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If you are fishing around grass and pads, then a frog would be an essential tool. Fish it up in all the grass and pads. When fishing these ponds, they are usually pretty devoid of any real meaningful cover or structure, then paralleling the bank is a must as well.

Merry Christmas to you and yours. Here is to making 2016 the year of the adventure.

I held some in my hand. They had a good selection of them at the Walmart on Kentucky Ave. (BTW for all Central Indy guys, this is the best Wally World in the state. Well stocked, clean with correct labeling, and good deals to boot) and for the price, I thought they felt really good. They sport pretty nice blanks and handles, but pretty standard powers and actions, which is to be expected at their price point. I would not hesitate to pick one up though at that price.

This again...

This is true. Light penetration is just the length of the physical wave, not what we see. Also, a shameless plug for my physics thread.

Interesting. Thanks for letting me know.

Sure does look interesting. Maybe its sun spots?

I would also use a 6 gear ratio reel. I use to use a 5 but now I use a 6. I think the mediums will be fine on the 6 as well, although that might just be the excuse you need to get two setups instead of one

@Josh Smith and DVT might be the best ones to answer your questions here. Seems like Josh uses exclusively round Abu's, so he may have experience with this.

If I see another Lew's vs Shimano thread I will quit fishing and throw all of my gear off a cliff. IBTL

Haven't heard anything about the Berkley branded hooks. Those are new too, right? Any good?

Shhhh!! I'm hoping these don't sell out before Christmas...

Wow, that's a huge carp! What did you land him on? Mostly dead weight?

Reservoir. Fishing off a drop off near a flat. Yo-yo retrieve.

I have heard lots of good things about Academy's in house baits. I would like to try a few. It seems like Academy sports is starting to expand farther north and there may be some here in Central Indy soon, that would be nice.

Nice. That is a solid fish! I have caught a few up here on lipless baits, but not much.

Just looked. They are a little more expensive than I would have thought. May pick up a few if I get a gift card for Christmas.

Where did you get your hands on the Berkley baits at?

How did you catch that bad boy?

I know this, I was ticked when I saw the announcement. But as of thus far, Disney has loosely followed the expanded universe canon. I expect them to continue doing the same thing with some *spoiler* character's like Boba Fett.

She is Han Solo's daughter. They had 3 kids.

Gas jumped 30 cents a gallon here. Assuming its due to Christmas travel.

Looks true http://www.basspro.com/Lew%19s-BB1-Speed-Spool-Series-LowProfile-Baitcast-Reel/product/2257705/

It's just El Nino. Nothing out of the norm. Knew it was gonna be this way, because we weren't sure if we were going to get to go skiing due to El Nino this year.

Has anyone used the Swim Bentos? I'm interested to see how they do. I figured for 3 bones a pack why not?