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Went out this Labor day kayak bass fishing. I was pitching Black/Blue Terminator jigs w/ 4"chigger craw. Found this nice bass under a dock. Thought I share a clip.

Oh now now. Don't be silly. We all know quantum makes the best reels.

I have the old model IMX and the GLX MBR844 and if I really wanted another IMX, I would be patient and watch the classifieds here or other bass fishing sites and ebay and wait for the older model IMX to show up before I bought the GL3.

I bought 4 and sold 3 of them. 7'6 Jadewood - it was heavy and very tip heavy. Also doesn't use good components 7'2 Kovert - pretty tip heavy. Had an ok feel to it. 7'0 rosewood - overall not bad but didn't care for the reel seat. Not a $200 rod though. 7'0 Jadewood med/mod - only one I liked. Light and is perfect for square bills. They will put anyone on their pro staff. It's not an accomishment at all. I know at least 10 people on it and most of them might fish 3 small local tournaments a year. Heck some of them are bank fisherman only. Denali is doing this to get their name out there. Just doesn't look good imo. For $150-200 you can buy a much better rod than the Rosewood. That is a very competitive price range. You have so many good choices in that range. As for the Jadewood there are better rods at the $100 price range too. There are multiple threads on the best $100 rod. Do a quick search and you'll find plenty of good info.

Wow, the guy asked nicely for "prostaffers" to stay off this thread, and you ignored it anyway. Classy.

A jig will catch fish year round and almost anywhere they swim.

Cadence can vary, it just depends, but it's a popping bait, not a walking bait, you need to experiment to see, hear it at work.

Picture this, about 35 years ago 1979 or 1980, I was out cruising on a country road a few miles from where I live. I pull up in front of a house, jump out of my truck and start running up toward the house. Out the door an older lady comes running off the porch and down the walkway screaming and cussing at me. Maam, Maam,...GET OFF MY PROPERTY! Maam I just wanted to...., I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT AND THE ANSWER IS NO!!!... YOU ARE NOT FISHING MY POND! Maam I don't want to fish your pond. THEN WHAT DO YOU WANT! Maam, I just stopped to tell you that the shed in back of your house is on fire. Have a nice day #@*$$. Hootie

This new saltless formula will allow fairly clear baits that show glitter well. Same size, weight, sink rate, and softness as a real one. Durability test are underway. Sorry but I do not sell them. Thanks to Baitjunkys and Wally for initial recon

Tied my PB smallmouth today fishing the River2Sea S-Waver 168, the fish was 19" long, a mark that seemed impossible to beat, I had landed about 5 or 6 that size and never one bigger. Then I totally blew my PB out of the water with a 23" smallie, it was definitely the biggest smallmouth I had ever seen in my life, and the fact that I was able to spot him, back off and give him some time (about 10mins) to calm down, then go back to the pool, fish for him, and actually catch him? Priceless! I was fishing some heavily pressured water (although not known for smallmouth) and I acutally watched some fish spook off of senkos that I threw at them, but I guess they haven't seen swimbaits before here in VA. Released to be caught another day!

When you are flipping, you aren't really casting. You just pull the line in front of the reel in by hand. The flipping switch is there so you can pull line off the reel easily. Say you have a right handed baitcaster and you are holding it in your right hand. To pull line off without the flipping switch, you would press the thumb bar pull the line off and then some how reengage the spool by turning the handle (hard to do with a right handed reel in your right hand and line in the other). With the flipping switch, the spool is automatically reengaged when you take your thumb off the thumb bar. Pitching is just another method of casting short distances with accuracy.

Gimmick tackle. Sorry you did not ask for our input before you invested in a gimmick reel. Pitching and flipping with a baitcaster is OK but if you switch to a spinning setup you can control the bait, its placement, skip it under trees and docks, have it enter the water quiet, use lighter line (6 and 8 pound test) and have more fun throwing finesse baits than with a baitcaster. May I suggest continuing your investment in the reel and have a professional reel mechanic check it out? Let us know what happens.

Nice smallie ~ I'll say a little more than my guess and a bit less than yours . . . . . A-Jay

If it's off then you use your reel like a regular baitcaster. When it's on, you have to hold the thumb bar down to keep the spool disengaged. Once you release the thumb bar the spool with re-engage automatically.

I don't think the child's age was the issue, the fact that he had no lifejacket on and the adults on board being too intoxicated to help him are the biggest problems. Why they took kids to an island called "party island" where they don't probably need to be anyways was a poor choice too. I'd already been on several boat rides before I was a year old and my son took his first boat ride at 6 months. Difference was my son and I had the appropriate safety gear on and had adults on board to watch after us. I hate stories like this, 2 children who had no say in if they went or not, lost their lives due to negligence of the "adults" who were in charge of looking after them. Tears me up, especially having a son close to the same age as the baby that died.

