JayW

Nice! :-?

Good question. I'd say at least 5 lbs.

You're not alone!

Nice! Always close their mouth and squeeze their tail to get an exact measurement. She may have been a little over 20 inches that way. Here in Florida, the game wardens always tell you to measure them that way. Heck, I don't keep them, but I fish Teneroc a lot and they make you fill out a creel sheet with the length of each fish. That's how the their biologists measure them. I've never caught a big Smallmouth. Maybe when I'm up in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee this fall I'll get a chance to catch one.

I've fried Cucumbers, but never Pickles. I guess that's similar, but without the vinegar!

Great, now I'm all confused! ;D

She's a keeper!

How old is the lake and what state?

You can't go wrong with St Croix. They have some awesome blanks. I don't keep up with all of their rod models since I build my own rods, but they use the best components and and make their own blanks. G Loomis is owned my Shimano now. They are great rods and also have some of the best components.

Sounds like a great day to me!

All I can tell you is... I know people who put out trees in lakes. As to my knowledge, all they do is drop them... and the fish come with time! Sorry I can't be of more help.

I have used them before without a weight. I was casting them onto some heavy floating duckweed and the Bass were blasting them from underneath. I caught over 20 Bass that day using that method. It was actually several years ago and I don't remember the brand of the Crawdads, but they looked similar to the Zooms. The were brown with chartreuse claws and even had the black flakes like the Zoom in your pic. I still have some of them somewhere. I was fishing Lake A at Tenoroc.

Howdy!

Well... I think that's personal opinion. Red and silver might look good. ??? :-?

Same thing happened to me last week. And you thought you were special! : BTW, I caught a 83 lb Warmouth while we were fishing that day. Before you call BS... I have pics! I can't find them right now, but they're here somewhere. It may take a little while to dig through all of my giant fish pics though. I'll post soon.

You looking for something like Paris Hilton with a 10" worm hanging out of her mouth? ;D

Avid, Ok you guys won't accept that I made a comment and you need to have someone to argue with so here goes..First off this thread started as a question about the warranty response of Kistler Rods. The BS started with reply #7 when the originator of the thread answered his own question with I talked to Trey.. The thread continued onto a normal track with help from Dan, then all of a sudden Bass Pro reply #9 started in with Blade the originals thread poster, with the expert advise on the blank differences ... The thread continues on with more help for Rolo from Dan.. Then all of a sudden Dan post a link to an interview with Trey on Tackle Tour.. I suspect everyone read that interview because it really upset a few folks, and they made their feelings be known a few replies later. Just after that RW posted what I considered the only post that made sense in this thread and it just about hit the nail on the head as far as what the thread had been accomplishing to that point. Then Blade came back with a shot at RW and what he thought RW should do and another opinion was in the mix. A few more Kistler loyalist threw some responses into the mix and the thread moved on... Then ls1jay, you with your first reply #18 your pushing the quote button from the natural and blade, and immediately start the bashing again. With some real hardcore bashing of Baston Ent... Then a few more replies are thrown into the mix with personal preference opinions.. Then ls1jay, your back into the bashing mode again with your reply #23.. You don't have to look to far into the thread by this time to see a lot of the BS i'm laughing about... Then Blade comes back, and ls1jay starts back peddling by not bashing anyone, but has already done quit a bit of it..More of the BS i'm laughing at.. The real crap hits the fan in Avids reply about the interview, and how much he is offended by a business owner skirting a question about who actually rolls the companies blanks. Then the thread moves on to more comparisons from Bass Pro on Fuji and Pacbay. Then ls1jay comes back with more comparisons on thread and lite vs highbuild epoxy, then more BS about cost and the research has been done on a retail price website who cares if you have been in a warehouse.. Oh and the final comment comparing PacBay to Fuji. FYI PacBay has been in litigation with Fuji for over 10+ years for cloning Fuji guides... Then of course Bass Pro has to come back and feed this thread some more.. Then flechero comes in and replies basically the same as mine but you want my clarification, or is it just so that you can sling mud at my reply.. Moving on... We get more price comparisons from ls1jay and Bass Pro and personal opinion that really has nothing to do with the originals thread..Remember it was a warranty question..... Then ls1jay has a few words that he isn't posting BS here to Flechero it all fact..That's when it got funny for a minuet.. Then we get a comment that says go out and fish with what you got, after throwing another pros name into the mix as a reason to not like or own a certain manufacturers rod..More BS Then we proceed to get some nice action pics of fish fighting with the rods in mention, but I don't see the actual rods in the pics, except for the floating rod. This pic has made the rounds of different forums..They get high scores from a few of the posters.. Then Avid starts in again with his negative remarks on the floating rod pics. WHO cares!!! Then all of a sudden the thread becomes a comparison of another rod company and the original.. Then Blade whom we haven't heard from in a few replies starts with weight comparisons between the two rods. The thread continues on with blank comparisons between Kistler and G-blank rods.. Then we get more information from the rod builder about who makes who's blanks and then more comments on the facts man these are just the facts.... Then more information on who has bought what company.. Then I posted mine "since been deleted" This is what I made my comments on, a thread that started as a question on a rod companies warranty service became a bashing frenzy.. Then a amateur rod builder became the only expert on components and all of that information came from a retail warehouse. Not from building hundreds of rods form his own table, or even being in the rod building industry or learning from some of the best in the industry on the only forum there is for this kind of information. All that I read and got from here is personal preferences and BS..now you have my points. Four pages of it...I thought it was funny at times, and except for those that answered the original question, very misinforming through out. Avid, Then maybe you need to spend more time fishing than sitting in front of the PC. Man, that sure is a lot of reading. BTW, I don't recall "back pedaling" ? You can say what you want. I still don't care for Batson. Apparently you don't either since you push Fuji on your website! Can't we just agree to disagree? 8-) Life goes on. Let's debate Zebco rods now! ;D

Spined, better guide placement, top quality components, balanced for your reel, better looking, better performing, one of a kind, ETC...

That's what I thought!

I know what you mean. I always keep my finger somewhere on the line for tension until I cast... then, I finger the line with some more tension just before it stops so it doesn't jump off then. That's the only way I know how to describe it. I never have any problems with line jumping off, but that's what I always do to prevent it from doing so.

The u-tails are skinny. That's one of the reasons that I love them! I use nothing but Zoom. They also taste pretty good with all the added salt!

I'd say 4-5 lbs! Very nice Bass indeed!

Welcome aboard! 1971 was a good year!

I've met a bunch of em'! Most of them (not all of them) think they are the only ones who can build a rod and then they turn you down when you ask them to build you one. That's why I started building my own rods about 10 yrs ago. Now I can only complain to myself. If I had the time... I'd help you out. I haven't even had the time to build myself a rod lately! Maybe you should take up rod building yourself? No one can do a better job then you making exactly what you want for yourself! This was the last rod I built for myself a few months ago. It's a St Croix MHF blank and I built it for my new Calcutta 100.

Would you mind pointing out the "BS" & "misinformation" ?Since you've been building rods for so long, maybe you can clear things up for us. BTW, I'm being serious. I'm not trying to sound smart. I would just like to hear what you have to say about it.