Blacktail 8541

The 843 would work very well with the techniques you listed. Spinner baits and lighter swim jigs are great on the MBR. 3/8 oz. footballs are doable also.

Asian portal fishing or Digikata

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I have a 2018 Tacoma trd 4x4 . I use it to tow a Ranger 198p. I travel a little over 100 mi each way to fish clear lake and have to go over a section of mountains with big uphill and down hills. I Do not even notice that I have my boat behind me. It does have electric brakes. The biggest downfall to my set up is I loose about 4 mpg

7 up and 3 down has never failed me.

Vicious NO Fade Braid in Hi vis yellow. Color never fades and the line is small diameter vs strength. Low noise going through guides.

I purchased a pair of mini bolt cutters made for fishing and sacrifice my hooks now. A cut off hook gives the fish a lot better odds of survival. If they look to be in to bad of shape when I bring them in, They go into the live well.

6. gear for me also

Sorry to hear that. Hope that your exchange goes smooth.

I had a pair of GLoomis 843 GLX rods, 1 older series and the new series. Bothe with Diawa Steez svtw 's. Gave the older model to my brother so that he would get to experience what a nice rod feels like. Had it for a month and some one decided they needed it more than him. He went and replaced it with a new 843 GLX. I plan on getting a new 843 Conquest.

I have the conquest 843s , 842s and the 903c as well as the GLX 842, 843 & 844. To put this in prospective, the conquest are a little more powerful than their GLX counter parts. They have no trouble with throwing above or below their stated ratings. At first I thought the cnq 843s was going to be a little to heavy for throwing 5 inch senko's. But it turned out to be perfect. I use 20lb viscous no fade braid with a 5 to 7 ft leader and love it. It had no troubles with a 9.2 lb bass on it's first outing, and many more bass since. My favorite rod is the G Loomis 843 GLX. I have had 3 and plan to add the 843 conquest.

I have a Glx 844 and like a 6.5 to 7.5 oz reel on it for balance. I have a wide assortment of reels. High end to basic, both Daiwa and Shimano and ended up with a Curado K on this rod. I will be buying a Bantam MGL to try as well.

The 734 is to light for what you are wanting. I like rods on the lighter end for most techniques, but the 734 is not a heavy or medium heavy cover rod. I use both the 734 and 735. The 735 is a much better pitching and light flip stick.

I use 6lb and 8lb Tatsu on my 2500 and 3000 size reels. Some have 15 or 20 lb braid with top shots of FC. I am now trying P Line tactical in 6lb and am liking it so far.

I hope you get some replies to this question as I would like info on this also.

Had a brain fart. I was thinking the Champion series I just take mine into my dealer. No shipping charges.All my rods a Champion series, so the cost is less their also.

They are both nice. I have spinning rods in the IMX pro, Shimano Conquest and Dobyns. The Dobyns is the better value in a spinning rod. Very good sensitivity and a lot better warranty.

I write right handed, eat with a fork in my right hand and bat left handed, shoot left handed. Some things it does not matter witch hand I use, like casting. It did take awhile to learn to use my left thumb to control the bait caster spool. I predominantly use my right hand to reel bait casters and my left for spinning. I see this as an advantage because no matter what the orientation of the boat, it is still relativity easy for me to make a good cast.

Just wish they made it in a high vis yellow.

Another Vicious No Fade guy here. It does what the name says and is a very good line.

Very Nice, congratulations!

I usually release all bass I catch. But when I decide on having a dinner or two I will keep bass in the 15 or 16 in range and up to about 3 lbs. When I fish for crappie I will keep most of my limits. They taste great.

She measured 23 3/4 long. Did not get a girth.

Had a great day at Clear Lake today! This girl was caught in about 8 ft of water. Gear used was a G Loomis Conquest 843S , Shimano Stella Fi 2500 with 20lb Vicious No Fade Braid and 12 LB Tatsu leader and a owner #1 wacky hook. This was the 3rd fish caught on this combo. She took off when I set the hook and peeled off drag pretty good. I knew I had a good fish on, but was surprised at her size when I got her to the boat. Took a couple of pictures and put her into the live well for awhile so we could go find someone with a scale. I didn't have one in the boat! Found another angler with a digital scale, took 2 weight readings and took her back to where she was caught and released her . She swam of immediately.

I fish the same waters that you do Ken. The first 4 rods that fishnkamp suggested are a very versatile line up the would do you good on the waters you stated. However I would suggest the 736cb glass in place of the 5 power as you listed clear lake and the delta in your list. I would add a DC705 cb or DC705 CB Glass as a 5th rod, the reason is that they are a very good rod for every thing from jerk baits to top water and spinner baits. Gary prefers the 704 for rip baits, but the two I have listed I feel are better for crossover applications. I have the DC705 cb glass and feel it is a perfect rod for the waters that we fish.