FishTank

40lb with or without a leader. For cranks I tie direct and for soft plastic, definitely a leader.

Good solid reel. Definitely one of the best bang for the buck reels out there.

I have the Core 101MG and have not seen this issue on mine as of yet. It sounds like something has gotten either inside the spool and is pushing the gap wider or maybe one of the spool bearings has fallen apart. Either way I would take all apart and put it back together. Maybe something will reveal itself. If the bearing did break it would cause the spool to droop and create the gap. If you pull some line off and reel it back in, you should notice that the spool will wobble. I have seen this in only one reel (old green curado bsf) and it was an easy fix, just a bearing.

6lb Trilene XL 100% FC has worked great for me so far. No knot or breaking issues and it has been pretty manageable.

It was almost like Christmas. My wife and kids got me a Megabass Pop Max, a new worm tackle bag, a pack of senkos, some bullet weights, and 3 shirts (1 of them for fishing). My daughter made me a cake. Oh ya, we did have a big storm Sunday morning. The almighty brought me a tree through my roof. I spent the rest of my fathers day sawing and cutting wood. I also went through two boxes of nails and a big roll of duck tape. Despite everything, it was a great day. I am thankful to have a great family.

It has been normal hear in Indiana, 85 degrees and sauna like humidity.

Nice reel. I played with one at BPS the past weekend. It was cast well and really feels just like the Curado I.

I use the senko just about anytime. I never use power worms. I have personally never had much luck with them. I do have great success with the rage tail worms. I use the rage tail when I want fish a worm quickly and cover more water.

One more time for the G Loomis 844C IMX. I use for all the techniques you mentioned, even some heavy crank baits and t- rigged soft plastic. It is a very versatile rod.

Very nice. They remind of the older YoZuri Lures, which were great baits.

Ok I give. I have lost about 45min racking my brain with this. I have a lure that looks very similar but the hooks are wrong and the body is very close just slightly different. It is a Megabass Vibration X Silent Ultra. The body is slightly fatter than most lipless cranks. I has textured body and rounded head (not flat or grooved like other Megabass lipless cranks). So I am not sure what it is......

I remember those days when we just tied our lures, hooks, or baits and we didn't seem to care, line breaks were just part of it. I also thought all the knots fly fisherman used were a waist of time. Things have definitely changed and line, even the bad stuff, has come a long way. Technology and some good shared info has improved fishing by leaps and bounds.

Short answer, the rod. To me the rod does the the main things you want, set the hook and tells you to set the hook. The reel cast the line and brings it in. So in the end it depends on which is more important to you.

If it is a big worm with a bullet weight, I like my G. Loomis 844C IMX with a Daiwa Zillion.

It was probably Pure Fishing but Galyans was bought out by Dicks in 2004. That rod had to be made prior to that year. Galyans base rods were comparable to the Tourney Special from BPS. I believe it was around $40-$50 rod but was often on sale for $30.

The only had tea but I don't think I could drink anything that comes from something that is pooped out.... Ya, not the best strategy but they had great tea and good prices. I wish they were still in business. They got bought out by some big tea seller and doubled or even tripled some of there prices. They had a China Red that was second to none. It you use to be my daily go to tea. I do miss them.

Maybe the Cards learned from the best......

Shimano Core 101MG

Here comes another ....gate of some kind..... except the feds are involved in this one. http://www.wthr.com/story/29335579/report-cardinals-allegedly-hacked-astros-player-information

I have several lipless cranks> Rat L Traps, Lucky Crafts, Yo Zuri's version, XCalibur, Megabass, Rapala, etc.... They all catch fish. I like the XCaliburs the best but Lucky Crafts tend to catch more than most. Best bang for the buck will always the Rat L Trap though.

Good bait. I picked up a couple a few years ago for $3 each. I like the ghost color I got the best, not sure what the actual color name is though.

I just bought a pack and have tried them twice. It is too early for me to tell if this is going to be a winner. It looks like a good bait so I will keep trying.

I use to drink a lot of tea. I bought most of stuff from Special Teas webesite (now out of business). A few years ago I ordered a 1/4lb of monkey picked oolong, along with some other teas. This oolong cost me about $6 shipped, pretty cheap. When my order arrives, the oolong tea is missing but there is a note on the invoice that it is out of stock and will ship directly from the manufacture. A week later when I get home from work there is a smelly Asian man on my front porch with a small package in his hands. He hands me the package and walks back to a rental car. He said nothing, only smiled. I open the package and there is my missing tea. I call the Special Teas to thank them for the delivery. Then they tell me the delivery guy was the owner of their supplier in Nepal. He flew here from Nepal, sat on my front porch for 5 hours, delivered my tea and flew back to Nepal. I was dumbfounded. The sales rep said the guy from Nepal took his tea seriously and was sorry he did not get it to me sooner. All that for a $6 bag of tea. It was quite good though.

I have the 803c GLX and if the NRX is anything like GLX then it would be awesome for senkos.

50lb Powerpro for frogs for me as well. Good stuff and it gets the job done.