

I can see Shaw's reasoning where if the leader is long enough, and he either gets a break-off or any nicks/cuts on his leader, he just needs to cut a couple of feet off his leader and re-tie his hook/attach his crimp weight instead of having to re-tie a new leader to his mainline. Personally I only use about 20-30 inches, and I'll admit it's annoying when I need to re-tie the entire leader.

Two of their colors that stand out compared to any other trailer on the market - Lime Purple Passion and Vampire Orange. The Lime Purple Passion on a brown-purple jig were made for each other, and the Vampire Orange on a black or black-red jig looks killer.

The Pit Boss seemed to have been their most popular/best seller in the Havoc line, I'm surprised they discontinued some of these colors. That being said I went around the internet last night and grabbed the discontinued colors I liked, hope they bring them back at some point. Until then I'll have to store these carefully in the "use sparingly" bin.

The BPS in San Jose just shortened their operating hours - no longer Mon-Sat 9-9 and Sun 9-7, it's now 10-9 and 10-7 respectively. Wondering if that store is already running into cash flow problems (note that every time I visit it's always pretty dead with only 1 or 2 checkout registers open and usually no line).

For a dedicated dropshot rod I would go M/XF, length is more personal preference.

Holy cow bluebasser, I can't believe you find all of those walking the shoreline. You must be the only person fishing the shoreline right now where you're going - any place I go with boating/shore access is usually picked clean, I might find 1-2 lures tops.

832 is good stuff, you won't be disappointed. I use mostly PP and 832, whichever I can find on sale, both get the job done.

The main benefit I think is in the angler's confidence. A good fisherman will catch fish on cheaper gear, but the a bad fisherman will have a tough time catching fish with the best gear. Sure there's some differences in weight and sensitivity, but nowadays the quality and features in lower priced gear would put top of the line equipment from 20 years ago to shame.

I have a glass and composite rod for crankbaits and will never switch back to graphite unless it was my only option. I feel the biggest benefit over the long run of casting - the moderate action/softer tip makes it effortless to whip the crankbait back and out like a slingshot without minimal stress/fatigue to my muscle and joints.

I went to town last year during the 25 Days TW sale. This year I only got a handful of items just to hit the $50 free shipping threshold. Part of this is that they had a lot of repeat items for sale that I stocked up on last year, and the rod/reel price and selection wasn't as good as they were last year.

If you're going to put them in Plano's put them in a small Ziploc bag or something first. Some baits are more oliy than others, and some baits have color bleed that will leech into and stain the Plano plastic. I have some GYCB double tail grubs stored in a Plano straight, and the pumpkin color stained the compartment.

Easy five figures of stuff that has never touched water...

Once something competitive becomes a viable profession, you'll always have that group of people that will abuse it. The alcohol/tobacco ads I can see the disdain for but until the sport grows to the point where other sponsors can pony up the same kind of money they're going to stick around.

I get the finest tip Sharpie and plain beige masking tape, and write down little codes as small as possible like "20 PP" (20#PowerPro), "20 832" (20# Sufix 832), 25 SNP (25# FC Sniper) etc and tear out the small piece of masking tape and put it on the foot of the reel seat that faces the rod. The smaller the piece of masking tape the better because less gunk to clean later. Yes I need to remove the reel if I forget what line is on the reel, but it keeps it out of sight and relatively waterproof and safe from smudging.

Now that is a sweet setup, nice work! I have to ask though, what are the bike tires for?

I want to add that as for owning rods, there is never such a thing as too many, only not enough space to store them.

100% shore guy and I try to bring just one rod as often as possible. It's usually a MF or MXF spinning rod that I can use for finesse and light hardbaits (crankbaits,topwater). Sometimes I'll bring a second glass/composite rod when the bite is good and I'll want to throw heavier stuff like chatterbaits or larger squarebills. If I'm going to a completely new body of water I'll bring a third to avoid having to change/re-tie as I try to figure the lake out. But 3 is my absolute limit. Any more and I spend more time carrying/setting down/juggling around rods than fishing and it becomes a chore. On top of that it takes one moment of a drop in concentration for baits to be tangled up in each other and I need to spend time trying to untangle the lines.

FYI if you're looking for affordable Merino wool socks for the outdoors, check out The Clymb or Sierra Trading Post. I got some Merino wool socks for dirt cheap off of those sites. They may be in some ugly color/pattern but they're socks, so you're going to be wearing them under waders/boots/pants so who cares how they look. I never knew what the big deal was with Merino wool, but they're amazing, especially if all you've ever worn is cotton.

Lure direction to fish I believe has more to do with current direction, as there is always some current in the water even when it looks "still" on the surface, and it will affect which way the fish are facing.

Screw it, Rod Runner has 10% off, I just got the 3 rod version, $43 and change shipped.

I stick to PowerPro because I haven't had any issues with it and pretty much every internet or brick and mortar store carries it, which means you can usually find it on sale somewhere when you need it.

I've been eyeing the Rod Runner just waiting to find one on sale to use. I fish a lot of shoreline with muddy/rocky shoreline without and bushes or trees to lean rods against so bringing more than 1 or 2 rods is always a chore. The Rod Runner looks perfect for quick switching and making sure my combos stay safe.