txchaser

Huh. Interesting. YES.

From a study linked in the comments of the video. Also I think the study has been posted here somewhere. Net net LMB seem to be able to see red better than any other color, and green is next. Just because they can see it doesn't mean they'll eat it... but it's pre-spawn so they are hungry. Maybe a bigger triggering effect. https://academic.oup.com/cz/article/65/1/43/4924236

The vision change theory is interesting. It's been like an on-off switch recently. Now that I think about it I was fishing late January and the difference between chart-dipped senko and no dip was the same thing - like a light switch... and this was in 4' vis water. I wonder why red/orange instead of chartruese for the crankbaits and chatterbaits though. I'll have to try it if I get the same pattern tomorrow.

Mine was doing the same thing. Wasn't level - side that wasn't getting much distant was pointed down just a little.

http://www.fishfindermounts.com doesn't exactly answer your question, but you might get some ideas or see something you like that would offer another config.

A while back I added a few "Hites Hot Craw" Jackhammers to an order. They are dark red on the bottom and green pumpkin on top. They sat in the box for a while. The water in Texas started to warm back up enough that it seemed like the time to start throwing chatterbaits. On a bit of a hunch (craw presentation in the spring) I decided to tie one of the craw jackhammers on with a rage bug in falcon lake, which is dark red on the bottom and GP on top. Rigged it horizontal. It certainly -looked- tasty. Bite was on! Put on the gill color that is the go-to to see if it was just a chatterbait bite, or there was some color difference. No bites! This pattern repeated itself through all of Feb. Sometimes I could get a bite on something else in brown/orange/red; lipless etc. And sometimes a few on a gill color or a white. But for moving baits in shallower (<10 FOW) water, nothing was close to the productivity. Anyway here's the point - if you are getting out a bunch of craw color/presentation stuff for spring, try one of these too.

Now that I've had the Ehrler on the water for a while, my pick goes to the Helium. I move my rods around a lot, and I was a bit paranoid about breaking a guide on it. Apparently not paranoid enough... broke a guide. PITA to get it fixed. I'd feel differently about it if I was storing it in a rod locker. Will keep fishing it after it is fixed to see if there is a bait or a presentation where it 'comes alive'.

Alberto, it is fast to tie and I can't feel it under my thumb. Uni to uni is big enough that I notice it.

First jig fish, and first bass over 5 was a bitsy bleeding jig, with a maxscent chunk trailer in late winter.

https://pondking.com/collections/fish-habitat

Put on something white that sinks and see how deep you can still see it. That'll be close enough. Put on something white that sinks and see how deep you can still see it. That'll be close enough. Really important

Sounds like FG is really winner yup this! - belt loop or your reel handle and it gets 50% easier. The mouth thing is nuts. Barring that, 6-turn surgeon knot is fast, not giant, and at least one test on another site suggested it was next behind the FG in terms of strength. Apparently the extra turns make a difference on braid to mono/flouro strength, probably because of slippage.

1) there's not much solid information on transmission, how long it can last outside the body, etc. As an example, today they found what appeared to be active virus in urine samples. Depending on how a bunch of variables play out, it could infect a lot of people. What would happen if 10% of the world had go-to-the-hospital level flu, corona or no? 2) While bleak, looking at recoveries/deaths may be more useful than infected/deaths. I expect the real answer is somewhere in between the two. 3) It is probable that well-equipped western medicine will be able to manage serious cases very well, as long as it doesn't get overwhelmed. Other places in the world may have a much tougher time. 4) I don't think anyone believes China's numbers, but no one knows how off they really are. 5) With all that said a "reliable source with knowledge on the ground" told me yes, supply chain will be slow, but factories are turning back on. The four to six weeks mentioned above is consistent. Net net, there's a decent amount of risk. No need to freak, but I wouldn't go to China anytime soon either.

Northlands Weed Wedge. Hard to see in the pic but the weight is wide. May help it sit on the gunk instead of bury in it. Mojo rig with a thin cylinder weight And you can rage rig just about any soft plastic with the hook mentioned by @PhishLI or the Weed wedge above, because they don't nose down into the bottom.

