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1 lb spool of #6 will have over 6,000 yards of line. You can share with your buddies. Ronnie nice!

How is that troubling? They're backordered on a rod. It isn't as if St Croix is the only one who has that problem. I find the outright lie troubling...it probably wasn't intentional but then that would indicate some type of miscommunication...I'm not sure...I'm just upset with not having a good solid rod to use =(

The Legend Tournament Bass Rod, casting 6'6" MH Fast

there's still 6 days left for bidding so the price will jump, if it had a "buy it now" option then it'd be a steal at 99.00

I love braid, I started off using braid from the beginning on my Baitcasters and didn't think anything of it...until I tried using mono...wow...what a difference, it's alot harder using mono...with mono my hooksets have to be much harder and the feeling is a bit muted, more like pressure than taps.

I love my curado, I have it in the 101 version (small lefty 6:2:1). Though I haven't tried using a revo yet, I have seen many good reviews on them here so I don't think you could go wrong with either one of those. PS: the rebate for the curado sweetens the deal also, but it ends april 30th.

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Has anyone had any trouble dealing with them before? I broke my rod about a month ago and I sent in my rod the next day...at the time when I called them they were more than helpful...telling me that they could get a new rod to me (I did the upgrade option to a Tournament Legend rod from an Avid) within 3 days after they received my rod... Once I confirmed through tracking that they had received it I waited about 5days before calling them to see what was up...eventually they told me that the rod was backordered and had been on backorder for a while ... and that I should call back Mid MAY.... slightly ticked off about this so I guess this is a mild ranting...I understand that they don't have any stock in and that I wouldn't be able to fish anyways...but it just sucks to get your hopes up and then find out that you've been lied to... Looks to be about 1.5 months til I get a rod back. Makes me regret buying the st croix and wishing I had gone Loomis...atleast they send you the new rod first!

Cabelas has the 6lb version of ultra soft on sale for a 1lb spool, how many yds do you guys think are in it?

I'll be at ancarrows at 12ish if anyone wants to join =D !

Been using a spinning rod recently since I broke my Avid Casting rod (st croix ran out of stock on my rod so now I have to wait til mid May....but that's another gripe) ...what's a good reel for around 50-75ish? also, on a side note, how do you guys deal with line twists with braided line? I get tight knots which are near impossible to get out and once I do the next cast just puts them back in again...

Chartreuse was killer today on the James at Ancarrow's. One guy was catching them 2 at a time with a chartreuse/red sabiki rig. My fingers are all blistered from reeling them in...Fun times!

Heya armesjr, I haven't been lmb fishing too much this year since I learned about the shad, do you happen to have any spots for lmb you'd like to share? Thanks!

Heya, this lake/pond is near shortpump, I can't remember the name of it off the top of my head but it's a private lake for the community. I was confident fishing there only cause I had my friend's permission. There are a few lakes open tot he public around richmond. Message Sam (his username is Sam) and he'll point you to a few places. Good luck!

They might be the finest bass fishing rods out there, but in my opinion the warranty is half the rod itself... I don't mind spending big bucks on good gear...but not everyone can continue spending that much in the event something happens to it.

1.5in silver spoon on a 3/4oz trolling sinker....earlier in the week this guy told me to try and put an orange bead on the line above the silver spoon, he seemed to think it helped and when I tried it I did start catching more fish...I don't know if it actually helps or not but worth a shot !

I'm confused as to which area is designated for fishermen...when I go to burke lake I park in the large lot right behind the bathrooms and in front of the park boat launch. Which parking space is that?

grats! nice fish!

Went today for about 2 hours, hit 3 shad and 2 herring was fun =D

Lol Sam thanks =D I don't keep any of the fish I keep, like I said I'm a C&R guy, my interests were more for others in the event they accidentally keep something they're not suppose to @jay - sorry to hear about the smallies, if ya come down to richmond this friday I think Andrew and I are gonna try for some shad here =D They go for ~2lbs easy here and they fight like mad!

I'm a C&R guy too, but I guess it's just nice to know regulations to help out your fellow fisherman. In the event someone next to you is mis-informed about keeping a certain species. Micro - you're right about the commercial fishing, I just figured it would apply to recreation but I guess it doesn't! Thanks for pointing me straight. What about the other website I posted? http://www.mrc.state.va.us/regulations/swrecfishingrules.shtm If you scroll down to American shad it says: Illegal to possess American shad caught from the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries The james spills into the Chesapeake doesn't it? Which would then make it a Chesapeake tributary meaning it'll be illegal to keep any American shad!

Heya guys, I don't know if you took a look at the site I posted but here it is again http://www.mrc.state.va.us/regulations/fr530.shtm It's the regulations regarding American shad which was updated Feb 2008, so it's the most recent regulation. (This is the VMRC website, not a random source on the internet also) Just a small snippet.... D. Possession of American shad by any person permitted in accordance with this section shall be lawful only when those American shad were harvested from the bycatch area. Possession of any American shad harvested in Virginia waters that are outside of the bycatch area shall constitute a violation of this regulation, except as described in 4VAC20-530-32. Bycatch area being... "Bycatch area" means those tidal waters of (i) the James River, from the James River Bridge upstream to a line connecting Dancing Point and New Sunken Meadow Creek; (ii) the York River, from the George P. Coleman Bridge upstream to the Rt. 33 Eltham and Lord Delaware bridges at West Point; and (iii) the Rappahannock River, from the Norris Bridge upstream to the Rt. 360 Downing Bridge at Tappahannock. The rest of the page pretty much says it's legal to have American shad within these bycatch areas to a certain extent...but not outside of these areas. The question now is... Where the heck is "James River, from the James River Bridge upstream to a line connecting Dancing Point and New Sunken Meadow Creek" What I've outlined, of course, only pertains to the Richmond area...

I think it's the VMRC that regulate them. http://www.mrc.state.va.us/regulations/fr530.shtm Also on this page if you scroll to American Shad it states straight up... "Illegal to possess American shad caught from the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries" http://www.mrc.state.va.us/regulations/swrecfishingrules.shtm

In Richmond all I know is that at Ancarrow's Hickory is legal as is Herring but American Shad are not. I've see the game warden come through Ancarrow's checking licenses and buckets...its funny cause as soon as the game warden shows up half the area clears out....I need to start taking pictures of the shad I catch...they're pretty darn big...~2lbs and they fight hard =D

I went last week friday, at around noonish, people around me were catching Perch but the shad didn't start hitting til a little later. I was using a small spoon and wasn't having too much luck at first but the guy next to me was using a larger spoon and was catching them let and right. Gold and Silver both work.