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I find it's more important where you throw that lure as opposed to what lure you are throwing. If you look for spots where fish are hiding and congregating, you can darn near throw anything in the water and they will strike. Once you learn where the fish are and their habits in a particular pond/lake fishing becomes easier.

Totally unexpected, it came out of a round pond that, according to google earth, is 35 yards across.

Definitely bigger than 2 1/2! This thing has a deep bulky body.

Caught this little beast last night. I packed light and wasn't expecting to get any big ones and didn't bring my scale. But I hooked this sucker on my 2nd cast into a small pond. It's easily the biggest bass I've ever caught. Judging by my photo next to my arm he's about 16-17" long. The lure is a 2.5" pompadour jr. Im thinking he could be 5lbs.

That's what I see and it's confusing, especially when they don't market the particular model as technique specific. I had a 7'1' mojo bass MH fast rated for up to 1oz lures. It worked well and casted well with a 1/2oz lure. I recently ordered a 7'6" fenwick elite tech MH fast rated for 7/8 oz lures and a 1/2oz chatterbait wouldn't load the tip enough to cast well. I ended up giving up on my search for a 7'6" MH fast that was appropriate for chatterbaits, buzzbaits, plastics etc. I ended up just getting a Fenwick elite tech 7' MH fast. It should be here soon. I'd like to try a bunch of different rods but it's just not feasible. I'm almost thinking I'd need a 7'6" moderate rod to do what a 7' fast would do.

I wanted a longer rod for better casting, but what I've tried that is labeled as a 7'6" MH fast are just broomsticks compared to a 7' MH Fast in the same line.

When rated the same, such as a Med Hvy fast, are longer rods more stout than their shorter counterparts? I've noticed the longer rods seem to have a much stiffer tip.

I'll fiddle with it a bit more and loosen that spool up. I've used it quite a bit so its not my lack of knowledge with baitcasters. I've got maybe 15 hours a week fishing with it for the past 10-12 weeks. Its got a 17lb mono backing and 40lb suffix braid. I've got a fenwick elite tech 7'6" MH fast coming today. Its rated for up to 7/8 oz lures. Its going to be my chatter bait/ buzz bait/ plastics rod. Maybe frogs. I'm going to put the tatula on it and see how it does. I'd get another assasin but I want a faster gear ratio for this rod. 7x:1 or 8x:1.

The tatula is only 3 months old. I've adjusted the spool tension so that the lure has a controlled fall to the ground, but not too fast. The brakes I have set around 6. If I go any lower on the brakes and cast really hard I get a backlash- usually they backlash occurs then the lure is about 1/2 way through the cast. It's always felt like it wasn't casting far enough, even when new, but it was my first bait casting reel and I didn't know any better. I thought thats just how baitcasters were.

I love those metaniums and chronarch's

So yeah, I'd like to blow some money on something of quality that will cast into the next county.

Well using the google earth measurement system my max seems to be about 41 yards with the kastking assasin on a 7'6 cranking rod. With my Tatula on the same rod my max seems to be 34 yards. This is trowing my 1oz whopper plopper 110. I have 17lb mono on the kastking and 40lb braid on the Daiwa. I know it doesn't sound like much, but when you bank fish, 7 yards more means you get to a fish you couldn't get to with the other reel. I caught 2 last night within seconds of when my plopper hit the water about 40yds out. I wouldn't have caught those fish with the daiwa. It bugs me when I spend money on something expensive and it doesn't perform well, I don't mind paying alot for something that works good though.

I have a Daiwa tatula and just recently got a kastking assasin. I hate to admit it but the kastking is much more enjoyable to use. I can cast MUCH MUCH farther and don't really ever have to adjust magnetic brakes or anything on the reel to prevent a backlash. Maybe it's just my Tatula but it won't cast worth a crap. It birds nests if I cast too hard, I constantly have to adjust the mag brakes to compensate for wind and lighter lures, and it won't cast far at all. I thought it was great when I first got it until I saw some kids bombing lures out about 20ft further than I could with cheapo reels. I picked up a kastking assassin and was impressed. Now I'd like to get a nicer reel to replace my Tatula. Do reels with centrifugal brakes and mag brakes cast better than those with only mag brakes? I'm thinking my budget will be under $200.

Thanks that took care of it. I put a bit of light grease on the ring that the centrifugal brakes ride on. Casts soo much farther than my Tatula!

Just got mine, any issues with noise? The centrifugal brakes on mine are noisy as heck during casts and reeling.

I'm thinking I'll get the Leatherman OHT. The pliers slide out the front with one hand. Makes it easier when you have a fishing pole between your legs and a bass in the other hand. The new thing it looks like is these multi tools with bit drivers. I'm not really interested in that.

Thanks for the help. Those Helios rods look nice.

Thoughts on the gerbers? My only complaint with the leatheran was you can't open it with one hand. The gerbers allow you to slide out the pliers with one hand.

Dump your cable, up your internet speed. Get Kodi. Maybe Netflix. And YouTube of course. All u need.

Left my leatherman rebar at my spot last night. I pulled a treble out of a fish and put it down in the dark and didn't realize it was gone until this evening. Went back and it was gone. Now I guess I need a replacement. What are you guys using?

Wow! 3.6oz for the micro guide 7' MH fast. Thanks. Any issues with using tied on leaders with micro guide rods?

Looking for the lightest weight rod I could get with the above specs, Under $150. It sucks that many manufactures don't list the weight of the rod. So far the lightest I've seen is the 7'1" st. croix mojo bass MH fast. 4.2oz

My plopper 90 works ok, It does need to be moving at a decent clip to start plopping, which is somewhat counterproductive for dusk and night applications. I get more strikes with it moving slowly than fast, I wish it would move slower with the same action.

Well this particular one is a casting rod.

So my old st Croix 7'1 MH- fast jig/bait rod broke. I went to get another at bass pro but they didn't have the same one. What I ended up getting was a. St Croix 7'6" MH- mod/fast which says its for light flipping. I'm typically fishing treble hook topwater (spro rats, ploppers, pompadour), squarebills, lipless cranks, chatterbaits, smaller glide baits, occasionally plastics. I wanted a longer rod to bomb these out there so I though this would work, but it seems really stiff. Maybe I'm just not used to it yet. Thoughts?