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thank you both!! Got mine ordered

I noticed that somewhere along the way I lost the little screw in cap on the other side of the handle for my President 30 spinning reel. Anyone know how I can get a replacement? Thanks in advance,

Thank you all for your advice and recommendations!

I have been obsessing with creek fishing and my 5' ugly stick with a pretty crappy spinning reel isn't cutting it. Do you think this is a good deal and would it worked paired with a pleuger president 30? https://www.tacticalwholesalers.com/Daiwa-Laguna-Rods-Spinning-7-UL-F-LAG702ULFS_p_132837.html Thanks in advance Barry

It's a Chevy Malibu 2014 I believe

My local lake is 6500 sq feet and has threadfin shad. I've seen small 5 foot circles with shad swimming in circles and they seem to just sit there but if you watch long enough they move slowly. At the same lake, one time I stopped to fish at an access point up a creek channel from the lake.. I was amazed to walk up on this 40 foot wide creek and see thousands of small fish swimming in a large circle.. It filled the entire creek. I immediately put on a small shad crankbait, and every cast I could feel the bait (or line) bumping these baitfish. This was 3 or 4 years ago and I wish I could recall what time of year it was but I'm assuming it was fall. I never caught a fish though fishing through all those baitfish.

ok never heard that term, thank you!

What do you mean by "fly-lining" ?

Hello, I will soon be travelling to Lake Guntersville AL. that is about a 6 hour drive. I have a Tahoe and trailer I usually carry my Kayak to local Arkansas lakes on, but this time i will be riding with the wife in a car. We're looking around for some kind of rack to car-top the kayak on. Any thoughts on what I should buy for that? Thanks, Barry

WeedWhacker, yea I read that report sometimes but failed to last week! I just felt like I have been where they aren't.. but that's just a feeling. It seemed to me they'd be by the shore next to the deepest parts.

This summer has been hard, I fish Lake Conway AR and the last 5 times I've been I've been skunked. Today I got on the water about 4pm and fished till dark. I specifically went to one of the deepest spots I know of.. There is a creek channel under a bridge about 12 ft deep. There is small sections of rip-rap under the bridge and weedy shore-lines on either side. Water goes from 12ft to 3ft as you move out of the channel and further down the banks. I fished the entire area.. bridge pilons, riprap, and nearby shore lines + a few scattered docs nearby. Water temperature was high 70's a couple weeks ago but a warm spell has brought it back up to 86 degrees this afternoon. Shad is predominant forage, from a Kayak I cannot look far and wide in a 6700 sq ft lake for shad, but I didn't believe they'd be in the creeks yet with the water temp still that high. I fished a 3 inch shad money paddle tail with a weighted 3' hook and I also drop shotted mostly with a nose hooked zoom fluke jr in ice color. Not a single bite besides what I believe were a couple blue gill taps Any suggestions on what I should have done different?

This may sound dumb, but I was fishing this afternoon and recalled this thread. I have to completely readjust my left hand (holding the reel instead of the rod) to get the line close enough to apply my finger for feeling bites. On spinning gear I have to literally grab the line with my right hand. Is this how you do this or am I doing it wrong?

I read that the free sliding weight on a fluke style bait with a twitch return will cause the bait to 'pivot' more erratically from side to side on the twitch.

A Berkeley lightning shock (spinning) can be had for < 20 shipped if you catch the right holiday promo. Mine just came in (from FFO - BF sale 16 bucks) and I took it out in the cold on Saturday, second cast LMB It is my new favorite rod! I use Neds a lot this summer and cannot wait to try one on this new rig.

Too lazy for pictures, but I got: President 30 Spinning reel Berkeley lightning 7' spinning rod (16 bucks!) 3 pack of Rebel Pop'Rs Some bitsy bugs and some baby craw trailers I ordered a Gander mountain Vortex casting rod at a great price but they cancelled my order. I opted to "ship to local store" then they cancelled the order saying "that store doesn't have the rod in stock".. That was why I had them ship to store lol.. oh well.