JediAmoeba

When I was 19-22 I kept a journal of every fish I caught. Date, Water temp, air temp, amount of cloud cover, lure color and barometric pressure. I always thought these things were worthwhile... If you are trying to pattern catches it is worthwhile.

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You have to search on line for a picture that truly represents the "wings"! Looks like it is mimicking a bird in the water.

Cool. Maybe they are rebranding everything. That would explain their vast amounts of out of stocks. I totally forgot about those infomercials that played during in fisherman's show. I just know I never experienced any trouble with their baits and they ran truer than anything else out of the package.

I kept seeing their ads pop up on Facebook and when they had a BOGO sale finally decided to get 2 rods. I have to say for ~65 bucks per rod I am highly impressed. They are better for me than the tatula, Lew's or Duckett rods I have. They are well worth retail price. As far as the reels go - after getting duped into getting a few kastkings and a piscafun I won't make that mistake again getting a knockoff reel...

Was this with the originals? I used them and caught some really nice Pike (40+ inchers) and never had one snap. I can only remember one snapping and that was one that was probably 10 years old.

When I first discovered Terminator spinnerbaits back in the late 90's I loved them. I was fishing for bass but more often than not catching Pike and pickerel and they destroyed typical spinnerbaits - the titanium ones didn't get destroyed. I quickly put an order through to get all the different size spinnerbaits, all the different sized blades to swap out and fished them all the time. They released 6 and 12 inch titanium leaders and I bought a bunch of those too... I have since lost most of them over the years and wanted to replace some but I notice the selection is gone and the few I did get don't seem to work as well. I looked on the website and notice most items are out of stock. I always had great luck with the indiana blades and those are just about impossible to find in different sizes. There also used to be different colors of blades, like red and black and those are nowhere to be found. So is Rapala dropping the whole line, I haven't seen anything stating as such?

I don't think kids and the younger market are buying bass mafia boxes though. Or 6 dollar bait packs. These guys all started out with cheap stuff...like most kids.

Top Raider - I had one these long before the Whopper plopper was even thought of and the metal prop besides making a better sound is easier to clean up when grass tangles on it.

Man, probably a *** Akylos 7'2" Medium. I bought a few this winter and they are really nice for the price.

Alabama Rig. When they busted on the scene I went out and bought 5 of them...threw them around and never caught anything. Bought a bunch of different heads, different trailers, different styles...still nothing. Runner up would be a football jig. I have only caught one fish out of the Delaware river on one...otherwise they just get snagged on rocks or bring in gobs of sludge and weeds.

From the fish or your hand, the answer is yes. My experience with them is they are great for hooking up - just make sure you aren't over eager lipping the fish or you will get a hook in your hand. Always have some forceps or pliers near by and watch wear the hooks swing...I have some holes in my shorts and pants from them. Edit: the reason these longer baits have 3 hooks is for balance and the way you fish them the fish swipe them a lot and the hooks don't all go in their mouth. At least my little 1 pound bass don't get them all in...

Daiwa has a nice Coastal reel which is basically a Tatula for saltwater/inshore

Thanks. What did you use in regards to line/rod/reel?

Every year my family takes a vacation to the shore...this year we are headed for O.C., Md. I am thinking of giving it a go fishing from shore...Either Ocean side or bay side. I have a Daiwa Coastal reel spooled up with 65 pound braid on an 8 foot heavy rod I use for large swim baits and muskie fishing so I have enough power to catch relatively large fish. I also have a Daiwa Lexa 400 on a ln 8'6" muskie rod I could use. This will be my very first time ever fishing Coastal/salt water so I have no idea what I am fishing for, how to approach it, what baits to use and what techniques I should be using. So I have no idea what I am in for...hell I don't even know what fish I can touch or how to get them out of the water. Like I said, I am totally green around the gills here. If anyone has any advice on catching fish from shore and what baits to use it would be much appreciated. I am not looking to use any live bait and plan to go for an hour or two each morning or evening. Thanks for any advice.

At 110 bucks per bait I am guessing not too many people have these in their normal repertoire of swim baits.

When I was a teen I used to go out to farm ponds and waters rarely fished slaying bass and Pike. Took those same techniques to places fished frequently and the bite was nowhere to be found. Now, as mentioned above, those are the techniques that really get it done. There is a time and place for them, they are very unnatural looking, but can draw fish in when it gets muddy or there are lowlight conditions. They are great for covering water and really good at night in weedy conditions.

When using small jigs, depending on the rod you will probably have too much power and bend the hooks out. On clear and heavily pressured waters the fish can see your braid so it isn't always ideal. Also, casting light jigs with heavy line in even the slightest wind causes terribly inaccurate casts. On the flip side you will have almost 0 break offs, and will be able to bend your hooks out if the lure gets stuck on a log or something. For finesse applications 30 lb braid to a 6 or 8 lb leader is more than sufficient and handles nicer in the water.

Anything that's in the 150-200 range. A curado, a Tatula, Lew's Speed spool, etc.

A team daiwa x. It was the first higher end reel I ever bought and it went through hell. I replaced the worm gear once and pinion a few more times. I had this thing for almost 15 years and someone stole it last year. I loved that reel...