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Working on cleaning some reels. Currently working on quantum accurist pti ac100hpt. The trip ratchet washer was stuck to the trip ratchet. So I had to peel it off and a little piece came off the washer and stuck to ratchet. ( figure 1 inside red circle). With that little piece missing does that warrant a new washer? Or will this one still good. Only 2nd reel if taken down and cleaned. Finished my black max last night and it sweet and way better than new

Picked up another new rod today at Walmart. A falcon Jason Christie 6ft8 mh mf square bill/spinner bait caster. It was marked down to 40 bucks from $95. Just need to find a reel for it. Nice to have another moving bait rod. also won my first eBay auction on some lucky craft jerk baits. Got 2 for just over 20 bucks shipped. Won some square bills tonight for under 20 bucks. still saving for a nice heavy slop/0pitching/ punching rod

I’d consider it. I just don’t know who would sell one in Michigan. I may buy it on line but, would like to see it in person i have a nice list now for rods to check out. Need to just start pounding the payment to check these out. Would bass pro carry a lot of these rods. I know cabelas had some Dobyns and obviously the st.croixs

I really would like that st.croix bass mojo 7ft4 heavy fast. My only concern is it’s a huge rod almost like like a trolling rod. I have played around with that rod and it feels good in my hands. St.croix I think are on the heavier side of the ratings . does it being beefier rods detract from any thing qualities of the rod ? You don’t find it un wieldly or anything ?

So far this what I have collected. Bought 3 bags or everything gander out doors had of blk blu shadow Christie critter( that color is hard to find). Also out fishes for me other christy critter colors. bought surplus store out of the yum pbj craw chunks in various sizes $1.50 each. bought 2 package kalins 5 inch twisters tails in blue pearl/S&p (these I’m thinking northern mi Clear deep lake smallies). The white I’ll use for trailers bought some havoc grass pigs in pearl from Walmart that I want to try as trailers on spinner baits, swim bait, or chatter bait discovered zoom brush hogs late last summer so bought another package. Watermelon red. Last year I bough a lot plastic and brush hogs were in the lot. Took me untill Labor Day but, I finally tried them and they turned what would have been a disaster of a day into a good day the last 1.5 hrs I fished finally chrome blue deep diver kvd jerk bait. This color is hard to find around here. 1 jerk bait if I can keep the northern s from stealing them Oh and as I stated in another thread I bought this carbon light 2.0 combo with. X-mas cards. 7 ft mh with really high gear ratio

I like my Quantum’s. I have a quantum Accurist Pti spinning reel I bought for 80 bucks in 2012. Before my boat was given to me as wedding present I spent a lot of times fishing rivers and drowning that reel. I think it is finally starting to break down. I’m going to tear it apart shortly and see what is going on with and if it can be saved. 2 years ago I purchased a quantum accurist Pt baitcaster and so far it has been one of my favorite baitcastersbefore I bought my new carbon light 2.0 so far knock on wood I have had zero issue with it. I use it for t-rigging, pitching, flipping and punching. I would buy more quantum’s in the future if I need of a reel and not feel bad about it

I’m looking at replacing my berkly shock lighting rod and purchasing a new rod for pitching, punching and flipping into heavy sloppy cover. Throwing 1 1/4-1 1/2 oz jigs. I’m looking really hard at the st.croix bass mojo Heavy 7’2 or 7’4 ( I forgot the length off the top of my head) rods. Looking to spend up to 150 bucks. Any other suggestion of rods to look at? I don’t need it right this second and have time to look around. For the moment I’ll be using My quantum accurist pt bait caster ( white one) on the new rod but, May up grade it later. My accurist has a flipping/pitching switch which, I like . What other qualities should a good flipping and pitching reel have?

Early spring water temp 45-60 degrees I had good success using 3 inch single tail grubs on chatter baits. I like the bigger 4 and 5 inch single tail grubs for early to mid summer with spinner baits. Mid summer to late summer I usuly up grade to using full paddle tail swim baits on chatter and spinner baits. Usually I try to match the color with the bait. Smaller ones I have had success with any and all grubs mfg. bigger ones are Kailins and fat Albert. my all time get the skunk out the boat lure is a 3 inch black twister tail on a plain jig head. It will catch panfish-pike

Used gift cards and bought this a carbon light 2.0 combo with a 8:3:1 gear ratio cabelas. If you bought the rod and reel separate it was $240. Before spring, I’d like to get. st.croix bass mojo 7ft 2 inch heavy to replace might my berkly lighting rod. For pitching and flipping into right cover. I all ready have a reel for it.

Most common hook I use is a 4/0 standard worm offset round bend hook. For craws ( depending on size )I will go down to a 3/0. Smaller worms like the swamp crawler z I like 2/0 hooks. I’ve gotten away from the EWG’s except for Christie critters (4/0)and other creature baits. I’m not reall loyal to a brand just what ever good hook I can get my hands on around here. IE berkly fusions, gama, mustad triple grips, Trokar, owners, and etc etc

How do you fish the rebel hopper and cricket? I have a couple I bought in three pack. They have diving lips but, I always thought it was silly just to use them like a crank. I mean I guess you could

What size Trokar tube hooks are you guys running for a 4.0 inch tube or more specifically a zoom 4.25 salty tube?

So today I finally received my replacement rod in the mail. It was waiting for me when I got home from work. I sent 6 inches of rod, TW recipe, and 50 bucks the Friday before Memorial Day.3-4 weeks go by and I called dobyns on Monday to see where the rod was at. They said they had processed the exchange weeks ago and they forgot to send it out. To thier credit they sent it out Tuesday and it arrived today. In essence I only saved 30-40 bucks. probably would have been less hassle to just buy a brand new one or not break the rod in the first place. I had to go to post office to get money order and padded envelope, saw off 6 inches of rod, TW was quick with emailing me a recipt, and Than make another trip to the post office. Or not snap the tip off in the first place. Lessons learned

I use the Coleman sportsmen insect repellent. Comes in a metal spray can. Kinda expensive and only 40% deet but, it does work. That’s is always in my tackle bag along with some sort of water resistant sun screen. At the moment I have the big squeeze bottle of banna boat sport performance spf 30 sun screen.