Yeah that involved a good amount of booze. Someone deciding to be a freak again. Then getting madder than heck cause she ain't like how it ended up. Then telling me to go do something and getting mad cause I "actually" went and did it. She had an even bigger freak out when she walked in on that. I'm still catching heck about that little indiscretion.

I believe the Multi stop is the one with the mechanical (ratchet & dog) AR. The theory being that the little bit of back play helps keep from pulling crankbaits away from the fish. Could be, but I don't buy it personally. Actually, I think just the opposite happens and that strikes aren't felt soon enough in a lot of cases. A fish can take and spit a bait pretty quickly as you've seen if you've done any sight fishing.

I have zero issues with mine, however if you don't like it... Try a Zill... I owned Diawas for 20 years... They are good reels too, 2 nd to Shimano, but still very good... Lol!!!!

Buy ASAP !! Like in the morning dude! So Cool...

So I stopped at a Walmart I never go to because I had to grab a couple quick things. Any ways I decided to check out what they had in the fishing section. Of course that was going to happen. Well I found one of those Falcon Bucco casting rods they carry and most of them said something like $129 but marked down to $99. Any ways I found one that was marked down to like $20 and after I rang it up it came to $21. It was a 6'6" MH 1/4-3/4 oz I think. I mean for $21 I had to buy it.

Those of you that own the Chronarch CI4 and wanting a low cost longer handle check out the Metanium XG handle. The MET XG handle p#4827 is 96mm compared to the stock CI4 84mm hamdle. The XG handle only costs $12.84.

Next time offer without even asking and he will be good. And you can always tell him sorry you were short on funds or forgot to bring some with you and give him a bit more. That way you don't feel bad.

Always offer to help the person who has the boat. Weather it's gas or snacks, always help. I normally will pay for half if not more. But like the above statement offer whatever you can afford or feel comfortable with. It will pay off in the long run for sure.

Offer whatever you can afford and feel comfortable with..lunch..money...drinks and snacks..whatever works.

Only at WelfareMart would I scoop up a misprint without remorse. Anywhere else I'd care.

Greetings and Welcome to the forums neighbor

I love my 51Mg7! But, the Curado 51 isn't far behind it. Plus, you could almost by two Chronarchs' for the price of the Core. If I had it to do over, thats probably what I'd do.

Can't go wrong with a core, bfs xg, or metanium.

I have had some success throwing a worm be it a senko, a Zoom Trickworm, or Finesse worm back out in the area.

I may look into that. I prefer a longer handle for most of my fishing, and my only complaint about the CI4 was the handle.

That is a good tip. How about the C14 handle cap? Does it also have to be replaced?

I store what I "need" for a little while in plano boxes, and keep my extras and stuff not in the regular rotation in the packages they came in, in a tote off the boat. I restock the boxes as needed, I find it much easier than having to sort through bag after bag of stuff to find what I need.

Doesn't always work but reel in that swimbait and very softly present a weightless Senko (or stick bait of your choice). Try not to bonk the bass right on the head with your optional offering - depending on the water clarity and the mood of the fish a couple of feet in front is often sufficient to get some interest and perhaps she'll eat it. We call this move "see the bass - catch the bass" Good Luck A-Jay

Thanks lol

I believe swimbaits work better in dirty water then clear. One of the best times to throw a swimbait in clear water is during a storm when its dark and windy. Even if its not dark but windy, the waves brake up the light and camouflage most things under the water especialy your bait. The clear water thing is a huge myth. Ultra realistic swimbaits don't work better in clear water. They may be the only things that works when a big bass can get a real good look at the bait. The idea that, because they work well in clear water they wont on dirty water, makes no sence at all. It is just plain wrong. Think of all the pictures you guys have seen of swimbait fish caught at night. Those swimbaits push a lot of water. They are easier for the bass to find then most small baits when its harder for them to see them. To think that somehow an ultra realistic bait in appearance and action wont work well because the water is not clear is just not reasonable. even in clear waters guys fish deep a lot. The visability is limited the deeper you get. Best case scenario is to put your ultra realistic swimbait in front of a big bass that's willing to eat and have it so it cant see the bait perfectly clear. When a big bass eats a swimbait that it can get a real good look at, in crystal clear water(think deadsticking or a very slow retrieve), then the bait itself deserves credit.

Now here's a used car salesman if I ever saw one!

Thank you! Was looking to pick one of these up

Nice Tip...

