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My 30+ ipt reels probably weren't the problem. In daytime I rarely lose a fish. It just wasn't our night. Other anglers in the club noted similar experiences. I can understand losing one here or there. But over a dozen between boater and non boater is a beat down not a competition.

These bass were airborne within 3 seconds of being hooked. No chance to tire them and they were on a long line. Those fish were indeed "hot".

d**n rob!

Black and yellow is good for muddy/stained water and the colors contrast significantly as the bait rolls on retrieve. Think of the bait as flashing between black and yellow. Like a strobe light for muddy water. Parrot color is just a sunfish perch imitators for stained to tannic water. Good for medium/deep cranking. Too flashy of a color in my opinion for shallow clear water.

Oh I was wrenching on em like it was my job.

Had a night tourny yesterday and hooked into 10 fish including a couple solid fish. I landed one. Same story for my boater. As soon as we hooked em they shot to surface and wouldn't stop jumping. Had one bass jump 3 times in a second without breaking water surface on way back down. Braid, copoly, fc. Xfast, fast, moderate action rods. Loose and tight drags. Single hooks, trailer hooks and trebles. Rod in water before jump. I've never seen so many lost fish. Any advice or se la vie?

Oh that's cool, thanks. Those gamakatsu hooks on spros are unbendable. I've tried even with heavy duty pliers. Is there a trick or do yall just bend the hook point out?

Derek remitz disappointed. He has solid success on these fisheries. I'm done with Brett Hite too. He is too inconsistent and burns me. Like any fantasy sport, you HAVE to avoid inconsistent players. Yeah he may score 3 TDS week 7 but he will follow up with 3 games and zero TDs. Powroznik and Wellman were solid picks even tho Nate fell off a bit today.

Ajay, can you post a picture? BPS won't load photos on my phone. My dad used trailer hooks on his frog a couple days ago and nailed them. Said he had no issue with grass. My issue is that most of my tournaments are on lakes with laydowns and shoreline brush I skip into and throw over.

I've never been able to bend the hooks

Anyone know where I can find 5/0 replacement frog hooks? I like spro frogs but hookup ratio is terrible (they really aren't the softest) while action and colors are fantastic. I upgraded the popping frog from 3/0 to 4/0 and almost never miss a fish. However their regular frog and shad come with 4/0. Owner makes a 6/0 but I'm afraid it will be too large.

Mustad last year came out with the fast attach swinging football head. Great product and caught many fish. My problem was hard to feel bottom when "bottom bugging" Along comes strike king with a similar fast attach football head design....but in tungsten! Much smaller profile with same effect and better bottom feel! Only concern I have is the durability of the attach wire. Is strike king and mustad in a partnership considering how similar the products are?

Color matters more in open water especially clear water. Thick vegetation it matters none. I like white just because I can see it easily. If I use black it's gonna be rainforest yellow or some other bright colors on it for the reason Francho said.

I've seen a lot of solid black, olive, green pumpkin. Even blueish purple

Is this the new scrounger? Only come in 3/8 and 1/2 but seem like they would have same effect.

Mon valley and the guys are great. I've learned a lot.

Has the reel been disassembled?

No consensus will be reached. Split about 30-30-30-10 between mustad Gama owner and vmc respectively.

My boater yesterday used senkos exclusively. 2 keepers and two short fish. I didn't do any better but he wasn't doing himself any favors

Add gambler little otter as trailer

Anyone have one? Impressions? They are at good price (tat frame killed their value) and am considering another combo in next few months. Does the insane IPT make that much a difference? I'd imagine so but If I can get an 8:1 cheaper and not miss a beat then I'd have to consider it.

If it is dense get a 3/4 punch weight and creature bait then punch them in the head.

The m 6'9" rod would be good for target casting docks and lay downs and naturally smaller baits (1/2oz chatterbait plus trailer will exceed rod rating) The 7'1" will handle slightly larger chatterbaits and will cast a bit further and let you pick up line faster when fishing large grass flats.

I saw your post. Get a hold of anyone yet?

Mustad grip pin is what I use. Can't wait for the light wire version to come out.