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Ya know I have no idea what our water temp is. I never bring a thermometer with me. I will now tho. It's Been low 60 in the morning 70 in the afternoon

Look at the berkley lightning rod shock, and halo rods excellent rods in the $39-79 range.

Thanks guys!! In headed to te tackle shop at 2 o'clock lol

I am using braid. I ne'er thought about not skin hooking it. I was always worried about the hook set that way.

Wow awesome! Thanks for the great advice. I haven't been using them in certain places I fish because of hydrilla and thick surface grass and such because I didn't want to hassle with it! Never mind tho I'm slinging them this weekend!

Hell yeah I do! I've been using the easy swimmers for a month or so and like them a lot! Easy to fish and I get hits on them! But wasn't sure if my 3-0 hook was enough. How are yall fishing them?

Never looked at it that way! I've always been shy of big baits since I don't wana not catch the lil guys too! But I'll give it a try!

Awesome! I'll grab some 1/4 also. But man I didn't know yall where fishing such big hooks in these baits lol.

I'm in Florida also. Just felt the big ez re to big for the ponds and canals I fish. Looks like I'm gonna have to step up hook size! Thanks for the great detailed replys everyone!

Haha I never thought of that.that's a great idea!

Fished a local canal today had some bass in the beds good sized females and males. Not to interested in eating lol. Tried tempting them by laying some soft plastics in the bed but it was a no go. But cool to see none the less

Ahh makes sense. I just got a M/H Rod I never thought of using the weight to get a lil more feel

Ahh ok. Hmm maybe I should step it up to the 4/0? Any reason to go as heavy as 1/4 ounce tho? Or just preference?

I've been using vmc 1/8 ounce 3/0 swimbait hooks. What size are you guys using

Wow sorry to hear about the poor expierence. It is very funny how out perspective on things are individually. Or how we perceive deadness sensitive.

I completely understand that. It's not a fashion contest and is all about affordability and performance for me

I picked one up last week. The Rod is nice, light and fished excellent this weekend. We got on some nice lil bass. Rod loaded nice, I could feel the small tail biter bass no problem. For the $49 I was d**n impressed

I love the two I have. Quality is great. The twilight is just a lil rich for my blood lol. I love quality but price can be a factor lol

Awesome glad to hear! Eventually if I get into and heavy cranks or spinners I want to make a go at baitcatser. But for now mine throws frogs and chatter baits only. I throw everything else on spinning gear. And going medium heavy I can throw most anything I want for the most part depending on the cover. I was leaning towards another medium till talking to halo themselves and telling them where I fish mostly

Oh I've had rods by star Rod, berkleys, Shakespeare, sil star, daiwa Over the years. Mostly fished salt water growing up. Just now getting into bass fishing. I have a baitcaster combo but since I throw mostly light soft plastics and real light lures I kinda focus on spinning gear. I've talked some here and dabbled with light baits on baitcaster and don't find it worth it. So I went with a medium heavy to compliment my other medium spinning rods. I appreciate all the replys and advice tho always

Yeah I tried one of there base models and it worked out really well so I tried the next step up. I've always personally drW. The line at like $80-90 for a Rod since I'm just a hobby fisherman. And that level of Rod performs just excellent for me. Just excited to find a nice local company with nice product. And I enjoy trying things with no real reviews or even negative ones and shedding some good light on them

Grabbed a halo daylight series Rod today for a new reel I got. I was really impressed with the entry level starlite series I had bought. And wanted to step up a notch, I called and talked to the folks at halo found the daylight has a better warranty and is a im7 blank for more sensitivity. Finish and fit is very nice. For a parabolic action Rod it is incredibly stiff not whippy at all. I went with a medium/heavy 7 foot spinning rod. Since I fish a decent amount of cover but with spinning year. The backbone is nice guides also nice. I'm impressed with the local florida company so far

Thanks for the reply! The armflex idea is a great one, I planned to do it to my thwart bars. But never thought of doing the rest.

Oh man I'll have to try that! Thanks a lot for the tip

Most of the styles I fish a spinning combo works great. I guess I just have a major want more Han need for a bait caster lol. Other than frogs I don't throw much that requires one.