MN Fisher

I could - but I like working power-shots closer in with pitching technique rather than a full-on cast.

Actually, any of the Pfluegers in size 35 or 40 will pull 28+ IPT, even the Trion which IS a 5.2. I'll be using a Trion-35 for shallow cranks and lipless - 28.1 IPT

Sounds like shock...it's a 50/50 chance he'll recover - nothing really to be done except maybe not do cast netting anymore.

Receiver locked to the truck, latch on coupling locked down...I may have a 'cheap' trailer, but it's all I got.

Lot of Diawa spinning reels use a deep spool - which does hold more line than a standard spool. xxxx2500D - the 'D' in the model number indicates a deep spool.

I do close range - 15' or less pitching. Course I have a canoe, so I bring up the TM and paddle my way through the patch. Of course the one I mainly target is not a small 'patch'. Blue line shows the approximate boundaries, yellow line is the measurement - over 400 yards long, 30-60 yards deep...yes, all lily pads.

Seems you got 3 lemons. I have a President and Trion that I used last year. Given their performance for me, I added another President and Trion for this coming year. I've been using Pflueger spinning reels for over 40 years - still have my 'ancient' 640 from the 70s and after a cleaning, I could put it on a rod and use it still. If I had the budget, I'd go with the Supreme-XT if no the Patriarch...I'm confident in Pfluegers.

Had some surgery a couple weeks past - couldn't work on the canoe, but I could do yearly maintenance on the reels. My baitcasters have all been cleaned, lubed and now spooled. All have 10# Big Game backing Left side: 1 - Fuego CT-XS with 50# Power Pro 2 - Fuego CT-H with 12# Yo-Zuri Hybrid Right side: 1 - Pflueger Supreme with 30# Power Pro 2 - Pflueger President XT with 12# Yo-Zuri Hybrid 3 - Pflueger President with 20# Power Pro Now on to the spinning reels - I'm not going to mount any on rods until ice is out...I got a small place and other than on the canoe, no room to store combos...and I still got work to do on the canoe.

You should have a 'saying'. Minnesota - "Don't like the weather? Wait ten minutes, it'll change."

Take a trip? Tonight Clear, with a low around 29. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Saturday Sunny, with a high near 52. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. South wind around 10 mph. Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

We get good patches of lily-pads here with the occasional hole - so... Power/Bubba Shot (drop-shot on steroids) 3/4-1oz weight 8"-12" below either 3/0 offset with 6"-7" ribbon-tail worm OR 5/0 EWG with 7" Missile D'Stroyer, 4" Havoc Pit Boss, or other thick-bodied plastic

With a few exceptions - all gifts - Rapala is my crank/jerkbait of choice. Yes, I have a bluegill lipless in size 7

One each - Arbor Knot...

Best bet - contact your Credit Card company. Mine is very good about reversing charges in this type of case.

I dunno about a post here - but BassGeek has a vid on that. Personally - even if you change out your backing every couple years, Big Game is still what I use. I don't trust 'cheap' braid even as a backing.

No...once through the aperture, run it through the hole on the spool, then under and tie off 'in front. When the spool turns, the line will start across the knot, not across the hole edge. Don't know how that hole was drilled, and tying the line across the 'top' puts the line in tension across those possible sharp edges. That's why I don't use the holes on 'perforated' spools like my President-XT has...those holes are 'punched' into the spool after the casting process on many reels and the inner edges 'inside' the spool center are sharp.

Perhaps - but not the 'short-way'. I'd pass the line through and tie it around the 'under-side' based on the picture. Less chance of a possible sharp edge cutting the line.

Add to this - the inside of the holes usually has a sharp edge. Using the holes to tie your line to the spool has a better than even chance of that edge cutting the line...then you're not 'connected'. Use the arbor knot - that's what it was designed for.

(whimpers) We still got 12" of ice on the main bays here.

See, I'm of the opposite opinion. Bass are ambush predators and try to engulf their prey. A trailer gives bulk to the spinnerbait, making the bass more likely to try and take it all in on gulp - thereby increasing the chance of a successful hooking. Six of one, half dozen of the other - do what you're confident with.

Shore-bound? Can't fish from the docks, but how about from the shore BY the docks. Reverse it, cast out alongside the dock past the end and reel back.

Exactly - plan for the worst even if the day starts sunny and calm. Wait? The Browns still have fans?

That one I caught? I don't know if he came out from under the lily pads or UP from within the Hydrilla. Ya, they hide in the weeds, which is why pulling a spinnerbait through weeds isn't a 'crazy idea'. Also - why can't you fish the docks? Cast alongside them to near shore and run the lure down the length. If there's a fish under them and they're either hungry or annoyed, they'll come out to get it...just like coming out from under lily pads.

If you want to jig something like that, get some football jigs. A spinnerbait is a 'moving' lure...does it's best when constantly in motion as the blades are what creates a 'thump' to draw the bass in. Jigging it would mostly eliminate the blades effectiveness. Weeds ARE cover.

I see this between my Diawa Aird-Xs and the Dobyns Furys I'm looking at Diawa M - Dobyns MH Diawa MH - Dobyns H Diawa H - Dobyns Mag-H I just look at the line/lure ratings and ignore the 'words'.