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Meguiar's PlastX

One of the main reasons I picked up the Crucial drop shot rods was the blank design. The tip on them is fantastic. But the backbone is just great. They were made for really drop shotting into heavier cover. More than enough power to pull fish out of thicker stuff.

Big-O, whats the deal on that one? Cheaper is better!

Glad you found something that works. I've got complete confidence in that knot. It is much better than the uni-uni for braid to fluoro.

If only they could charge people for sheer stupidity. What an idiot.

I'm seriously considering going back to school. I received my degree several years ago after I got out of the Army, and never really worked in the field. I have no urge to change careers right now as I already co-own my business...and business has been fairly good. I'm just thinking about going back to work on my Masters just to say I actually did it. It's in a field that I've really enjoyed dealing with my entire life, Marine Biology. Really, the odds of me ever working in the field are slim. Right now I'd be qualified to basically clean test tubes. Not that appealing. It's a very small field to work in with very few openings. Although, if I went for a few additional years after that I could potentially earn my Doctorate and have the possibility of making a career out it. In a nutshell, I'm just curious if any of you guys would go back to school if you had the opportunity just to feel like you're bettering yourself.

Great fish as always, Shane. Gorgeous area down there.

I've been extremely happy with my Crucial 6'10" MHXF. Fantastic t-rig rod. Bought that on advice from an extremely knowledgeable member of the forums. He can chime in on that if he wants. The Crucial 7' MXF has made for a fantastic lighter plastics rod for me as well. Both are casting models.

The size of the lure doesn't matter. It's the weight.

x2 My wallet is really getting angry at me this year.

Kind of a silly poll IMO. The Curado is the better reel. The Citica is probably the best bang for the buck out of the two reels though.

Great info. Somebody needs to give Ann-Marie a Battery Guru title or something.

Gotta love it. Theres nothing better than taking a kid fishing...and catching. Give me a shout next time you plan on heading back to that lake. Sorry I missed the last couple of times, got stuck doing the whole real life thing.

Took me longer to drive down to the boat, fill up with gas, and get out to my spot than it did to catch our limit. My father, daughters, and I pulled 24 in about an hour. Gotta love having secret little spots that have produced year after year after year for the last 20 years. I don't think I've ever seen so many commercial lobster pots out before though. d**n things were everywhere. I was almost concerned about wrapping up some of the lines in the prop at one point. Somebody must have dumped an entire boat load on this one reef that I used to dive on. Unfortunatley, if you do the math. I lost money today. 140 bucks in fuel, 24 lobster, thats close to 6 bucks a bug. Really more than that if you count food that got bought, and gas for the truck to drive down. At least it's fun.

I threw one for the first time this year t-rigged last week. It produced some fish. I've used them several times this year on a flick shake. There are other soft plastics I'd rather use, but I'll still keep a pack or two in my bag if I run into a situation that I need them. I'll let my kids or my father use them more than I will.

I've never really felt the need to add one onto my flick shake jigs. If you're that concerned about it, you can heat shrink on a weedguard though. I believe it was Wayne P that showed how he added weedguards to his wacky hooks a while back. You may try doing a search for that.

It happens. Oh well. Theres plenty of other fish to catch. I mean, it stinks losing a big one. Short of it being a World Record, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

Out of sheer curiosity, is there any reason why you feel that you must use six pound leader?

Don't you know? On the internet, Humminbird and Lowrance both have absolutely horrible customer service.

Great post, Rhino.

Sorry to hear that. I grew up having tons of animals always around the house. Really stinks to lose a pet. They really are part of the family. The dog I have now was a rescue and is starting to get to that point where we realize that she's getting really old. I'm not looking forward to the inevitable. I really don't know how my daughters are going to take that. They've never dealt with that before. My brother has a Boxer that I absolutely love. Goofy looking thing. When I decide to get another dog, if I don't get a Doberman for the third time; it will most likely be a Boxer.

http://www.lineart.redshad.com/MegaStrike/ Works fine on my end.

I rarely have to retie mine. 30-40 pound power pro. 12lb AbrazX or 14lb XPS fluoro. Edited to add: Unless it's obviously chaffed. In that case I'll retie.

If any of you go to click that link, add www in front of it. Otherwise it won't work. The colors look good, Bobby. I'll probably place an order before too long. Need some more jigs anyway.

Hit the gym! ;D 1/4oz Chatterbaits are fairly small. I use a 6.4 and have no problems with them. When I get into some of the 1/2 oz and 3/4 oz, then it can get a bit troublesome. You'll get used to it in time. You just aren't used to cranking something like that.