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The problem is that a bouncing motor on your transom is like going full speed ahead and throwing it in full reverse. A hole shot pushes against the transom, a pot hole in the rod pulls away from the transom. The fiberglass resins and fibers are strongest when being pushed not pulled. Hitting a big pothole at 70mph puts a lot of strain on the transom, with or without a saver. I personally like the ones that attach to the trailer, so you don't change the force of impact from the top of the transom to the point where the saver attaches. How many used boats do you see with cracked transoms? Most of the ones I've looked at have a crack along the top where the engine mounts are, the few that didn't the owners all used a saver.

Impossible, unless the lead granules are microscopic, and part of regular dust particles. Pure lead will not be disbursed through the air.

Here is something to think about when it comes to the "harmful" properties of lead. There are millions of pounds of game shot and consumed by hunters every year. Everyonce and a while you eat a lead shot, at the very least the game is cooked with the lead in place. If lead is as lethal as many claim there would be 1000's of lead related casualties per year, and all of them would be hunters or their children.

Just gave my lil bro his first bc yesterday, he is 36 and just now getting into bc's. Here is a copy of the email I sent to him on how to cast, hope this helps. I will go through the cast, step by step and this will be real boring reading but will aid you in casting properly. Like I already wrote, casting a baitcaster is absolutley nothing like casting a spinning reel. You hold the rod with the handle on the reel up(this assumes a right hand cast with a right hand reel or a left handed cast with a lefty reel). I know this sounds uncomfortable but just hold the rod that way, your hand is in its normal relaxed position and your thumb automatically rests on the spool of the reel, (the line). Now bend your elbow (just your elbow) until the rod is vertical, your elbow should be close to your side, which is where it will want to go naturally, your wrist should be straight up as well. The motion will take the rod past vertical about 40 degrees, now snap your wrist forward and as the rod passes the vertical spot and is close to 40 degrees in front of you let go of the line, your thumb will remain right over the line and will feather the cast on its own (feathering the cast is what prevents backlash). The most important thing to remember is that you do not cast a baitcaster with your arm (like you do with a spinning reel) you cast the line with your wrist alone. As hard as it is do not put your arm into casting your new reel, use your wrist and forearm, mainly your wrist but your forearm will move a little. Never cast a baitcaster across your body like you normally do with a spinning reel, that is a sure recipe for backlashes, short gnarly casts, and inaccuracy. Concentrate on getting this technique down, then progress to a sidearm, we will cover pitching and flipping later, these are harder finesse techniques that I hardly use but do come in handy. Watch Bill Dance on tv and watch how he casts, it is a little flick of the wrist, when I casted those weights today, all I did was flick my wrist. Something I'll add here that I didn't tell my lil bro, because I gave him the pole too, is it is easy to learn to cast on a MH pole with a fast action. I first tried to learn with a medium power medium action rod that was a nightmare, I can use it now, but when I was starting out, the rod loaded to much and I had a hard time controlling the line, and where the lure released, as I was used to spinning gear. Nothing will snag a reel like a 10 foot cast that you intended to fling 100 feet. Good luck

First no lead particles can not move through the air, unless it is pulverized into dust and then blown using a fairly high pressure system, lead is just to dense to ride on normal air currents. Lead paint poisons from ingesting it, and I mean a lot of it, most of us slept in cribs covered in lead based paint, lived in houses painted with lead based paint, played on lineoleum floors made of asbestos, not to mention drank water that ran through galvinized steel pipes (talk about lead ingestion). So in short unless you are eating about a pound of your lead weights on a daily basis you have nothing to worry about.