Thre is a misconception that all anyone needs to do is tie on a swimbait and go catch big bass. I am a believer in it's easier to catch active bass than inactive bass. What most anglers don't realize is bass are inactive about 60% of the time! active about 20% and in transition between being active or inactive about 20% of the time each 24 hour period. Your window of time to catch these bass is about 4 hours out of 24 hours. The rest of the time your are hunting to locate where these bass are. A curious bass may swim up to look at a swimbait, watch for this. Look at your sonar unit for big fish and make a note where and how deep the mark was. My routine is to visit spots that I have located a big fish about every 2 to 3 hours. If I have located several potential big fish, my day is going from spot to spot several times a day (milk run). This routine keeps me busy and focused knowing there are fish in that area, how deep they are and anticipating strikes. None of this is blind fishing, unless I haven't located any bass, then it's search time. I do a lot of metering with my sonar before fishing. My sonar survey starts in the marina so I can determine the depth to start at, then lures are selected for the cover/ structure I believe the bass are holding. If you want to consistanly catch big bass you must fish for them! Tom

Please consider: 1. Take a pliers and spread out the hooks to about 1/16 from the body of the frog. You may be able to do this with your hands. 2. Cut one of the "legs" so it will be about an inch shorter than the other one. Makes frog walk different. 3. Use braid but take a black marker and blacken the braid from the frog to about three feet up the line. 4. Relax. Throw that frog, let it sit for a few seconds and then start bouncing it back to you. 5. When you get a hit say "I got him" and then set the hook. Almost impossible but you have to practice. You have to let the fish pull on the frog before you set the hook. 6. Every four or five casts take the frog and squeeze the water out of it. 7. Put some scent on the frog. From MegaStrike to a spray. Just put some scent on it and keep adding scent after every ten or so casts. 8. If you throw the frog in the pads or grass have it act like a frog. Stop it and let it rest on a pad leaf or in the grass for a few seconds. Think like a frog but don't try to catch bugs with your tong. 9. ALWAYS HAVE YOUR NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS WITH YOU WHEN FISHING FROGS AND TREBLE HOOK BAITS. 10. Throw that sucker everywhere, in open water, next to wood, piers, boat docks, grass, pads, rocks, under trees, etc. 11. Use an underhand cast to have more control. 12. If you want to skip the frog under docks, piers and cover you can always use a spinning rig. Spinning rigs and frogs can make a deadly combination. 13. A white belly may be best but black can work. Add a touch of orange nail polish under the front eyes if you wish. 14. And tie your knot directly to the frog's hook eyes. Do not use a snap as it can drop the frog's nose and catch a lot of slop and grass. 15. As for knots, tie whichever you feel comfortable. Now go out and throw some frogs.

Fished out of MM35, Miami canal North, yesterday afternoon from 3 to 745pm. Water was high and very clear. Thank goodness for the wind because it was HOT!! LOL... The bite was slow but the fish quality was awesome. We only caught 8 fish but they ranged between 3 to 5lbs. Although the fishing was slow, I was excited for yesterday because not only were all my fish caught on frogs, I was able to break in my new HawgTech handle on my frogging outfit. These handles are AWESOME!! Wrestling a fish with one of these was pure fun and you remain in control the whole time. Til next time

All good recommendations above - however using a 3/0 size worm hook is a bit better suited for a Trick Worm (for a finesse worm a 2/0 size worm hook is ideal) .

Now wait a minute. Egg McMuffin juice is perfectly natural...lol. Hootie

Thanks Raul.

Best bass book ever

When I saw these in the pictures from Icast I was excited to try them out. So when my local BPS got some in I jumped at the chance to own one. I kept it pretty basic with the silver/black back. As soon as I took it out of the package I realized there was an issue, all 3 split rings were open? Easy fix, changed out the rings and swapped the hooks to #3 short shank VMCs. I hit the water with it the next day at a small public pond, fishing from the bank. Conditions were not good for it with no wind, bright sun, and rapidly warming air temps. Still, a fish blasted the bait on about my third cast. This bait is extremely loud and has a very wide wobble, rocking almost 180* during the retrieve. It's also a true wakebait, running at or just below the surface the entire retrieve. After the fast start there was no more excitement until I'd walked a majority of the pond. I had one blowup and miss the bait, then another eat it really well. I had at least a couple fish swing at the bait as soon as I started my retrieve that didn't hook up. I was letting the disturbance of the bait landing die down before I'd start my retrieve because it was so calm. I'm guessing those fish were just looking at the bait and attacked as soon as it moved. I managed to catch a few more before I had to pack it in. The fish that hit this bait were really trying to kill it, probably because of how aggressive the bait is. The paint job scratches very easily so if that bothers you, this may not be the best bait for you. Otherwise, check your hooks and split rings and you should be good to go, I know I'll be adding a couple more to my arsenal

Although he hasn't written it yet, if Dwight Hottle ever decieces to write a book & divulge the "Secrets of Successful Jerkbaiting for Bass" I'd buy it and read it at Least Twice. A-Jay

In Pursuit of Giant Bass - Bill Murphy

I'd have to say Roland Martin on any of the big bass lake in south FL. My dad and I used to love his fishing show back the the 80's ahh son.

A-Jay