Mbirdsley

I know. I’m after some line right now after that I’m done. I kinda wish they weren’t all the same color. Sometimes they mix it up

So I hit up my eBay honey hunny hole again. I won 3 evergreen stealth blade 3 bhite jack hammers for $21 and some change. Then I won 4 packs of 13 fishing lunch bugs blue berry yum yum basically to help offset the $10 ups shipping cost. So all this for 40 bucks shipped. We will see about the lunch bugs supposedly they are supposed be boyant enough so it looks like it’s in a defensive position. I don’t know how the bass will feel about that. However, I won them cheap enough to try I scored for $1.50 4 inch yum dingers in elders majic color on the Walmart clearance rack. Should look good on a mojo/split shot rig. I have to get my 2 rods built, finished tearing down and servicing my last 2 bait caster and possibly one more spinning real. Then I can start organizing my tackle and decide what to keep and what to bin. I feel like I’m at the point of my soft plastic I want to throw it all away and start over.

One crank I’ve not had a lot of success on. I catch lots of other things on them but, not bass. However, I have DT-10, 14, and 16’s

They never sent me a sticker when I built my Bushido. I think that’s the same rod blank I built last year untill I broke it. It was 3/4-1 1/2 oz I think 7ft4 or 7ft6. Only reason I didn’t buy it again is because I wanna throw 2 oz cranks.

Handle assembly, real seat and forgrip are epoxied in place. Guide train test with the 2 line method went good. Did test cast and this thing casts amazing. Probably the best casting spinning rod I’ve had. Started wrapping. I don’t know what wrap I’ll do for the hook keeper yet. I really like that aero-17 comfort seat,

I’m so ready to bass fish I could cry. We really haven't had any decent ice to ice fish this year. At least last year we had enough ice to keep myself entertained. I’ve been twice this year and had to go up north to find it. Did catch a 12 inch perch that choked a sucker minnow in a tip up. We have just enough to keep the launches clogged but, not safe enough to go out on the ice. big fishing show in Grand Rapids 9-12 that a buddy and I excited to go to. Last year they had a decent amount of bass tackle in stead of the normal big lake salmon/trout and walleye trolling gear.

There are a 1 or 2 lakes around the metro Detroit area that have lake trout stocked. Some of them ( not all) that were caught and cleaned were literally full of plastic worms. Eventually it will kill them. Lake trout are more vulnerable to this as they spend a lot of their time near the bottom looking for easy meals im kinda surprised the anti’s aren’t all over this. Luckily as far as I know they have never made a big deal out if it. Losing a worm fighting a fish is what it is. Tossing tore up plastic intentionally in the lake is another.

T-rig with 3/16 or 1/4 oz. I havnt thrown them much. I threw the christy critter more 4-5 yrs ago. Cristy critter wasn’t as durable though

I’m pretty addicted to BTL. Pretty much listen to that everyday it’s on. Started tackle talk. Seems alright the jimmy Houston episode was good . I have a lot of respect for Houston now after listening to that episode

So I ended up redoing my handle. Wasn’t really happy with it. Here is the new EVa handle. I like it better. I’ve got about 8 hours total into this handle. With the shaping included on the first one I build. Now I need to cut and shape the for grip. my 7ft9 rod geek glass deep cranking rod 1-2 oz came in. It is dark blue. I’ve been buying and hoarding different colored blue thread figuring out the perfect ones for that build.

Lake trout will eat them off the bottom too.

does the tatula P/F have the shallow spool like the 103 Sv tw? what is differnt between the the Pf and the tatula 103 sv tw ?

So up date on my build. Started working on the handles. It’s going to be jet green and grey. I finished up the lower end of it tonight. I stilll need to shape the forend. Shout and thanks to MickD for the email of shaping Eva foam on a drill press. The grey piece was a block of grey EVa foam. Just received the email today that my glass rod blank from rod geeks shipped. Should have that in about 2 days. I try to incorporate somthing new with each build I shaped that grey block into a handle with a 80 grit sanding pad. I need to get the right tool for that I may just do a full EVa grey handle with the royal blue glass rod. Money saving tip. Those are alps mandrels. However, Harbor freight sells a 7 pack of the collars that come in different sizes for like 7 bucks. I bought my little saw from harbor freight also. I was surprised to see both there

