Kevin22

Yum dinger 5"- 8ct. Yum f2 dinger 5"- 12ct.

I don't doubt that at all, but you also have to realize where I live.. our fish are a little different than cali fish. From what I understand, and I know it varies from location to location, but a 4lb fish in cali isn't anything to talk about. A 4lb fish wins big fish here. Seems for the most part we have a huge population of 12-14" fish, then a decent population of 17-19, then a very small population of 20". IMO it is because of the 15" minimum size limit. Let the people who want to keep bass keep the 12-14 and lets throw back the 15+... This trout lake is the exception, like i said it is stocked with big fish each year. They are hard to catch, but they are in there!

Check the description for transducer, because they are offered in both versions. The traditional sonar version will say 83/200khz transducer and the DSI/sonar unit will say 83/200 + 455/800.

Watch these ongoing and upcoming spring fishing sales for an elite 4 HDI. They are always on sale for $175-199 (gps model) and $150 for the non gps model. This has a 4.5" screen, and is a very nice little unit. Does everything an elite 5 can do, just half the screen (width wise).

We have a lake similar to that around me. Its a little bit bigger though, and there is no closed season after they stock. Oddly from the day they stock and for about 3 weeks you can't catch a bass over 14". Yet nobody believes me that the bass will eat trout. This lake is also where the local fish hatchery dumps their "too old to breed" females. So it has a stocked population of 7-8# fish and 3000 trout a year (8-12" trout), in a 20 acre lake. If I ever decide to try my hand at swimbaits you can bet that lake will be where I go. I'm just not a big fish hunter, by that I mean I couldn't handle fishing a week without a hit waiting for that 7lber to find a swimbait. I'd go nuts!

No, they are very prized and extremely good eating. Highly sought after during the limited snagging season.

Let me know if you find a plankton lure that spoonbill will eat.

Match the forage. Early spring the forage is typically medium to small, so I use the super fluke jr and regular fluke on a jig head. Come summer the fish key in on shad, chubs, and bigger over all forage so I use the super fluke. I've even gotten into the smallies using the MAGNUM fluke for pike. In the fall I start downsizing again as the water gets colder and the fish start feeding on smaller shiners again. But these are just guidelines, Ive hit days in the spring right before the spawn when the fish are ravaging chubs up in creeks, and the darker colored super flukes do fantastic.

If you pitch with anything under 3/8oz you would appreciate a soft tip rod. Helps tremendously with accuracy. Ive done my share of pitching with broomsticks, they work when needed.

For president, size 30.

Shimano of your choice in 2500 size. All models are good IMO.

Saw a commercial about all baits buy one get one 50% off about a week ago. Buddy said rods are the same deal.

Nope. Never done that. I use a lighter with big baits. Jigs, flippin rigs, swimbaits, etc.

I used to tie imp clinch as well, i have since switched to the palomar for everything but topwater and long jerks. Maybe try that. Remember to really wet the line, it is needed.

Dingers are great baits! I caught many bass on the fork tail dinger!

Pretty sure KVD uses that one for throwing spinnerbaits into cover. Probably work fine for heavy t-rigs and jigs, but i like a longer rod for that. It has a lot of backbone.

You can't kill a quantum. They are built like tanks. I have had many and have never had one fail, including a couple KVD models. I beat the daylight out of them and they still work like they did off the shelf.

I have tried 1/4# test for panfish before. Cant remember the name of it but it was co-poly ice line i believe. Tying knots is nuts, its like human hair. Was fun at first then a pain in the rump, have to net every bluegill and half the time i broke off baits on the cast. No bass on it, thank goodness!

Its just the one that is telling you what you want to hear. Like i said i have ruined many fenwick eagle gt with braid. Also have an abu cardinal rod that had braid once and has grooves. All purchased within the last 5 years. So shrug this off if you want, but I doubt your cheap ugly stik will stand up to braid usage. Good thing is they are dirt cheap and can be replaced every year.

You get what you pay for. A $29.99 rod is not going to be made with good guides that cost $20 a set.

Most stainless have inserts that are braid capable. I ruined 3 rods (all fenwick with ss guides) with braid about 4 years ago. It cut grooves in the guides.

I think Dan did the best that he can, he just doesnt fully understand what competitive fishing is. What I did not like was all the snide looks on the Danettes faces when kvd said he was an athlete. I bet KVD does more physical endurance in one day of fishing than all of them combined in a week of sitting at their computers.

I once had a picture of the track a package I ordered took. Literally went from chicago to NY to CA, back to Nebraska, then to me in Iowa. Chicago is 3 hours away from me and the package literally traveled from one coast to the other.

I have one also! Accurate to within 0.01lb. Checked it with my check-weight set. Its more accurate than my berkley digital.

Took it out for inspection and then crammed it back in. I've seen that done before. I've also sent reels to people and had them scratched up when they arrived. I wrapped them in plastic and the customer said there was no plastic in the box. USPS inspected the box and damaged the reel when they were "inspecting" it. Usually a little card inside though that says "inspected by USPS sorting facility ____". I've never figured out why my shipments get inspected so often, but I assume it is because my packing bench used to be a shotshell reloading bench so there is probably traces of powder on each package I send. Surprised I'm not on the no-fly list yet.