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Sounds like a good place to do some blind casting with a weightless wacky rig.

Any SD card will work as long as you format it to FAT32. It’s a simple and quick process to do so.

I’d be willing to do it if I had a winch attached up somewhere at the top of the ramp as a back up.

There was a specific video review where they compared it to a ceramic spray and the graphene coated was much harder to clean than the ceramic spray coated. And the fact that the color of the graphene spray is artificial, in other words, they dye it black and the color is not a product of the effective chemical makeup, just turned me off. I was really excited about it prior to that. I could still be swayed. Was hoping it’d be a good option for at least the boat.

Looked pretty hard at the graphed spray. Ended up concluding it wasn’t for me based on a fair amount of video before /after reviews. Interested to see how it turns out for you. Thanks for sharing.

Pretty much all lakes in Iowa fish the same. Channel swings and trees close to them. Man-placed rock piles of there are any. Usually most of the lakes have very small amounts of productive water and are “spot lakes” and once you figure them out they are pretty easy to reproduce. Get on Google earth and go back in time to see if you can find anything when the water was down.

For those areas on the keel, you can get away with fiberglass bondo and then putting on a keel guard over it.

Truman.

Grass Ninja

Some catfish are venomous! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.livescience.com/amp/10615-1-000-catfish-species-venomous.html

oh I know there are rods marketed as chatter bait rods with the parabolic bend. I don’t understand or agree with its utility, but if someone is set on it then more power to them. Honestly, I used an older cheap-o Berkeley rod that I don’t even know what the name was for the last 8-10 years. It was relatively stiff and it was an excellent spinnerbait / chatterbait rod. The only reason I stopped using it was because the guides fell off after catching thousands of fish. I went to the Tatula Elite because I already had the rod and I liked it matching my others haha. It may even be a bit “bendier” than I like for a chatterbait / spinnerbait rod.

I use the Ehrler 7’ 3” MHFB for spinnerbaits moving baits. It baffles my why anyone would want to use a rod with parabolic action on a bait with a jig hook.

=> win a tournament at any level => catch a 7+ lber

Another vote for Steez Bottom Contact

Thanks for the advice and encouragement Tom! Coming from one of, if not the greatest.

I’d hate to be the one to report that you need them. A pack or two for prevention probably wouldn’t hurt anything.

Recessed trolling motor tray, turned deck extension into storage compartment, add some tool holders in convenient places and a few other things here and there.

I’m ready to explore this as an option. Who is the best contact for pricing out a trip?

I think the rod looks like a Lew’s at least with the color.

Mine came today. They are legit!

Hmm Daiwa doesn’t offer a 6’ 9” rod that is similar. Their 6’ 9” her bait rod is like a soggy noodle.

Does anyone know who made the blanks or manufactured the bow discontinued Cabela’s ZX series rods? Specifically, the 6’ 9 Medium fast jerkabit rod? I currently have one and frankly, it’s a perfect jerkbait rod. Not whippy when working the bait, but really loads up and turns into a noodle when with a fish on. Also, extremely light and perfectly balanced. Im just looking for it’s twin.

I leave my charge plugged in anytime I am not on the water and near an outlet.

That’s about how long it took me to finally get my first glide bait fish. Then something happened, I was BS’ing with some guy in a pontoon boat and had been taking my hand off the reel to point and animate the conversation - then WHAM! Not a big one, but the first one. Since then it’s been lights out.