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Get better at finding productive areas. Catch a DD.

Very interesting. very confusing too Now I understand though, thanks for that

But the Steez A does have an SV spool

I personally would spool it with 20 or 25# P-Line CXX. No leader necessary and more than enough strength to handle any bass.

Go for it. In my opinion it's a great combo. You get the cool factor from the green accents and the Winn grips, but more importantly I believe that Lew's reels are good for the money and you should get years of fishing out of that combo.

Where his waypoints are on the lake p.s. Here's a really cool link to find the answers to some of the questions people will have on here about how pros rig their boats: http://www.bassmaster.com/inside-elite-boats

Sounds like you need H & XH casting combos to me And maybe a MH spinning aw man, I removed it when it said $0

So the 2016 Steez SV TW is supposed to be for lighter lures (and it is a light reel) while the 2017 Steez A SV TW is supposed to be just as smooth but more durable (and therefore a little more heavy)? So the only advantage to the current model is the lighter weight? I wonder if the Steez A will be the same $500 price as this year's model? Also I assume this will be a Classic release? Also, I find it funny that in the video @rippin-lips linked here that they imply that you can't throw heavy lures and catch solid fish with the current model. Line capacity is overrated; I put less than 75 yards of line on my Aldebaran (rated for 85yds of 12lb, I use 15lb) and I have never spooled it, and I've thrown an A-rig on it before. That and the current Steez has 11lbs of drag, that's plenty except for in extreme situations (flipping a terribly thick mat and hooking into 5+ pounders). I bet Ish could have landed that bass just as easily with the current model in that video. All that being said, I'm definitely very interested in this new Steez A, I just laugh at some of the things these guys say in the video to sell the reels.

Good find. Cabela's has them online for that same price if you're already ordering something from there

Any sonar will find a creek channel, and a Deeper is a sonar unit. Maybe try the google map trick(?) and use that as a starting point to run your deeper until you find the creek channel. It should just be a temporary depth change where it drops below what is normal for the area and comes back up pretty soon after (like a big U shape almost). It'll vary depending on how deep or well defined it is in your lake but that's the gist of it from what I understand

I can't because too many of you will be shopping so they'll need my help (I work at Cabela's)

That look of pure disappointment... In this case we did use a lure retriever, but something weird happened and my line broke while trying to bump the lure free. Must have been around a sharp stick or something, I'm still not sure what happened. I've gotten my Deps 250 unstuck from about 6 or 8 logs with a good lure retriever, my Hudds have never not come off a hangup except for this time... Lure retrievers are amazing! That hurt my soul to read... RIP!

mod-fast unless you plan to rip cranks through grass

Come here to pay your respects for innocent lures who deserved a good life but went too soon... I lost a brand new 8" Hudd today

I believe that, but I don't believe you only casted 75-125 times those days

I don't know if I believe that

Primarily bass but definitely multi-species. I have rigs for catfish, crappie/bluegill/trout, and 2 fly fishing outfits (4wt for panfish & trout, 8wt for bass). I would like to catch carp, they are powerful and underrated fish. I would like to catch them on spinning tackle or my 8wt fly fishing rig. I've trout fished a couple times, I'd like to spend more time doing that too, either ultralight tackle or my 4wt.

My 11.12 (that's about 11-2) was caught this May on Toledo. Here are a couple posts about it. http://www.louisianasportsman.com/details.php?id=9644#

paint should not affect the action

Good idea. I could see myself dyeing the skirt chartreuse with dip n glo on a green pumpkin hula grub

I'm not Tom and I wasn't born yet in the 80s, but that sounds like a similar concept to the Cabin Creek brand "salty spider parts."

from Damiki, taken from the TW website. Based on this, you should just contact them and they should replace it. There no reason that you should have to repair a crankbait of any kind after catching 2 fish on it.

Is the difference that these will have a wider "wobble"?

At least part of this year's Black Friday special at Cabela's will be Quantum Energy reels & Tour KVD 150s. Nice reels. Not sure the sale price but obviously it will be priced very low.

Just got 3 new Lew's in. 2 Tournament Lite G's and a Tournament MB, all with the 95mm carbon fiber handle added on. I put the MB on my E6X crankbait rod, a Lite on my IMX topwater/jerkbait rod (both are replacing my old MG's) and the other Lite is waiting for a home