Jig Man

It is fine unless you need a heading sensor.

Some guys here troll crank baits for them like bandit 300s or flicker shads.

Wet/dry shop vac.

They are great fighters. Zara spook is my favorite bait for them. Lipless cranks, jigging spoons, crank baits, buck tail jigs are all baits I have used on them.

My War Eagle1/2 oz double willows are 4 1/2 and 4. Don’t have 3/8 oz.

It depends on what you are doing. Chunk and wind the reel is more important to me than the rod. For bottom baits a good sensitive rod is much more important to me than a device that takes up line slack. I say let your type of fishing tell you what to do.

It wouldn’t be my first choice but if you have any give them a try.

I just dug mine out and put a spare Curado on it. I leave Sunday for a week long fishing trip. With it rigged and in the boat surely I will use it some. Mo thanks for the journey down memory lane.

I totally agree with you. I have kept one just for that purpose. I’ve known Charlie for a long time. However, what I learned about a spook came from a little known spook guy by the name of Dean Dyrum. He said he could do 17 different things with one. He showed me 5 and said when I had them down that he would show me 5 more. I only was able to get 4 of them. I never got the fifth to work. I mostly fish a lake with no vegetation and little timber so the spook isn’t real productive there so I have about quit using it.

I put them on my boat in 2016. I sold them this summer. In 3 years I may have used them 10 times. My boat is usually too deep for them. I bought a trolling motor with spot lock. I use it nearly every trip.

I have been wearing golf rain gloves for years. I carry at least 3 pairs incase some get wet.

The last couple of trips it hasn’t been bad. We have caught about 20 with a half dozen keepers on crank and spinner baits on each outing. Our main problem is temps in the 90° range every day.

If you get a motor with variable speeds instead of one with 5 speeds you can make it crawl. I have a 112# 36 volt and can make it go so slow you would think I was anchored.

A friend of mine invented one. I don’t know if that is it. He sold the patten to Johnny Morris several years ago.

Wait till you feel the fish before you set the hook.

I hope you have a good trip. Most of the man killer boats should be gone by then.

Lowrance has an option for this and I think Humminbird does also.

You haven’t mentioned price. It books out for around $7700.

I made the switch to Shimano several years ago. I don’t have any other brand. I have several different models. They all perform very well. I have 4 or 5 Stradics and about a dozen Curados.

I have a writer on my boat insurance policy for $8500 to cover my stuff.

Most of the time i carry 10 bait casters and 7 spinning setups. All of my reels are Shimanos. My bait caster setups vary from Ned to Arigs. The majority of the rods are Gloomis. The 3 of the spinning setups are for plastics and 4 of them are Ned rigs. In the winter I swap out the Ned for vertical setups. Those have Fenwick HMG rods. I found a rod mfg company that lets me buy at great prices so I have quit buying branded rods.

Further North gave you some good advice. If you aren’t familiar with any brand check them out in person. The control functions are a lot different from brand to brand. I recently switched brands and am experiencing quite a learning curve.

If all else fails you can put some teflon tape on the threads then put the cap back.

This idea is the most weedless way I have ever used a tube. The problem I found is the weight some how gets in the way on hook set and lets the fish come unbuttoned.

I traded up often until I got hold of a Curado E. I think I have 7 or 8 of them. They are great reels.