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@FloridaFishinFool I have Bass Pro Pro Qualifier 2 reels and Abu Garcia Black Max 3 reels. What would be the correct grease for both their drags and for their gear lubrication? I plan to switch to carbontex drag washers on some of them, which one of the 2 greases for that is the correct one? -------- Which companies are those that engineer reel parts to deteriorate on purpose? Is it Shimano, as I suspect from your tone? Diawa? As long as the parts don't self destruct, how can grease type cause problems in a reel? I know it can make a difference on the drag and how it starts up and such, but how can it make any difference on the gears? ---------

I have some Gamakatsu belly weighted hooks for use with flukes and paddletails. How would it work if I add a swivel and blade loose on the hook above the weight? Will it work as an underspin?

Okay. This gives me something to go on. Thanks.

I ain't been finding nearly as much as normal. I did find a 6XD, a Cordell big O, a KVD 1.5 squarebill, and a jitterbug. Already lost the Cordell. Least it's good stuff I can use.

I hear mentioned Cal's grease to grease the drag washers. Do I need Cal's specifically or will any decent grease work? I will likely buy some Lews Super Duty grease made by Lucas. I trust Lucas greases and oils for other things. So will this be acceptable for the drag disks too?

Great score. I love finding vintage boxes and gear.

The boy had to get a picture of a flower. X-Rap I found a couple years ago is building the jerkbait confidence one little guy at a time. Boy done got him one at the river.

I've been blessed to be able to borrow a copy of a book that is a great wealth of information, Knowing Bass by Keith Jones. Some of the stuff contained in that book is amazing. I've read the first 2 chapters, plus skimmed it a couple times and read snippits here and there.

Howdy and welcome.

Thanks for sharing the video. I actually do my hooks the same way most of time.

I just use dawn and water. I don't use dawn most of the time, only if it's really bad. Most of the time a wet rag will do the trick for me. I use a GI toothbrush for getting in the nooks and crannies.

A blade bait? Thanks, I hadn't thought of that.

An interesting discussion. Hey @Delaware Valley Tackle, you mentioned using yamalube. Is that their moly grease? How do you think that would do on a reel that's starting to be geary vs a standard grease?

I know some about molybdenum disulfide grease as it's used in guns. It's used on sears to smooth out a rough sear without doing a trigger drob, and some bullets are coated in it. It's used as a lube for cast bullet sometimes, with a beeswax thickener. I had not considered its use here, thanks.

I am definitely a fan of the original Rat-L-Trap. I am also a fan of the one knockers, in squarebill, but I haven't tried them in lipless yet.

Thanks @TnRiver46 I did notice the mouth was downturned, but yes I got them confused. There is some golden shiners I think in there as well as I've found one and researched and came to the as the species.

Anyone have experience with a silent Rat-L-Trap for use on pressured fish? I'm thinking about making one of mine silent to experiment with.

I tried that one too and I didn't care for it either. I never caught anything on it.

I'll have to break down and compare my reels to see difference. I haven't broken any down yet.

I can't understand a "season" on bass. In Ky, you buy a license to fish, and you can fish for whatever species you want year round.

It's sad, sometimes while I'm at the lake fishing, folks will be walking around the trail and I overhear the kids saying, I want to fish too like that guy. And the parents are trying their darnedest to come up with excuses to not take them. Honestly, folks would rather look at facebook or whatever and set on their rumps than get out and do anything. But to say that there ain't a lot of young'uns growing up in the fishing would be incorrect, at least from what I've seen. I see plenty of folks with kids both at the lake and the river. Kids here don't have to have a license until they are 16. A 3 year license is $55 here, not counting a trout stamp. You can still catch trout, you just can't keep them. I met a guy at the lake the other day that was fishing and said his line was 6-7 years old. I've only met a couple of other folks that fish ever day, or as much as they can.

@WRB-2.0 My reels that are geary are a 6.8:1 and a 7.5:1 that I use for everything, including crankbaits. Could you elaborate on why a 5.8:1 or less would be better when it comes to not becoming geary. I know it's better in the sense that you won't strain yourself from cranking all day, but I'm not really doing a huge amount of cranking either.

I'm not exactly sure. Something less clean, less organized, less useful. That gives me some ideas for sure.

What's the shortest effective length for a fluoro leader for moving baits? I ended up scoring a new to me reel on ebay. It has braid on it, and it has about 15" of fluoro leader. Is this useless, or is it enough length for me to test braid to leader? It appears to be an FG knot. I'd probably use it for a crankbait. I would expect it wouldn't be long enough for something like a texas rig.

I found this one poking around on TW- https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Great_Lakes_Finesse_Terminal_Tackle_Wallet/descpage-GLFTW.html Might be the stuff for a boat, too large for my pack I think. I'm leaning towards the Ryugi as of right now.