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VMC makes a treble hook kit with about 4 sizes of trebles and split rings that has about 30 hooks for under 8 dollars. Components are very good. Theyre pretty sharp, VERY strong, arent bad about flexing, and seem to be more rust resistant than alot of stock hooks. With some experimentation I upsize on a lot of cranks and then snip the bottom pointing barb off to avoid fouling and snagging. Google "VMC replacement kit" They make a few different types of types.

People saying they use a black sharpie to help the line blend in has always been dumb to me, and it also is a potentially negative cue to the fish youre about to drag a bait by while the scents fresh. Its a pretty darn obnoxious, unnatural smell. I just use spike it markers and match the color best I can. But its more for me than the fish.

Should I be out and break a leader off and not have replacement material, or the rare occasion I'm on foot and want to help ensure snagged lures arent lost. Alot easier to straighten and replace a hook with 40lb braid than lose a discontinued or expensive bait.

Never been much for the brighter braids as mentally I feel like at some point I'll need to tie direct vs the leader, but can say use of line and lure will help the color hold a great deal.

Haw River Tackle's bubble gum worm. Three different sizes and have all the colors you'd want. They call it a "HI-Float", and I'll even use it occasionally for topwater. Theyre a small 100% american company with really good people also, so I like supporting them.

A pack of the lunker citys goes a long way, and you can easily break a lead segment off to get the weight you want. Not as practical with a nail or screw. Also lead is heavier for its size than zinc, stainless, or whatever else. Tungsten is kindve a waste there due to cost. I did use to glue little true tungsten bullet weights inside some mann's hardnose plastics, smaller than lead and it helped tremendously in filamentous algae.

1. Actual leader material is better for the task. The qualities that make it terrible for handling and casting on a reel make it great for going through cover and a largemouth's sand paper mouth. I was sold the first time I used the modified albright years ago. Using 30lb PP and 12lb Yozuri Leader mtl I hooked into what ended up being my biggest bass, an 11.4lb Northern Strain that found & wrapped around a horizontal log under the boat we didnt know was there. Most helpless feeling in the world hearing the paino string tension sound of it sawing and a new knot with zero confidence, but she held. Main line works fine, but actual leader material IS better. 2. While flouro gets all the pub for abrasion resistance, there is Nylon or mono leader material also thats very abrasion resistant in its own right. Just use the proper diameter. The thing people miss out on with Flouro is if used as a leader, once you get snagged and pull hard enough on the line to break off, youve deformed and weakened the line. Nylon not so much typically. Flouros fine for leader, but you need to retie fairly often. Nylon also has better not strength, and isnt as hard as flouro, which I think helps with certain constricting knots. Unless youre doing a presentation that benifits from the way flouro handles in the water column, nylon based lines are better for me. 3. I agree completely for bass. 4. Generally start right above the reel but have ran longer without any issues.

6 year old daughter wanted a pink fishing set up from Santa . Went to Cabelas at lunch planning to grab a kid combo, they had an end cap with the pink pflueger presidents for $25. Bought two.

Their decent performers that hold up fine in terms of fishable use, but odds are they'll look terrible after a few years. If your the type that is rough on stuff or cares about aesthetics, something to consider. Ive had an SX, rocket and a few of the 1st gen orra SX's and the finish/paint rubs off in a stiff wind. In addition to things like little badges and knobs just falling off. Spinning reels have come along way in terms of value recently. Not to bring up a reel u didnt ask about- but it'd be hard to not get a Daiwa BG for a good deal less money IMO. The revos just dont justify the cost as they go up IMO.

Great time to catch a biggun on livebait.

Used 6lb on a spinning rig for a while and it performed well. Wouldnt go any higher than that diameter though for bass sized spinning reels.

Yozuri Hybrid in 12lb.

That doesnt necessarily mean anything, in fact if a reel has a particularly heavy rotor it'll keep turning when you do that due to the inertia. I like my spinning reels to have a more "free" feel to them, and often tear it open when I get it and remove excess grease from the two gears and oscillating shaft (not sure formal term), and regrease lightly. It bugs me for it to take a bit more effort to move the handle. Fair warning the trade off is the reel will be a bit noisier, but I service them pretty regularly.

Lol yeah I understand the concept of tabs guys and know the manufacturer states they work with 1/8oz and up, when I mentioned weightless in was reference to others mentioning using non top waters weightless.

Maybe this is one if those things Im just stubborn with and I guess I just need to give them more of a shot...Caught fish on the various craws /Lobster as Jig Trailers, they work and are fairly unique. But the rest if the line just hasnt been very impressive. The various creatures were so stiff you have to be moving them at a good clip to get action. The plastic is really lite weight, but for shallow cover Its almost too lite for weightless. Much rather use a GYBC flappin hog. Have some space monkeys, they look incredible but no fish. Tried the shad- when they were getting so much hype... mehh, I can throw a buzzbait anywhere it'll go more accurately, get a lot more bites with better hook ups, and it took some trickery to get it to keel right. The worm I tried had no action, actively tried it when they were slaying regular powerbait worms and nothing...they have almost no action unless they're moving or falling at a good clip. Maybe its mental as obviously people catch fish on em, but the rage rig deals with the big hook with lead on just mess with the profile of the bait to me. Again, Ive been wrong many times and may well be here, but I just dont get the hype by and large.

