WdyCrankbait

Soul, Welcome to the forums!

I'm a Shimano posse member (Curado E family) and I have never heard anyone say anything bad about Lew's reels. The guy that cleans my reels always praises Lew's reels! If something happens to my little green family, I'm switching to Lew's for sure. For the money and what people say about them, and my experience handling them in stores I doubt you can beat them for the $$. Having said that, I think you will be pleased with a Lew's, enjoy it and post back what you think. Here's to good knots, and dumb fish!

Sorry guys, my buddy and I called an audible yesterday and did not make it to Powhatan lakes. We only fished a couple of private lakes, 8 dinks were caught that is it. The warm weather tricked us into bad tactics, hahah!!!

Sir, that would be great, but I should be moving to Louisiana in a couple of weeks for a new job. I can put you in contact with some people that know the James river if you want.

Welcome to the forums! We charge hamburgers for joining up, hahah! Glad you made the leap and look forward to seeing your posts.

Rooster, thank you for making this post! I was having the same problem with shakey heads. I was using 1/8oz football and thought that was too light so, I got heavier ones. I am trying to learn this method and drop shot fishing before I go live and work in Lousiania.

Thanks for the update. I was going to try a dropshot, but will check into what you got. Will do, if you see two guys fishing there Thursday morning, stop and say hey. I will hopefully be the one catching fish.

I'm checking to see if anyone has fished these lakes lately and what the reports are coming from there if you can help me out. Thanks, PS I am looking to fish there Thursday

Welcome to the Forums sir!!

I've been fishing in local Richmond ponds and lakes this week. Drop shot, shakey heads and a weightless senko (4"), the hits have been pretty light. Letting you know what I experienced. I would fish lakes, I think they warm up faster. let us know what you do tomorrow.

Welcome to the forums! Hope you get a lot out of joining up!

Not trying to bump this post, but I searched for this subject before I created a new thread. I used some today and like the idea, but I got the weight stuck on something on the bottom, pulled, and pulled, and pulled. The result, I lost the weight, and the bottom eyelet was bent. Other then that, they worked fine, The hook points are super sharp!

It's going to be interesting to see what plays out with this reel. For the weight and specs it has, it really could do something in the market. But, I remeber reading what happened last year. I have talked to a many sales people (one being a REALLY cute gilrl!) at my local BPS and they told me they were not allowed to sell them till the Spring Fishing Classic. I'm happy with my family of Curados, just passing along the information. If anyone gets a Carbonlite Baitcasting reel, lets us know how it worked out.

Welcome to the forums!!!!

Check out the BPS Spring Fishing Classic flyer if, or when you get it. The are selling the new Carbonlites for $109.97 without the reel trade in. If you do trade a reel in, it becomes $89.97. Not a bad deal at all!!

YEP!

I just checked Powell's website and they say their out of stock on Diesel rods. (I guess TW and other places still have enough supplies of them.) I have a couple of Endurance's, but I am curious about them as well.

Yeah, those are great reels! I bought one for my buddy recently. He loves to fish more then I do and he had a really rough/tough year. I told him he was the ugliest fisherman I know so, I wanted to make sure he had a good looking reel. I did have DVT put in bearings and upgrade the drag on my 50E. Awesome difference it made! Glad you like the reel and are enjoying it!!

Welcome fellow Virginian!!!

Nice catches!!! Also, welcome to the forums!

Welcome to the forums!

Welcome aboard!!

I bet those fish put up a fight!! Great catches!!!!!

The Lews reels are good ones, never heard anyone say anything bad about them. I have a Curado 50E and love it! If you look hard enough, you can still locate some 51Es floating around. Have you looked in the Flea Market Thread yet? I have a couple of 51Es at a Bass Pro shop lately. Good luck!

Welcome to the forums!