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Bottom Up Beeble. This thing is amazing. https://thehookuptackle.com/products/beeble

A 7ft 10in H fast St Croix in the price point you want. A Curado K, Tatula 200, Tranx 200 or Calcutta 200 should be great. I've got St Croix models from BassX to Legend Xtreme. The 710HF is great for up to 2.5oz single hook baits (and 8" Magdrafts)

For non-Champlain lakes, Matt Applebaum is the man for guiding the small waters. On Champlain if you aren't using Bryan Labelle you're wasting your time.

This video is getting more views than anything on the "hub" right now.

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I have the JDM version of the new model. Mounted it on a Brailist and it's a dream. 1/2oz footballs can be cast almost "uselessly" far with it. (Line stretch over the distance hurts hookset).

I still regularly use 2 First generation Sedona spinning reels (28 years old). The Citica E is the best reel out there for the buck. Aside from bearings in the handle (big deal) the only difference between them and Curado and Chronarch E's is a bearing under the drive shaft. Citica E's are regularly 40-60 used. Buy a smooth drag kit, budget carbon handle and bearing for the drive shaft and you have a reel for 70-90 all in that performs better than ANY current 100 to 150 reel. Without paying 150-200 for a green or white version with a sexier name. (OT the OG Daiwa Fuego is very much the same way).

4lb Tatsu is really astonishing. I use 6lb very irresponsibly with no issues (small footballs on rocks and zebra mussels). 4lb on ds should be awesome.

Small football with a 2.8 or 3.3 keitech will crush if lolly gagged around.

Tranx and I have 2 Tatula 200s.

Gan craft makes one that suspends

28.44 would be my best 5

Another vote for Armillo

Buy a pack of Gamakatsu football jigheads and add a skirt. Ends up being about a 1.25 a jig.

Bottom Up Chibble is worth every penny.

Hey all looking to get a rod to toss 1/2oz Keitech footballs around. I'm looking at this rod and just wondering if anyone out there has this rod and could offer some insights. Right now II run a Levante Brailist and it's just a little much for the light wire hooks.

Keitech swimbaits sold. Updated listing.

