Joshua van Wyk

In a good way or a bad way?

Those look stunning! I never considered buying a Powell, but now I have yet another contender on my big list of rods I want.

You may or may not know this, but Daiwas have a very specific way they need to be set up for maximum distance. I have mine with the spool tension set to where there is a little bit of side to side play, and I start with the external dial at 15 and work your way down.

I'm sorry but that will never work. Obviously the reel is defective. If you could be kind enough to send me the reel I will gladly dispose of it for you

Why not anything Cabelas brand? Personally I've had 4 cabelas rods and they've all impressed me. I have a 13 year old Xml that's held up great.

What do you guys think of this rod? Is there a specific model you'd use for crankbaits? I'm still looking for a crankbait rod, and I keep going back to the Cabelas Tournament ZX; but I haven't made a decision yet. Still lots of time to decide as I'm waiting for the next big sale.

I've never used a Ducket, but I can say the Dobyns Fury is a hell of a rod for $110.

Personally I'd go with the Tatula, I have a ct type-r and I can cast 3/16 oz lures pretty easily. And I have it paired with my Dobyns Fury and it's perfect for me.

Personally I think you should go eBay and get a Daiwa Tatula CT Type-r. You can get this reel for under $100 with a 20% off code, this reel is my favorite and outperforms my Curado K!

You wouldn't believe how many bass I've caught while catfishing!

Why not try to catch a carp? They are one if the hardest fighting freshwater fish and they're not to hard to hook, it'll be a hell of a fight on a bass rod! Next time you go out just pack some bread on a small baitholder hook and drop it in while you throw lures

Agreed! I've never paid full price on a reel ever!

I feel like I can't get the slx to it's full potential. I have 2 brakes on 4 off for almost everything and a lose spool tension. It casts far but not as far as my Fuego, I think I set up my fuego different than most. I have very lose spool tension and keep my external brake on 7.

I fish both, and if I had to choose one it would be the Fuego. That is my opinion.

The reason the fuego isn't one of tw bestseller is because who would buy a reel for $100 when it can be had for $60-$70 on Amazon? And I got my fuego on eBay for $47 with a promo code. This is cheaper than a kast king assassin and is a much better reel!

Imo the fuego is the best. I've fished the slx, casitas, and the fuego and the fuego is my preference. And the fact that I can get a fuego for half the price makes it better despite the casitas being able to cast a little bit farther.

The best reel under a $100 is without a doubt a Daiwa Fuego ct. You can buy this reel sub $60 on eBay and if you don't like eBay it can be had for sub $70 on amazon. This really an amazing reel for what you pay! I have both the fuego and slx, in my opinion the slx is a more "refined" reel, but the fuego definetly out performs it and it can be had for half the price.

Personally I'd go for a Daiwa Tatula CT type-r. These c Personally I'd go with a Daiwa Tatula ct type-r. You can find this reel on eBay for under $100 with a 20% off code. I have one paired with a dobyns Fury and it's an amazing combo, I also have a Curado K and I feel like the Tatula is a better reel imo.

Agreed. He claims it's impossible to get the external dial below 7 on a tatula type-r. I can get mine down to 2 with the same power rod and same crankbait.

First time using a jerkbait I caught 3 nice ones back to back!

I throw a crankbait on a 8.2

So I made rigs with a 2 foot 145 lb steel leader connected to a 3-4 foot 80 lb mono shock leader connected to 50 lb main line. Is 80 lb leader enough?

Hey guys, I'm heading down to Nags head, NC next week, I'm gonna be fishing from Jeannete's Pier for the whole week twice a day. I'm gonna be fishing for Drum for the first time and I'm really hoping to catch a shark as it's been on my bucketlist for years. Do you guys have any advice to catch these toothy critters? Are sharks even in the area this time of year?

That fish looks like it can eat my pb!

Now to convince my mother I need to buy yet another rod lol