MArnold

Also the stiffer the line = less backlash and too much line on the reel = backlash along with the regular brake and tension knob adjustments!

This is the same as the Prolite special that Bass Pro has sold for $50! At the sale price these are good reels. I dont have the Extreme But I do have the Prolite special reel which is just a differant color. The reel is light 7.2oz, dual brakes but the centrifical brakes can not be turned off, there are four brake tabs. The reel casts good I have used mine for 1/8oz texasrigged baby brush hogs and 3/8th oz spinnerbaits on 15# trilene flourocarbon!! A nice reel for a beginner, my buddie Steve had this as his first baitcaster and did good, now he is moving up to the Pro Qualifier!!

The only rod I have in this price range is the Abu Garcia Villian 69mhf. I use it for texas rigged plastics 3/16 oz weights. The rod is light and sensitive and feels good in my hand. I believe that I was never suprised by a fish since using this rod. I have the rod strung up with 15# Triline flourocarbon line, and every fish that I have caught on it I knew they were there!!

sorry I looked yesterday for a post but did not see it

These reels are on clearance right now for half off!!! I just ordered four for me my brother and a couple of my fishing budds !!

Here is my Christmas,Birthday and Anniversary present!!!! lol A Shimano Core MG50 and G.Loomis NRX rod!! Yes it is as sweet as it looks!!

A G.Loomis NRX 803mhxf blue !!!

You can get a H2O Mettle reel from Academy Sports for fifty bucks, it has a aluminum frame and ten bearings!!!

Hey Glenn I have a MGX also and love it! How do you feel about the new braking system on the MGX?

I believe that CURVED has the right answer!!!!

I fish from a Kayak, so I can get close to those stumps and laydowns! I use a BPS Extreme 6mf with a Revo Premier reel! A nice smooth pitch into the nasty stuff to pull out the hog!! 14 # BPS Flourocarbon is all I need to get er done!!

Oh yes we had a great time togather, and Gary did catch the bigest Bass he has ever caught! I think if we had stayed here in Tn we could have had a good time also, so next time mayby we dont have to go so far away but stay close to home!

Well on the way down to Scotsboro we came across Crow creek so we said "Lets Fish"!!!! From the bank we caught half a dozon fish, and we thought this is going to be a great trip. Then we stopped at Mud creek and did not catch anything, but we noticed the water was not as clear and then we noticed the pink sign that said Herbicide has been sprayed " Do not swim, but you can keep fish" The next day we went out with Capt. Jake Davis and My brother caught a nice 3 to 4 pounder and I did not catch anything!!! Jake tryed and took us to several locations but it was not our day. The next couple of days everywhere we put in including the state park ramps all had the pink signs and we did not catch anything! The locals say the herbicide runs off all the big fish, seems true because we saw lots of bait fish but nothing was hiting our baits!! So we went back to Crow creek on the last day and caught about ten each( no pink sign there ) !!! We stayed at the Key West Inn $200 for three nights!! We ate at Ruby Tuesday the first night and every night after that we ate at Jeffersons a sports bar type place Burgers, Wings, Oysters!! The trip was not up to expectations but over all was not too bad!

Thanks for the tips guys, and yes 14blackmaxreels I know about those pleasure boaters everywhere on the water, that is why I dont fish on weekends in the summer time. I work nights so I try to fish every day mon-fri !! I am really looking forward to this trip to Lake Guntersvillle!!!!!

Thanks for the ref: for Tim Chandler, but last night I hired Capt. Jake Davis for a 6 hour trip on the 20th of June.

My brother Gary from Louiseville, KY. and myself from Smyrna TN. are planning a trip to lake Guntersville AL. the third week of june. We will be fishing out of a rouge river 14ft canoe three or four days. Any recomendations for canoe fishing Guntersville would be very much appreciated!!! I was thinking trying the weed beds with frogs or flukes!! I have caught lots of 3 and 4 pounders in Percy Preist and Old Hickery lakes, my brother has only caught the smaller Bass up north, so I am trying to get him on some 5+ pounders!!! I have thought about a guide for one day any recomendations here would also be welcome!! Thank you very much for your replys!!!!!

I have a carbonlite 66mhf casting rod that I use for jigs and the sensitivity is very good and no problems pulling them in !!! I also have two carbonlite spinning rods, a 66mf and a 69mlf for small cranks and jigs also no problems and good results with these rods.

I use Stren 6# on my spinning reels for crappie cranks and 1/8 oz roadrunner jigs for crappie and white bass, have had no problems with it breaking or wadding up in a ball while casting. I use the 14# stren on my crankbait rod also with good results, everything else I use trilene 100% flouro or power pro, but the stren is a good mono for certain applications!

Merry Christmas to you all!!!!!!!

The new JM carbonlite reel has the same external brake adjustments as the Browning Midas reel!

It fought hard but could not get away!

Baby brush hog in green pumkin, any time of day, any time of year, any color water!!!

I use mono for everything 14# test for worms, jigs, cranks and 10# test for weightless plastics and spinnerbaits and 6# test for light roadrunner jigs and micro cranks and inline spinners.

Pflueger President is a good reel for the price, except the metel handle shaft gets cold on my fingers in the winter.

Abu Garcia Revo S I only keep one set of brakes turned on, and with the spool tension knob adjusted for each bait, I just can't make it backlash!