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You could also shorten them to whatever size you want. I buy 3/8" heat shrink from the electrical section at Menards. Cut the tipped end off an off-the-shelf mesh rod sock to the length you want. Fold the cut end into an "S" shape and slip a 1" piece of heat shrink over the end. Apply heat to the heat shrink to tighten down on the tip and Poof! You have a shortened rod sock! The only thing I do is pick a standard color for the ones you shorten so it's easier to get the right ones on the short rods at the end of the day. I only use the silver Academy rod socks for shortening. All the regular length ones are various other colors.

Yesterday I found a wad of bass on a shallow channel bend. Fished a jerkbait and a small sqarebill both with circle hooks. Several fish hit those baits but I hooked NONE of them. I fished a trap with circles over a grass bed. Same results. Several bites but NO hookups. A hybrid hunter with trebles and a swimjig in these spots produced lots of fish. I expected to have some misses with circles but 100% misses is not acceptable. I will keep trying. @GRiver @JHoss @scaleface @RRocket

Lamiglas SR705R. “ It’s the bomb.” Thanks Kent!

Where’s the Raid???

You’re probably fine but if it was me I’d change out the line and store rods indoors from now on. Why let something like line possibly ruin a good day on the water

Honestly I really enjoyed the Shimano Casitas, a great little reel. The E series is definitely legendary, love the Curado 50E

Looking for some buzzbaits that are just a little bigger than a Jackall Dera Buzz? Who knows of any?

That bass makes your mustache look small.

I like and use Terro but this time of year when the ants start showing up in the house. I use an ortho spray well I think it’s by ortho that comes with a hand pump and you spray about a 1’ ring around the walls of your house both inside and out. It has worked every time for me and the spray seems to hold up for the whole year from the moment of application.

I haven't paid MSRP for a fishing product in years, and I avoid it as much as possible in all other areas of my life as well. What is something you're willing to pay full price for? Of course I mean what tackle item do you/ would you pay full price for, but also what other products in life are you willing to pay full price for?

My name is Randy and I have an autistic son who wants to start fishing with me. When we go, if we are not catching anything right away, he gets frustrated. I would like to know, where is a good place to catch bass from shore at? We live in Virginia Beach. Thank you

Day 2 Ish is in seventh place with 57.67. John Pearl is leading with 67.31 and on pace to make the century club in 3 days. 😲

Cashion is made in USA. They roll their own blanks

Could you share the info on the 8 pitch prop you had success with? My 9.9 is also the command thrust carbureted version. Same thing with my PT 175, with just me, 7 gallons in the tank, 3 batteries, and gear top out at 6.8-7.2 mph. Wouldn’t mind a little more speed as long as it’s not over stressing the engine or running out of its rpm range.

Those stock hooks on SRS and SRs are a nightmare if there are any pickerel around Decoy Silky #5 or Hayabusa 930 TBL #4

I use 50lb Smackdown exclusively for pitching in heavy cover and timber. I've pulled fish up to 7lbs out of the thick stuff with it. I pulled this 7lbr out of a pile of floating timber over thick weeds. So yes, it's strong.

Now, whats the most tastiest carp recipes you studs have? C'mon give em up!!😛🥴

That's what I like to hear...I planned to forgo M360 and just go with ML2, and it seems like it's going to work out well for some waters I fish.

that's crazy, I mean the price.. I guess one of the reasons people like kayak is, it's a really worry-free and very independant castle on water, not a small rocket out of control.😂😂😂

You assume “sport fisherman “ don’t eat what they catch, not true only applies to a small group angers. Tom

