Jig Man

I have tried lots of knots with fluro and though I don't like to tie it the palomar works best for me. I have found that a sloppy spit soaked knot doesn't seem to burn as badly and thus works better for me. The sloppier the better ;D ;D.

If your kill switch cord has a loop at the end look for a toggle switch close to the shifter box. The switch flips and the loop goes behind it.

X2 Way cheaper, easier to apply and doesn't dry out all of a sudden. Here are some color patterns that have worked for me in bucktail.

I prefer the round rubber to the silicone. It can be bought by the foot or pound in many colors. I get mine from Jann's. They also have rabbit. http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/skirts-material/ http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/Search/rabbit.aspx

I don't know where your lake is but a lot of southern lakes are dropped to get some of the vegetation to die. Find out who is in charge and give them a call. They will tell you why they do it. When the water drops around her the fish move out so move out to ledges and drop offs and go for jigs and trigged plastics.

I fish by myself much of the time. I have a 140 rope on a spool. I clip the rope to the bow eye or side cleat and back the boat into the water and float it off. I am holding the spool out the window and let line out. I get out and hold the rope to stop the boat. It may be 50' off shore when I stop it. I walk up the ramp unwinding the rope for another 50' or so, drop the spool and park the truck. I walk back to the spool and reel in the boat to the ramp, climb aboard and go fishing. I can do this proceedure nearly as fast as 2 regular guys can launch and get the truck out of the way because I get everything ready in the parking lot. I take a pair of knee boots with me so that when I load, I can put them on to keep dry if the ramp incline is too shallow. I do this because I have a tonneau cover on the truck bed. It may look kind of funny but it works for me and has for years.

Brands don't mean much to me. I have tried lots and have had good results from most. The cranking battery should match what your engine needs. For example, if you have an opti max you need lots of cca because it has to turn over 3-4 times before it fires so 800 cca is good for that. Trolling motor batteries are deep cycle and good ones are rated in reserve amps. Get 200 reserve amp batteries in a 27 series and you will be good to go all day long for several years.

I have 3 that I use. Buzzbait in calm to mild wave action. Spinnerbait when the waves get too much for a buzz. Swim jig when it is rocking and rolling.

Jigs by far and away. That is why I carry hundreds of jigs in 8 different sizes and many color patterns in 5 different materials. I hardly ever fish without at least 4 or 5 jigs tied on.

I only look for one thing; the name Shimano. From there I go for how much I want to spend and then I am done.

They tried it in the past and it didn't do very well.

A little more info would be helpful since there is a variety of Lunds out there. Some would be worth that and some wouldn't.

Here in mid America cold fronts this time of year only move the fish tight to cover. They don't usually change depth. I have to get the bait right on them to get bites. Close is only good in horse shoes and hand grenades. ;D

I use M 6'6" spinning for most plastics. I also use 6'6" MH Gloomis IMX for some plastics with baitcaster. For my large salt craws I use H with baitcaster.

I'd go back to the original 12" setup if it were me.

I don't normally have much of a problem but the last couple of days the 1/2 and 3/4 heads have been collecting a bunch of paint. I stick nails in the eyes before baking. That keeps them clean during that process.

GMAN where does one get a small knife blade that spins? ;D

I am in the process of making a few football jigs and for some reason I keep getting a lot of powder paint in the hook eye. Cleaning them out before baking them, my old eye buster finally gave out. I redid it and it gave out again. I took some split ring pliers and filed them down so I could use them. I have had to redo them twice and they are about shot. I still have a couple of hundred jigs to go and want to get hold of a good eye buster. I saw a Rapala on the BPS site but it doesn't look like it would reach the eye of a large football head.

I fish tubes and jigs a lot. I keep 6 rods rigged 3 with tubes and 3 with jigs. I use both on every point I fish until I find out which is working. Some days they will hit both equally and some days they prefer one over the other. When I find out which they want then I start using that in different colors to see if they have a color preference that day. I just came back from a very good 10 day trip. Most days the bass (lmb, smb, and spots) would take the tube a lot better than they would the jig.

Yes there is a bearing on the spool shaft. Here is a pic of one on an old spool.

It 's the spool bearings you want to upgrade, the other ones have nothing to do with casting. Raul I am talking about the little bearing on the spool shaft itself. I know the spool end bearings would need replacing I just don't know about that one. In fact I am not even sure what its little job is anyway. If it has to be replaced, I'd have to invent a pin remover or have Bob at the Outlet take the pins out for me if I could catch him in a good mood.

Line to line Alberto's Line to bait modified San Diego Jam it only takes 10-12 seconds to tie and does not slip

All of my reels are maintained at least 4 times per year. I soak the bearings in naptha, dry them out then add 1 drop of Hot Sauce per bearing. I'm thinking maybe some new ones are in order and not sure what to buy. The BPS reel guy only has stock bearings. I would change to other types if they would increase the cast. I have already done a drag job. I took everything apart and buffed all surfaces with 600 and 1500 w/d paper and semi chrome polish, then replaced the drag washers. I just want a bit more distance since I fish open water rock piles and would like to keep the boat quite deep and reach the 10-12' depth line. Just 20 or 30 more feet would be a big difference in where I can keep the boat.

I have some old Curados that probably need a little help. I am considering changing out the bearings because some of these reels are 10-12 years old. What type and size would give me a little better cast? Would I need to change the spool bearing also?

I have braid on all of my baitcasters and most of my spinning reels. For clear water jig type fishing I use a fluro leader. For spinnerbaits and buzzbaits I tie direct.