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I also own over 20 Quantum reels, combination of spinning and casting, various models. Some, but not all, have some sort of finish blemishes, boat rash etc...and frankly I don't care. I'm incredibly tough on my equipment and despite that, they continue to work. The fish can't see my reels......until they hit the boat that is. I strayed last year and bought an Abu casting reel that was on sale at Tackle Warehouse, didn't like it one bit and had fits with it working properly. I'll stay with Quantum!

In my experience when you're told to stop hitting a female with your white lizard, its best to listen. Otherwise, you'll be the one leaving the bed.

So we got a little snow over the weekend. A-Jay

Here's four of them: 7.9 9.3 9.10 10.3

My son ratted me out, accidently. First, let me set the stage for you. I took my 3 yr old son to Dick's SG last Sunday and bought a flippin' stick. The rod sat in my boat until the wife went to work on Monday, at which time I relocated the rod indoors to my rod rack. Tonite (Friday), my wife, son and I are in the living room watching t.v. and playing trains. Dad (me) - Son, do you want to help me put new line on my reels. Son - okay, daddy. Son comes over to couch and touches rod while I strip old line off. Son - I like your new fishing rod, daddy. Wife - What did you say, son. Dad - (interjects) Nothing, babe. Son - (not giving a rats ars that I interjected) I like daddy's new fishing rod. Wife - Babe, did you buy another rod? Dad - (Pretends not to hear wife and says nothing) Wife - Son, did daddy buy a new fishing rod when yall went to Dicks? Dad - Come here son. Dad - (whispers in son's ear) It's a big boy secret, don't tell mommy. Son - (Goes over to wife) Mommy, it's a secret. Daddy got a new fishing rod. Do you like it? Wife - (hesterically starts laughing) Dad - (Lowers forehead to palm and says) I'm doomed.

I use the BPS xps flouro........good enough for KVD good enough for me. but the bait monkey keeps telling me to try Tatsu.

Jigfishn, Me like squeaky buzz baits.

Maybe try trimming the skirt a bit. I heard a great tip from a pro one time that the skirt on buzz baits cause drag and the more drag the more tilt to the bait. So if you every have one tilting try trimming the skirt.

For buzz frogs I like white with some chartreuse in it. The white really helps you to keep your eye on it. Once it disappears after a hit, set the hook! Skinny Dippers are probably the most amazing florida bass bait I've fished. I also like the gambler big ez's that were mentioned above. Had some OK luck with the florida five-o color

dirty water and rising temps will put the fish up shallow. i'd leave the main lake stuff alone. fish creek arms all the way to the back of the creeks. pay special attention to secondary points, cuts/pockets, and any shallow wood. a good rule of thumb with dirty water is that the water that dirties the quickest will usually clear the quickest. so if you have any inflow of water in the backs of the creeks, that's a good spot. if you know where fish have spawned in the past on this lake under these conditions, start hitting those areas. starting where you think the beds are going to be and fishing "backwards" until you find their staging area is sometimes a good tactic. they might not be fully comitted to the shallows yet, but you can bet it's coming quickly. once the fish decide to move up, it's amazing how quickly things happen. be the one who finds this, not the one who hears about it, and you will have a banner day. plenty of good bait choices already mentioned. of course if all else fails, try a new body of water for a confidence boost.

Well look who's back! Glad to see you around Rangerphil!

Best- know what it feels like when you don't have a fish on the line, anything different, set the hook.

More than likely it was a mudfish. They're very easy to get mixed up with a snakehead. As far as I know, they haven't made it into Lox yet. Glad you guys got out and had some fun. Lox is a d**n fun place to fish.

I caught a hammer-handle while I was there but left after it started pouring rain. I should be out on my kayak by April.

