CroakHunter

Wouldn't ever trust my life to a .380 but if I had to, I'd use something by hornady. definitely wouldn't use fmj.

10 From the bank today in an hour and a half. 76 degrees, 20 mph winds. Fish were cool, but not cold. Water temp in the high 50's or low 60's probably. Lipless, jig, spinnerbait. Biggest on jig, most on lipless

Falcons run a bit light, And are a touch slower on the action than what they are rated. I say buy it.

Hopefully sunday, I told my wife is stay up with the baby on Saturday night if I could sneak away for a few hours on sunday.

And buy 1 get one 50% off

Reconditioned means it may have been returned and they cleaned it up, or replaced a guide insert etc. The site is legit. And now they have buy one get one 50% off. You could get 2 veritas rods for 90 bucks. Or 2 fenwick for 112. Both good buys.

Go to ffotackle.com and check out a fenwick elite tech 6'9 mh

47! Please tell me you're up north?

I am planning on picking up a 7ft mh moderate fast for square bills and traps.

The winch is nice. I had mine in a 7'11 heavy cranking rod throwing 10xd cranks and it performed great. Lot of line capacity for Crankbaits.

This is my second choice. Really solid rods at 100 bucks. Fish a little heavier than labeled

That's Walhat makes it unique, it gives the whole package a body roll. They are great!

@gall

I have a lengthy review of a falcon Bucoo sr on this site. Its a really nice rod.

What about a dobyns fury 704?

Look into Lews tp1 speed sticks. They are great for the money

P-line cxx.

Your newer line choices look good. But I'm a simple guy, and only use 4 types of line, 15 and 50lb braid, 10 and 17lb copoly. 15lb braid for a spinning setup (10lb copolymer as a leader). Cranks, jerks, poppers, buzzbaits get 10lb copolymer. Moving baits such a swim jigs, spinner baits, swimbaits, bladed jigs get 17lb copolymer. Jigs, Texas rigs, frogs, etc get 50lb, some with a 17lb leader, some without.

No problem. Be sure to post pics of your catches. We would love to see them.

I use p-line cxx as a leader. For my 30lb braid I tie a 10lb leader, for 50lb braid I tie a 17lb leader. I don't use a leader For any baits that I use with 65lb.

personally, id go heavier. I prefer at minimum 30lb on my baitcasters. 30lb for medium power, 50lb for medium heavy, and 65lb for heavy

Love throwing big worms. I have some 10.5 inch worms but prefer the 12 inch mag ol monsters. They will catch all sides of fish.

Ducketts fish light, go heavy all the way around.

I fish 3/8 and 1/2 ounce jigs in a 7'4 heavy falcon Bucoo sr. I love it. I fish 1/4 ounce jigs on a 7ft medium fast action rod that we cannot talk about on here. And 3/4 and 1 ounce jigs on a 7'3 heavy lews tp1 speed stick. You could buy all 3 of these rods and be 10 bucks over your $250 budget. Pm me if you want to know what exact rod I was talking about. I also have a review on here about the falcon Bucoo

Daiwa makes a solid swimbait rod for around $110