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I like it for fishing chunk rock and boulders in the river. Jigs and trigs get hung up , but a 3.5" tube on vmc Tokyo rig comes through great, bouncing over the rocks with the current, and hammers the smallies

Cabela's/Bass pro member Monday stacks with their other sales, if you're a club member a complete livescope plus is basically $1150

That's what I was leaning towards, I already have a helix 12 on the bow, Garmin on the counsel, just thought the mega would be both cheaper and easier to just hook up to the existing helix but I don't want to kick myself down the road either I bought the Garmin, with club member Monday,their sale,and 200 back for club members it was basically $1150, I couldn't pass it up

That's what I was leaning towards, I already have a helix 12 on the bow, Garmin on the counsel, just thought the mega would be both cheaper and easier to just hook up to the existing helix but I don't want to kick myself down the road either

First off I know I don't need it but damned if the advertisement isn't working. I primarily fish a river less than 10 feet deep for most part for smallies and walleyes . I sold off some unused fishing gear which obviously means I have to buy new fishing gear, d**n you bait monkey. Cabela's has the mega live for 900 ish this week and live scope for 1500ish. I have both graphs on the boat, both compatible, is the Garmin worth the extra $. From the videos I've seen the megalive looks pretty solid after the updates. Consensus seems to be that the livwscipe is better, but is it dang near twice the $ better? The price isn't a massive deal but that $600 could go towards mount, battery,etc

Only certain colors/weights are the discounted price, you have to go through one by one and find the sale actual ones on clearance

The stretch was when I spooled with straight invisix, my normal 5’ leader of red on my 832 is about perfect for me.

Ok maybe I shouldn't have named brands, maybe mid priced reel and high end line vs high end reel and mid priced line. But either way I think the line is winning the fight. I use 832 mainline and a seaguar red leader with and Alberto knot on everything spinning and casting and it works nice

Was just reading the thread asking about line and leaders and Glen responded that he would fish tatsu on everything if he could afford it. Here's my question, where's the break even point? Would you rather fish a tatula spooled with tatsu or a zillion with invisx? The cost difference between the two would buy a lot of line. I only fish braid with leaders, tried invisx on my casting setups and thought it was a rubber band, I fish the Wisconsin river sand and snags 90 percent of the time so I like knowing worst case I'm donating a 5'leader, not 30 yards of braid or floro to the river gods

Add a bag of green pumpkin senkos to that setup and you wouldn't be under gunned in any water I fish

It will not be fully banned in the elites , maybe in the BPT to try and make a splash since that tour seems to be gasping for air. NPFL is a fringe league at best , this is like arena football banning tackles below the waist, maybe some people take notice but little to no effect on the “real” NFL the people actually care about. I don’t care either way, but it really is becoming an electronics arms race at this point,

Are they the ones with the little red tabs in a circle around the mechanism? I know on my 4 they didn’t move very far between being on or off. It was night and day when I got mine set , I run them with only one on anymore

If it’s like the sx4, there is a centrifugal brake set sunder the side plate, set it so only 1 or 2 are “on”, which I think is to the outside , and give it a try. I had the same problem

To me if you have to ask a guest for gas money in the boat then you probably shouldn't have the boat. Week long destination trip is one thing, but out for a day, sure it's nice if they offer, but otherwise buy lunch after and call it a day.

On the river for smallies, probably 60/40, they get into that current and just go wild. In a lake setting probably 75/25. Always seems like you get a few that just bump a crankbait, or whiff on a stickbait

Thanks for the input, I'm gonna take my chances especially when I'm just running between spots, heck I feel like I'm doing good when I remember to pull up the trolling motor, I'll shut it off if I'm gonna have it out for more than 15 min or so

I've got an ultra with with the mega down imaging built in hooked to a helix 12 on the bow. I never used to even worry about shutting off the sonar when it was out of the water, couple years ago I read it was a big no no to do that so I stopped, but when you are running and running on the river it's a pain. I don't leave it on mega, just regular 2d, and to be honest it's only for 5-10 minutes at a rack as I run from spot to spot, ilam I screwing the pooch as they say?

Stopped at the local Walmart tonight. $1.50 shim-e-sticks, googans baits $3, $2.50 senkos, kvd squarebills $3.50 random colors and models of jigs on clearance, jigs,rooster tails, etc. Dumped $40 for no reason but they were good deals.. They also had a bunch of lews b.c. combos on clearance for well under $100

Angles and boat control are everything when casting into laid down trees/rock piles. Never underestimate how much garbage a good squarebill will come through and come out the other side clean. If you aren't loosing some lures here and there you aren't fishing the right spots

I did , and turned down the sensitivity, it just seems like it's getting increasingly bad.

I have a 80 pound ulterra I link plus, 2019 model that had started to over rotate to the point it looks like it's going to pull the cables out of the base, it only happens when I'm moving forward and the hit the lock, the head turns around to stop me but then continues to rotate in the same direction and winds the cord up tight. If you hit lock when sitting still or back drifting it's fine, is this just a reset thing , I've turned down the sensitivity and hunted around on the net but not really found an answer

Hello BR, as the title says long time reader but for some reason I could never register. Well it let me in today so I guess we will see how that goes. I mainly fish the Wisconsin river for smallest and walleyes out of Sea ark jet, have a mild love affair with tatula 100s, and I believe that your tackle sale thread may lead to my eventual divorce