jakkbauer

i caught a heron before on a mepps... it was terribly embarrassing him flying around with my drag screaming landing across the river... i had to just break it off once he was in a safe spot it was all i could do

well done!

so for me usually immediately following or even during a nice rain fishing is rather good however the next day after a heavy rain and post frontal conditions i usually find the fishing to be not so great but if you have a day to fish its a day to fish which is better than no day to fish

i would rather drop it in the lake than have it stolen, at least that way you paid the fish gods, this way you get nothing out of it ?

just spend like 20 to 30 more and get the stradic ci4... if you have to just dont eat for a couple days

i have 2 curado k and 2 chronarch ci4 on my casting rigs... if you want a smaller reel go with bantam or maybe look at some chronarchs or the bantam which is a little heavier than the chronarch but still small. if you want light chronarch will be your answer or if you want small and sturdy like a tank the bantam. i dont think i would necessarily recommend a curado k though as it is larger profile, and heavier than chronarch so in your case i might just drop the cash on the bantam. not that curado is bad but i just use it for heavier rigs and the chronarch fits that nice in between that and my spinning gear

i use this rod for senkos and jerkbaits with a stradic 2500. works great

those shots are awesome that looks intense! nice post dude!

please tell us more about these Steven Kink novels

just depends on your target. that will dictate your style. is it a trophy? are you looking for fish to eat? these things will change what you have to do to get what you want

SLX

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hey man good luck out there. I dont personally have any tips for that water but I do know I have seen some fellas talking about lake juliette on maybe Lanier Area Kayak Enthusiasts site you may check that out if not much response here.

i have had my chronarch make some pretty weird sounds when fighting big browns in the river current its like a cracking/ scraping sound on the reel i thought for sure the first time the brown had exploded my chronarch lol it ended up being fine i have no idea what happened but the next time i caught a big brown the spool was making some weird noises again which went away after a few casts... chronarch is the ci4 model basically i am just saying i dont know I don't understand it is but it has happend to me but only on big fish in currents

all that matters is you put that stradic on the mojo

yes, maybe better if your fish wants to eat the magnum

go buy more

6'6

maybe right between if there was such a thing lol it is really my favorite rod i own and it has handled all of my biggest fish in an incredible way just playing perfectly no matter what they decide to throw at me (jumps, shakes, whatever) the action for jerks is a light twitch of the wrist for a small frantic action or more of a pull back for long glides (depending on your bait of course) i can throw it all day it is light, balanced perfectly with a chronarch ci4 if someone stole all my rods and left me with one i would want the 704cb to stay

i owned a st croix 68 mxf jerkbait rod. too fast. i now use, depending on the lure weith, a 704cb in graphite or 705cb in fiberglass. i would not go back to the st croix and it was a legend tournament rod if that says anything

just do it

You. Are. Wrong.

If you dont go out of Bud N Mary's in Islamorada I feel really sorry for you

actually you would be surprised. when I was in my 20s I worked retail and we would be asked to destroy stuff every now and then. we had a bin where we would put it all and then one lucky day somebody got to go out back and destroy it however they saw fit and put it all into the dumpster. usually reflected the end of the line in some form of technology that had become dated, or some kind of product that was going to be no longer made because it was a total POS

either a barbie or ninja turtles combo imo