Jrob78

Romo doesn't bother me too much when he stays on topic and is prepared. I just think he and Jim Nance are a terrible pairing. Romo is so goofy and Nance is so serious and professional, it just isn't a good match to me.

Your questions is confusing. What weights are you trying to throw with a baitcaster? If you're trying to go light with a MH St. Croix rod, the reel isn't going to make any difference.

I chose poorly ?‍♂️

If I could only use one brand to cover everything it would be Strike King. If I could pick one for hardbaits and one for softbaits it would be Lucky Craft and Zoom.

Driving is hard. Yes that is wet concrete ?

Agree completely, it's an amazing rod for the things it does well but it doesn't do a whole lot well. I find the effective weight range to be very small, but if you stay in that range it's awesome.

To me the X-Bites is a phenomenal finesse jig rod and maybe 3/8oz jigs and t-rigs. It doesn't have the power for anything heavier though, imo. From what I hear the FMJ is the rod for jigs in that range.

I don't have any experience with the Xtasy rods. I've only fished one P5, the X-Bites, but it is amazing in sensitivity and balance. No experience with any of the NRX+ rods either.

I've always been a fan of St Croix rods and I thought the Mojo line was a good sub $200 rod when they moved to SCIII graphite blanks, especially when compared to the SCII Bass X and Premier lines. At this point though I too would be leaning toward the Victory for a just a few dollars more, a better blank and better looking.

I don't really see the point in running braid to leader on a baitcaster, unless maybe you were fishing gin clear water and visibility was a concern, which isn't an issue where I fish. It's personal preference though, I already don't like braid and in my experience leaders just complicate things to me without adding a noticeable benefit. I pretty much only use braid on standard braid techniques, like frogs, some topwaters, punching, pitching heavy vegetation, and the occasional swimjig, and have never felt the need to use a leader, with the exception of the topwater to keep the trebles from fouling in the braid. I don't like how braid handles, the occasional, inevitable bait cast off, slack line sensitivity is terrible and I don't like how it floats, I don't want to mess with tying leaders and I actually like some stretch in my line.So it's a no for me. All that said, that isn't a judgement on what other people use just my experience with it, if braid works for you and want to add a leader, go for it! A lot of people do it with great results.

Hedgehog Alchemy Oil Ultra Light and TG's Rocket Fuel Yellow are what I normally use.

It's not even that the food isn't good, it's fine, but it's way too expensive for what it is. Off the top of my head: Olive Garden Chili's Applebee's In-N-Out

It was a serious collision. The passenger side of the police car is destroyed and the orange car went up on 2 wheels and almost rolled over. They took the driver in an ambulance, the officer was ok. I was walking out of a restaurant and saw a helicopter circling tightly overhead and a police car flying down the highway service road. I watched him turn into a mall access street and this orange car slam into him. I found out later the cop was heading him off as he was running through the mall parking lot trying to get back to the highway. Apparently there was a drug bust and this guy ran, the chase went through several cities and caused several accidents along the way. I just happened to walk out in time to see how it ended.

Caught the ending of a long police chase. Orange car hit the police car head on and then cops rushed in with guns drawn and drug him out of the car ?

A rod with a light enough tip to load properly with the weight you're trying to cast. The best BFS reel in the world won't work very well with a rod that's too powerful.

Just to update, I got an email today with a tracking number saying that they have shipped a brand new pair of Costas to replace my damaged pair, free of charge. So for any Costa owners with damaged rubber, file a claim and they will replace them for free.

12-20 lb fluorocarbon for any jigs fished on the bottom

I keep them too but I don't really know why. I don't generally sell reels and I don't normally put them back in the box once they are out. ?‍♂️

I actually just filed a claim with Costa to send mine in for the same reason, all the rubber is falling apart. By the sound of it I'm getting a brand new replacement pair for free. We'll see if that's what actually happens but it might be worth a try for you. I just bought a pair of Maui Jim's with the glass lenses and they are lighter and less bulky than my Costas and the glass is super clear. I haven't gotten them on the water yet but so far so good. I've owned many pairs of Oakleys through the years and to me the Costas and my initial impression of Maui Jim are way better. I won't buy anymore Oakleys.

Lol nothing worse than banged up knuckles! I think I have at least 1 more set I'll send you. I'm happy you're using them and enjoying them!

No I get it. I just find it amusing.

You must like it, I think this is your 3rd or 4th post about it. ?

Yeah a 3/8 oz weighted tube can be fished on whatever casting setup you use for t-rigs. I would be throwing it on a 7'-7'4" MH F rod with 12-16 lb fluorocarbon and 7:1-8:1 casting reel. You really don't need anything special for tubes with this weight.

I use quite a few heavy rods. As I'm sure everyone knows, rod power ratings are completely subjective and are really only comparable between that line of rods and maybe that brand of rods. I have fiberglass cranking rods that are rated heavy and swimbait rods that are also rated heavy. They are literally at opposite ends of the spectrum. I also use Heavy flipping/pitching rods that are more powerful than the more standard Heavy powered rods I use for jigs, frogs, heavy t-rigs, deep cranks, C-Rigs...and whatever else I'm not thinking of right now. I tend to go with the heaviest rod that will load and cast whatever bait I'm using.