JimVT

Nice post. A bit off topic but I recently picked up a tube and thought about putting sonar on it, but it seems like there could be some issues with trying to get a decent setup in a tube. Could you post some pictures of your setup (mounts, battery, etc.) that would be great. You setup looks pretty solid so I figure if you've already worked out the kinks why not learn from any previous mistakes. Or if you know of some good websites with details that would work. Thanks.

Does anyone here have a weird reaction to the gulp juice? It kinda makes my skin tingle, especially if I touch my face. It feels somewhat cooling like there is some type of mint oil in there. I avoid this bait because of this reaction and because I have no idea what's in there. If it's from a natural oil I'm not too concerned but I have no idea what type of chemicals they could be throwing in there.

I personally haven't noticed a difference, but some days I do wonder if the long legs could lead to short strikes when the bass are sluggish. Just a thought, but I have been known to over think things.

My understanding from the below article is that the fluorocarbon coated is essentially nylon mono combined with fluorocarbon. I recently tried some of the P-line CX. It did seem like it has less stretch and more sensitivity than mono, but then again I haven't tried 100% fluoro yet so this increase could be only a fraction of what 100% provides. bassresource.com/fishing/fluorocarbon_line.html Fluorocarbon differences To my knowledge there are only 3 factories in the world with the capabilities to manufacturer fluorocarbon line. Two of those factories are in Asia and the bulk of fluorocarbon lines come from these two Asian factories. The reasons why a lot of fluorocarbons fish exactly alike is because they are coming from the same exact factory. The other fluorocarbon factory is located in Germany and they manufacture the Triple fish brand of fluorocarbon. Some fluorocarbon lines handle better, some are stronger, some are more invisible under water than others and some are a copolymer of fluorocarbon meaning they have nylon filaments combined with fluorocarbon. My personal opinion on copolymer fluorocarbons is that by adding nylon filaments to fluorocarbon you are defeating the purpose of using 100% fluorocarbon. If you add nylon filaments to fluorocarbon you have just made the line more visible underwater and you have reduced the sensitivity of the line by adding more stretch to the line. You might as well just fish with 100% nylon monofilament since it's a cheaper line if you are going to use a fluorocarbon copolymer line.

I can't post a links yet, but they directed me to a tackleserviceDOTcom address where I browsed to the Quantum Code Red schematics which didn't match each other.

Can somebody help me with the order of the drag washers. I had everything stacked in the same order it came off but I fumbled things when picking them up. In hindsight I should have laid them out in the order they came off instead of stacking and I probably should take pictures for the files. I've contacted Quantum customer support and while they were pretty quick to respond (less than 2 hours) the answer was incomplete... Below is a my email to their first response which sent me to a website with better schematics and their response. QUESTION I went to the website and found this There are two schematics in this page, one is viewable in the page at the lower right and the other at the upper right is a link which takes you to a more detailed schematic. These two schematics show washers in different locations. The schematic in the lower right shows the drag washers (53) on opposite sides of the click spring (54) and spring washers (55). But if you click on the pdf in the upper right of that page they show both drag washers (53) stacked below the click assembly. Another thing confusing me is that between the bearing and the star drag on the pdf they show a total of six parts. Well, I have eight parts total. I assume some of these are just spacers, but I don't know where they should be placed. Here are the parts I have. What is the order of assembly starting from the bearing out? (qty. 1) #54 Star Drag Clicker Spring Assembly (qty. 2) #55 Star Drag Spring Washer (qty. 2) washers, 0.399 OD, 0.319 ID, 0.020 thick (I assume these are #53) (qty. 1) washer, 0.467 OD, 0.320 ID, 0.037 thick (qty. 1) washer, 0.467 OD, 0.325 ID, 0.022 thick (qty. 1) washer, 0.394 OD, 0.320 ID, 0.013 thick RESPONSE According to our Tech, the assembly will be in this order: On top of the bearing it should go: 1) spacer 2) click spring 3) two drag springs - concaved to each other - )( 4) spacer 5) star drag 6) handle washer 7) handle 8) nut So, what do they want me to do with these extra parts, throw them away? They must be there for a reason. If put the extra washers in what's the worst that could happen? I imagine damaging the washers and having a non-functional drag? Anyway, sorry for the length but I'd rather get all the info out there so the right people can point me in the right direction. Thanks, Jim