fishballer06

I was unaware this spread to this fishing channels as well. I know the gun channels that I watch have had this issues for about 2 months or so now. A lot of them have started Patreon accounts to help them keep funding their channels. If this keeps up, I can imagine it's only a matter of time before another website comes along to host videos that's lucrative for the content creators.

I caught 29 of these guys last week in Canada. It was a great trip.

I just spent 10 days in Canada throwing Keitechs almost the whole time. I caught fish on every color I threw (probably 5-7 different colors). My point is, these baits are very lifelike in the water. Throw what you like and whats native to your lakes and they'll produce for you. There is no one super secret top producing color.

I just got back from a 10 day trip to Canada and it rained on us 7 of those days. My new Huk suit never let me get wet. It's definitely a thinner material that's better suited for warmer days. My Frabill F3 suit is a thicker material and much hotter in warm weather.

Wind from the east, fish bite the least...

https://www.hawgtech.com/node/5 You can buy the knobs by themselves from Hawgtech.

3 of my guys are moving on and I jumped up 7%. Crochet Combs Jordan

Gary at the Tackle Trap talks very highly of them.

Kelly Jaye just caught two 3 pounders on one jerkbait. Hooked up, fish jumped, got it into the boat and had two fish on the bait.

I can't comment on the quality of the rods, but by just looking at the specs, I'd recommend the 7'6" Heavy model.

I'm in the 40-50lb. braid camp as well. I've tried going smaller diameter, but it's only lead to problems.

Lefebre is sitting in 54th place with 15lb. 8oz. on day one. I wouldn't call that a weak showing. I would say that the lake is fishing really well right now. 15.5 pounds is enough to put you on the top of the heap each day at most events!

Cliff Crochet sitting in 2nd currently (my D bucket pick)

You mean you don't know Jojo Bars...

Last fall a bottle of JJ's fell off a shelf in my basement, onto the concrete. My entire basement still wreaks...

Considering 31 guys currently have no fish, I'd say there's poor service.

Yep. I picked him the first event because he was a hometown guy and he did terrible. I thought he would have been one to perform better in a cold water environment because that's what we deal with up here half the year. Ever since he's been in the cut every time.

They're not good, they'rrreeeee greeeeaaattttttt!!!

Those stock hooks on the Heddon lures are very low quality. Replace them with some quality Gamakatsu/Owner/Mustad hooks.

If you're expecting to throw a 2oz. crankbait (like a 10xd) on a 9:1 reel, you're going to have a bad time...

You're not over thinking at all, but others may not understand that each individual crankbait swims a little bit differently. Even the same brand, same model, same color, each one can swim differently. I recently bought a dozen Baby 1 minus crankbaits for an upcoming trip to Canada. I upgraded the hooks on them and took them out and tested them at a local pond. Some of them swam straight as an arrow, some of them needed some tuning and were fine, some of them have that wiggle wart hunting action to them, and some of them just didn't swim well at all. I took a marker and wrote + or Hunt on the good one's, and the dud's got the stock hooks put back on them and thrown into my storage bin. If you find yourself fishing a lot of crankbaits, I suggest trying this method sometime and you will see exactly what I mean.

It may still be fine to fish, but that's not to say that it won't come off on the first nice fish you hook into. Leaving you to just reel in a plastic bill. Like John said, spend a few bucks and buy another one (and a backup )

I went with Lefebre. The local boy has been performing way beyond expectations all year long.

A swimbait rod rated "MH" is a totally different blank from a standard "MH" rated blank. If you are fishing around heavy brush, you're probably not going to want a super long 8' rod anyway. It will make casting around tree branches, brush, etc. a nightmare. If you want to reach out further, I suggest either buying a kayak/boat or investing in some waders so that you can at least get out off the bank a few feet.

I have the 2000 size. I'm curious what you're trying to find out. Daiwa lists the weight of all the different models directly on their website. http://www.daiwa.com/us/contents/reels/ballistic/index.html