Outdoor Zack

Closed toe sandals have a sneaker style sole but dry fast. Mine are made by Northwest territory and were about $20 on Amazon. As stated earlier, you can spray them off with a hose if you need to

Mini spinnerbait, grubs, senko, finesse worms 1/8 oz squarebills, and poppers

I would use mono because the thin braid is likely to hang up/get wrapped in your trebles.If you have to use it, at least tie on a leader

Berkley havoc bottom hopper and bottom hopper jr.

Save the money and just go fishing! Youll be better off for it in the long run IMO

Last week I was in there, they had a lot of higher end plastics on sale for decent prices (I got 2 packs of Keitevh crazy flappers for $6, not too bad). But the only things I really like about Cabelas is their clothes/outerwear and they have a big selection of hunting/outdoor gear in store. A lot of clothes were on sale when I was in there, but I think that was part of a "fall classic sale". One of the guys working in the boating/kayak area was telling me that the BPS merger meant that the store was gonna have to stop ordering a lot of the stuff they carry and just stick to top-selling/popular offerings until the entire deal was stable. Don't know where he got his info from though

The h20 express is a world above the bass pro one

For the pop r, I just use the color I think looks the coolest at the time. No science at all

Trick worms, brush hogs, lizards, craws, grubs, etc. would be essentials for me. And a popper and a few more squarebills. Also a few spinnerbaits with different blade setups

Look on Craigslist and eBay for something used. Or wait for a sale. Better yet, save the money for a better setup

If you only have what's listed, this is what I'd suggest: 8lb mono for the Pflueger, use it for small spinnerbaits, squarebills, and rat l traps (about 1/8 - 1/4 oz). 20 lb braid on the abu, use it for soft plastics, bigger spinnerbaits, and jigs, etc.

I just ordered the Tatula CT from amazon, thanks again for your help. I will post my results when I get the chance

I think I'm sold on the CT since this is definitely not going to be a plastics rod. Thanks a lot for your help

Rod will be used for squarebills mostly, but also lipless cranks (less than squarebills though). I'm getting this rod for my smaller SB's, like the KVD 1.5, Academy CRS, Bomber Square A, etc (as in 1/4 to 3/8 oz mostly). The largest lures for this particular setup will probably be a 1/2 or 5/8 oz lipless crankbait, which is still within the Rods lure weight rating. Going to spoil it with 12 or 15 pound mono (not sure yet) and will fish it around light cover, like shallow rip rap, isolated stumps, etc. hope this answers your question

I have a 6'6" MH-F vortex casting. that I use a lot. It is good casting spinnerbaits under docks,bushes, and trees very accurately. I got it last Black Friday when it was marked down to $12.99 on the website. If you can get one for under about $40, I'd think about it, but if it's under $20 then I would definitely do it. Just know you won't be able to cash in on the warranty as the company is going out of business