Grumpy413

I have to say I love my pro qualifiers... don't seem to use my old green reels any more.

I am in Guntersville with friends fishing this week and have been skunked ? HEAVY WIND AND RAIN Monday only one small fish by Pole Cat. Heavy wind on Tuesday no fish at all great roller coaster ride under the big bridge and buck head. Can anyone please provide some good fishing location and info. Don't want to have a 755 mile trip be a total blow out for the kids. Grumpy

Bobby did you ship the new stuff to Rolands Marina? I will be there tomarrow.

East of the Lake on State Rd 80 (Southern Blvd) is the north entrance to the Loxahachee Wildlife Ref. The fishing is good there and they have new ramps. You can fish the canals or run 25 miles south and fish the flats.

Hey Mike; The weather in Fla in Jan can be hit or miss so bring your warm cloths. Today it is 79 degrees and we fished the Loxahachee Flats 20 mile easy of the Big "O". We boated 36 bass between dink and 5 pounds all look good and healthy. I agree that the FLW boys can be a lot to deal with on the lake, So, if they get to be to much ask Arlin in Rowlands Tackle Shop to give you directions to Loxahachee's Boat Ramp at 20 mile bend. The Lake has been tuff to fish as of late and so I would get a guide at least one day. Steve Daniels guides there he can be reached at stevedaniel@gate.net. He knows the lake very well. Scott Martin is already rigging his new boat for the FLW tournament but he always has some guides around. PM me if you need more information and I can give you my cell number so you have a local contact.

I looked that reel over at the store also it is a graphite frame. I passed on it and had them match the online price for a Pro-Finesse Reel 69.99. They are changing the pro-finesse reel next year and the Rick Clunn so they are blowing out the remaing stock cheap.

Rooster check out that new President Reel I have been testing one for two weeks now and I have to say I like it. Paired it with a St. Croix MoJo 6.6M for senkos and flukes.

St. Croix MoJo is a good rod

George Welcome is a member of this site and one of the best guides in the state of florida. I would get with him Bass Dozer recommeds him to people coming to florida also. He is a saint when it comes to trophy hunting. He out fished me ten to three and I would only let him use a swimming senko while I had every bait known to man.

Crooked Lake the water is back down after being real high last year. Go to the west side of the lake (Close to HWY 27) and then go south, the trail between big crooked and little crooked is real shallow so i would be careful in that area, Half way down the lake you will find an area with a lot of timber. I alway do real well there. my biggest fish from the lake is 10 pounds but it was caught 4 years ago. Don't for get to vist Bridge Masters acrossed from the Walmart on 60 it is the bass fishermans toy store. tell them Lt. Mike sent you.

It looks like my old Rick Clunns and Johnny Morris reels but I don't know about that gold... It is a sick looking reel though ;D

So how did the combo test out in the field?

Hawgchaser is so right I have spent some time with the Pro's and I was surprised to see one with a Zebco 33 on his boat, when I asked about it he showed me how he uses it to skip bait under a dock. I was also surprised to see that many of them don't use those high end reels all of the time. I learned a long time ago that a pro will use what works.. Doubt me just take a look in any golf pros bag and you see that he may not be playing the same club he is advertising on the bag esp on tournament days. :-/

He moved you back to the top of the forum 8-)

I played with both the Black and the Silver Max and I have to say that the silver max was way better. I have two of them for the kids to use and I have to admit that I have fished the silver max with a Fluke on a cherry stick rod all day and never missed a fish. Just goes to show you that we don't need all those fancy rods and reels.........OOOOOOK down Bait monkey down.

I am with Catt. I use mine for unweighted plastics... It makes me fish the bait SLOW... ;D

Picked up the New PQ at the Ft. Lauderdale BPS and took it up to Lox. 20 fish on the day the biggest wa 5 lbs the smallist was crib robbin. The reel did ok, took sometime to configure the breaks but then it was smooth. 10lbs Yo with flukes and sinkos no weights casted ok with no over runs. the reel handel is swepted back so the reel sits on the top of the rod well and cranking is smooth. The only thing I found funny was that it make a wineing noise on the casts I tried to figure out why while fishing but was having to much fun catching fish. I have several Revo's and this reel feels about the same size, but you do not feel the line guide moving on this reel. I cannot testify to the drag preformance as we did not hook any big fish. I guess i colud have asked a gator to test the drag for me as they are always trying to steal your hooked fish. Any way hope this helps.

I thimk it is Illegal in Florida to use one game fish to catch another. :

I'll swing in if the kids will let me. ;D

Is this the lizard your looking for? : http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-100-Floating-Alligator-Fishing-Plastic-Lizards-Y18_W0QQitemZ330119014438QQihZ014QQcategoryZ31691QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I have a few of the 4600 c3. I was going get a new one so I could send one of the older ones out to be serviced so I was looking at Cabelas and saw that this C5 mag was on sale for the same price as the C3. I too have tried several of the newer reels but i just seem to like my round reels. Hey reelmech is it possible for you to convert one of my C3s to the faster reel speed ? I guess i should call him rather than hope he reads this post. :-? Wow now you guys have this old mind of mine running I will have to do some research on this reel up grade thing. ;D

I do not see these reels any where other than Cabela's. I was wondering if anyone here has used one and would you recommend one over the 4600 c3. Hopefully the reel mach will post what he things of them also.

Davie Fla here. I cover the glades and the big "O" also have a home on Crooked Lake in Polk county. 8-)

I think Zel may have someting there. The rattel for muddy water and the sent holder are both good add ons. You could put it inside of the 7" or 6" tube and with the slow fall it would be killer out west. I was wonder if it sprials on the slow fall?

Thanks for the info BillyBob. I am re-doing my boat this year (new seat covers Lowrance ect) rather than buying a new one.I have been kicking the BSX thing around all summer, I have had it in the cart twice at Bass Pro and then talked myself out it and deleted it now I think I am ready to give it a try. How did you test it fish an area for 15 mins with it turnes off then turn it on and fish for another 15 mins or are just going on your over all catch increase after putting it on the boat?