Chris W

A word of warning it is very addicting tying jigs.

If you are wire tying, tie the first go round a little loose and you can separate the colors by hand a little better. You can use 24 gauge wire and have a smaller bundle around the neck, if you do that it will get more flare out of the skirt. Looks good for your first one though. It does get addicting though.

Green Pumpkin/blue, Plum Apple, June Bug are my favorite 3 colors mostly for stained water.

The spro's are harder to walk than some of the other frogs it seems like to me. I put a great big split ring on my spro frogs and they are much easier to walk. Spro actually makes some just for the frog. Braid makes it easier also.

I am 99% sure it it wood also. I believe that they went to a fiberglass transom on the 400 series of boats.

It is probably in a bind and will not shift. I had the same thing happen on a stratos. It was from making too big of a turn. If there is anyway to reroute it so it is straighter it works much better.

I am afraid to count them but I am sure it is well over 100.

Green Pumpkin/Blue and Black/Blue/Chart. are my 2 favorite colors.

I have had several telescoping rods for 10 or 15 years with no trouble out of them. Just take care of it and it will last a long time.

The power pole is better than the Talon. In my opinion I have a talon on my aluminum boat and wish I would have gotten a power pole. How much room in your back storage compartment is the biggest deciding factor in which one you will buy. Also you do not need 2 of either of them I only have one on each boat. But if it is windy you will have some sway in the front of the boat with only one. You do not realize how nice they are to have until you have one.

You are better off buying your jigheads and tying your own skirts IMO.

I used to live in the Nashville area and fished for them quite a bit. I have caught some good ones there over the years up to about 6lbs. And for the most part KevO is right from about 4 corners up to the Dam is a little better for small mouth. We used to do real good with red hair jigs at night for them, and if the moon was full a purple/red spinnerbait fished about 12 to 15 foot deep. I have not fished Percy in several years now but it used to be a really good lake.

I do not have any but my fishing partner bought about 10 of them last year and I have fished with them some. He really likes them and from the little I fished with them, I did too. I cannot speak to their longevity but they do seem to be a good rod for the money they are fairly light and had good sensitivity. If I was looking for a rod in that price range I would not hesitate to buy one.

I went last week I cannot remember the water temp exactly but it seems like it was around 70. We have had some cold nights since then so it may have went down some more since then. Fishing has been ok nothing great but it should start getting better anytime now. Give me a shout before you come and I will try to have you an updated report.

I use them year round. In the late fall, early spring and winter I use a pork trailer usually and Uncle Josh U2 split tail. When the water is over about 55 degrees I switch to plastic, either a zoom twin tail or creepy crawler or a swimming chunk. These are one of the best smallmouth baits I have ever used.

I caught a 6.5lb smallmouth at pickwick several years ago that hit a spinnerbait the only problem was he had about a 1.5lb striper still in his mouth there was about 1/4 of it still all of the way out. After I brought him in he spit the rest of it up. I still cannot figure out why he was hitting my spinnerbait when he could not eat it.

My rod varies depending on what size spoon and water temps. The standard spoon I use is a 1/2oz Shorty and depending on the water temps I will use different size rods. Anywhere from a 6ft rod to a 7 1/2ft rod. The warmer the water the longer the rod. For really warm water 80+ I like a 7ft3" or longer to rip the spoons I usually use 15lb to 17lb fluorocarbon and a Medium or Medium Heavy rod. In colder water I will use smaller line and a shorter rod, so my action to the spoon is not as dramatic. Once the water gets below 55 degrees is when I switch to the shorter 6'6" and smaller rods with lighter line but never below about 10lb. I have never liked braid on my spoons as it seems to get tangled up to much on the freefall.

You should be able to handle up to a 18' boat with a 150hp motor. Especially if you have trailer brakes. I used to pull a 18ft triton with a 150 with a S-10 with a V6.

How much are you looking to spend?

Unfortunately not all of the stuff that makes it turn is in the mount. I have a Terrova on my aluminum boat and hate the way it stows and deploys too. If they would come up with a better way to stow/deploy it would be the greatest trolling motor ever.

I did that too in my man cave. Tried to put them upstairs too but my wife nixed that idea.

I agree with Bassn Blvd the rod you should really be looking at is the 893 no better senko rod out there that I have found. You will not ever notice the extra length. I too had the GLX's series rods and upgraded them to the NRX's. But I also use it for jigs I have no problems with jigs up to about 1/2 oz on them, it is my favorite deep water jig rod by far as long as I stay below that 1/2 oz range.

Yes, in my opinion they are. If you have a very skilled thumb.

I have always thought the same thing. Can't be both ways.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!