Yozuri Hybrid in appropriate diameters. Some will argue this- but KVD L+L helps tremendously the night before.

Absolutely fine. As long as youre rod and line are up to the task virtually any quality spinning reel will be completely fine...Not speaking to you directly OP, but I wish people would stop getting folks to think a 3 or 4lb bass, which is frankly a bit of a wimp as a fighter in the fish world is gonna flex the frame of a spinning reel. With the exception of larger, harder fighting fish; the rod does all the work.

Its a valid concern and a reason I always put some tension on the line system before final trimming. Not just pulling it tight with a short little 6" of tag in hand but tieing a lure on and gently leaning into it, and then cutting your tag. Playing around last winter I noticed a slight visual difference im the connecting knot vs sinching it up in my lap. Maybe the mono leader contracts or squishes a bit who knows. Im also very picky about not wanting much tag sticking out of the knot and used to really push it. Now I also tie a seperate knot to kind of finish the Alberto- unsure of the name but google may assist.

Another piece of advice, dont use the glue stick that comes with alot of the kits. Theyre junk in my experience. Use a good quality adhesive that can handle getting wet.

The cabelas rods are the better rod than BPS IMO. Ive just too many breakages with the BPS rods. 4 carbon lites in paticular. Not "defects", or abuse on my part per se, but the blanks just dont hold up as well as most others from hard fishing. The carbon lites in paticular. Also lost a couple pac bay guide inserts...I looked on ebay a while back and there was a dozen carbonlite/johhny morris's with broken blanks for sale. They feel darn good in store, and are good light-weight rods -but theyre brittle. I've become a fan of the cabelas rods. The palm swell reel seat on the spinning rods is popular with custom rod guys. Its the most comfortable way to hold a spinning rod Ive felt. Ive built an arsenal of 6 arachnid rods and will likely get the jerkbait rod this week. The tournaments are great rods. White rods are not my thing but they just fish "right". Lifetime warranty is also nice. I broke a rod by stupidly snagging it behind me when rearing back to throw a sammy with a different rod. My buddy convinced me to take it in, even though it was my fault 100%....Didnt feel right about it but figured Id be honest. If they told me to kick rocks I wouldnt be upset whatsoever. Walked in, no receipt- told them exactly what happened- they offered me a replacement up to original $200 price (paid 130)...Just took a straight swap, as they'd already been extremely kind. I really like Cabelas and hope they stick around regardless of how the merger shakes out.

Never been much on their spinnerbaits. Maybe just me but alot of their skirt/jig head combos on their spinnerbaits and chatterbaits just dont look quite...right. Even some generic solid color head and skirt combos offered by others just give me more visual confidence. Im sure its mostly in my head but confidence is everything. When I look at the way most of their heads taper and get smaller as they meet the skirt you cant help but think it doesnt look right and messes with the profile a bit. Quite a few of their colors the jig head color doesnt match the skirt that well. In addition as far as mass produced spinnerbaits, strike kings "perfect skirt", or war eagles version are better to me. Conversely their jigs offer decent components and some really nice "jig" color patterns at a very good price. The regular and baby boo jig, money jig, and my personal all time favorite the alton Jones "A" Jig (a better designed mop jig) all are very hard to beat for what they cost.

Its a gift from above on spinning reels. I lean towards the appropriate daimeter line for application. For example when shad fishing w/ultralights alot of guys use 2-4lb mono. Just so happens thats 10-15lb braid. I did use the 8lb test 1lb diameter with great results this year. One reason to push diameters/lb tests down is less water resistance. You'll get improved action in some specific situations. Also Baits will run deeper, and that can mean the difference between catching fish and not. I caught 5 fish to a friends 1 using 8lb braid wherr he had 6lb suffix seige mono. Same lures same pool. As for baitcasters I cant go below 30lb. Any distance increase seen by the small diameters is negated by the fact you cant "push" it when going for max distance. Mono/flouro type lines are more forgiving when picking out backlashes, and its painful on the wallet to hit a limb or something and blow up a spool of braid. Though u could justify it perhaps with braids longevity I suppose.

Been on a chatterbait kick for close to a decade. The feast or famine nature some have noticed with them has been famine in my hands this year. Flash back a few years and Id gotten to the point I rarely threw a spinnerbait. Maybe the lake bass had seen them a ton. But the chatterbait, and a few others served me well. Ive switched up to fishing the river more this year, and the old bladed jig just isnt getting bit on this river Ive pretty much lived on this year. Meanwhile the increasingly overlooked spinnerbait has absolutely slayed big fish for me. They really can draw fish and the flash in the current just works.

Definetely look at leaders and not mainlines. The qualities that make line formulated for leaders good for their purpose, and likely yours- make them a nightmare to cast on a reel. For the large diamter you seek the salt water arenas probably the place to start.

About a dozen bullets weights up to 3/4 oz and a half dozen or so drop shot weights.. Really like the lighter weights as I fish alot of areas with filementous algae. You used to be able to find 1/32oz in stores pretty easily. Now while everyone still has tungsten, youre lucky they go down to 1/8. I believe it was true tungsten that made the mass produced smaller weights. Not sure if theyre even around anymore.