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Finished Rod #2 No butt wrap on this one. It's built as a casting rod on a Baston spinning blank. I'll be pairing it with a Daiwa Sol and using it for the majority of my tube fishing.

Okay, all or any of you that also carp fish. I'm looking for a bait recipe. Nothing too involved, just a few ingredients preferably. I take a bunch of kids out and have been targeting bluegill, but the older ones are more than ready to tangle with a cat or carp. There are more carp where we go, but other than canned corn, I'm at a loss as to what to use.

Much better advice than fishing for bluegill

I have a Spook that lost the majority of its foil finish the first season I used it. By the end of the second season, it was all gone, but for five seasons it was my 'go to' when I needed to fill out a limit. I ended up loosing it to the trees when my line broke on the cast. I spent over an hour trying to retrieve it. I even went back with my telescopic tree trimmer, but it was GONE! I have two other baits with the exact same finish that I bought at the same time.......not the same.

Personally, I've never heard this. It does have some validity for those points extending out from the east or west. The north side would receive the LEAST amount of sun and therefore the most shade. It would also be the side protected from strong north or west winds. Although I'm always looking at shade and wind when searching for active fish, I never considered which side (north/south) of a point to focus on. My choice was/is based on the side with the best structure leading up to the shallows.

My favorite fluorocarbon is NONE. Never had a problem with it jumping off the spool, suppleness, knot failures or any of the other problems most fluorocarbon lines have. I wouldn't recommend it because there is so much peer pressure on using one or another of its competitors. For me, it's strictly a confidence thing.

I'm not on the wagon and any brew is offensive to my taste buds. Give me a spicy Bloody Mary with plenty of veggies for breakfast and a couple of shots of Cazadores if the water is on the rough side.

Although most of the lakes in that area are busy on the weekends, some have no wake restrictions from around 8:00PM until 10:00AM and even the ones that don't are usually not overly crowded during those hours. If you are a multi species angler, or don't mind an occasional pike, the bigger lakes are the way to go. If you're concerned about rough water, or are looking to target only bass or walleye, Como, Elizabeth, Marie, Powers or the Twin Lakes won't disappoint you.

I also golf on occasion. I don't have a $300 driver or a $150 putter. I aLso am not a scratch player nor do I aspire to be. When I fished competitively, I purchased the best equipment I could afford. If I ever felt a $20 crankbait would make a difference at weigh in, I wouldn't think twice about purchasing one.

I like an Arkie head jig. It's an all purpose style that has served me well. Many companies offer them and although I do prefer the trailer keeper on the Terminator one. Siebert swim jigs are awesome in vegetation that the Arkie would bog down in and a mop jig has the weight I sometimes need for deeper presentations.

spooling it tight will help to elininate the line digging in. Yes, it may respool looser while fishing, but that first good sized fish or a snag will be the only reminder you need that the tighter the line is on the spool, the less chance it has of digging in. My first cast after either of those scenarios almost always results in a backlash due to this happening. Then again, I only use 30lb. with a diameter of .010 in. do that is also a possible contributor.

I use both Spike-It and JJ's and they both have one thing in common; you end up with weird colored finger tips and that has the same effect as a sweater vest when it comes to your chances of scoring with that hottie that just walked in your favorite drinking establishment. I forgot, we're talking fishing..............Sorry

Three old geezers were sitting on a park bench. The fellow in the middle say reading the paper while his friends were 'fishing' casting out their imaginary lures and reeling in their 'fish'. This went on for the better part of an hour when a policeman approached the man reading the paper. "You need to get your buddies out of here. They're disturbing everyone." The man calmly put down his newspaper, grabbed his imaginary oars and frantically started rowing.

See my original post. I purchase those two colors in bulk although a glow in the dark bone was my mainstay for night fishing, my supplier no longer produces them so I've been going with a black neon.

