IlliniMatt21

I'm interested as well. Thinking of picking up a 704C pretty soon. I have no doubt it's a terrific rod, but it would be interesting if anyone had experience with it.

I don't think that it takes the fun out of the hunt at all. Anyone can troll around with their side or down imaging and mark fish all day long. It takes a real fishermen to present the correct bait to those fish and get them in the boat. Of course, sometimes you'll stumble on fish that will hit anything you throw at them, but luck is just another part of fishing, with or without electronics. Look at it this way... Just about every pro that fished last year's Bassmaster Classic had some form of side and down imaging, but there were obviously those that caught a lot of fish and those that caught none. There's a reason that KVD demolished just about everyone else in that tournament, and it's not because he had better electronics. He knew what the fish were doing, what they were biting and what presentation they wanted. My point is, there's a lot more to catching fish than simply knowing where the fish are or might be.

Slow it down.

Got the email about it. Wasn't really worth the money anyways but it's nice that they're trying to compensate us with the magazine. Of course, I haven't been regularly receiving my BASS magazine that comes with the membership, so who knows if I'll ever see this BASS Insider one.

I'd rather have a bag than the hat they sent me last year. Like Stasher said, it gets completely flattened in shipping and it's really not of that high of quality to begin with.

Never had a President do this to me before but it doesn't sound like it's too terrible. I have been thinking about getting one of the new Supreme XT's, maybe I'll have to look elsewhere now. Let us know when you figure it out.

Hey everyone. My name's Matt and I am currently a sophomore at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign studying Mechanical Engineering. I am the President of Fighting Illini Bass Club, which is the only fishing club at our school. Through the club I participate in the National Guard FLW College Fishing circuit as well as the BoatUS Collegiate Championship. I also hope to participate in the ESPN Under Armour College Championship this year. I have been fishing for most of my life and this will be my third year competitively bass fishing. I got involved my senior year of high school when I participated in the inaugural year of the Illinois High School Assocication Bass Fishing Tournament. My team and I actually made it to the State Finals that year and did pretty well there. I have been following these forums for the past year or so but finally decided to register and get involved. If you have any questions about our club or college fishing in general, please don't hesitate to send me a message.