tritz18

Either the above St. Croix or a St. Croix Premier Series crankbait rod. I have the premier and it works great for crankin

Great fish and way to stick with it. How much did it weigh?

What a shame, hope you find a better pond

It happens to the best of us. I spent 40 min pulling up branches that had my lucky craft pointer on it, and didn't find it. I can't imagine having a bait that expensive getting wrecked, especially by a darn turtle. Well I'm sure you will fix it right up and catch a monster.

Ok just making sure, and I agree with you about the Citica

x2. If you can afford it, go for the Avid. You won't regret it. And btw, the Citica E is a very fine reel. The citica e is a great entry level reel. Don't see many pro's using it. You don't see very many pros using any shimano reels actually. They don't seem to need the advertisement. The Citica E is a great reel with great features at a great price. What's your logic behind needing a reel that costs the same or more as the rod it's to be mounted on? Hopefully it's something other than just matching price tags :-? If your talking to me then I am getting the curado because I have one and love it. Not that it is the same price as the avid. But you might not be talking to me so this whole post could be irrelevant. haha whatever

My friend who i fish with daily has a whole set of these and to tell you the truth I am very jealous. They look great and really keep your lures organized. If your willing to spend the extra money I think it is worth it

I use pline fluoroclear and it has worked very well. It works great for my plastics setup. Just be sure to check ur line if your fishing around structure cause it frays, like all fluorocarbon

Well I have one curado for crankin already and its the perfect reel. Can't wait to throw some plastics with it. Thanks again guys for assuring me on my decision.

haha sorry its just when ever I see it on sportscenter I switch the channel, now thats bugging me I have to fix it. haha

You think he is to big to wacky rig????

Well the decision has finally been made, Brett Favre has retired. Now we don't have to hear about it every morning on sportscenter. THANK YOU!! Is anyone else happy to get Favre off the news, in my opinion he was just trying to gain publicity

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thanks guys, I love the new curado and I want another so I think I will get the 7:1 gear ratio curado for my soft plastics. what do you think?

For which technique ? :-? well I mainly fish senko type baits, grubs, creature baits, ribbontail worms. Either t-rigged with small bullet weights or weightless. I won't be fishing into heavy cover with this reel.

What gear ratio do you guys prefer for fishing soft plastics?? thanks

I was fishing a senko off a shallow flat and caught a backpack. Surprisingly it put up a really good fight

Congrats, is she fishing yet?

I totally agree with you, the rod is the most important component. Just for the record though, it IS possible to snap a reel. On a pike trip to Canada, my wife and I completely disabled the gearing of two brand new Quantum casting reels over a two-day period > Roger wow that's interesting, haha thats why I am sticking with the good old shimano's

I have been using the E5 since day one of this fishing season. All I can say is that its great, it cast a mile, feels great and works great. I'm looking to get another one for a soft plastics set up. I would highly recommend it

Live frog

For me if I catch fish on other things besides senkos it makes me feel better. I know I can catch a bunch of fish on senkos but it just feels better to use other things. Also the pros know so much about fishing that they can come up with an alternative to senkos that works better.

In my case I would rather have a high end rod because that is the most important aspect of the rod and reel combo. Your reel can't snap but your rod can. You can't feel the sensitivty of the bait with ur reel, its with your rod. I don't mind at all putting a citica on a higher end rod, to me it doesn't matter that much. By the way I will probably end up getting another curado to put on it, as long as I make that money in the next 2 weeks. which will be easy.

senkos, no question

This is one of the neatest threads yet, so cool to see what you guys can paint and design. They are all very good