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For those of you that were contacted about a get together on Lake Webster this May,I'm sorry to inform you that this group outing isn't going to happen. The response I received was positive, but the lack of boaters that were able to attend far outweighed non-boaters and after looking at options like boat rentals and who would be attending on which day or days, I decided to cancel. I am however interested in outings that would involve you and I getting together for a day or two. A three hour trip on my part is not out of the question and 'mi boata es su boata.' Thanks for your interest and please keep in touch. Joe

There appear to be two trains of thought on this subject and if you are objective in your thinking, you will see that both are correct. For reaction types of baits and retrieves, the fish focus on their attack and even in super clear water line visibility shouldn't be a deterrent. For slow moving baits and retrieves that are targeting a feeding response the fish also are focusing on the bait, but their focus is in determining whether to eat it, or not. Just ask anyone that has watched a smallie eye their jig for what seems like an eternity, only to swim away. Would you use a highly visible line in that situation? The bottom line here is your confidence in your choice for the conditions you're faced with. as with lure selection, scent, rods and reels. If you approach your decision objectively, the answer presents itself. Whether you choose to ignore it is up to you.

Or maybe pesto. When's dinner?

Sorry guys. I meant to post this in the Everything Else forum.

Never happens to me.

I'm becoming more and more aware of the fact that I am becoming way too dependent on tubes as my soft plastic choice for most applications. My mainstay for decades was the plastic worm, but during inventory of my worms recently I found that the majority of my worms were untouched last season. I observed the same thing when I examined my Flukes and beaver style baits. I can't remember the last time I tied on a lizzard to a C-rig. Might I even have an addiction to these things I asked myself??So I took a little test in an attemtpt to find out. 1. Which soft plastic to fish weightless? a) Fluke Senko c) Tube 2. Which soft plastic to T-rig? a) Worm Creature c) Tube 3. Which soft plastic to C-rig? a) lizzard worm c) Tube 4. Which soft plastic to flip a) craw worm c) Tube 5. Which soft plastic to use in a search presentation a) football jig/craw C-rig/worm c) Tube 6. Which soft plastic to wacky rig a) Senko Trick worm c) Tube My results (five out of six answers were 'C') are the reason I'm doing a search for a Tube-a-holic support group. I need help!! Opening day is six weeks away and I've already ordered two gross of them in green pumpkin and another gross in watermellon. At this rate, I'll have acquired an additional eighteen gross by then. Please direct me to a chapter of TA (or T and A) in my area. Either that or tell me that I'm not loosing it completely, because after all I haven't stooped to wacky rigging them.............yet. Note. On the off chance that you do know of a chapter of 'T and A' in my area, please forward that information either way. The distraction would be welcome.

RoadWarrior did a great review on this reel and it was after reading it and along with recommendations from other members,I decided to purchase it.I'm a die hard Daiwa guy, I own nine of them and chose this over the Tatula as my next purchase. It's packed with features, light (5.6oz.) and the difference in price allowed me to add some tackle I'd been wanting. I honestly don't expect this reel to be the work horse my TDA's are or have the ability to cast light baits as easily as my Sols, but as a multipurpose reel I do have high expectations. I'll give it a couple of months of frequent use and attempt a shot at an unbiased review.

Mine is a Mitchell 300, the first reel I ever bought back in the 60's. As for a baitcaster, I still have and use the first low a profile Daiwa I've owned.

The very least I would go with using a 5/0 hook would be 12lb. If it's a flipping hook,17lb. A light wire,maybe 8-10lb. This is for use with a M/H Rod with a fast tip. If your, rod has a moderate tip, I'd go 17lb. as a starting point. You can get away with using a Rod with a moderate tip for worm fishing, but keep in mind that between the stretch of mono and the flex in the rod, you're going to need to adjust hour hook-set or you won't be able to drive that hook in past the barb. Light wire hooks, skin hooking the worm and short casts will all up your odds. That being said, you may want to consider using braid.

As for knots, again it all depends what type of topwaters. For walking baits and floating minnows, I like a loop, or Rapala knot. For spoons and frogs, I prefer a palomar. For most others it will be one or the other depending on the action I'm trying to achieve.