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I've really enjoyed my Veritas (6'9" ML spinning) and this is coming from someone with more than enough high end rods... a few NRX's, GLX, IMX, Legend Elite, Champion Extreme, etc. Is it as nice as these other rods... of course not. However, it is right at the top of the list for $100 rods and more than adequate for anything you'd ever want to do.

The biggest of the 4 I got today, third time is a charm, started working the pond with a rebel popper, got 1 about 12 inches on that, after I worked around switched to a red shad zoom trick work got a 9 incher on that near where I got this one. Then switched to a june bug red flake rattlesnake and work from the opposite corner back to this one in the area where the sun was laying across, first cast got me a 15 incher then made it to the other side where I pulled this one out. Here is the smaller one on the rattlesnake

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@Bluebasser86 I joined this site about a month ago or so, but haven't gotten around to posting all that often. I wouldn't be able to make this paper tournament, but if you guys have a good turnout and do another one count me in. Looks like we fish the same waters so keep me posted! Take care!

The POWER should be Heavy, not the action....fast action is what you want. Also, use a 7'6" rod or longer to horse those fish out of the heavy cover. I always count to 3 after the attack, make sure I feel them on the other end, then load up on them. BTW, always use a palomar knot.

Awesome, bro. Soon he'll be a spro master like the ol man. Adam has now done something you and I will never do...catch a bass bigger than his age.

I use my graph to find any thing irregular on a point or hump then i start out with a c-rig so i can get an idea of the bottom composition and i like to start on the deeper end and work shallow as not to spook fish with my trolling motor as i move across the structure. Any time i can find cover on structure I find bass. There is several different topic on structure fishing look around and search the site you'll find all the info you could ever use. Hope this helped

Do you have a trolling motor and is the boat set up to bass fish from the front seat? Spend this year learning how to control your boat. Your boat isn't fast enough to cover a lot of water, so break down the lake into sections you can fish effectively; within 5 to 10 miles from where you launch to start with. Go to the local tackle shop; take your map with you and ask some questions about where to bass fish, mark those areas. Main lake areas are harder to learn boat control due to wind and boat traffic, so pick the largest creek arm near your launch area, this should be the area to start and learn everyting you can about that area. Where bass spawn, where pre spawn bass go after the spawn and where those bass are located during the summer, the creek arm is your home lake for awhile, so pick an arm with a lots of depth changes/ break lines, secondary points. The main lake major points at the mouth of the creek arm, 1 point is usually longer and drops into the main river the channel, that should hold some bass. The creek arm channel that leads to the spawning areas should intersect those secondary points inside the creek arm, they also hold bass. Coves, cover, boat docks, trees are all easy to find and some bass should be near cover from time to time and out on structure like the deeper breaks and points. After learning what the bass are doing and where they locate in that creek arm, the rest of the lake should be similar. Tom PS: don't overlook the marina area they always have bass nearby; find the bait, the bass will be close....the depth where the bass are active is the secret to consistanly catching bass.

With a working knowledge of seasonal patterns, a good topo map, your small boat and Eagle depth finder, and some basic tackle you are good to go. Just do it. Some of my best fishing memories are of my brother and I fishing Bull Shoals lake in a 14' deep V with a cheap depth finder. Good luck.

Nice_Bass the lake I consider my home lake is Cedar, just down the road from Kincaid. I LOVE both lakes and have fished Kincaid a lot lately, including today. When it comes to bluffs Cedar is the clear winner for me, although much of what I know about fishing bluffs I learned on Kincaid. If I had to spend the rest of my life fishing only those two lakes, I would be fine with it. I enjoy fishing new water, but I am home on either one. It looks like you live in the area. Pm me if you want to get together and see if any of this stuff actually works...

Its hard for me to see you write this stuff... People that have followed your post in the past might agree, you have been getting better but I have seen some post that I kept my mouth shut until this one. I think the Veritas is a great rod for its price, and feel NO need to go out and buy a 200 dollar rod to say I have one. I think the veritas is more than suitable for any situation I would run into. I honestly feel the verities covers every technique very well, the only place it MIGHT be able to improve is a jig rod. Even then I feel they are amazing rods, and wouldn't hesitate to buy one for jigging. I think this is coming from a kid that has never used one and is a brand fanboy, or asked for a 200+ dollar rod for Christmas and realized he could have gotten two nice rods for the price of one. It has nothing to do with advertising, the POSITIVE feedback comes back USERS, not people that picked one up at a bass pro shop. Sorry for the rant...

It's a trap! She wants something man.

I'll bring my boat and a friend and we should all be good ?

I WISH I had a fishing man cave... my wife has relegated me to 1/4 of a garage shelf between the holiday decorations and just enough wall space in the garage for 1 rod rack!

Nice starter kit...

Now how did you know that? I mean I know your in the front rocking the motorcycle helmet. But I thought the war paint disguised my true identity.

agree here, as long as its the skill of the driver that is holding up the line. we all had to learn, but if it is him unstrapping his boat, putting stuff in the boat, etc then there is no excuse. the boat should be ready to go in the water when it is backed down the ramp. for some reason people around here think its ok to park on the ramp (most of the time down the middle of a two lane) and take their sweet time getting the boat ready.

Let me start off by saying the Veritas is a good rod, especially for the price. But seriously, all their stuff gets over-hyped. Really overhyped. Almost everybodies first reaction is how light and sensitive it is. That's cool, its light and sensitive. But so are the other half of budget rods. And people who compare them to rods costing twice as much, well if you've felt any of those you would immediately tell the difference. Point being, way to many people praise it because its the best rod they've ever felt, and its usually their first over 90 $ rod. Point being: good rod, extremely overhyped and overrated. Good marketing Abu

I don't recommend specific brands, my pleasure may not be yours and I don't need that on my conscious. If I were buying 1 spinning set up for freshwater (none of mine cost $300), my rod would be a med that fishes heavy or a mh that fishes light, in other words I want something kind of in the middle. My reel would be a lightweight 35 or 4000, for line capacity and more horsepower if needed for other species, agree with Stasher on the braid. For me, being primarily a saltwater fisherman, that kind of an outfit feels like a toothpick to me, pretty lite. I have that set up in my garage right now, I can fish it all day long and never get tired.

Since your motor is a 1977 model check your fuel lines / fuel pump diaphram /carb gaskets. They might be deteriated from the ethonal fuels we have now and need replacement.

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Good boat control.