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The new lineup of rods/reels are coming out and I was wondering... ...I have a few of the Crucial rods. One with a broken tip that needs to be sent in. Is Shimano going to replace my rod with the new or old Crucial?

I've grown to love flippin/pitchin...in fact, I use this method more than ever when I hit the water. The other day I was organizing my terminal tackle box when I came across a pack of Mustad flippin straight shank hook. Never been used. Then it hit me...I have never used this style of hook before for flippin/pitchin. I've had so much success and confidence in the EWG hooks that I had overlooked and buried this style of hook in the back of my mind and tackle box. I'm probably going to give it a try now that I can't seem to get this off my mind, just to compare it to what I'm already using. What's your take on the straight shank/EWG hooks for flippin/pitchin?

My brother bought one (same specs as yours), spooled up with 15lb fluorocarbon. I took it out just to see how well it will perform. Went hunting for some smallies on the river, pitching jigs. Had one hit and as I set the hook, I noticed how much it loaded up. I ended up loosing the fish. The rod does feel quite stiff in your hands, but after that one strike...it's suited best for treble hook lures.

Lipless crankbait

Well, I'm no expert on computers but I've heard a professor say that Macs do get viruses and the notion that they don't is absurd. The majority of users in this world are PC users...so with that said...obviously that higher percent of users will be targeted. Again...what he said.

I like the idea...not so sure I'll actually give it the green light. So many ways this could have turned ugly!

I suppose they could have handled the disposal of his corpse a bit better. A part of me says, "Screw'em...this was something this man started...many of those folks who died on 9/11 never got a proper burial." The other, "Have to do things right, whether we like it or not."

The thing is with Chris...in the back of his mind...he's probably thinking..."Am I truly the best, because if it wasn't for George, I would be in the situation that I am in now." Still in the end...you still got to go out and perform, deal with the cards you're dealt with. Regardless how controversial it may have been...it's still what it is. Jay...I thought the guy had good intentions...he was just rubbing everybody in the wrong way. Great season...makes me want to get out and squeeze off a few hundred rounds!

It's the real deal. I fished with the 2.5...swapped the hooks out for the new KVD trebles...caught some dandy smallies and northern pikes already...on just one squarebill. I've had smallies slapped at it and some of them were barely hooked. I tend to not buy into the hype of lures, but with the success I've had with just this one KVD squarebill & the treble hooks...I'm pretty much sold on it.

I'm in the exact same boat. Switched all my line to Hi-Vis Yellow Power Pro, but now switching them all to fluoro. I had way too many complications with tying a leader. Too many knots breaking and in the end it was something I was not getting comfortable with. I gave it a shot and found out I rather stick to one main line and not have to worry about two knots giving out or the leader snapping. Try it out and that's the best way to find out if you'll like it or not.

I've had numerous occasions where bass has shaken off my treble hooks. I'm throwing my cranks off a Crucial 6'6 Med Extra fast, with 12 lb fluoro. I know many would recommend using a glass rod or even switching to mono line for cranking, but I'm thinking about replacing my crank baits with new hooks such as this one http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0012130115211a.shtml What do you think and what would you recommend?

YepI bought a new spool of Trilene 100% - 12 lb. Very first cast with a Booyah spinnerbait along with a 20 ft section of that line went flying and never came back. I didn't even feel that line snap on its way out. I had numerous times where the line would break on a hook set. Frustrated with it, I took it off and decided to just use it as a leader on my braided lines. Even as a leader, I had multiple break offs below the knot. I really don't know what to say. This was not the line everybody was praising about. I really had high expectations of it since many anglers love it. My first time using it was horrible. Could it have been that maybe I just bought a bad spool? Yeah, but because of that horrible 1st time experience, I'm a bit more hesitant on dropping another $18 on it. Maybe I'll take another shot at it to see if I'll get better results with a new spool, but until thenVicious has not let me down yet.

I like them and have it has produced for me, but it's too soft. Go ahead and try them out, it's a good bait. I'm going to go back to the YUM dingers. IMO, they work just as good and you get 4 more for the same price I believe.