I was just about to make a new post about the kvd speed bag. Did a search and found your post. Just herd about it on the pod cast tackle talk. Assuming it is well made ? I could use 3-4 of them I have the Berkley tackle folders along with a couple smaller ones and they trashed after 3-4 years. for cranks, square bills I use the Plano hydro-Flo hanging lures box. Spinner baits I use the flambeau big mouth spinner bait mouth

So after listening to bass talk live this week. There was a detailed segment on throwing paddle tailed swim baits with Jason Reyes. He was using 1/16, 1/8, 3/16 1/4 Oz jigs with Size 1, 1/0, 2/0 etc etc. hooks with 6 lbs line. He was using a bait caster. I’ll probably for right now be using a spinning set up. I’ve been wanting to use lighter wire smaller jig heads for a while on paddle tails and the guest and segment clicked with I’m assuming this mold Model #: GRC-7-would work well for the application. What are some other molds that every one is using ?

I think with certain baits like the Berkley maxx scent or any of the scent products. I think the more it gets beat up the more scent it releases. Generally speaking I’ll fish a plastic bait untill it won’t stay rigged on the hook. If I have to re-rig it on the hook after every cast I’ll change it out. loosing 2 or 2 craw appendages though is no bueno for my self.

Probably top water. I have a couple frogs and a couple poppers but, that’s about it. It’s usually the last thing on the list I’ll try. If I even remember to try them. Paddle tails or twister tails are about the only thing I’m use for a chatter bait trailer. I know a lot of people use craws and are successful but, that never made sense to me on a chatter bait. Why would a craw be zooming and vibrating across the top 1/4 of the water column?

Latest eBay winnings. Won for $25 shipped. 2 Norman DD-14 black and sparkle . 2 lucky craft classical leader’s in aurora black. These kinda have a square bill but, not I guess. They dive 7-8 ft. I’m thinking it’s a discontinued series from lucky craft. I believe this place on eBay deals primarily with overstocked and discontinued baits. They do have new stuff like lots of jack hammers

Carbon fiber grips look interesting. How do they feel? I don’t even know how they would feel. They look like they would feel hard. Is carbon hard are they soft like Eva.

If you end up liking that lure. In the future you could find a local fly store who makes/sells hoppers and crickets for fly fishing. Or possibly make your own flys that resemble grass hoppers, crickets, or what ever bug you desire.

I think it would also make for a good t-rig or light jig rod say 1/4-1/2 oz. I believe it’s going to very good with tube and wacky rigs as a spinning reel

My rod geek C473MHXS Sea foam green rod showed up yesterday 2 weeks a head of schedule. This is probable the nicest rod/blank I’ve handled. Soft tip but, a lot of back bone. It was a suggestion from user Delaware valley tackle. I have a set of cbr LZR guides for it. I am going to order a set of mandrels for grips and the reel seat tommrow. This will be a wacky rig rod and heavier tube rod, shad rap, other light cranks rod and possibly jerk baits I will need to find a new spinning reel for it. My $50 legalis isn’t going to cut it. I may put my abu premier on it I dunno yet. I’m undecided if I’ll get a 3500 size or stay with 3000 size I also orderd another deep cranking rod for the one I made and broke last fall. This is coming from rod geeks and is a fiber glass SG79HM 7'9"Heavy moderate 12-25 lb 1/2 - 2 oz in metallic blue. busy couple of weeks of building rod on top of my ice rod builds

I listen to bass talk live in the way up north ice fishing today. I really liked it. I’ll check out the other suggestions

The slx is all metal with the exception of the cam plate, worm gear ( I was shocked by this when I first broke it down), and has plastic that hold the tabs on breaking system. The slx also has a supported pinion with a bearing around. It had a bushing that I replaced underneath the drive shaft. I’m also replacing the bushing in the worm gear. The slx originally only had 3 bearings. It will now have 5 the tatula does have a better breaking system. They key washer is thicker and has a coating on it along, with the clutch wheel. The tatula had 5 bearings it will now have 6. Don’t get me wrong I do like the reel it fishes well as a crank reel. the slx is $90-100 and tatula $150-$180. I expect the plastic in a $100 and under reel. The $180 reel not so much. I guess this is more about expectations vs reality. What I thought was in mid priced reels to what’s actually in them. Like I said I’m sure diawa isn’t the only one doing this. Not about brand bashing. In the slx how they decided to keep the cost down was they went with the plastic worm gear. I know from my last job dealing with gear/ spline cutting and production machining. that a metal worm gear probably cost shimano less than a .50 cent part to make.

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