MBernardez

thx everybody! i decided on a rod! i bought a 7' shimano clarus. along with power pro line and my shimano stradic fh2500. i think it will do for what i need right now.

i think i will stick with my spinning reel then, it will be cheaper to just get a new rod. any suggestions on what type of rod to get, trying to get one between 100 to 150. i just have no idea what length, action, power, or brand to get.

cool! thx

Hi, I have a shimano spinning reel which i've read works best with power pro line. Im having trouble determining what line color i should use and what weight. Ill be fishing top water lures on a fairly clear to brown lake up in minnesota. ill be fishing for large mouth bass averaging at maybe 2 or 3 pounds. what weight and color would you guys suggest?

hi everyone, I'm preparing for a once a year trip up to Minnesota in early august where ill be fishing for bass from a boat at eagle lake. I've been reading and researching a lot from this site and others to make sure i have a successful fishing trip. I plan on fishing top water because that's what has worked fairly well in the past. Although its seems bait casting set ups work best for top water i have a Shimano Stradic FH2500 spinning reel to work with. I've read that having more then one set up is ideal but i don't have the money or the know how to fish that many different ways. I'm having trouble figuring out what would be a good rod to match my reel. Any suggestions?

hi everybody, im making a trip up to Minnesota here in a month. my plan was to buy a rod to go with the stradic fh2500 i own but the more research i do i might just end up getting a bait casting setup becasue i want to fish top water with poppers and spinner baits and also fish crank baits. the last time i bought a bait caster it got tangled up constantly and i could not cast more then 15 feet. im guessing i set it up all wrong. anyway i dont have it anymore. do yall have and bait casting combos. im wanting to spend less then 200. or maybe ill just stick with using my spinning real and buy a new rod... what do yall think?

also you guys have asked for my price range. im looking to spend between 100-200 on a rod. and like 50-100 on lures and what not.

sounds like a tech spec or a clarus are good choices according to yall. everyone has different opinions as far as the length and action go. ive heard the longer length gets you more distance which i like because i use small lures and sometimes its very windy up there. on the other hand, it sounds like a shorter length will give me a bigger variety of ways to fish. i did a lot of research before i posted this topic, and im still just as torn for what i want to get as before i posted this topic. I still appreciate everyone who has responded though! if you have anything else to add or say or suggest go ahead! thx!

ok cool, i have actually tried some of these up there. spoons are difficult becasuse i like fishing towards the shore where in the past i felt like it was to shallow for the spoons and also there are many lily pads and stuff on the bottom that spoons get caught up in. ive had trouble fishing worms because my past set ups couldnt get enough distance and i think i dont have the technique down yet. jerk baits were no better. ive never tried swimbaits. spinners have gotten some pike but not very many. i think i might have been using spinners that were to big though. ive been there 4 times over the past years and always caught fish with poppers and hula poppers are great, the ones that look like frogs. the most succesful bait that always works up there is a bass oreno made by southern bend. im going to buy like 6 of those before i go up. they are hard to find and cost like 15$ on ebay but they have never let me down. i really think worms are my best bet if top water isnt working i just, like i said, have trouble casting them long enough and i just have no idea how to put them together right and how to work them out in the water.

youre right top water may not work as well as it has in the past. problem is, all i have is top water lures, and all i know how to fish is top water. once we get up there to start fishing there isnt anywhere to buy lures or to change what im using. ill have to use what i have. so im really stoked for this trip and i can do some reading to try to learn other ways to fish but ill have to make sure i have what i need in order to fish those ways before i make the 24 hour trip. if you have a suggestion on a few other popular ways to fish and what i need to fish that way i might be able to prepare myself to try something new if top water isnt working. what do yall think?

hi everyone, I'm preparing for a once a year trip up to Minnesota in early august where ill be fishing for bass from a boat at eagle lake. I've been reading and researching a lot from this site and others to make sure i have a successful fishing trip. I plan on fishing top water because that's what has worked fairly well in the past. Although its seems bait casting set ups work best for top water i have a Shimano Stradic FH spinning reel to work with. I've read that having more then one set up is ideal but i don't have the money or the know how to fish that many different ways. I'm having trouble figuring out what would be a good rod to match my reel. Any suggestions?