Seems like if the use case was specifically elaztech you could get away with a much shorter gap. Compared to a regular worm you need a lot less material for a good hold. I wouldn't care if I also needed to superglue, but that's not commercially viable. Or another option, maybe a micro version of this kind of shakey head but with a bend that allows a texspose. Not likely a big enough market for anyone to go after this commercially but it'd be cool to see a custom version. No idea why I feel the need to figure this out, but I do. Maybe it is from watching just how different the 1/0 length action is vs the 1, at least sitting on the bottom. Related to all this, I do really like how picasso covers the area between the line tie and the bottom of the head. That's a snaggy spot and will happily drag muck back if there's any. I have some of these in a different box, so they didn't even make the radar. Thanks, might be just the thing.

Seconded.

Only had the #1 where I got them.

Well they arrived and must have been mislabeled, because the package says #1 and they are exactly the same size as 1/0 EWG on other brands. ? The search continues...

The explanation was really helpful in explaining the difference between the ehrler and the helium LMH. I think they are accomplishing the same thing, just different ways.

Fiddled with it today, and maybe I'm overthinking it - I can get my finger under the line without causing a problem, but it's not my fingertip, is more like the side of the finger. Far easier when the rod is tucked properly. I really wanted to do it on moving baits but that seems like pro-mode, seems pretty straightforward on bottom contact.

I'd seen a few people mention that Tatsu from the filler spool lays better... Just reporting in that it really does, so much so that it's like different line. The small spools eventually relax a bit with line conditioner, but the lay right off the big spools is definitely better.

Have eliite and SV, I'd pick the elite for that.

30+ MPH winds left me and low-visibility water vis left me with not a lot of data for things I'd throw on those rods. Chatterbait bite was on fire though. Here's what I noticed so far. The ehrler is balanced just at the intersection of the foregrip and the rod, with a Tat SV. Helium about an inch forward of that. Slightly different line types may have been enough to make the difference, although some people do complain about kistler being tip heavy on the balance point, but not in practice. Ehrler tip feels more XF than the helium when casting. And the ehrler does feel more crisp (is that a thing?). When I cast the ehrler my release was always late unless I was really deliberate about it. Distance seemed about the same. Someone more experienced than me could tell you what that means. Couldn't tell much difference on the bottom; they both seemed sensitive as I could feel the senko working through the grass. Didn't get to the ned. I am pretty sure the ehrler really will throw heavier baits; I get why someone mentioned it as a do-it-all rod. Didn't get to roll cast or sidearm it at all, nearly all overhead. No meaningful difference for me in the reel seat, grip, etc. Net net I think it is going to be a personal preference thing, and for me I'd need more time to pick. They are both nice rods. If you assume that margins are about the same, the helium blank is probably better, and AGS guides are better than whatever fuji's are on the helium. Unless of course daiwa has some proprietary blank tech at that price point that's as good as the north fork. Iif you forced me to pick, assuming they were around the same price, I'd pick the helium, but that is for three reasons that may not apply to you 1) I have the helium MF and H too, so I have a lot of consistency as I step up in power 2) I really don't like daiwa hook keepers - if you have a texsposed or texas rigged bait you have to push the hook out, or pull it back through, because the keeper is closed. This isn't a dealbreaker, but I noticed it every time I put the rod down. 3) maybe I'm overly paranoid about this, but I worried a lot about breaking the guides because I had read a few stories about it. Of course there were a bunch of stories about kistler tips breaking and I (crosses fingers) haven't had any kinds of issues like that. I mostly fish from a jon boat, so there's no soft carpet to lay it on. I really don't want to pick yet though, as I have a hunch the ehrler will outperform in some situations; senko probably isn't the place to look for outperformance as I don't think they get spit much, so you aren't going to miss it with any decent rod. Finess jigs might be an interesting place to look. I'll have it out again next weekend and will post more.