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Does anyone insert rattles into their soft plastic swimbaits? What brand rattles are recommended?

Dont care enough. Just going by what the news said back in the summer, no need to be rude.

Is there a reason to use the phone app from navionics rather than the webapp? The phone app will not allow you to see sonar charts but the webapp will. If you pay you can get the sonar charts... But the phone app allows you to download maps and store waypoints...which is possible with many midrange sonar/gps units.

I take a bag that holds 4 3700 and a soft plastics bag. I take 4 rods as most boats struggle holding 6 when going down lake. Then there is extra line and reel handles tangling.

Action refers to bend of the blank Power is the weight rating rod can handle Reviewers can confuse you by using these terms interchangeably. Most manufacturers power ratings are close to accurate to the listed lure weight. Figure out what weight you wikl use rod for and go from there.

I tried the snaps after a tournament where i tried about 10 different cranks. Turns out Im faster tying SDJ knot than working the snap on the small eye.

Onimasu is too big and expensive for my taste at the moment...i want one but can abstain. Besides I heard their Prometheus project is coming out with smaller baits

Didcha catch it?

I have changed hooks

Man,ive only caught bass at night with bladed jigs. One being my personal best! Any other time forget about it. I used them today in 40 degree muddy water. Slow rolling them and ticking grass in 8fow. No dice. My swimjig had two hits. I use revenge viberators and they look great and have a screwlock keeper.

You are simply asking too much of a rod to handle almost every technique. A medium heavy fast action with x line will do most of them but none of them to full potential.

Only person to be killed by a gator in decades was this last summer. And he was drunk and was witnessed harassing the gator and telling people he was gonna jump in and wrestle it.... I think youll be alright

Blackdog makes two models of shellcrackers. A larger more expensive wooden shellcracker And a smaller more affordable plastic g2 with a bill. The g2 can be used as a crankbait and ive caught bass smashing them into logs 5 feet under water...an impossibility with the wooden original.

I ordered a couple dock rockers and got a killer deal on tungsten

The salt water versions are junk. Ship it to me and ill recycle it.

New price cuz they were selling for 50 on ebay....

They stopped production to focus on other products but are supposed to be back full force soon.

Seaguar is known for having stretch, especially their budget lines. Sunline shooter comes in 25lb and is known for low stretch. Its expensive though. I havent used gliss monotex but that could be an option with thin diameter and no stretch

If it were true, theyd be on ebay. And they are not.

There are better options. But counting the bait down and swinging it back to boat woukd work

Damnit, was hoping to hold off on this but now you let cat out of the bag.

7'3" xfast. Length helps with pitching and getting rod in a position to pull fish out of limbs. Xfast makes hooksets easier and transitions into backbne of rod very quickly giving you the stoutness to yank a bass out of laydows. A fast rod or slower may bend too much allowing fish to surge into line snapping timber or docks.

As stated heavy is a power. Simply the lure weight the rod can handle. Some heavy rods are good for cranking deep and some are good for frogging. I have 2 heavy. 1 is a frog rod rated to 1.5 ounce lures. It has extra fast tip which helps punch frog hooks into roof of mouth. I also use it for jigs. The other is rated to 2 ounces and is a fast action. I use it for punching and throwing small swimbaits.

They would need to chip in with food and drinks at least...and not be annoying on the water.

The scale is the issue, not whether or not he can add.