roadwarrior

Hmm... I would keep an eye on our Flea Market and pick up a used Citica. 8-)

Wow! That's quite a review...Thank you. -Kent

Doesn't sound interesting to me at all. I like "soft" plastics. 8-)

These are some pictures from the Saturday before catching the smallmouth in my avatar. On two consecutive outings, I caught ten brown fish over 5 lbs. http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/smallmouth_record.html 8-)

Tie a Blood Knot and see if that helps. http://www.animatedknots.com/bloodknot/index.php 8-)

A more versatile rod is the AVS68MXF. ML is too wimpy for most soft plastic presentations. 8-)

Cheap: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20166-cat20287&id=0069002124466a&navCount=1&podId=0069002&parentId=cat20287&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=9IS&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat601233&hasJS=true Inexpensive: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/horizontal-pod.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/pod-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20166-cat20287&rid=&indexId=cat20287&navAction=push&masterpathid=&navCount=3&parentType=index&parentId=cat20287&id=0060366 Trendy: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20166-cat20287&id=0065123124301a&navCount=6&podId=0065123&parentId=cat20287&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=IK&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat601233&hasJS=true

The Saturday before Thanksgiving in 2004 my fishing partner, Speedy Madewell, caught a 10 lb smallmouth on the Tennessee River below Pickwick Dam. I had the privilege of netting, weighing and holding that fish. I told Speedy if he was ever going to keep a fish, this was the one. He replied, "Let her go". I went to the front of the boat and handed her off to Speedy. He gave the monster a smooch and released her. As a sidenote, our guest, Buddy Cotton, helped with the weighing. The fish was wild and our initial reading was just over 13 lbs. It took awhile to calm the fish and get the reading down to 10. This is as close as I have come: http://forums.basspro.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=026926 8-)

Repeat: Gotta have at least a couple of 10s before you are in contention. Kali is not in the hunt. The Mid South region is the only contender. That's a lot of water and the exact river/ reservoir is up in the air, but Dale Hollow is still most likely. The Cumberland River and the Tennessee are the other candidates. No Kalifornia, no Great Lakes. :

How 'bout the Fat Man? http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&um=1&q=mark+mangino&revid=245598476&ei=LjkUS4mxHs-6lAeO87yxAw&sa=X&oi=revisions_inline&resnum=0&ct=broad-revision&cd=1&start=0

Great reel, but wrong-handed!

I didn't catch any fish on them when other lipless cranks were working. My best luck has been with the XCalibur Xr50 (Chrome Blue/ Orange). http://www.xcaliburtackle.com/photo_pop.asp?images/XCalibur_Baits_Rattle_Chrome_Blue_Full.jpg 8-)

Great pic! 8-)

Here's some reading for you: http://www.in-fisherman.com/smallmouth-bass This is the book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d.html?a=0929384504

Welcome aboard! 8-)

Geez... Those are some beautiful fish! ;D ;D ;D

Agreed! My AVC66MF is matched up with the Core. 8-)

It's the entire package that works best together. This is my suggestion: 7' MF rod (Avid AVS70MF or G.Loomis SJR843S); Shimano Stradic 2500CI4; Yo-Zuri Hybrid or Hybrid Ultra Soft #6. 8-)

Any soft plastic will work, use YOUR favorite. I have had good luck recently with the GYCB 6 1/2" Kut Tail. 8-)

Definitely a favorite of mine. I fish them T-rigged, unpegged; on a split shot rig; Evolution Shake2; weightless and on a drop shot rig. 8-)

Next week the Titans face the undefeated Colts. Should be fun! 8-)

CONGRATULATIONS!

Tennessee 20 - Arizona 17 99 yard drive for the win! Vince Young has blossomed into a premier NFL quarterback. He has always had the potential and now he has stepped up to the challenge. WOO-HOO!

I have the Dobyns Champion 683C. The rod's "power" is comparable to the St. Croix EC70MH and G. Loomis MBR854C. All three are fast action. 8-)

Welcome aboard! 8-)