I turn 40 on Thursday, I have been permantly disabled since 2002. I was injured on active duty (not in the war) in 1992. I have had three spine surgeries. S1-L5 fused- 1992 L5-S1 fusion broke and the resulting injuries meant I had to be fused again from L4-S1 in 2002 C4-C6 fusion in 2006 Nerve damage from back injuries include bottom of feet having numb spots, pain in my legs, sciatica, numbness and weakness in legs Right now I have two more bad discs in my neck and two more in my back, pain radiates down arms, through hips and into places that just shouldn't hurt How it affected my life. I was an AVID birdhunter kept a kennel of bird dogs, up to 5 at a time. I loved it, walked miles and miles daily while hunting, this was after the first back surgery, did really well, until it fell apart. I fished as opportunity presented itself. As time has passed I found myself selling my guns and dogs (they were very unhappy and neurotic not hunting), and now fishing is my outlet. I can not stand for any length of time, and 90-95% of my fishing is done from the sitting position. I do not run my boat hard, no jarring. I can no longer pull all day fishing trips, I quit floating the river, last year my back went out about 2 hours from the pull out, not fun. My john boat has pedistal seats for the back rest, sits on a trailer, and I lift nothing. My bass boat is put in as close as possible to where I'm fishing, my poles are light and I take a lot of narcotic pain medication and muscle relaxers while fishing and wear bengay like sunblock!!! I also use an electric winch for loading, the boat is floated off and on, I take it very, very easy. One thing that does really bother me while fishing is back spasms, sitting helps a lot, but the posture of holding both hands in tight, one on the pole and one on the handle of the reel, causes a lot of pain. If anyone has a suggestion on this I would appreciate it. So in short fishing is my outlet due to my disability, I go when I can and stay until the pain makes me give up.

My transom saver attaches right below the last roller on the trailer. Have no idea on the manufacturer as it was on the trailer when I purchased it.

in a word yes. I have seen far to many twisted or bowed aluminum transoms, and if it is fiberglass boat it isn't even a question. For fifty bucks you are assuring the life of your boat.

I am assuming the new Malibu, v6 or i4 motor, if that is the case I hope you live somewhere flat and never have to pull a hill. Depending on the make of the wife's mini-van you may be just as well off pulling it with the car. IMHO no 4cylinder vehicle should be used to tow. I am not a fan of v6 engines for towing either, but an inline 6 is fine. What kind of mini-van do you own, if it is a v6 and capable I would probably use that. There is such a thing as over kill on the tow vehicle, I used to have a dually, and felt like an idiot towing my john boat with it. I also see no need of using a 2500 series diesel to tow your bass boat, if you are towing across country maybe. Towing capacity is more related to the rear end and tranny configurations than the raw horsepower/torque of the engine. There is no need to have a vehicle rated to tow 15,000 lbs to tow a boat with. Almost any vehicle can tow up to 1000 lbs, but a steady diet of it will take a toll on smaller engines.

I don't know, all I know is that my wife gave me an EXT Pro for my b-day, and when I put that reel on the pole it was instantly home. It was almost like when I picked up my first quality double, I knew I had found the reel for me. Since then I have picked up two more and ordered new drive gears for one of them, I wanted to slow it down for crankin. I can't say how they compare to the Shimano's but I know for me it will be Abu round or nothing. As far as advantages I have not found a reel yet that can even compare with casting distances with the EXT, the drag is solid and powerful, the reel is super smooth. So in short I can't answer the question for you, but for me holding the round reel just feels right. That is what fishing is about enjoying the experience, the outdoors and if you catch a few that is a bonus.

Own two that I purchased last year, great rods, great sensitivity. I don't think after using them that you will want or need to upgrade. The heavier ones were made of glass, the newer ones are a composite that is much lighter.

During the month of Feburary I have purchased 4 reels and my wife gave me one for my birthday. How do I make this stop? It is all her fault really, she got me the EXT Pro, and I have since bought two more, but man what deals, I got one barely used for 57 shipped, a brand new for 68 shipped. So for the three EXT pros that I now have I haven't got 200 bucks in all including the price my wife paid for the gift. I don't know what happened but somehow I ended up buying a Okuma San Juan, I guess just curiosity, and then I got the BPS Extreme 05 for finesse. Anyway make it go away!!! BTW I had to sell two other reels to pay for this new addiction.

