hossdaniels

In my experience(limited) there are only two fish on a bed and 75%+ of the time only the one male. The females are usually only up for about a week to 10 days, and then they are gone. I've caught the same fish off beds 15 minutes apart a couple times. Never had it happen any place other than off a bed. If you find one bed, figure out why its there and lood for similar places. Sometimes in less than 1' of water sometimes 4-6' of water. Look for holes in vegetation in shallow muddy weedy water, light spots on the bottom about 5' deep in clear water. Lots of people swear by lizards, but I've had much better luck with crawdads slowly dancing on the bed.

Yeah so which of your reels last as long as the old curados? :\The way you talk I can't figure out if you have a 150 to 200 dollar reel. Not to sound like a bum, but it's statements like that which bug the hell out of me. To tell you the truth I haven't been around long enough to tell a good answer to that yet, i hope others chime in. I bought a diawa that was $170 about 8-10 years ago. I have no idea which model it was. Super duper with 100 ball bearings(or 6, alot back then) and the (still kinda new) infinite ar. POS locked up after only two weeks. The cheap ones aren't as smooth, but have served me well with a avg life of about three or four years. I do tend to spend a little more on spinning reels, still just around $60-80. I only have two spinning reels and feel that you actually get a little more for your money on them. I have 4 baitcasting reels that are all under $60 and think they all perform well enough for the purpose they serve. P.S. take it easy on me I'm new here! :-[

$5-6 bucks TOPS!!!, The fish cant tell the difference! I love those cheap $1 walmart spinnerbaits. And worms by the pound at the fishing shows. I have found that I catch alot more fish with a bait that I could care less if lost. Toss it in the nastiest stuff I can find and catch alot more big fish than others trying not to lose that $20 crankbait! Maybe somewhere with super clear water would be different, but stained is clear as most of the water gets around here. Another thing, the cheap($50-60) reels hold up as well as the $150-200 ones too.