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No hookset. Firmly lift your rod and reel quickly keeping your rod at10:00.

Rage Tail Menace, T-rigged, 1/4 oz bullet weight

Me, too!

Try to buy the Okuma Helios HTC-266V https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/catpage-OKUMARLS.html?from=basres

Looks staged to me. The pole is not in the middle of the lake, but just in front of the camera.

Help us narrow it down for you: What is your budget? Do you have a preference for low profile vs round? Is weight an important consideration?

This argument has been going on for a decade or two... Goodnight Irene.

Yes I can. Goodnight Irene.

I have the Okuma EVX 7'2" MH. True to the Power Rating and Action. This is the perfect all-around rod at the pricing point.

Recheck the chart. Sam Rayburn is currently the top pick with 15 votes and from what I'm hearing, the lake is on fire!

The chatterbait is just another variation of a jig. Set up should be the same.

"or the thread will be locked?" I don't think so. Just a discussion of what I do or others do. I am simply sharing my experience, but your results may be different. I am specifically set up for that surge from a big brown fish when it sees the boat.

Well, my way isn't the only way. So the adjustments are for individual tastes. I fish lighter line than most guys on spinning tackle because I think I get better action and more bites.

Measured with a spring scale or a free weight in a plastic grocery bag. It's fun, give it a try. This is simple: Put a 2 lb dumb bell or something with a known weight in a plastic bag. Tie the bag to line rigged on your rod. GENTLY lift the bag with your rod and adjust the drag so that it barely slips. Now, with the drag set a approximately 2 lbs, pull your line to "get the feel".

And they get stronger with a bigger tail, especially smalljaws over 6 lbs.

I am going to Guntersville around the 15th. So, we'll see. We did not do well last weekend at Pickwick during the tournament, but turned that around a little bit yesterday on the otherside of the lake (Pickwick Dam area). TVA is running a lot of water, 190,000 CFS.

Mostly spawn and post spawn. Red Eye Shad is KILLER! Jerkbaits, topwater, shallow crank baits, spinnerbaits, swimbaits and the A-rig.

Never. I set my drag at about 2 lbs and never make any adjustments.

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