WowI've used Vicious for about two seasons now with great results. Never had a break-off yet (knock on wood), tough line, and great price. I've caught tons of bass and huge channel cats with it without any problems. Heck, I've heard so much praises of the Trilene 100% that I decided to give it a shot this year and I cannot explain how disappointed I am with it. I took that junk off, spooled the Vicious line back on and never had a problem since. I don't know what to say, everybody's experiences are different, but in my experience with this lineI had great results and will continue to buy it until I run into these problems many of you here have experienced.

I basically asked a reasonable question, which nobody has really brought up. Although this poster's response isn't all that harshsometimes when you really don't have anything informative or nice to sayit's nice to leave comments such as this out.

What's going on here?! It's been an awful month!

Thank you for those of you who kindly answered my question. I've had numerous occasions when a bass has taken my jig on the fall and darted off with it on slack line. The ability to see my line dart off before I feel the strike has given me an edge in numerous occasions and because of that, I've boated some nice fish.

X2 Most anglers will most likely spend their $ on tackle or misc things for their boat, never really considering clothing.

I'm using the Hi-Vis yellow PowerPro line and I love the fact that you can see the line really wellI don't like having to tie on a leader though. I've had numerous times already this year that the leader has failed and snapped on me. I've had it and made up my mind to not tie on a leader anymore. I've heard that some people use a black permanent marker to color a few feet of that line. I'm just curious if that works. I know that permanent markers leave a very distinct smell and I'm just worried that that scent will have an effect on the fish committing to the lure. So for those who have used this method or heard of it, please chime in and let me know if this is the route I could switch to.

I use Vicious and never had a problem with it and its very affordable.

I like to use a graphite rod for crankin here up north. We have a lot of vegetation, so it's nice to have the sensitivity and a little more backbone to rip the crank bait off the weeds. On the other hand, I've lost some nice fish on graphite rods that I felt a glass rod would have played the fish a lot better. Like everything in fishing, it has its place somewhere.

Weird how this topic came up. Just days ago, my wife met this physic monk from Texas who was in town for a funeral. Anyways, the reading was for my mother-in-law, but she made my wife tag along with her that night. Now, I was not there at this meeting. Me and my wife are pretty skeptic about physics to begin with. After my mother-in-law's reading, she insisted that my wife should try it out as well. She refused, but her mom insisted and so they did. She got home later that night and told me everything. Accordingly to the questions asked about me and my wife's lifethe answers given from this monk was dead on. These questions were personal questions that only the two of us knew. Remember, this guy is from Texasnever met him before. My wife was very surprised. Now I wasn't there so I don't know what actually took place, but hearing it from my wife that nighteven I was scratching my head. I've seen shows on how these physics play games with the weak minded and twist every word around to make you believe they're predicting your life. I'm still not a believer in it, but I'll have to admit that that's a pretty cool birthday party trick.

It's truly sad how we as a society teach our young to be accepting of other people differences in appearance and beliefs and yet at the same time we're so quick to point out the freaks in the crowd and grill them because they don't follow the rest of the pack. People can bicker all day about his lifestyle and the decisions he's made in his short life, but we can all agree that he's earned his spot in history. I'm grateful to be able to witness the good and the bad that came with one of music's greatest icons. Hopefully in death, he has finally found some peace.

I had great success fishing wacky this past weekend. I went through alot of senkos and was just wondering if anybody had use these O-rings which is suppose to help.

A good trick to help keep chicken liver on your hook is to wrap it with a piece of your girl friend, wife, mother, or grandmother's (you get the picture) nylon stocking. It's just like tying a salmon spawn sack. Not the greatest thing on earth, but it does help. I've never had the opportunity to fish for flatheads and blues since they're not around my neck of the woods, but I've done well on channel cats withstink baits, cut baits, minnows, chicken livers, crawfish, and even some plastics. I've heard and seen people catch channels onground beef, night crawlers, grasshoppers, and frogs.