Deephaven

I'd check your rod position and set as well. I use a MHF and straight braid and have no interest in using one of my moderate rods for CB.

Cheap, fast and the number of people that can't cook make it even good to them. The cheap can win me over if I am apathetic which happens every now and then but it always reminds me to not succumb again for a long time. Cheap, fast and the number of people that can't cook make it even good to them. The cheap can win me over if I am apathetic which happens every now and then but it always reminds me to not succumb again for a long time.

I took the guides off my trailer. With them on there was 3" of clearance to get into my garage and some extra space there far outweighed any on water utility. That being said I upgraded my garage now to a 10' door and haven't put the guides back on...

Have a DC on my spinnerbait rod. Won't buy anymore. It cuts distance too much for protection I generally don't need. Out in real windy days I do enjoy it saving my a@$ though.

The cancelled my boys soccer games at 4pm when the AQI broke 200. I can't remember ever seeing Minneapolis like this. That must be some fire.

I have a few frog rods and when I need a flipping stick use them. I flip about.5% of my fishing time though so they almost always have frogs on them. As soon as I am "in" to the weeds my favored stuck is a 904 Loomis salmon rod blank built out to 8'. I've never seen anyone on my boT outcast it in length and have locked big uns up at the full length of the cast. Right backbone, with enough action to cast and enough length to pull up slack and make bomb casts.

Just trying to argue for the sake of it? The cynical ending doesn't make your point better. The point was whatever your max rpm of spinning the handle is limits your overall retrieve speed. There is no magic you can apply to spin it faster. The minimum however is up to the angler.

First try everything to get it unsnagged. Plucking the bow, lure knocker and then a wooden dowel or other similarly hard object to wrap and pull the hooks out or flat out retrieve whatever anchor you are attached to.

In your example it is less than two. 7/5=1.4 28/23=1.2 so in other words go 1.2 times slower and the retrieve is the same. Exactly why slowing down isn't that big of a deal. To keep it in distance, over 100' the 28IPT takes 42 revolutions of the reel and the 23IPT takes 52. (at an assumed constant IPT)

And of course a 5lb bass on muskie gear feels like you caught a minnow. Only saving grace with walleyes is you can fish light tackle as cover isn't the problem making them feel artificially bigger. Wearing them out is no big deal either if you plan to eat them. Once a year is enough for me though, I just don't find pursuing them fun.

When they smash it and swim right at you full bore there is a lot of ground. 2oz spinnerbaits I don't throw on my normal spinnerbait rod. You can easily crawl on a 7 speed. Heck 7 rotations on a 5 are the same as 5 on a 7. Not hard to go at 3/4 the speed...

10 years ago when I built a big pile of rods the blanks were different. Not sure if all were. Somewhat close, but the tapers were in different spots.

I like a fast reel for spinnerbaits. I find it really easy to slow down on a reel but it's impossible to make up ground when the strike comes at you with a slow reel. I also burn them a bunch and waking a spinner bait is easier with a high speed. If I want to slow roll them, then the retrieve is already so slow a faster reel doesn't matter. I really only like slow reels when I need cranking power. Perhaps I have more patience to slow down than others though.

That's what you think which is really, really absurd. Shocking in fact. Can't believe you even typed that it's so absurd. ...but I agree. No difference. Unless one is easier for you to see the bite on.

Loomis used to sell the blank alone. I extended the butt section with a little hunk of a donor rod to get me a little more butt length. I am tall and need longer butts than most. The 904 is the same. Extended the rear.

I need to get out. Fam has had me busy since opener. 77deg sounds promising. Post spawn slow down has to mostly be over.

844 I built out to 7'2 for skipping and less dense cover and 904 built out to 7'10 for punching

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Yep, I've caught beasts on a frogzilla on a medium action rod in pads. Pads weren't super thick and I didn't have anything else at the time. Not ideal...I usually have a few frogs tied on when that is the bite and regularly it means one is on a MH. I expect to lose a bait or fish if I am too deep in the slop then.

Heat gun first to warm it and then pull it off as whole as possible. Often it's own glue is the best at removing stuck on glue. Goo gone works, but you can also buy 3m (or generic) pinstripe removal erasers that pop in your drill.

Where about in the country are you and what sort of lakes are big to you? How mechanical are you? There are a ton of options...but what works for me may not work for you. I personally will never buy new, but understand others have different constraints. The more we know about your needs the better we can help.

6'3" SCV baitcaster kicked out to 6'9"

Custom rod would work best. Build a MHF out to 8' it'll work glorious for that

Never been to either and I can boat/fish the whole way to woullet

Yep, drydocking is getting more common on the lake...because we need more people that don't know how to drive a boat to have one. Not the fastest boat I've seen, but perhaps most ridiculous. Was with a guide on Ozark's and the guy who at the time was driving Miss Budweiser drove by in his pontoon with triple 300's on it. Guide said it would do 117, but that of course could be a stretch. He was flying though.