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I will add the jerk bait has rattles and a really nice paint job that transitions from dark blue to bright blue to an orange goldfish color from top to bottom depending on how the light is hitting it. My daughter asked me for some Christmas ideas and I shared the link with her and for the $6.00 price I’ll be more than happy to reopen the calendar even if it’s a duplicate of everything I’ve currently received.

Unfortunately no there is absolutely no information given on any of the lures. I will say again that they are currently offering a few different versions on Amazon for as low as $6.00 which I’m tempted to pick one up at that price.

Here’s week #2 of my advent calendar and although the spoons became a bit overkill I’m still enjoying this.

@Brian11719 I’m looking forward to hearing how it works out.

This is why I’m excited to get my hands on this series. As I’ve had nothing but positive experiences with all of my previous BPS rods and reels I’m expecting no less with this series. I’m going to try to make a trip in the next 2 weeks but I’m also going to wait for the trade in sale as I have both a rod and reel ready to be traded in and currently my favorite ponds are frozen over.

Well I for one am looking forward to hearing about your first outing with it.

I’m actually quite interested in this exact rod myself and can’t wait to get to my local BPS to handle one along with the 6’-0” BFS model. Funny enough I didn’t know they existed until @ghost pointed them out to me although I’m not sure if he owns one or not and hopefully he will chime in one way or another.

@MN Fisher One other question if you don’t mind, if you were able to did you use your Black Bass series rod much and if so how did you like it after using it? I’m really hoping to get to handle the lineup a bit more at this upcoming February fishing show.

If I may ask which rod line is yours?

Congratulations on what is sure to be your first of many 👍🏻

I’m being sincere when I ask if you would continue to expand on this reply.

As someone who definitely needs a color match I’m going to suggest either the Abu Garcia Veritas which appears to be around $85.00 currently, then there is the Lews Mach 1 around $72.00 which appears to be white and black and if he’s not opposed to white, grey & gold combination there is the BPS Carbonlite 2 rods at $120.00-$130.00 not currently on sale but will more than likely be. I do have a bps carbonlite 2.0 spinning rod and had a casting rod and currently have a Veritas pro tournament 🤔 casting rod that was being blown out by Sierra which quite a few of us on here bought but in all honesty I would wait and grab a Carbonlite personally or if you’re not opposed to used I have a Lews TP1 casting rod that I also really like if you can find one in your preferred length, power and action.

All kidding aside although I’m not drawn to high end gear I will say if I was I personally would only stick with Daiwa or Shimano, and with that said I would choose a Steez A or Bantam MGL for casting or only a Shimano Exscence if I was going high end spinning and in all honesty for me it would be spinning. If I could get both it would be a Zillion and Exscence from the JDM market which I think would qualify at the price point and worry about the rod another time but that’s just me.

I won’t lie and tell anyone I like fish but dang that looks like a freezer full my man. Congratulations to you and the missus👊🏻

This is easy for me I would give anything to go back to the days of fishing in Melrude Minnesota with my older brother and his buddies along with my dad, cousins and neighbors which last happened for several years over 40 years ago and much like many others on here I’m no longer able to fufill this fantasy as a few of the aforementioned have moved and or passed away.

I’m definitely in the 25% camp @herder👍🏻

I don’t want to ruin this thread but @WaskaCrank12 I’m semi looking at buying a med light extra fast and when I held both the Mojo and Black Bass series both 6’-10” I felt they were rather moderate and bent relatively deep although that is purely in hand and in no way indicative of it’s on the water characteristics. I find it strange that an extra fast casting rod is almost pool cue fast but the spinning rods are way more moderate at least in my opinion. I’ll be interested in your thoughts and opinions if you do purchase a new rod in the side by side comparison even if they are only in hand due to the frozen water situation that I like you are currently in.

Just doing a quick search came up with a few options and I didn’t search very hard either. Bass Pro Shop has their JM Carbonlite Technique along with the Seviin GF reel each around $110.00 and St Croix is offering Daiwa’s Fuego at $100.00 or Daiwa Tatula CT’s for $120.00 or the Daiwa Tatula X 100 for $130.00 all of which have been discussed on this site. Best of luck and keep us updated on your purchase if you do pull the trigger. I will also add as I’ve said it before the Shimano SLX is the only reel I regret selling and although I replaced it with a SLX 71 MGL I would still buy a SLX if I was looking for a $100.00 reel.

I purchased a Lews rod shipped from DSG and was told they come directly from their warehouse which accepts the rod from the manufacturer so essentially the rod is being handled twice but the packaging would be however Dobyns packs the rod. In my case I had it shipped to my local store and received the rod in the original tube Lews shipped it in.

Im not sure what your price range is but 2 rods stand out in my mind even though I haven’t used either and they are the Okuma Reflexions-B available from 6’-9”-7’-6” in med light mod fast for $90.00-$104.00 approximately and the Okuma TCS-A available in 7’-0” and 7’-2” med light mod fast for $190.00. I will say I have 2 TCS-A rods and my 7’-0” med+ mod fast casting rod is my absolute favorite rod I own.

I used to use them a lot about 20+ years ago as they were a lure I had in my tackle box from when I was a young kid and just getting back into fishing, I know I have 1 or 2 currently and I should try them again next season as I caught bluegill, crappie and bass in the retention pond where I lived back then. Mine were/are the “wee-r” if I’m remembering the name correctly.

I agree and it’s a line through type of lure so I really think it may be very versatile as well. I’m thinking I may try to make some type of permanent rig that I can attach and detach from different setups and if anyone has any recommendations I’d love to read them. I’m showing the photo as a reference that I’m pretty sure I could put up to 50 lb plus monofilament through this thing for reference to your all hopefully recommendations 😃

I appreciate the solid advice you’ve shared especially about the solid tips as I’ve dived deeper into this rabbit hole that is something that’s not shared a lot in my opinion and better served with the ffs craze or at very least short range hooking situations. My best days with my previously mentioned combo were using a 1/8th ounce inline spinner that was hit pretty much within 5 yards of the initial retrieve of a 30-40 yard 🤔 cast as I’ve never measured my casts but I’m definitely looking for a rod that is better suited for these types of situations.

Dang that’s super tempting but I’m really hoping to handle a couple rods first and I feel there will be deals available in the spring after I hopefully handle a few different choices, but I really appreciate your sharing these offers and hope if anyone is interested in these rods will take advantage of these prices.