Jrob78

Romo doesn't bother me too much when he stays on topic and is prepared. I just think he and Jim Nance are a terrible pairing. Romo is so goofy and Nance is so serious and professional, it just isn't a good match to me.

Your questions is confusing. What weights are you trying to throw with a baitcaster? If you're trying to go light with a MH St. Croix rod, the reel isn't going to make any difference.

I chose poorly ?‍♂️

If I could only use one brand to cover everything it would be Strike King. If I could pick one for hardbaits and one for softbaits it would be Lucky Craft and Zoom.

Driving is hard. Yes that is wet concrete ?

I've always been a fan of St Croix rods and I thought the Mojo line was a good sub $200 rod when they moved to SCIII graphite blanks, especially when compared to the SCII Bass X and Premier lines. At this point though I too would be leaning toward the Victory for a just a few dollars more, a better blank and better looking.

I don't really see the point in running braid to leader on a baitcaster, unless maybe you were fishing gin clear water and visibility was a concern, which isn't an issue where I fish. It's personal preference though, I already don't like braid and in my experience leaders just complicate things to me without adding a noticeable benefit. I pretty much only use braid on standard braid techniques, like frogs, some topwaters, punching, pitching heavy vegetation, and the occasional swimjig, and have never felt the need to use a leader, with the exception of the topwater to keep the trebles from fouling in the braid. I don't like how braid handles, the occasional, inevitable bait cast off, slack line sensitivity is terrible and I don't like how it floats, I don't want to mess with tying leaders and I actually like some stretch in my line.So it's a no for me. All that said, that isn't a judgement on what other people use just my experience with it, if braid works for you and want to add a leader, go for it! A lot of people do it with great results.

Hedgehog Alchemy Oil Ultra Light and TG's Rocket Fuel Yellow are what I normally use.

It's not even that the food isn't good, it's fine, but it's way too expensive for what it is. Off the top of my head: Olive Garden Chili's Applebee's In-N-Out

It was a serious collision. The passenger side of the police car is destroyed and the orange car went up on 2 wheels and almost rolled over. They took the driver in an ambulance, the officer was ok. I was walking out of a restaurant and saw a helicopter circling tightly overhead and a police car flying down the highway service road. I watched him turn into a mall access street and this orange car slam into him. I found out later the cop was heading him off as he was running through the mall parking lot trying to get back to the highway. Apparently there was a drug bust and this guy ran, the chase went through several cities and caused several accidents along the way. I just happened to walk out in time to see how it ended.

Caught the ending of a long police chase. Orange car hit the police car head on and then cops rushed in with guns drawn and drug him out of the car ?

A rod with a light enough tip to load properly with the weight you're trying to cast. The best BFS reel in the world won't work very well with a rod that's too powerful.

Just to update, I got an email today with a tracking number saying that they have shipped a brand new pair of Costas to replace my damaged pair, free of charge. So for any Costa owners with damaged rubber, file a claim and they will replace them for free.

12-20 lb fluorocarbon for any jigs fished on the bottom