Actually yes for a beginner that is good advice. Actually I just switched to 10 lbs power pro hi viz line on my spinning rod. I put a 8-10 lbs flouro leader of what ever flouro I have on hand at that moment

I had one for a month and a half untill I broke it between the last line guide and tip top (totally my fault I snapped it with my fingers trying to get out of a snag). I should be getting a replacement from dobyns by the end of the week. 50 bucks replacement fee is better than 80 bucks I guess. I really like the rod. Mines a 7ft m/l. Works like a dream for ned rigs and weightless t-rigs. As soon as it gets back I want to try drop Shotting. As of right now I’d buy another one. I’d like to try the fury. Its a fast action with a soft tip. Only complaint I have and honestly, I didn’t notice it untill a rod builder in the rod building forum pointed it out. The epoxy on the line guide threads does look like little footballs of epoxy instead of being flat like normal rods.

Found this one in Murphy lake. I was running a crank through a couple of stumps. All of a sudden I Snagged and to my surprised as I reeled. I was bringing in the snag to the boat. Get my crank to the boat and notice it’s snagged on fishing line. So I hand line the line back and this rapala was on the end of the line. She kinda beat. But, the only thing that makes me not want to re-use it is the line tie going into the bill is all rusted. I think it was done there for a while. So now I’m using it to pin jig shack business cards to my garage wall over the work bench.

Numbers wise for a 15 fish day out of quinacassee river in Michigan ( it’s actuslky just a cut that leads to the bay). Zoom magnum swamp crawler. I t-rigged it with a tungsten 1/8 worm Wieght on top of it. Either cast it next to thick cover or holes in the weeds and just let it fall. They would nail it on the fall. All fish were between 14-16 inches. Had the same results wacky rigging same worm at au-Gres. I was in the bay but, fishing the reeds next to shore.

You can also work a weight less t-rigged worm like a jerk bait. I used to destroy river smallies and other species that swam in the Shiawassee river doing this. I was using a pumpkin gulp crawler. Sometimes during the retrieve I wouldn’t even pause it. Jerk reel slack, jerk, reeel slack. Very the jerk and how fast you reel slack untill you figure out how they want it. There were times I was jerking and burning that reel bringing in line almost as fast as I could do it. For feeling the wacky rig bit it’s kinda feels weird untill your used to it. I don’t feel it from the pole. I usually feel it in my elbow. When they bite or pick it up it’s just slight pop kinda like hitting the torque setting on a torque wrench Wierd I know.

Okuma Cemar reel. I own a C-30 but the come in different sizes. I bought it brand new on Ebay for 40 bucks. It is the best under 50 dollar reel I have used. Feels and acts like a $100 reel. extremely light.

depending on how big of river you are fishing say, smaller to medium sized rivers that can be wadded or canoed. I generally don't use my bass gear for the river unless were talking the Saginaw, titt, Maple ,western parts of the grand river. Two exception are a MH spinning rod that acts smaller than the rating says and my new 7 ft Dobyns colt M/L. I don't use braid on the rivers here( the exception will be that Dobyns. I'm not re spooling for the river) . It is almost always 8 lbs mono with possibly a FC leader if it is super clear water. I bought a Pflueger president 5'5ft light action combo ( 80 bucks) for river fishing ( get what ever length rod you need). I went 5'5 just because I do a lot wading and use the canoe to go from place to place and a longer rod is a pain to maneuver. basically, its an all around rod that I can use for size 5-8 rapala's, inline spinners, ned rig, and 4 inch zoom tubes. river fishing is hard on the equipment. the rod and reel is going to go for multiple swims, hitting brush, breaking line snagged in trees and in the river. that way if It breaks I just buy another. No if were talking carp, suckers, and channel cat fish ( not flat heads). I bank fish for these species and I might go up to MH heavy spinning gear and 10 lbs berkly xt mono

So I bought this bandit root beer silent 200 series crankbait. Before i headed north to fish on vacation. Throw on the bandit and finally get on a decent small mouth crank bite. Went back to the store and bought 3 more or 3 for 10 bucks. They were in a bin with a couple other color bandits, a lot fischous cranks, and some other not high dollar names The Surplus store started getting heavy into fishing stuff right around the time gander went belly up and I think they bought up some of the left over merchandise. Which, is good because they have the best selection of stuff within 30 miles. They are starting to get regular tackle in like Berkley havoc and z-man stuff but the majority of it is close out stuff from else where. Never know what you may find and a lot of it.

I wonder if Michigan United Conservation clubs (M.U.C.C ) or Michigan out of doors would have any info. For a long time they were the premier Michigan outdoor news source

I’m sure you could contact the Michigan Department of natural resources and get the master angler files and than the creel data for lakes you want to research. State record has to be verified on certified scales and than by a biologist. I dunno if you could get away with taking a picture of the fish on certified scales or not. I would imagine all the master angler stuff would be located in Lansing. The creel data could also be found in Lansing as well as the field offices scattered through out the state. That is where I would start. Could be a fun project

that's how do the majority of my T-rig fishing. put in front a bunch of stuff when you are fishing shallow. like craw, Christie critters, and bugs. Last Saturday I caught 15 14-16 in bass with a 1/8 tungsten bullet weight in front of a t-rigged swamp crawler. I was using it like a wacky rig. pitched to an opening in the weeds or structure and let it fall. 90% of bites came on the fall