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Well played sir... well played. ;D

Sadly there was only 1 set of docks on this lake. All the lakeside property was across a street, and the boats were on elevated docks all along 1 side (maybe about 20 yards worth of dock holding boats). We actually fished this very hard when we first got there. There was only a deep weedline, nothing shallow. All of the shallow veg was stuck to the bottom like a solid matt that was about 3-4" thick. There were no weeds in the reeds either, your right we probably should have fished the reeds harder.

I fished with a friend Monday afternoon at a lake neither of us had fished before. This lake had GREAT cover and structure. First lake I have seen in WI with a 200+ acre reed bed with thick reeds and tree stumps growing out of the water. The water in that entire area was about 4-5 ft. The rest of the lake was very rocky bottom with very thick vegetation on the bottom only. This lake had probably... 15+ feet of visibility. I have NEVER fished a lake so clear. Geneva comes close but this lake was insane. We fished the reeds and tree stumps for about 20 minutes just because it looked so picture perfect. We then decided there was no way fish were in their with blue bird skies and 15+ feet of vis. We went out to about 20-25fow and started drop shotting and throwing c-rigs. I ended up catching 2 in the 2# range and my buddy was skunked after about 4 hours of fishing. There was no real deep structure for fish to hold on that we could find. We did finally come across a series of small hills or humps in about 20 fow and were marking fish there, that is where the 2 came from but we could never get on top of them very well. This lake has definitely enticed be and challenged me, I will definitely be coming back to those reed beds and trees in the fall. We did have a lake map but all it showed was 1 bar that had about 8 boats sitting on it fishing for walleye and gills. We opted not to join that gaggle. The rest of it was just a gradual decline to 35-40 fow in the deepest areas. Looking for advice on anything I may have overlooked or how I should have approached this? I was just in utter shock by the visibility on this lake and dont fish lakes like this very often, want to be prepared with a better idea next time.

I'm the same way island... While they do look nice, I don't think I would like the feel of that all day... especially fishing in rain.

wish I could read it. All I got was the ratios and that its guna cost about $252 bucks. I don't like the handles on the retrieve.

I really don't like the Floroclear, I would suggest Yo-Zuri in 10# or else go with a true Fluoro like Seaguar InivisX in 8 or 10#

Where can this product be purchased? And was your cork treated with a cork sealant such as U-40?

Megastrike or JJ's Magic or BANG in can.

*** finesse worms Zoom trick stick Strike King 3x finesse

same crap happened to me a little over a month ago. had a gym bag with some raquette ball stuff stolen out of my car along with my GPS. Sucks because even if nothing was stolen... you are still paying out of pocket insurance expenses to have it fixed... and dealing with the rate increase because of some *******.

MH/F to MH/XF

yes sir it is I need to grab one of those, hopefully that deal (or the stock) lasts 3 days.

I have been an avid user of PLINE CXX this year as well as PLINE CX. Both are great lines, but lately with all the threads about Yo Zuri Hybrid, I decided to give it a try when I saw a spool of 12# Camo Green in the bargan bin at Gander Mountain for $4. I would have rather had the lo-vis clear but hey for $4 I figured I'd give it a go. Now I hear a lot of people on these forums talking strictly about CXX, the high abrasion resistance extra strong version. But I think many are overlooking the other products in this line that PLine offers, the PF and CX. PLine PF is a great line as well. it is a small diameter, clear line that has a higher break rating than the # it is rated for (much like other lines, but this one is up there.). This line was nice, smooth and had very low memory and management issues. 12# diameter was .01244 and broke at 18#. PLine CX is a clear fluorescent copolymer. The line is coated with fluorocarbon to help with abrasion resistance and also gives the added benefit of lower visibility. This line has some line management and memory issues that are a turn off for me caused by the fluoro coating. It is a good line overall, but will not be my choice in the future, it is almost as if they couldn't get the sweet spot. It's close... but not quite there. 12# diameter was .011 and broke at 16# Pline CXX as stated this is the heavy duty line. When I tested this line I used the 12# (which actually had a breaking point of 27#). This line is a beast had a diameter of .0148. This line is highly abrasion resistant. Great for working around rocks, never broke off from smacking rocks with spinners, jerk baits etc (!with re-tying). This speaks for it self, I found PLINE CXX to have very little memory issues. This includes fishing in cold weather (Cold WI weather). When I switched to PLine CXX I immediately noticed how great the sensitivity was, this stuff was amazing! I then tried out the Yo-Zuri hybrid in my testing today. First I'll get the technical stuff out of the way. I used 12# test, it has a diameter of .013 and broke right at 20# on the mark. That being said, it doesn't have the added strength of the PLine CXX but has a smaller diameter. It has a larger diameter than the PLine CX and PF but also a higher breaking point. This line is smooth. I will say that right off the bat, the first cast I watched my spinner bait hit the water and sat there for a minute and thought... wow, that was nice. There was no memory, no issues at all, it was just smooth. It remained that way the entire duration, I was surprised to see absolutely no line management issues. The other thing that surprised me was along with the smoothness, was added casting distance. I got probably an added 10-20% distance with this line over any of the PLine lines I threw. I decided the .0006 increase in diameter size over the PLine PF warranted the 2# breakage increase and better casting distance any day in my book. Well to wrap things up, it comes down to my 2 favorites... PLine CXX and my new favorite Yo-Zuri Hybrid. I do not think these lines can be compared directly, to me they are in two different categories and intended for two different applications. I will now be throwing Yo-Zuri hybrid on my spinnerbaits, cranks, jerkbaits and I will be throwing PLine CXX on my t-rigged plastics and other set ups I deem to require a higher break point. This has definitely prompted me to give the yo-zuri hybrid soft variation a shot on my spinning set ups. I hope this has been informative and will help some of the people who have been trying to figure out these two very different types of line.

You can get a STX for 105.10 right now ....

Do yourself a favor, get 1 Ratl trap or rapala clackin rap, one DT-4 or DT-6, 1 spinnerbait and some type of topwater be it a sammy I'd go for a heddon zara spook. Should be around $25-$30 for this stuff This will give you the diversity you need for now, and let you see what all the different lures are like!

Yep, I hear the professhunul fishers can spool an STX with nothing more than a 1/32 oz. duck feather fly. and that's into the wind buddy. while taking a leak on the cigarette butt they just flipped into the lake...

great to have ya!

Do ya like that? I had it special made to shoot a mixture of lead buckshot and cigarette butts

Don't worry Grimlin I have thick skin, I wont cry... Nothing I probably haven't heard already from my hunting buddies, like trying to take my wallet to revoke my man card. :-/ All in good fun ;D Here are some pics from the lake Kegonsa last weekend, brought him with when I went fishing for a few hours (he has a haircut already after she did that competition with him)

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1250018530 ;D

I'll send you some links when I get home!

Sorry I ment the Pro Qualifier... don't know why I always think Tournament special. The BPS Pro Qualifier is 100 retail 50-60 used and is a great reel.

PLINE CXX should be used around rocks.

Is braid good for drop shotting? I don't use this technique very often but usually use like 6-8# Seaguar InvisX Fluoro when I do.

thats not the cut its in currently, that was for a competition she did. Right now its shaved about 2" of fur all over 1 length. Yeah I had read on some hunting forums about the burrs and everything. So he will be in a proper haircut before he goes out.