OnTheHunt

Maybe this is just personal preference. I have a low pro silvermax. Cheap reel. Casts everthing perfectly. I also have a Daiwa Zillion. And I like my silvermax better. The silvermax is alot more quiet. And casts just as good as the Zillion. It may be due to the fact that I am partial Abu Garcia. Not sure. People say I am out of my mind. BUT... We are all entitled our own opinion.

Agreed. Yo Zuri line is pretty difficult to break. It's probably the best line I've used. I use it faithfully and never have I had a problem with it. Very tough, yet soft line. If you haven't tried it, and you're thinking about it. Do yourself a favor and buy a spool, I mean it's not like it's expensive comparably speaking...

I agree, I needed something fast and in a hurry. I was too impatient to wait for bps to get stuff over here, once I discovered there were bass here!!! The setup you described is exactly the way I have them setup. I was wanting to see what others were saying. I plan on getting some more St. Croix to replace the NS blackhole. But, Much to my suprise, my surecatch Tournament XP is a really nice fast action rod. I was expecting much less out of it honestly. I am at Humphreys. I fish nearly everyweekend, as well as some weeknights after work. Usually the river since it's so close. This coming weekend I'm going to Andong, I'm fishing the Pro-Am tourney there. I gave you a call, it may have been too late though. My number is 010-2816-6689

From my personal experience I have not had very much luck with lower end daiwa baitcast reels. In that price range for a bait caster, under the $100 dollar range, I like Abu Garcia. I think they make very nice reels for the money in that range. This is just from personal experience. I've had great luck with them. I have a daiwa megaforce, which is one step above the strikeforce, and I do not like it much at all. It's a very noisy reel, compared to my abu garcia silvermax, which is in the same price range.... It's very quiet and casts any baits nicely.

I am wanting to get OTHERS opinions on this. Here is what I am working with. (Keep in mind I live in S. Korea, so I have some of the Korean branded stuff IE: NS Blackhole, Surecatch) If these were all sitting in front of you, brand new. Which reel would you pair with which rod and with what line type/str combination. And what would you use that combination for. Crankbaits, worms, Jig, Spinnerbait, ect. ---REELS--- Abu Garcia REVO winch 5.4:1 Daiwa Zillion 7.1:1 Abu Garcia Silvermax 6.2:1 BPS Tourney Series 6.3:1 Diawa Megaforce w/bar 7.1:1 ---RODS--- St.. Croix Premier Crankbait rod 7' H Berkley Shock 6'6" MH NS Blackhole Hurricane 6'3" ML Surecatch Tournament XP 6'3" M BPS Tourney Special IM-7 6'6" MH

I too, caught one last week with a worm+hook lodged in it's throat, I got my spinnerbait out and kindly removed the old hook, I bet being caught by me was the best thing that has happened to that sucker in a while. Poor fella.

In Korea, Hard bottom boats are very expensive, compared to the US. If you want one worth anything. Adapting and overcoming.

Thanks alot for the info! I've recently became friends with a few Korean Nationals here from ytfishing. They are full of usefull info. But their is only one who speaks ok english, The others know about as much english as I know korean. I'm really interested in the tournament coming up at Andong. Their is still the language barrier there as far as figuring out how and where to register as well as the regs for them. I will be giving you a call later this afternoon.

I taught myself, and I was a lousy bass fisherman for quite a few years only have things like, Bill Dance, Roland Martin, ect to watch on "TNN" to learn from. The internet as near as full of information then. Up until abut 5 years ago All I really ever caught was small dinks, nothing really bigger than 1-1 1/2 pounds (with the exception of the 5 3/4 pound i caught when I was 12 I'm now 28). What I am getting at is read everything you can, and find what works best. For me, When I really started catching bigger fish, it was when I learned what patience was. I started fishing my worms slower and taking more time to work on the action. Same with spinner baits and buzzbaits, They work well, you just have to take the time to learn them at variable speeds. Good luck out there!!!

I generally use a bleeding black/red buzzbait, and dark green, black senkos as well as watermelon red baby brush hogs.

I always have a bag of Davids sunflower seeds, some jacks links teryaki jerkey. 1 Gatoraid a water and a monster!

I kind of disagree about KB's friend doing too much to that boat. Being in Korea, I think it's an awesome thing. Space is def limited, and the waters are much different here. That an Shipping your boat to Korea... Not so much a cheap thing, also buying a boat here, a decent one... It's expensive. He can take the stuff off, and ship it back to the states with the rest of his furniture at no additional cost. Considering the circ. Awesome job and two thumbs up.

My season thus far has been pretty well. ONly one day I got skunked. A bunch of small bass, and a couple pretty large ones. It took me a few times to figure out the bass fishing here in Korea. Not too bad tho. It's not overfished at all!

This is a great thing you're doing. THanks!

I am looking for a bass club around Pyeongtaek S. Korea. I am also trying to find when and where the next tournaments are, my Korean language is very poor so I cant read or understand most of it! If anyone has any information.... In English, I'd be much appreciated!