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Bomber Square A down to about 3-ish feet and KVD 1.5 if I need to go a little deeper or just want to make a longer cast. May need to broaden my squarebill horizons though since my favorite Square A color is discontinued. I usually go with shad and crawfish color oriented in fall for crankbaits.

If it is just a screw in eye you can find them at lure building sites like lurepartsonline, janns netcraft, and probably Barlow's Tackle. If those are a wire through type lure then you'll need someone more capable than me to chime in. Good luck with your fix!

Do the coils smooth out after some use? I've used Sufix Siege for 4 or 5 years and it definitely has some memory and will get coils. They seem to smooth out after fishing with it some each time.

I've been tinkering with doing this by tying a doubled uni snell knot and cutting all the tags so there was a little left to act as a keeper. I used 20 lb Big Game. It worked ok but was a bit of a pain to tie. Going to try the shrink wrap and wire (or heavy mono) route to see if that works better.

Real hit and miss August for me too. Can't tell you for sure where they went but keep plugging away and you'll find them.

Not sure I've dunked any if my spinning reels but they've definitely been rained on at least. I usually just make sure they are left in a place they can dry and oil if I think it's needed. Don't know if the guy at the shop was purposely misleading you or just didn't know any better. Tackle Warehouse description for the Revo X says it has stainless steel corrosion resistant bearings.

You're Revo X should do just fine for you. If reel bearings rust in a year you got a bad one. I have a 10 year old Abu Cardinal that was maybe $50 new and it works as good as ever. Shimano and Daiwa have good options in pretty much any price range but not buying one of those doesn't mean you're destined for failure.

I use MH casting, M spinning, and my M MF crankbait rod for my WP 90s. Will probably use any/all of those for the 75s I inevitably purchase. I've been preferring my M spinning rod lately for the same reason Scott F said. The M rod just loads and casts better. Reel retrieve speed juat feels right too.

I've had good luck with the WP 90 on calm days. I move up to the bigger sizes when there is some chop on the water. Sounds like the 75 size works on those days too.

Great job and awesome write up!

The WP 90 and 110 have both been good for me, eapecially the 90. Still love a buzzbait though. Not going away for me.

Seems like the FLW moves were made to help themselves and their anglers more squarely compete with BASS. If there was a merger or buyout in the works it seems like maybe they wouldn't have bothered with the changes.

Nice! With the flurry...right after I took a break from watching...I should have known better! Too cool

Flathead on a crankbait yesterday. My by catch game is taking off. RIP to my Bomber Square A in brown/chartreuse that I caught the cat with. Fell victim to a cast net someone got snagged and left behind. Pretty sure that color is discontinued and I can only find in store at Walmart but it catches fish so time to hunt for more.

If I get zero bites on a topwater or 3 then I can usually put it down reasonably quickly. It's when I catch a topwater fish quickly that I tend to hang onto it for too long chasing another blow up.

After reading through this I was thinking exactly what @bagofdonuts just said. If you are using a weighted hook for this application maybe give what he suggested a shot (t-rig with bullet weight) and an EWG hook. I don't peg my weights a lot but I agree with those who said to peg it for this application.

From last Saturday...Picture doesn't do it justice but this wiper was a little under 9 lbs. They are a blast to catch, especially in a kayak.

Probably don't need one but are you really not going to buy one? Really? ? I have had a few 90s, a 110, and a 130. No way I won't own a couple 75s at some point. Maybe even a 190 or two.

The diameters for Advance look pretty much identical to Sufix Siege and Elite. All my combos are mono (mostly Siege) and braid. Really looking forward to trying Advance. If it has similar properties to Siege but the increased feel of a fluoro it should be pretty popular.

Man, I thought I was a cool dad when I used my WP 130 to rescue my sons' prized mini hollow-body frog that he casted off. You upped the difficulty big time!

Yeah, most likely a school of shad or other baitfish. The lake I fish the most has gizzard shad and I see that type of surface activity often.

Makes sense then, haha

Is the Kaera a smaller frog or is the King Daddy just that ginormous?

Nice work!

I read the handles will be shorter and they appear to be in the photos I've seen. Having too long of a handle or rod when kayak fishing hasn't been an issue for me personally while using rods from 6'-6" to 7'-3. I can see the potential advantage of the shorter handles though especially for any lures you move with the rod like jerkbaits or spooks.