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Recently I tore my right ACL and just had surgery this morning. I won't be able to fish for about 3 months, but I went to a small local lake Tuesday evening and caught a 3lb. spot. It felt so good catching that fish and I thank good for giving me a big smile. God is good!!!!!!

In California we have had the opportunity to fish lakes where both pure Florida strain, intergrades FLMB/NLMB and pure northern strain largemouth bass. I will use lake Casitas as my baseline. Prior to the induction of FLMB into lake Casitas the NLMB did not target planted rainbow trout during the 30 years of stocking them. Large size hard lures 8" or longer rarely caught any bass. Hard lures 6"Long or less worked well. 9" to 12" soft plastic worms and 9" pork eels did work. My PB NLMB from Casitas in '71 was a jig fish 12 lbs 4 oz. and caught several 40 lb 5 bass limits at Casitas prior to FLMB being introduced. When the FLMB reached adult size over 5 lbs in Casitas they started chasing the stocked trout and it was common to see trout jumping out of the water with a big bass in pursuit. It wasn't rocket science to start hand painting muskie size lures in trout colors or using 8" to 10" soft plastic salt water sassy shad type calico bass lures in trout colors to catch these trout eating FLMB. 1981 I caught 18 lb 12 oz FLMB at Casitas, also on a jig and several 50 lb, 5 bass limits. The bottom line; NLMB may strike large lures, rarely 8"+ hard baits and don't prefer large size bait fish like planted trout. FLMB will strike large size hard baits over 8" and prefer larger size bait fish that resemble slender bait like their native golden shiners; planted rainbow trout filled that need. All big bass will strike long thin bottom bumping soft lures and lures that resemble crawdads and tend to avoid thick or wide bodied lures. Tom

I should start selling those spots, that's two money finishes in a month on my spots... Congrat's for sure especially with your dad as part of that day. I am glad you had a great day!

Well, technically volume of sales at a given price would be more indicative of how people perceive the value of the item, not at what price the manufacturer/retailer set the price. And, as with anything, there's a certain status symbol type element that goes along with high dollar purchases that is not always related to performance. Or more appropriately, the assumption that in a free market people always make logical choices is false.

If cost mattered in this game it would be called "Give me a 1-10 on how much my combo costs" But it's not. The man gave it a seven because he wasn't a fan of the Steez line. And everything is rated in it's respective price range. i.e, a St.Croix Premier wont get a 3 and a JDM Zillion HLC doesn't get a 14.

8.5 9 3 with a 10 applicant on it Love the Shimano lineup for rods, and the curado is a great reel. Vanish is junk. It's weak and I found it to be stretchy, as well as poor abrasion resistance. KVD L&L Is just awesome And Hookingem, since when does how much a combo's cost have to do with a rating of it?