Patrickcatalano

Thank you so much Sam!! Tight Lines

Thank you Sam. It is part of a river that leads into a smaller lake. The general location is in the suburbs of Chicago.

Hi. I am fishing a tournament next week for school. Today we had about 4-7 inches of snow but not all of it stuck. The past week has been hovering in the 60’s with a few days of 70’s. The day of the tournament is calling for 62 degrees with some rain and the entire week is supposed to rain. The water conditions are stained-murkey and it doesn’t get deeper than 15 feet but mainly between 4-5 feet. It is a soft bottom with some weeds underwater. What kinda baits should I use? Thanks

There’s always St Croix if you want high end. I have the legend tournement and the avid X. If you are looking for an all around rod, there’s a company called G-Rods that make rods out of graphene. I have one and love it, it’s extremely sensitive and worth every penny.

I used reelmagic for awhile and never noticed a difference. I always thought kvd was better

Hello all, I am looking to get a 7 ft heavy rod for frogs and punching at the bass pro spring classic. What would be on everyone’s reccomendation? I’ve been looking at the St Croix Mojo bass or Bass X, or a Shimano SLX. Thanks Pat

By the way, I ordered the Metanium yesterday. I would think that with this being a $400 reel that it shouldn’t have these problems. I just had it sent back and got a refund

Thank you! I just purchased the metanium MGL online about 20 minutes ago.

Alright thank you. I think I’m gonna order the Metanium from there. Only concern is what you said about the “main gear being brittle”, how long would it last if I don’t change the gear? I’ll be honest, I’m not the best at assembling things.

Thank you again everyone, my only concern is that they don’t have warranty’s on reels shipped to America? Is that true? I found it on this forum

Is that website to be trusted? I looked there and all of the prices are in Yen.

Good to see you again Stephan, Is it the Curado that has the Aluminium Gears? I changed my mind to now between the Metanium and Chronarch.

The chronarch is the other one I’m considering.

So in two days I went from looking at the Curado K to now seriously considering getting the Metanium. Is it worth the 400$ or should I pass?

So I’m getting a crankbait combo and I’m stuck between these two reels. For the rod I have a 7’2”, Medium Power, Moderate action, St Croix Legend Tournament Bass.What reel is preferred for crankbaits? Tight lines Patrick

Hello everyone, I am looking to get a crankbait rod and reel. So far I’m leaning towards the St Croix Premier cranking rod (7ft, moderate action, medium power), and then for my reel, I’m looking at the Lews Tournament MB , Lews BB1, or the Abu Garcia Revo SX. I am torn on the reels also trying to keep the reel and rod under $180. Any suggestions? tight lines patrick

I heard that St. Croix is releasing a rod series that is made for kayaks called the mojo Yak

I have a 6’6” avid x medium fast rod with my Stradic (3000) and it works like a dream. I use for just about everything from trout to pike to bass. If you want a combo that is reliable, I would pair these together. It works so well that friends of mine won’t put it down when they use it.

Hello all, I recently got the new Cabela’s add and noticed that the Fuego series (excluding the Lt) is going on sale and wondering if it’s worth to pick up?

Hello everyone, I purchased these hooks at a local fishing store and they were 75% off. They are gamakatsu 3/0 skip gap hooks, what would be a good use( other than skipping) for them? Tight lines Patrick

I’ve noticed one of the least talked about casting reels in my opinion is the Revo Premier Gen 4 . I bought it with a coupon and Christmas and have used it a lot with my G rods pro bass and it works perfect. I can cast far with it and the reel is very smooth. I never saw a review on it and when I tried it out at bps, I was amazed. I too have noticed that people don’t really talk about Abu anymore.

I’ve used the president as well as the President Limited Edition which is very similar to the XT and they are both really good. I’d prefer the LE because in my opinion it is smoother as well as casts farther but also more expensive. Like I said the LE is almost exactly the same as the XT just a different color I believe.

For those kinds of baits, I use a 6’6” fenwick Eagle. It’s not the most flashiest set up and by no means a high end rod but I got it for $60 and I’ve had it for 3 years and I’ve used it from throwing Blue Fox spinners for trout and pike to throwing Hula stickZ for bass and it’s held up a lot. With your budget you can easily get a much better rod but here’s a cheaper and reliable option.

Can’t go wrong with a pfluger President xt

So it’s the end of February and I’m getting cabin fever and decided to hit up a couple of ponds this weekend. I’ve never fished this early before but I’m willing to give it a go. Any tips? The ponds aren’t the greatest around me but still hold decent fish.