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I didnt get a weight. Shes gonna be pretty hard to beat atleast in the river. Thanks for looking.

Went out Sunday to fish; it's been a long dreadful winter for me. Anyways I had a new spinning reel and hooked into a great fish. Since the reel was new I had the drag pretty lose. Long story short hook into a big smallie zzzzziiiiiiippppppp she's gone. I was heart broken. Not only did I lose a great fish it would have been my first of 2013. I was depressed. Went back today made sure the drag was nice and tight and here are the results. First fish of 2013. I'm pretty sure this is the one that got away yesterday. No such luck today haha. The rest. All caught on a white/chartreuse super fluke. Man it feels good to be back. Tight lines!!!

Here's a good place to start. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/116153-most-sensitive-rod-for-150/ http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/116181-100-rods/

I think you have it covered especially if you are bank fishing. The first thing I think about before I go fishing, is where I'm going fishing. If I plan on going to the river and the cover is rather light I will bring a medium power baitcast rod and if I'm going to a lake ill bring a medium heavy. One thing that is always with me is a 6'6-7 foot medium fast spinning rod. With all that said I also think about the baits I'd like to use that day; if I want to throw spinnerbaits at the river ill bring the medium heavy and leave the medium baitcaster home. On a side note for all you bank fisherman. Google earth is you best friend; if you have a phone with google earth utilize it and find new spots its a great tool. For those days I being 6'6 med spinning and 6'6 med heavy baitcaster. Finally joining a fishing forum is a gift and a curse. A gift because you interact with great people willing to share advice and experience. A curse because you can read these forums and think you don't have the right tool for the job. If you catch fish with what you have how is it not working?. Think about how, what, and where you like to fish and expand or refine from there.

Now that looks like an awesome week with alot of variety. Great job!

I use anywhere from a 2/0-4/0 ewg hook depending on how fast I want it to sink and what I have available. BassResource has a number of videos on flukes o youTube you should check out. I believe in one Glenn said he uses an offset worm hook. Great videos btw very informative.

Yea you don't want to bounce it off your foot.

Smallest I have a picture of caught on a super fluke about the same size as him.

Way to go!!

Some cut herring landed this guy right in Troy, NY 16lbs

I think that is a very good point. I think the main problem shimano has with the g series is a perception problem. I'm sure it's a great reel but when compared to previous interations and what's available from other companies it just never took off. Another thing to consider is we are in a recession and shimano is in the business of making money. They are a publicly traded company that being said their #1 goal is to increase shareholder value. One would guess by moving production to a country where the cost of labor is cheaper this is what they were trying to accomplish. Again compared to previous gens and other companies offerings this plan back fired. Like was mentioned above I don't think they can go back to a e style because that would be a total admission of a mistake. So here shimano maybe forced to innovate and provide the consumer with something of real value. I maybe wrong about all this but it will be interesting to see what's in store.

Nice fish. Great pattern on that.

X2 Sufix is great and seems to lay on a reel nice.

There have been alot of threads on braid and leaders lately and a search could find quite alot of information on the subject. I will however offer an opinion. I used the same green braid with out a leader for 3 years and had no problem catching fish. What I did have a problem with was tying knots and managing braid. What I mean is breaking off with straight braid can be a pain, cutting and re-tying lures (always have to break out the cutting tool) and handling it in 20+ winds. Now I tie a 12-15 leader in a color and pound test that I think suits the conditions I will fish that day and I can switch a lure or break off quicker. My .02 on why I use a leader.

His YouTube channel is great. Funny guy that drops knowledge in between the humor; definetly makes for a good show.

Sorry just had to add another one if we're counting all bass

Did not really start taking pictures of my catches until last season but here's a few One of my favorite quotes "it's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog" this little smallie had me thinking he was a pike. Great fish

That's a pretty loaded question. Based on my experience and reading this site alt, I think some of those questions you have to answer yourself. Based on the other thread you started on spinning rods; you had a good idea on what you wanted to do with that reel. Same situation applies. What type of baits do you like to fish? What's the cover situation? Will you target other species? These are all questions you should ask yourself. Obviously you are going to have a finesse type setup. So why not make this one a setup for heavier/larger presentations. Short answer 6'6-7 med heavy fast. Start with heavier line its easier to get the hang of with a baitcaster say 15lb trilene big game and work your way down as you get better with casting and if the fishing situation permits.

Try taking a small egg sinker and pushing it into the head of the tube and then t-rigging.

I was so hoping

So I was going to flush my bearings the other day and as I went to remove the bearing from the side plate the clip popped out and landed on the carpet. After searching for a half hour with magnets on each hand I gave up. I then called shimano and they offered to send me one for free. Knowing this probably won't be the last time, I decided to order 10. The customer service agent told me with would be 3.80 with 3 in shipping. Ok so I bought them and look what came in the mail today. It's like some sort of sick Christmas joke.

I got a pair of rapala braid sccissors from Wally's that do a great job just be sure you don't cut mono or or things with them as it will mess up the teeth.

I've had pike cut 10lb braid like a hot knife threw butter but have had good luck with 12 lb yo-zuri. I landed one that probably weight close to 8lbs and had to putz around with it in the water while I got my pliers. I was also using a 4/0 hook which may have helped keeping the line away from its teeth.

Ill be the first one to admit when I got my first nice shimano I was in love and bragged about it here That said I've realized yes it's nice to have "nice and/or expensive" gear. Since then I've realized. 1. I have a lot to learn as far as catching and understanding bass fishing is concerned. 2. Fish what feels good in your hand and just enjoy being outdoors, fish what feels good in your hand, and try to spread the enjoyment to friends and family. That's more like four but you get the point.

X2 I received one from a friend for free in the panfish size 20 and its a great reel with a nice smooth drag that has handled some nice smallies including the one in my avatar.