BigTimeBassin

expride, 7'2mh or 7'2h

The monkey and some nice sales really did a number on me the past couple weeks… not pictured a nrx+ 843mbr that’s being delivered tomorrow to pair with the zillion.

Dobyns 705 cb. I use this rod for ploppers, spooks, poppers, square bills, lipless, and jerkbaits. Mod fast graphite rod. Handles vision 110 jrs up to 5/8 lipless with no issues.

I use a dobyns champion 766 for punching and feel like its as sensitive as any rod needs to be. Especially on straight braid.

10 bucks?? Tell me your secrets haha. I just spent 26 on ups ground from NY to TX. USPS cheaper?

Either reel and either speed are great options. My preference leans more toward the tat sv and 7.1 speed. I find daiwas braking system to be more user friendly and am willing to sacrifice a tiny bit of casting distance for it.

Tatula sv tw, curado 70, curado 150. All good choices

They definitely do float up too. Looks great for slower bottom presentations! Good luck out there!

The adrenaline craw is good for so many things. Most success I had with it was on a wobble head, crawling bottom. Good punch bait too. The 6th sense prawn has some amazing colors, nirvana and dark water bug are great. We’re on hard water here in western ny for another couple months at least.

High action: xzone adrenaline craw rage bug 6th sense hogwalla low action: d bomb 6th sense prawn xzone adrenaline bug

Xzone lures. For a beaver style the adrenaline bug jr, great colors and floating claws. For a craw style the mb finesse craw with a subtle flapping action. In warmer water the adrenaline craw jr gives some good kick.

Picked up a dobyns champion 766 flip and will be pairing it with a tat elite p/f. Rod is rated up to 2.5 oz I believe. I typically punch with 1oz around here, 1.5 max

Can’t recommend the 2021 Zillion enough. Light, smooth, great caster, simple brake adjustments. Hard to imagine anything beating it for the price.

I set all my Daiwa reels the same way. 2 zillions, 2 Tatulas. From factory there’s a small amount of side to side play. I back the tension off another quarter turn. From there I don’t touch anything on the spool tension. Only adjust the the mag dial as needed. Sweet spot on the brake dial is between 6-8 depending on weight of the lure I’m throwing.

Really like sufix. Have been back and forth between a few versions of power pro and found sufix to be a good combination of what I liked about original pp and super slick. It’s a little rougher through the guides than Super slick, but doesn’t hold as much water and cuts through vegetation a bit better