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Looking for a new worm rod, wanting one that will be mainly used for weighted wacky worms and weighted texas rigs. In between several options, wanted to get some input beforehand on the best rod for the money. I have heard some good about some, but not all as not everyone I know has fished with them, and not many places around here have a good selection. Going with something around 7ft medium heavy with a fast action. Thanks in advance for any input! Choices: Dobyns Fury @ $110 Falcon Lowrider @ $170 Fitzgerald Stunner @ $170 G Loomis E6X @ $190 Phenix ML @ $175 ALX Ikos @ $150 Halo Daylight II @ $100 Any reel suggestions for this type of setup are welcome too.

I've searched around and really can't find a decent answer. I'm going to be fishing pond banks until mid February. I'm new to jig fishing and want to try it out, I hear it can be pretty productive. Probably no more than 6-8ft of water, mostly shallow when working the banks. The ponds have a bunch of variables, some have patches of brush, wooded cover, some rocky, etc. With so many jigs/trailers out there, can someone just give me a good starting point? I don't have a lot of time to conduct a trial and error, as I'm only off for a few days out of the month due to my job. I will most likely be just pitching into cover and bouncing it off the bottom while retrieving. What is a good all around jig to start with? Any opinions on trailers? Colors? Any other go-to winter lure advice would be appreciate also. Thanks!

Any insight on a Tatula 100, Pinnacle Optimus LTE, or the quantum energy? I'm at work (oilfield) so I'm not able to go to the store to look at them. I want to have a new combo this week for when I go home I'll be ready to go.

Right, but some abu reels are terrible and some are good.

Don't fish much with Duckett's, I saw the reel at a local shop. Anyone have any experience/opinions on them? I have mostly Lew's and Garcia's at the moment. Just want to expand a little.

Yeah I like the concept of the LT better. What colors did you have success on?

Wanted to see if anyone has any experience with Reflexion swimbaits. I follow them on instagram and they seem to be getting pretty popular. I would like to give them a try and I may order some. They are sold by kanan lures, and come in a line through or solid body model, and have some pretty good looking colors/patterns. If I decide to get some, I will follow up on my experience.

Welcome to the forum. I myself would love to get a nice boat soon, currently fishing out of a 16ft war eagle on local lakes. Lot's of great info on here!

Never used any wrap on them, but I'm an avid user of the o-wacky o-rings, they seem to work wonders.

Jerkbait & Stick

what kind of braid? size?

So since I started buying different rods for different techniques, I need some advice on which lines to use. I've always used Trilene Big Game, and it has been a good line, but I believe there is better out there. I recently experimented with Seaguar InvizX and love it, but I spooled the whole reel with it because I didn't know what to fill it with, and spooling the whole real with flouro is too expensive for my taste. So what do you guys suggest? What should I use for topwater/jerkbaits, senkos/t-rigs/jigs, pitching/flipping? What should my fillers and leaders be? I have no experience with leaders, so whats the best knot or way to connect your leaders, best line for a leader? I would like to try braid for a filler or leader, I have never used it, and don't know what to buy. Im not fishing real heavy cover, some grass but not much, more trees than anything, but who knows I may find some good cover to fish, just haven't yet. So any info would be greatly appreciated. Just bought two new Lews Mg's in 7:1 and I have 2 Revo S's in 6:4, and 2 Silver Max's in 6:4 if anyone has suggestions which one to spool or use for which technique.

Yeah, you can get them from basspro, or TW that I've seen. I have not seen them at academy. Just a little black oring that you slip over a senko and slide to the middle then put your hook through it. Just keeps that senko compressed on the hook a little better so you dont loose them so much when you cast, in a perfect world the senko is supposed to slide up the line when you hook a fish. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't haha. But for the price of them, they sure are a cheap insurance and saves you money in the long run.

I've seen a lot of guys catching some pretty nice bass around my area on swimbaits. I don't know what size or type they are using, but I haven't ever had any success on them, and not much experience fishing them. Any suggestions on where to start? I've heard a little about reflexion swimbaits. I don't know whether to use hard body or soft body, size, and what colors/patterns to go with. Any advice is welcomed.

Wacky is one of the styles I fish often. I've caught all of my big fish on them, from ponds to lakes wacky style around my area is one of the more efficient go to techniques. I love it, I actually prefer it over texas rigging senkos. Watermelon Red, Junebug, and Mardi Gras yum dingers, and watermelon or a blue yamamoto are the colors I've had the most success with. Don't know if you've tried the o-rings on them, but they sure lessen the chances of loosing a bait.

I got tw to change it to a 7' Medium. Hopefully I'll like it better.

