jhoffman

My jigs that are purchased stay in the plastic in a coffee can until I am ready to put one to work and then it usually doesnt leave that rod until I lose it.

Grease can also be for drags

I prefer my reels have no spool shaft running through the pinion gear. I would choose the BPS(because of weight and warranty) or Daiwa. Third choice would be the shimano, if I saw a quantum that wasnt the smoke, I would run!

No shimano fan boys in this thread lol

Great for the guy who knows what hes looking for but most guys I know throw the schematics right in the trash. Those same guys more times than not when the reel stops functioning they pitch it too. I have a made for dicks daiwa capricorn baitcaster on my bench right now that I bought before I cared and it held up. I cant find a diagram ANYWHERE. Thankfully its only problem is spool bearings.

Thing thats terrible about those "made for" reels too is that they are almost impossible to find parts for.

That exceller for a cheap reel will sing! If you break it down and clean out all that packing grease and then flush the bearings and use a performance oil it will throw further than you can throw it without turning it into a mess.

My worry would be here in the NE that the night following my trip it would drop below freezing and something would take a hit. My boat doesnt have a heated living space.

I dont think it proves that at all. If you jack those fish with a big fat hook a few times they wouldnt bite anything for at least 24 hours.

http://www.ohiosportsman.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=1 http://ohiodnr.com/wildlife/dow/regulations/hunting_licenses.aspx

Maybe thats why he needs an endless supplier lol

The bait is made by death row baits, its called snoop dog

I took a pair of needle nose and ground a notch in them. Then, once it presses flat I took split ring pliers and pressed it the remaining distance.

Not many clubs have solidified a schedule yet which is probably part of the problem.

I love jigs I can tell you that a fish can inhale and exhale a bait faster than you ever could react. When I was guiding people learning to fish nymphs on a fly rod I often had them set the hook at random times just to prove this point. I cant tell you how many hundreds of trout I have hooked on a nymph where there was never even the slightest detection of a strike on a 100% drag free czech style drift with 5x fluorocarbon. Fish mouth stuff just to see what it is. Theyre like a kid with no hands.

You take a penalty against the weight for each dead fish. The bass dying depends on how well you monitor your livewell and how long you stand around with them in a bag on a 80+ degree day. Or if you do things like fizzing after cranking them out of 40' of water.

Finding some that arent fitted, flexfit would rock

I once pounded smallmouths in the susquehanna river in late winter on a piece of a red plastic sheetz bag. Some days theyll eat anything

fitted hat?

If you find any, please drop me a line

Fluro and mono will degrade if in the sun

When your wife asks you where you want to go for your birthday and you respond "bass pro". When if you lived near a tackle warehouse you would get a second job just for the discount.

Mine didnt cycle light loads till I pumped about 100 high velocity shells through it and some 3" mags. Beautiful gun

Its a marketing gimmick. All you need is a fragrent tree like a pine or whatever they like to rub in your area and just scrape the bark off like they do. They will start rubbing it. http://www.qdma.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12440

Hey ive read your blog, trying to contact your club about joining! I tear those fish up over there in spring.