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I have no experience with the Curado MGL 70, but the SLX MGL 70 is a pretty sweet reel for bomb casting light baits. I would give it the edge over the Curado K for whatever that is worth.

I have got a Daiwa Tatula CT for $80 off ebay a few years back. The new version does seem to be running around $118 at the moment though.

I haven't seen this with any of my Tatula rods, but it may look ugly, but those guides aren't going anywhere anytime soon at least.

I only use rod covers when I throw a rod inside the hull of my kayak prior to this year. This year I have a few rods with AGS guides which are a little fragile, so I've been putting them in a rod sock before throwing it in the rod tube in the back of my truck for extra protection.

If I can find cover that matches any of the following, it's probably worth targeting. Cover near any notable structure, such as on a point Cover with quick access to deep water (often a prime target for big bass!) Cover that is unique to an area - ever see a lake with 20 fallen trees on one side of the lake but just one on the other side? I'd bet that one holds fish. Cover with the wind blowing into it Cover in an appropriate depth of water for the time of year. Usually I like at least 2.5ft of water, but sometimes cover in a little over a foot can also hold bass.

If I say you agreed to make me some but really didn't, does this mean I will get free spinnerbaits? ?

Yeah so I guess they only offer certain sizes without a deep spool now in the Tatula LT line. A couple years back, I could get any size without a deep spool and they only had it as an option in two sizes. So I guess I did buy a deep spool reel, but didn't realize it yet (might be nice if they'd send me the rod I bought with it already so I could actually use it and notice these things lol)

@sschrad thanks! I booked Cedar Point, I'm not sure if that gets as overgrown closer to Lake Ontario or not, Kring Point didn't have a lot available and I wasn't sure what I wanted so that made the decision for me. I figure I will keep it on the shore and when I do cross, I will go straight across to the island and my crossing will be limited to going along the shoreline of the nearby island.

I never buy deep spool reels, the amount of line you have to add as backing on them is rather insane. Some Daiwa reels just happen to run larger, like the BG 2000 is a normal brands 2500 size - which is a good size because you can run 6, 8 or even 10 on it if you wanted.

Many of Daiwa's 2000s size reels run larger but the Crossfire LT does not. The BG 2000 would be fine with 6, 8 or even 10 is the same size as the Crossfire LT 2500. While you could run 8lb line on a 2000, the 2500 would be a better choice in this case.

You never really know, but trout eating bass tend to get pretty big

For 8lb line or 15lb braid, go with the 2500. For 6lb line, go with the 2000.

Funny, I just watched the video below last night. Also check out of the kitboga channel if anyone ever gets bored, he gives them the runaround and keeps them on the phone for hours, disguising his voice often as "grandma" or whatever. Or even better...

Our local West Marine had them for $600 or 700 or somewhere in between, but they sold out (even the display model) more recently. As for the OP, you will like this unit. I have the 93sv UHD (with the GT54UHD transducer) and it's very user friendly and the imaging is quite good. The new GT56UHD transducer's is even better primarily as the side view has a full return to about 100 ft out, but good luck finding one as they are backlogged due to the pandemic

I usually carry 5 or 6 3700s and one under the seat of soft plastics, plus other soft plastics under my seat in the tray. Unless I decide to load a day box of soft plastics, 3 of those could be just soft plastics. Sometimes that works, but other times it doesn't.

Same, then I throw them in an open compartment box. In this case, I could make it three compartments, one for craws, one for T-Riggable soft plastics and one for finesse plastics.

I used to be pretty good at that.

Sometimes I feel like bass will only bite my spinnerbait if they know I brought my full jig, jerkbait and topwater collections with me.

It's not likely worth a lot as the Ugly Stik rods and reels are typically not very expensive to begin with.

I expect that we've all been in this situation before. I had three open compartment 3700 boxes organized to hold soft plastics, one for finesse baits, one for creature baits and one for stick baits and plastic worms (pretty much anything I'd T-Rig). I bought a double deep box that can be open compartment or three compartments, figuring I could consolidate into two boxes and the double height would let me fit more under the seat in my kayak. But today when I went to reorganize it, I ended up using one divider to make it a two compartment box, just moving baby brush hogs into the creature bait box and adding a few more things into my worm box that didn't fit before, which wasn't exactly what I'm going for. Now I'm wondering if I'd be better off using the three compartments and just loading up what I plan on taking for the day on the kayak.

I like jigs when I can get away with one. It seems like I have a better hookup ratio throwing a jig into heavy cover. Sometimes I'm better off throwing a creature bait on a flipping hook though if I'm finding the jig is pulling up a ton of grass. I'll usually use a Rage Bug or Sweet Beaver for flipping or pitching directly into cover, but I usually go for craws or chunks for working the bottom or around the cover.

So I caught my first fish of the year yesterday. Nothing special just a tiny pike, but it's something. I'm happy with myself since I haven't got the kayaks out of my mom's basement (hope to get them sometime this week) and most of our shore fishing spots are fairly shallow and the water is still quite cold.

What kind of boat is this? Is this a bass boat, or a 14 ft jon boat? I have rented 14 ft row boats with my kids. Whoever is in front and back can generally cast freely and the person in the middle is usually who has it hard. If the person in the middle was gently rowing us around while the others look for fish, then not a problem but if we're all trying to cast, we all kind of have to pick a spot and call it before casting. In a bass boat, you should be able to put one in the back and one up front without getting in the way. Try to keep the trolling motor on low to keep the prop wash down. I would also setup the boat at least 10' away so the person in front can cast or flip/pitch to the left and the person in the back can cast to the right side and being 10' away if possible will give a fair amount of area away from the boat that each person can cover as opposed to being right up in it, unless you're in some cover that is so thick where you have to flip in it.

I have some fluorocarbon on one reel that I put on maybe two years ago. I spray some KVD line spray on it periodically and I'm good to go.

I learned to use the baitcaster with one. It's the most rickety reel I've ever used, the handle wobbles side to side a bit, the brakes aren't the best but it works and while it doesn't see as much use due to owning several better reels, it still works just fine. And it may be good if you are looking to learn, because it will force you to properly train your thumb and make good casts alike. I think I know what you are trying to say, but if reading this literally well that's not exactly right. What I find is I like magnetic brakes better for heavier lures as slow on startup is not only not an issue for heavier lures, but welcomed.