Raul

An aircraft carrier weight several thousand pounds and it floats.

Well Kent, he did say almost ;D.

Now if you fish where there 's heavy cover: Owner Phantom Tube Hook

What you have is fine You don 't "need" anything else Now "what you want" is a different issue. You want a D-shot rod & reel ---> get one You want a dedicated frog set up ---> get one I 've got a bunch of gear, I can fish all day all techniques but heavy swimbaits with two rods, a medium fast and a medium heavy fast. Clipping off a bait & retying a new one takes me 20-30 seconds.

The action sometimes is written on the blank, other times is not, it 's encoded in the model number of the rod, for example: CRCX66MH CRC = Shimano Crucial X = Extra fast 66 = 6'6" MH = Medium Heavy Power Opposed to CRC66MH CRC = Shimano Crucial 66 = 6'6" MH = Medium Heavy Power Where 's the action ? If it doesn 't say you can assume that it 's a Fast action. Another example where the action is encoded in the rod model number: AVC60MM AV = Fenwick Techna AV series 60 = 6' M = Moderate action M = Medium Power Any crankbait rod labeled as CRANKBAIT ROD will be Moderate action regardless of the power rating.

You don 't go messing around with a pond just to obtain "more growth" if you don 't know anything about pond management, it 's not just come, dump some bluegills and you 'll get 10 pounders, it don 't work that way. A pond is a miniature ecosystem and the biomass ( pounds of fish ) capacity is determined by many factors being the two most important: pond surface and ammount of dissolved oxygen content. You can 't have more fish than the oxygen content can allow, try to break that and the fish will die, you can 't add more fish if you don 't have the surface. Do not mess with a pond unless you have professional help from a fisheries biologist backing you.

Keep it simple. EWG 3/0 will serve you for most baits and bait sizes, from a 5 inch grub to a 8 inch worm. That would be the hook I fish and rig the most baits with.

Out of my japanese cranks two shine: Megabass Bait X Lucky Craft Moonassault

Probably, for two reasons: 1. It's black and harder to come by 2. It has that cool handle Besides, it will be a little cheaper I think when most of the shops in Japan start picking them up. I would look for the price to settle around $459 - $479 like the rest of the limited Zillions have. Most of them can be had for $450 now. Still a lot of money to pay for something I can get right here for less than $300. There's no method to my madness or should I say sickness. I won't deny it has a couple of cosmetic 'touches' that Daiwa Japan did versus the US version, but I think it is waaaay overpriced for an aluminum framed, borderline heavy reel. If it was an Mg I'd be all over it. That said; I can't imagine why the US Anniversary zillions aren't sold out. With the price increase of the regular Zillions; you are paying a measly $30 for a lighter/more refined spool and more bearings. It seems like a no-brainer to go with it versus the 7:1. Man I don 't even know why you ask if Jimzee is willing to pay 600 bones for a limited edition anniversary reel, don 'tcha see his head is on fire ? : You don 't ask to somebody whose head is on fire if he is willing to pay, no matter how much the US limited edition has, the other one is different, that 's enough excuse to take the plunge.

Rapala Shad Rap Storm Wiggle Wart

The only thing you have to do to that reel is to have it disassembled, cleaned thoroughy and lubed properly, you may want to have a Carbontex drag upgrade while you are at it. It 's a great reel no matter how you look at it.

Because he asked me about the reel before jumping on it and at that time there was no new version. This is the reel he 's talking about:

NEVER !!!! Lukewarm water, antbacterial hand soap ( mildew is not a bacteria, it 's a mold but antibacterial soapa contain desinfectants that also kill mildew ) a soft toothbrush, a blowdryer ( pop it on warm ) and chamois. Wash and scrub gently, shake, remove excess water with a paper towel. Dry with the blowdryer and then buff up with the chamois.

Same question again ? :-? Ok, I cast right and reel in right.

I said they were good rods .... but not an IMX.

RW must be talking about the old version of the Metanium Mg ( Chronarch 100 Mg ), he is correct, that version was a sweet reel, the only drawback was the finish, that reel was a scratch magnet.

The thinnest mono would be Magnathin, great line if you fish where there 's no cover and sandy bottom, other than that the line 's resistant to abrassion is near zero.

No dude, it ain 't no Jimzee 's fault, he only showed you where the light was when you were in the darkness fixed in your mind that Revos were the bread and butter of earth. I would have given you a little bit of credit if you were saying Mörrums were the breath and butter, but Revos ..........

WD40 is an excellent solvent but it 's not a good long term reel lubricant.

Going one day to a lake I happened to fall on a frigging canyon deep hole in the middle of the road while driving my mom 's CRV, wheel ---> kaput, tire ----> caput, all the right rear suspension ----> kaput. If I hadn 't insurance the cost would have been around $4,000, I paid "only" $400.

For that kind of money ---> GLoomis IMX Kistler Magnesium ? next to an IMX ---> IMX hands down ( I had the Mag TS All pupose and it 's good rod ), JM Elite ? good rod too, but not an IMX ), Cumara ? good rod too, not an IMX either ), Dobyns ?, can 't say anything about them, never owned or fished with one. St Croix LT ? great rod but there 's something about them that I can 't define that doesn 't make me lean towards them. Zillion ? haven 't tried one yet

With 12 lbs I uprooted and lifted a stump, the line didn 't even cough.

You don 't need much wind when you are on a jonboat to experience manueverability and wind drift issues, I tell you this for your own good. My boat even though a 12 ft is a Mexican built jonboat with thicker and heavier aluminum than most jonboats I 've seen in the states ( my 12 ft weights about the same than a 14 fter ) and it still drifts fast with a little wind ( around 5 MPH ) the windier it gets the more thrust you need, get into the 10 MPH and with 40 lbs in that boat you 'll drift like a kite. Two things are certain with TMs: 1.- You can never have "too much" thrust 2.- The shaft is never "too long". Bassmaster6 says: "unless there is extreme winds it pulls my boat along with no problem at all" He never been around my home lake when there 's "extreme" wind and the waves hit the 3-4 ft mark . When I say "I should have purchased at least a 50 pounder" I know what I 'm talking about. There 's also a point to take in consideration, the smaller your TM the more battery you wear because you 'll have to run on a higher speed for more time to maintain your position or to manuever to contrarest the effect of the wind drift, higher speed ----> your battery runs out of juice a lot faster, I 've juiced out my TM battery more than once when it gets windy and the fun has to end earlier cuz we ran out of battery. > Also, I recommend you get an extension arm for your TM, normally the extension handle in the TM is not long enough and it always points in the same direction ( straight ahead ), try a day of manuevering the TM you standing up and having to lean down to grab the handle and you 'll know what back pain at the end of the day is all about. I puchased an extension arm called Stiff Arm ( I found it at Academy Sports ), it clamps down on the TM shaft just below the head of the TM and you can lift or lower the arm so you can reach it easily, cost a few bucks and it 's one of those things that makes your life a lot easier, best money ever spend.

My boat ? ...... there it is in all it 's glory, "LATINASESINA", 12 ft of pure mean aluminum powered by 6.5 ponies. That 's all I need to ride and catch me some fish. That 's how it looked, now I added a couple of seats for more comfort and artificial turf to the benches and deck ( burned my butt a couple of times when sitting on the bare aluminum and it ain 't pretty )

NO. 40 lbs is barely enough, I 've got a 12 ft jonboat/6.5 hp/36 lbs TM, everything is fine until the wind begins to blow > ....... should have purchased at least 50 lbs. :-/