cbfishalot

Nice job getting your first tournament fish!!!!

I own a boat and I still fish our club touraments as a non-boater.

#1 Lucky Craft Slender Pointer #2 LuckyCraft Staysee #3 Crooked Creek Tube #4 Eakins Jig #5 GYCB Grub

Texas Bass Pro The stradic is $119 and the energy is $139. What part of Texas are you from? GO AGGIES!!!!!!

Texas Bass Pro I like quantum reels out of the box. I prefer them over my 2 stradic's however I have had a problem with them lasting. I have found that they breakdown quicker then the shimano's. I'm not a saint when it comes to maintance with my reels and that might be part of the problem. I still fish with 3 quantum's and 2 are fine and 1 is breaking down. The two that are fine are less the 2 years old and I haven't had a problem with them. The one that is going out is about 3 years old. My 2 stradic's are 4 and 5 years old and the work like the day I got them. I might just have a bad taste with quantum because I did a fly-in to Canada and took 2 quantum baitcasters with me and both broke on the first day. To be totaly honest if I didn't pay for my reels I would probley choose quantum. Since I pay for my reels and can't afford to replace them every couple of years I go with longevity.

Out of the box they are both about equal but a few years down the road the stradic will still be fished and the energy won't. Shimano reels last and Quantum reels break down over time.

Welcome Daiwa and Shimano

Chris How do you like the bait?

Thats great to see the guys from the federation go to the classic!!!! Thats one long road to get there through the federation. My hat goes off to all of them. GOOD LUCK!!!!!!

Something is wrong with this picture or your not telling the whole story!! Your saying that your looking for a tournament shirt to promote a sponsor. Your paying for the shirt, they didn't give you any money, there not giving you product, you got there foot in the door or a major tackle shop, and they want you to buy there product to use and promote. Are they a least giving you a discount? DO YOU EVEN LIKE THE PRODUCT?

Has anyone fished the huddle bug from Huddleston Deluxe baits?

You'll be fishing Lucky Craft jerkbaits 99% of the time now!!!! That 1 will turn into 2 and next thing you know you'll have a box full of them.

Fluorocarbon is very sensitive bacause of the lack of streach. This is a pro of using fluorocarbon with a jeckbait. The other pro is that it is near invisable. The con is that fluorocarbon sinks and may affect the suspending action of the bait on long pauses. The other option is using a braid with a small fluorocarbon leader. I dislike extra knots and tying them aswell. I'm also going to use fluorocarbon for jerkbaits this year. The key is what you like and what works for you.

Avid St Croix TBC68MXF: What is the biggest spinnerbait you throw with it? Will that rod handle a 1/2 oz spinnerbait?

The claws hurt and the fish are not stupid they learn. They love crayfish and with one claw missing it's that much easier of a meal. It make perfect sence to remove a claw.

4bizz I'm online mainly at work if one computer crashes I just move to another. I FEEL YOUR PAIN!!! Just one more reason to go fishing!!!

To go get what my wife calls the bible from the bathroom!!! What type of guy is on the internet at 2am and isn't looking at porn?

I keep all my tackle in 3700 cases by bait type. Plastics are in the origanal bags with the exception of tubes and robo worms. My tackle bag will hold 13 cases and has two small side pockets. Tubes are in a case out of the package so its easy too find a color and rig faster. Robo worms are in a Falcon jerkbait case that will hold 14 different colors. This makes it easy to select colors more then anything. Before a go out fishing I will grab the 13 cases that I plan on using the most. All the other plastics that I might need are pulled out of there cases and put into a falcon worm bag. Spinnerbaits and buzzbaits are in falcon wallets that are attached to my bag with a caribeaner. I have my tube jig heads, round ball heads, football heads and shakey heads in 3 small plano boxes seperated by jig head type. These are placed into a falcon mag worm bag and they fit perfect. When I get onto the boat I have my rods, 1 tackle bag with 1 spinnerbait and 1 buzzbait wallet attached, and 2 worm bags. Some tackle will dry out if they are taken out of the bags and some will bleed. I'm really thinking about taking my grubs out of the package but I really think they will dry out. I fish as a co-angler in tournaments and most people can't believe how organized my tackle is. It is finding a system that fits your needs. What I do is take a bait at the store any find the case that best fits those baits. For example my 5in senkos and 4in senkos are in two different types of plano 3700 series boxes.

I'm always happy to be on the water and catching a fish helps!!!!!

If your settiing the hook so hard you breaking Gamakatsu EWG hooks use the Gamakatsu EWG Superline. If that hook breaks before your rod then let me know what rod your using. The regular gamakatsu EWG is a little thinner wire and will flex a bit in smaller hook sizes but I have never had one break. A use the gamakatsu EWG and EWG Superline but I use the owner rig & hook also. The wire thickness is between the EWG and Superline.

Don't hold out drop me a name and number!!!!!!

roadwarrior Does the Yo-Zuri Hybrid sink as fast as pure fluocarbon? Would the Yo-Zuri sink rate effect jerkbaits or topwater? Do you use a braid with a Yo-Zuri leader for jerk baits? I'M SOLD !!!!! NEED TO ORDER SOME!!!!!!!

roadwarrior Do you use Yo-Zuri Hybrid and Yo-Zuri Hybrid Ultra Soft? Is it best to use Hybrid on casting gear and Hybrid Ultra Soft on spinning gear? Is there a need for a pure fluocarbon in deep clear water at all, like on a drop shot? Is Yo-Zuri Hybrid Ultra Soft the do all line because it won't hurt my feelings to not buy another spool of pure fluocarbon again? (Yo-Zuri is alot less expensive)

A jerkbait is also one of my favorate baits aswell. The slender pointer and staysee are my go to baits.

I'm more of a St Croix guy but G-Loomis makes great rods also. If your looking at the GLX don't compare it to the avid. The avid is a good rod and not to take anything away from it don't compare it to the GLX. The GLX is G-Loomis top of the line rod so to give you a true comparison, compare it to the St Croix Legend Elite. Compare St Croix's best vs. G-Loomis's best and then make your decision.