I handled a few of them but don't remember specifically anyone being tip heavy. The only significant difference I noticed was between the Avid and Premier. I've been looking at full cork rods and those were the two that I liked. Granted, once I felt the difference I decided to spend the extra for the Avid. I've been told the MHF was a good rod for pitching and senko applications. I just emailed TW to see if they could switch my rod from the MHF to the MF before they ship it out. I'm not fishing extremely heavy cover and throwing heavy baits. I like a lighter feel, didn't know croix rated their rods heavier, as I like a lighter feel. Hopefully TW can handle the situation before they ship it out. First time ordering from them so we will see.

Been going back and forth for a while now, and finally got a chance to put my hands on an Avid earlier today. Needless to say, I loved the feel and the rod balanced great, not to mention very lightweight. So I came back home and ordered a AVC70MHF from TW. Should be on it's way tomorrow. Going to use it primarily as a pitching rod, going to try wacky with it too. A revo s will be paired with it until I can get a Lew's, spooled with 20lb InvizX. One of the biggest things that sold me on the rod was the full cork handle, very comfortable and seemed to be a high quality cork. Anyone else use this model Avid? If so, how do you like it? Any suggestions for keeping the cork preserved? My highest quality rod right now is a veritas, I felt like it was time to get something a little higher quality. I seem to have terrible luck with guides, I don't know if it's me or what. How are the guides on an Avid?

Any opinions on the best pitching rod under $150? Something 7'+ either MH or H, F or XF. Just wanted to see what everyone thought. Occasionally I will fish heavy cover, but not very often. Going to be paired with a Revo S 6:4 or Silver Max 6:4 for now. Kind of new to the jig world, want to buy some from TW. Any suggestions on jig brands? Trailers? Thanks.

Thanks for everyone's input. I really appreciate it, I still haven't been able to narrow it down but if my wallet can handle it I think I will go with the champion. Still gotta figure out which lew's to put on which stick for technique. In a previous post I was wanting two new combos to handle a multitude of styles, but now I think I am going to need several new setups to better fit each style. Looking for a shallow cranking/topwater/jerkbait, medium to deep cranking, something for senkos wacky style since I tend to love fishing wacky, something for t-rig & flukes, and a flipping/pitching for jigs and what not. Never really gotten into frog fishing, what rod powers suite them best?

Pretty much switching rods and reels from abu, and wanting to buy a whole new arsenal. I've never fished any of these rods, have held and seen all of them, and really like all three. What brand do you guys prefer? I know all three are well made and of quality caliber, but I need help deciding. I love the "feel" of them all, so how do I decide on one or the other? I'm sort of leaning towards the Dobyn but I want to be sure before I pull the trigger. Really I don't want to spend way over $225 on each rod. As for Dobyn, I like the Champion, Coalition, and Savvy Powell - endurance St. Croix - Avid I want to stick to one brand, as they will be paired with Lew's tournament pro's and BB1 pro's. Thanks.

Replace when torn & beat up, I've fished with one almost all day. O-rings make the difference for sure. If I know the fish are there, I'll change colors after they don't hit it with in the first 8-10 casts.

X2 on the silver max. I have two of them, fantastic reels and have a flipping switch if you're into that. I would do a 7' MH Fast abu garcia vendetta rod. I have one of these paired with a silver max and love it. Great rod. Vendetta & Silver max combo you can't go wrong. From bass pro, both of them are $140 total.

Whitetail, duck, and geese. Whitetail for the north louisiana, and birds when I go south!

I know this thread is a few days old but I'll put my two cents in, pretty good topic. I would stay away from the shotgun hunting in my opinion. Broadhead's are 10 times deadlier and cleaner kills. I have a pretty good bit of land that I hunt on in Louisiana. It has been rifle hunted for a long time but I started bow hunting five years ago, and we have all pretty much moved to bows. I shoot a mathews helim and a parker thunderhawk crossbow that my girlfriend uses most of the time. Crossbows are wicked and can put a quick, accurate shot on a deer up to 45 yards without the arrow being dodged (most of the time) because they usually have a higher fps than a compound. I've seen people stick em out to 70 yards, pretty crazy shot to take. Compounds are just as effective though, and require a little more technique. They are a blast and I love mine. If your shots are around 25 yards, you shouldn't have a problem. Just practice your shots at the angle you hunt from, become consistent and accurate with your groups. With a crossbow, they are great. I prefer the challenge of a compound, thats just my preference. One big thing with a crossbow, if you get one just always remember before each shot, keep your fingers down and away from the string.....I've seen some pretty bad accidents when someone gets in the way of that string.