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Some great ideas! I don't have a boat so I can't take that advice. I do however contribute what I think is a decent amount to a buddy or my boater in the tournament I'm paired with. It is very expensive I'm sure. As far as rods and reels....... I just purchased 5 new reels. I don't need more! lol Rods I could go with a few but there is money there already for some. So I was thinking some Costa 580G's or a Frabil Storm suite. Dumb on my part?

$240 is not worth the 10 seconds it'd last.

Thank you sir.

Me and the wifey. Dylan and Bostyn. My fishin pardners

Your price point?

If you had $240 that you had coming back to you because a deal fell thru what would you buy? Think one fishing item only.

I believe what LMG is saying is "Man I wish there were more rods in the $100 range because so and so suggested a rod at $185. What if I don't like it? I could have had 2 rods for that much." What his heart is saying "I wish Shimano would come out with 17 more rods at $100 so I can oh and awe over them." :-)

Smart choice. I just purchased 5 when they were $80 bucks a piece. Awesome reels.

Slow. Slow. Slow. As far as southeast. Man that's a pretty broad spectrum! lol Jigs Spinner bait/chatter bait Shad Raps and thin sided square bills Shaky heads Scroungers

What kind of retrieve did you use?

My best performers were the Luck-E strike square bill in copper shad and a series 5 SK in sexy shad. Lipless was an xcalibur 1/2 in red craw.

SK square bills Fat Free Shads Xcalibur lipless

Absolutely! They always have a bunch more stuff on clearance/markdowm. It'd be well worth the trip.

I thought it may have been the muffin man! On a more serious note: sweeeeeeet!

It's dark so think dark colors. Black/blue with a dull colored blade and black trailer. With that much vibration they'll be able to find it. Go with a dark trailer as well.

It's gonna be windy!

Welcome! There are some here. I haven't been scolded to bad!

Just when you think you are going slow, slooooooooow down some more. They will bite but not all will.

Here is a blog from KVD on the 25th. It is a little off topic but you can also apply it to what Sam suggests. http://www.bassmaster.com/blog/fishing-side-becoming-pro

1/4, 1/2, 3/4 weights. Football heads Regular heads Swim jig heads As far as colors go. Browns, greens, and black/blue are what I usually use. I use Rage Tail baits for my trailers. But any style chunk will work. A thread is pinned at the top of the tackle forum. Click on that. It will help tremendously.

Also don't wear skinny jeans! Great advice Sam!

I saw it last night as well. It seemed like a good show. I will be watching it in the future.