MaxumBass

Basspro's swizzle sticks work well for me. Catch a lot on the retrieve....

I have been saving all my tore up soft plastics in a gallon freezer bag. As soon as I feel I have enough I will order some Mend-It and do them all in one sitting. That way I will get my moneys worth before it dries up...

Give me a Zoom fluke...

I have been saving all my tore up bait in a ice cream bucket... When I feel I have enough to warrant buying a bottle,I'll try it again. Last bottle, which was plastic didn't last a month before it dried out. I bought some "Venom" worm glue in a glass bottle and it was dried up when I got home.Took it back and ALL the bottles the shop had were like that....so I still have doubts about the longevity of the stuff...

The high speed jet is plugged...you need a special screw driver to remove it with out damaging it. One can be made in a pinch but be careful.

Make sure the pawl on your level wind isn't wore out or dirty. Some bait-casters seem to put more on one side than the other for some reason.

Had a Bill Dance hook remover..loved it. It could have been a little longer. I saved many a fish that had swallowed the hook. It went up thru the gills and grap the hook and then twist it out..awesome! Naturally I dropped it overboard last year , but replaced it with another brand with I haven't used yet. One of the best pieces of tackle to own in my opinion just for the fishes sake.

The Zebco ZO3 comes with a spare spool....

I tear all my reels down in the fall and throw all the parts in a 5 gallon bucket. Gives me something to do in the spring figuring out what goes to what..... J/K

You will have trouble with ANY spincast if you reel it in with no weight and slack in your line. The line gets all wadded up on the spool. I try to teach my wife and others to pinch the line between her fingers as she reels in...also cleans off the gunk. I even do this with my baitcasters when the cotton woods are in bloom or the duck weed is bad....

I have a ZO 3 I bought for my wife and it is bullet proof...If she can't screw it up, no one can! ;D Other spincasters I have bought her ( Diawa, Abu ) all seem to have issues. I would not be afraid of the Pro model but dont like the single handle that much.

That does look like some shoddy workmanship.... :-[

Zoom super flukes and Cabela's Agua-glow Hoochie-Choochie Shad.

I change mine every spring when I'm cleaning and lubing my reels. Probably not really necessary but I do it anyway. Used to leave it on forever until I started doing my own maintenance and never seemed to be a problem.

My Brother...He almost always out fishes me from the back of my boat. It inspires me to try to be better with my technique....