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Got out for a couple hours this evening after work. The air was 35 degrees and the water had dropped from 5 degrees from Sunday night (54 to 49) so again, this wasn’t much about catching fish as much as getting used to the boat, getting a few more things dialed in, and getting used to fishing out of a boat instead of a kayak. First, I have the prop dialed in now. For anyone future searching on the web and finding this thread, the mercury pro kicker maybe isn’t the best choice. I don’t know for sure what this boat would top out at with the regular 9.9 and lower ratio lower unit, but the pro kicker has the lower unit from a 15 hp with a 2.42 gear ratio. It is deigned for heavier boats and lower speeds with better control at lower speeds. I can attest that the 5 pitch 4 blade prop that came with it had excellent maneuverability at low speed. it just didn’t have a high speed. It topped out at 5800 rpm and a bit over 6 mph. At full throttle I could side image with crystal clarity! I tested 4 different pitches of prop from a 7 to a 10, starting with the 10 and working down. The 10 was too much and I could only hit 4000 RPM and 6.8 mph or so. That day was spent in the idling range of RPMs (it was a small lake). I put the 9 on and ran it for 30 minutes on Sunday. It hit 4800 RPM and was in the mid 7’s mph but still not quite what I was looking for. The operating range for this motor is 5000-6000 rpm. I went tonight with the 8 and it was night and day compared to the 9. I bumped up to around 5500 rpm and up over 10 mph quickly and eventually hitting 10.8 going into wind and chop. I was surprised to be getting 800 rpm per inch of prop, but it’s true on this one. I figured that was right, but since I had the 7 pitch in the truck I ran back to the ramp and changed it out. The first run it reved up over 6000 rpm at full throttle and was only hitting mid 7’s mph again so i backed it down and went fishing. All in, just under 11 mph isn’t bad for a ~1200 lb boat (that’s loaded weight plus me)with a 9.9. I don’t know if a different lower unit would add much more once you play with props- at the end of the day its still a 10 hp motor. Either way, its almost 3x what I was running in the kayak and within the HP limits for the lakes around here. The longest practical run i would make is 3 miles (longest theoretical would be 5) so 20 minutes or so. Spotlock is going to be so awesome. I had it on the kayak and knew what it could do already. But now Ive got it dialed in with a bigger platform. Tonight’s temps and wind/rain were pretty awful, but not so bad with a hood up if it was at your back. So, spotlock in and walk to the back of the boat to cast out the back instead of the front. It keeps the wind at your back and having a 6x6’ platform is pretty nice to work from. Also, on the kayak I loved having nav/heading lock and cruise control. I can’t set a speed since I only have the mini remote, but with the foot pedal you can set a heading, turn on continuous drive, and then roll the speed dial as you go. And instead of using your hands to adjust direction you just use the pedal. It’s pretty slick and I’m going to love it. Perspective mode on Mega live 2 is a vast improvement from ML1 and I can see some uses for it. The lake tonight already has grass growing within 1.5’ of the surface. Electronics on this lake aren’t useful most of the time and that will definitely be true this year. I cruised it a bunch and never really found the edge of it like in prior years. But, perspective/landscape mode on mega live 2 was able to show the lanes in the grass really well that if I wanted to cast to the holes you could. Think mega 360 in live imaging. It’s very close to that. I’ve got a couple more little tweaks to the boat, but it’s close enough now that it’s time to start focusing on the fishing.

No, it's not. The '22 casts further for me. Minor difference as I'm usually throwing something heavy and getting plenty of distance on either one. If you paid 10 cents per foot of casting distance lost, it would still take you years to make up for that price difference. That's a great deal, you're gonna love em. My ultimate problem is that I love the bantams so much that I want to phase out my curado dc's. This year, I'm gonna move the '22 to my deep crank/a-rig/big scrounger rod and run 30lb braid to leader and put a curado on a 7'6XH expride that I mostly use for swimbaits and heavy swim jigs. scott ps - the zillion was a weird one for me too. First year of owning one wasn't great. Never felt comfortable in hand, felt distance was meh. Made it a bfs ish reel with a roro x27 spool and now it's a dream on ML-M rods. Most of it is due to the way I palm it, I think.

Thanks brother, certainly the best start I've had thus far this season. Florida hammered me. Cox still hasn't fully delivered for me for as many times as I've picked him, but he usually doesn't totally bomb either. I bet he drops a big bag tomorrow. Everything seems right in the Bass fishing world if he's doing great 😁 I pick Welcher all the time as he's one of my favorite anglers, but he burned me a bunch last year.