Selling a ton of soft plastics (below) Broken out as lots. Whole Box for $425.00 (save $42). All good baits and colors, if a bag is missing a bait it's like 1. 95% are brand new full packs. Retail on this is well over $1000.00 Message me your cell for pix. NEDS (1 Bag) $3.00 1 Lunker City Hellgie Black/Pumpkin CRAWS (27 Bags) $75.00 6 Jackall Chunk Craws Green Pumpkin 4 Jackall Chunk Craws Black/Blue Flake 4 Jackall Chunk Craws Black/Purple Flake 1 Damiki Rykoh Craw Green Pumpkin Magic 1 Damiki Rykoh Craw Black Blue Flake 1+ Tackle HD 3” Craws Green Pumpkin 1 Netbait Baby Paca Craw Sungill 2 Bitters Bugs (Crickets) Black/Blue 4 Big Bite Baits Real Deal Craw 4” Green Pumpkin 1 Rage Craw Watermelon Red 1 Zoom Super Speed Craw Watermelon Red 1 Damiki Air Craw 3” Green Pumpkin CREATURES (24 Bags) $65.00 1 Imakatsu Creature Bait Green Pumpkin 1 10000 Fish Zuchi Bug Bluegill 1 Reins C-Pod 4” Watermelon 1 Larew Biffle Bug 4.25” Mossy Pumpkin 1 Berkley Powerbait Beast 3” Green Pumpkin 2 Hags Undertaker PBJ 1 Hags Undertaker Junebug 1 Hags Undertaker Watermelon Chartruese 1 Dominator Sweet Craw Baby Bass 1 Dominator Sweet Craw Jr Green Pumpkin 1 Bag of 20 5” Reeper/spider grub hybrid things Watermelon 2 Jackall Covercraw 4” Green Pumpkin 1 Jackall Covercraw 3” Black/Blue 1 Jackall Covercraw 3” Green Pumpkin Watermelon 1 Damiki Hydra 4” Pearl 2 Hand Pour Ika Green Pumpkin Magic 1 Hand Pour Ika Green Pumpkin Orange Flake 1 Hand Pour Ika Green Pumpkin Black Flake 1 Hand Pour Ika Watermelon Blue Flake TOPWATER/FLUKES (5 Bags) $15.00 1 Lunker City Sluggo 6” Ice Shad 1 Lunker City Sluggo 4.5” Ice Shad 1 Lunker City Salad Spoon Watermelon Chartruese 1 Zoom Super Fluke Watermelon Red 1 Whiskey River Spoon/Glide Watermelon Blue LIZARDS/SPIDER GRUBS (6 Bags) $18.00 1 Chompers 5” Spider Grub Green Pumpkin 1 Chompers 5” Spider Grub Dark Melon 1 Manns/FLW 6” Lizard Black/Red 1 Zoom 6” Lizard Junebug 1 Zoom 6” Lizard Watermelon Candy Red 1 Venom 6” Lizard Green Pumpkin GRUBS/CURLY TAIL WORMS (7 Bags) $21 2 Berkley Powerbait 10” Worms Black/Blue 1 Zoom U-Tail Red Shad 1 Zoom Old Monster Green Pumpkin 1 Whiskey River Sidewinder Junebug 1 OSP DoLive Curly 4.5” Smoke 1 Riverside 6” Grub with a paddle tail on the tip of the curl SENKOS STYLE BAITS (17 Bags) $50 17 Bags, mostly 5” with some 3” and 4” BK, BK/BL, PBJ, GP, GP Magic, Blue Craw, etc Good colors. Senkos, Dingers, Custom STRAIGHT TAIL WORMS (10 Bags) $30 1 Keitech Easy Shaker 4.5 Electric Shad 1 Strike King Finesse Worm Junebug 1 Strike King Finesse Worm Watermelon 1 X-Zone Deception Worm Watermelon Red 1 X-Zone MB Fat Finesse Watermelon Pearl 1 Havoc Money Maker Watermelon 1 Havoc Money Maker Black/Red 1 Berkley Powerbait Rib Snake Pumpkinseed 1 Jackall Flick Shake 4.8” Camo 1 Charlies Worm Black SWIMBAITS (27 Packs) $100 2 River 2 Sea D-Walker 100 Shamrock Shad 2 River 2 Sea D-Walker 120 Silver Side 1 River 2 Sea D-Walker 120 Pro Blue Red Z-Man 5” Herculez Shad 5” 5/8oz 1 Jackall Rhythm Wave 5.8” Prism Shad 1 13 Fishing 5” Pleasure Shad Beer Batter 1 13 Fishing 5” Pleasure Shad Magician 1 Berkley Powerbait Rib Shad 4.5” Blue Shiner Gold 1 Berkley Powerbait Rib Shad 4.5” Green Pumpkin Watermelon 1 Bitters Naked Swimmer Houdini 2 Havoc 5” Grass Pig in Swamp Gas 2 Geecrack 3.5” Gyrostar Mardi Gras 1 Geecrack 3.5” Gyrostar Pearl with Gold and Red Flake 1 Geecrack 3” Gyrostar Pearl with Gold and Red Flake 1 Havoc Beat Shad 4” Pearl 1 Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper California 420 1 Rage Swimmer 2.75” Sexy Shad 1 BPS Speed Shad 3” Shad 1 Lunker City Grubster 2.75” Arkansas Shiner 1 Lunker City Grubster 2.75” Brown Bug 1 Havoc Grass Pig 3.5” Swamp Gas 2 Bags of Optimum and Big Hammer Swimbaits DROPSHOT (30 Bags) $90 2 Jewel Goby 3” 1 Jewel Goby 4” 2 Big Bite Baits Smallie Smasher Green Pumpkin/Bk with Pearl Blue 1 Big Bite Baits Smallie Smasher Chick Magnet 1 Keitech Shad Impact Alewife and Light Hitch 2 Keitech Leach 3” Black 2 Keitech Leach 3” Cinnamon PP/Blue Neon 1 GULP 4” Goby Goby Magic 1 GULP 4” Goby Green Pumpkin Pearl 1 Jackall I-Shad Pearl Blue Shad 2 Whiskey River Whiptail Pumpkin 1 Whiskey River Whiptail Cerveza 1 Zoom Tiny Fluke Baby Bass 1 Damiki 3” Armor Shad Pearl 1 YUM Killshot Green Pumpkin 1 YUM Warning Shot Watermelon Candy 1 Zoom Z-Drop Green Weenie (crosstail shad type bait) 1 Set The Hook Green Pumpkin (crosstail shad type bait) 1 Set The Hook Pearl (crosstail shad type bait) 1 Beast Coast Chronic 2 Gajo (Slammer) in several colors 1 Culprit Goby 1 Poor Boys Erie Darter Watermelon 1 XPS Handpour

Yes that's it. I've gone under an eighth of an ounce with it and had no complaints. I throw it on a rod built on an NFC 663 blank (1/8-3/8)

I have a Ray's in mine. I love it. Spooled with 4lb fluorocarbon. It was like 50 bucks

Wife ordered mine the 24th and I got the email the 27th at 7am.

These threads are like finding the perfect jerkbait set up, no concensus. For me... and I Carolina Rig 8 months a year on Champlain and the St Lawrence, a LONG rod for moving a ton of line on the hook set and easier casting long leaders. Main line I go with Fluoro, less stretch than mono and waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more durable than braid being dragged over mussel covered bottoms. Weights the Phenix Finesse or Rockcrawler weights depending on the bottom the slender profile truly comes through cover better. Leader, mono to a worm hook (Not EWG). I pre-tie hook to leader to swivel and put them on wraps. Then keep spare parts inside the wrap. Personal set up: NFC HM 807 spiral wrapped. Tatula HD 20lb Seguar Abrazx Spro swivel, bead and Phenix Weight 12-17lb mono leader. Good for 1/2 - 1 oz weighted rigs in 1-50'

Nemire spoons are awesome

Bottom Up Chibble spinnerbait (chatterbait and spinnerbait hybrid) Evergreen Last Ace 95 (floating minnow you wacky rig and twitch)

Megabass Perfect Pitch for 6" rigged and Freestyle Magdrafts.