Brett's_daddy

Couldn't resist the monkey could ya'...lol. I'll accept partial blame for the Curado K but the Fuego is all on you pal .

I've had a decent amount of luck with the Spro size 30 rat (1/2oz.) so that get's my vote!

I've been torn with this too but after watching a video by Tactical Bassin about these exact lures Matt Allen steered me towards the Z-Man Custom Chatterbait (TW exclusive) for like $6.99 each. While he definitely lauded the Jackhammer he said in his opinion the best bang for your buck is the Custom so I just ordered 3 of those .

Yes, it's one of the standard sizes.

DO IT!!! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!!!

You uttered the dreaded "Game Changer" and therefore must be flogged 10 times

American Legacy Fishing

Sent you a PM.

Maybe a little dollop of marine putty?

Yeah, I think you need to use something that fuse the plastic on a molecular level and not just add crust over the rip...sort of like the difference between putting a band-aid on a cut and actually stitching it up .

I wonder if Mend It would work better since it fuses the plastic instead of just gluing it?

I have no experience with the Savage Gear rat but I do have a couple of the Spro's and love them...very good producers!

I would explain just that to Booyah! Say look, I've shown you pictures, I only paid $8 for this bait and you want me to spend ANOTHER $4 to ship it back to you. I don't think that's reasonable and if you don't replace this bait free of charge i will just go buy a Teckel Sprinker and never purchase a Booyah bait again. See what they say to that!

The eBay code PRIMO works as well for 20% off from select vendors. I just checked and you can get a Curado K for $110.99 using that promo code.

Well, the Live Target Craw lure looks cool :).

Maybe not new and innovative but I like Berkley's slew of new baits...especially the top water as they have similar designs to some of the most popular current lures for about half-price and if they perform just as good that will be a HUGE cost savings for a lot of anglers!

Okay, so we'd like to go fishing one morning this weekend. The weather report is as follows: Saturday - cloudy with temps in the mid 60's, chance for an occasional shower. Sunday - partly cloudy to mostly sunny with temps in the upper 60's/low 70's. 1st, which morning would you prefer and 2nd what types of baits and 3rd what color schemes would you use? This is a smaller pond, about 30ft. deep in the middle but predominantly shallow like from 2ft. - 12ft., it is essentially two small ponds connected by a long, narrow canal. It is also strictly a warm-water fishery, holding pickerel, largemouth bass, yellow perch and sunfish. The main body of water is ringed with lily pads and cattails and a ton of other vegetation, the water is pretty clear. Let's call the water temp 70 degrees...give or take a couple of degrees.

I honestly don't see how the tatula 100 could beat out the Curado 150 DC for best reel...that Curado is going to be amazing and retailers are going to have a very hard time keeping them in stock as well as Shimano will to keep production coming close to matching the demand!

Yup, they just called and I decided on the 7'1" MH/MF for my wife. She has some trouble on hook-sets anyway so figured the moderate fast might be a little more forgiving for her.

Do NOT fish a line through in weedy ponds/lakes unless you want to pull up a couple pounds of vegetation!

A flashlight

Nope, not too late. They should get the rod I sent back today and i expect a call asking what model rod I would like in return. What about glide baits like the S-Waver?

Anyone have other thoughts on this?

Can still get a Curado K for $117 TYD.

I ordered these Pitbull cutters and I haven't had ANYTHING that cuts braid as cleanly and evenly as these babies and you can easily do it one-handed too...check them out! https://www.pitbulltackle.com/Pitbull-Tackle-Cutter-p/r-pitbullcutter.htm