Dens228
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I know A LOT of guys running the cut down version of the Xi3 and they all love it, raving about the dependability and Spot lock. You may be in for a bit of a wait on the kayak version, every vendor seems to be out of stock.
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I'm the same as you only opposite! LOL Last year I used a spinning combo for the first time in years.....where the cast was going was anyone's guess.....luckily I don't need to cast far when using it.
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I recently spooled two of my baitcasters with 30 lb smackdown. I hadn't casted it yet so after readying this I went out in the yard and heaved away. Long casts, short casts, pitched..........all with a 3/8 oz jig. No perceived issues yet....seemed smooth as butter coming off the spool.
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I've used a baitcaster for weightless plastics may times. IMHO it's more about the rod than the reel for finesse. That being said I do now own one spinning reel for weightless plastics and dropshotting. Now the question is will I ever dropshot for more than five minutes. LOL
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When I got back into this stuff after many years I was surprised people were using 7 foot rods. I think they were all around 5 to 5 1/2 feet way back when. Now my rods range from 6-10 to 7-4,,,,,,,,,,most are 7 feet even.
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I'm in northern Illinois and it's looking like I'll have my kayak on the water next weekend!
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Thanks, I'll take a look!
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Can anyone point me to a good pair of polarized with the cheater lens built in?
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I think some people confuse mastering a technique with knowing when to throw what. Some approaches definitely are a more of a learned technique......for example jigs or topwater frogs...... Others are more of a method, reeling in a crankbait or a spinnerbait. Of course there are some nuances to each method but some require more "technique" than others.
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Go catch some!
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Well played!
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In before this thread goes wildly astray with verbal barbs, brand bashing, and people getting their panties all bunched up and results in the thread getting locked! LOL I say by page 4, 5 at the latest..... All my reels except one are Daiwa..........
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Other than those who have never caught a bass on a Whopper Plopper I probably hold the world record for most Whopper Plopper casts per bass caught. They just don't work for me.
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I use snaps for cranks and jerkbaits because I'm often switching them up trying to find the right one for the day. I just don't see the need/advantage to adding a swivel along with the snap. It may not affect cranks as much but I'm thinking it would change the "suspending" part of jerkbaits.
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For me............... Two MH/Fast for general purpose do everything One M/Mod for crankbaits/jerkbaits/topwater One H/Fast for the slop
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One of my most productive ways to fish the summer months is a 3/8's oz swim jig on the edge of heavy weed/grass and sometimes inside the grass ripping it through the grass into clear pockets. I use a MH/Fast but straight 30 lb braid.
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MH is the best all around as far as versatility. When I got back heavy into bass fishing my first four rods were all MH since you can pretty much do anything with it. My first non MH was a H/Fast for all the slop I fish.
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I have a Frog Toggs set of bibs and jacket that I really like. They keep the rain out but also the jacket as zippered side slots as well as another one across the back with a mesh inside. I can zip them open for some ventilation and still keep dry. In fact I've only closed the zippers early and late season when it's cold. Summer they are open all the time and I've never taken water in through them.
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I only use the Willow blades.
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Count it down longer before you start reeling. 3/8 or 1/2 oz or 1 oz, they aren't going to stop sinking from being too light. Lighter might rise easier but I've found certain brands or models of chatterbaits do that more than others independent of weight.
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Years ago I got my overhead environment scuba cert in the middle of a swamp and saw gators everywhere. Our instructor wasn't concerned so I wasn't. I'm from northern Illinois so that was really my first encounter with them in the wild and guess what? None of us were eaten. LOL
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I use 6-8.
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I won big bass pot at an Ice Out tourney a couple years ago using a white/chartreuse chatter with a white SK Blade Minnow. Water was around 40 degrees and visibility was next to zero. Caught it in two feet of water on the corner of the lake the sun hit first.
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Raise base prices, have a sale that lowers it to the previous base price, make more than before, people still think they get a deal.