Put a protective non marring wrap on the cork and fish it. Who knows what kind of mojo Jimmy put on that rod!!!! Make sure the wrap is easily removed so you can show the autograph on the rod while holding that lunker of a lifetime and send the picture to Jimmy, he'll sign that too. I'm not familiar with that particular rod, but if it is the same quality as the Roland Martin rod, I wouldn't fish with it, you probably already have better rods.

I also use Abu round reels, the higher center of gravity results in farther casts, that is one of the features of BPS David Fritts crankin reel. I use my EXT on my BPS crankin sticks and like the combo well. Take the reel you plan to use already spooled with line and place in on the rod of your choice and see how well they feel.

After I wrote this last night, me and the wife were out in the garage and I got to counting all of my poles. Not only my bass poles but all of them 5 spinning rod outfits 5 baitcast outfits 4 spincast outfits Which came out to more than I realized! I use five baitcast poles when bass fishing, carry two or three when I'm trout fishing. I have always used multiple poles, just wondering how many is enough. I liked the response that said right up to the point that every crevice in the house is full.

I think the specialty rod syndrome has really gotten wild lately. I have used the fishing rods are like golf club excuse with the wife to validate a purchase, but in all honesty how many rods do we need to carry. I have a friend who has a drop shot rig and a shakey head rig, a jig rod, a worm rod, a carolina rod, buzz bait, spinner bait, topwater, etc. He carries ten plus rods when he goes fishing. I understand the necessity of different rods for different uses, but seriously a shakey head rod and a drop shot rod, a football jig rod and a regular jig rod. Do we carry all of these rods so we don't have to retie when switching bait? Personally I carry five rods, 2 cb rods, one shallow one deep, 2 jig rods, one for smaller jigs and 1 larger jigs, btw they also double for my worm, carolina rig. one medium that I use for whatever. My jig rods sometimes pull double duty as my buzz bait and spinner bait rod. The one cb rod the MH will also sometimes serve as a buzzbait rod and topwater treble hook bait rod. I may just be cheap, but I can retie a long long time before I can justify the expense of a seperate setup for each bait.

After looking at those things I know two things. 1 I have never seen or heard of them before. 2 I don't see how they would work, I guess they do but I don't see how. The toothpick idea sounded pretty good. Has anyone used these things.

They are called linear decomboberlaters. : I honestly just use and offset shank worm hook, don't have any trouble until the head tears.

I was forunate enough to break both of my PB's last summer. I don't remember the dates. 4lb smallie, black/blue chatterbait, with a zoom ultravibe trailer 7+lb largemouth chartruse and white double buzzbait. The smallie was caught about an hour after dark and the lm was about an hour before dark.

I have been all over the board with my purchases, due to being a newbie to baitcasters, just started baitcasting five years ago. I have owned Shakespeare, Pinnacle, BPS, Abu Garcia, Quatum, all low profile, my rods are equally divided between BPS and Quantum, mainly due to availability. Recently my wife purchased me an Abu-Garcia EXT Pro, my first round reel, and I am really impressed with that reel. So impressed that I have sold a couple of BPS baitcasters and replaced them with the EXTs. So now my set ups include 1 quantum accurist pt, one bps extreme finesse, and 3 exts. If I like the reel I buy it.

Way to go grandpa. BTW I ordered the 05 series myself

Micro, one more quick question, I can switch the spools. Here are my thoughts on this. I have a Pro on a power pole for stipers, and the 5:3 on a crankin stick. I'm thinking on just switching the spools between the two, that way I never have to worry about being spooled. Will the higher capacity reel affect casting at all, if so how much, being my power jig pole the casting distance isn't as important but I don't want it affect to a large extent. Thanks

My job that particular day was a Search and Rescue Mission, in heavy seas. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong angle; broke my back finished the mission and my career. Just wasn't war time or a training exercise.

yeah that pdf is already saved to my drive, I think I'll be sending my stuff to a reelsmith.

Could you post a picture?