IFirst of all I'm going to apologize if I offend anyone as I don't mean too. I saw a spool on one of my reels that looked EXACTLY like that, and it wasn't caused by any corrosive. What happed to mine ( Which was a Pflueger Patriarch for those interested) was after I trailered the boat I was putting my tackle away and I dropped my rod and reel and the reel smashed off the side of the trailer and when I say it looked exactly like that I mean if that reel in the pic didn't have the rainbow deposition coating on it you would not be able to tell the difference. I have reels from 3 different brands and they all have some boat rash but that isn't wear or boat rash or even saltwater use, that reel was dropped on something hard like a trailer or perhaps a concrete ramp, it is chipped, wear doesn't make aluminum chip.

I've fished Quantums exclusively for over 20yrs now. I have NEVER had a problem with them. I have about 20 reels right now ranging from Catalyst PT's to Tour Edition PT's and they have all performed flawlessly. No finish blemishes either. I love Quantum reels and will always fish them. I also use Quantum Tour Edition PT rods and they have been great as well.

Recognizing a pattern fast and applying it correctly

Wow! Was that spool fished in saltwater?

I would like to know too. Is that your reel John? The damage on the spool almost looks like something corrosive got on the metal and ate it away.

To the OP - you wanted to know what people were basing their negative opinions on regarding Quantum reels, and the members have responded. I believe you get what you pay for. If you purchase an entry level reel, you'll get an entry level product. If you purchase the higher end gear and take reasonable care in maintaining it, it should last and perform accordingly. That's my opinion - I have up wards of 20 Quantum Casting / Spinning reels. I have not seen any of the problems listed here but have been satisfied with the performance of these reels from day one. And then there's this ~ In general, an opinion is a subjective belief, and is the result of emotion or interpretation of facts. An opinion may be supported by an argument although people may draw opposing opinions from the same set of facts. Opinions rarely change without new arguments being presented. However, it can be reasoned that one opinion is better supported by the facts than another by analyzing the supporting arguments. In casual use, the term opinion may be the result of a person's perspective, understanding, particular feelings, beliefs and desires. It may refer to unsubstantiated information, in contrast to knowledge and fact-based beliefs. A-Jay

Processing all of the information you have for that time, place, and conditions, to come up with the proper location to fish, the proper presentation, and the right bait for that particular time and conditions.

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If a bass will eat a hot dog on a bobber, I am gonna bet he'll eat something that looks and moves more like his natural prey even if he doesn't know what it is.

I think everyone has touched on it, making good decisions on the water! You have an idea of how you WANT to catch them, but once you get out there, things have a tendency to change. How you adapt to those changes is how your success is going to be determined.

Couple of mine I did tonight. Never seen a junebug spinnerbait so I thought I would go all out and paint the blades as well

I guess cows can swim. Great bass!!!

The first one is 1/2oz. As for the spacing of blades, there is an actual reason for spacing and I use it to adjust the way my baits run. For exampple, when you buy most mass produced baits off the shelf they are generally good baits and made for various uses but I found years ago that if you reel them too fast like burning they roll on their side and what causes that to happen is torque. What causes too much torque 99% of the time is blade size, if the blade is too big it will create too much torque and make the bait roll. The way to conquer that is downsizing the blades but what if you want a lot of flash, more than what a size smaller blade will give you? Well you can go with a single spin but you are cutting back on flash, or you can add more space between the blades, by adding space you are moving the bottom blade close to the head, that blade rotating will create its own grag and torque but more importantly it will distribute the torque across more of the wire and it will let you reel it faster than normal without the bait rolling over. The same thing in reverse, you may want to slow a bait down but keep the willow leaf blades for flash but you also might want some vibration but don't want to use a colorado blade as you want to keep all the flash, well by getting rid of some space and moving the bottom blade closer to the back blade will make much more vibration but you'll have to reel slower. When you shorten that distance between blades it will create a lot of torque in a small area of the wire, all the torque on that small amount of wire will obviously cause the wire to vibrate more than if the torque was distrbiuted equally across the wire. I can and do tweak spinnerbaits to do certain things, I like to call them situation specific spinnerbaits and anyone can once you play around and see how the blade spacing actually affects the way the bait runs.

Jig? Jeff

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