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Trey must have seen this thread because he just posted a video in socials about being made in America

I believe Dunkin and MDJ have both joked about having it through their Garmin deal a year or two before it became popular and didn’t even put it on the boat. But if I remember right it was moreso marketed towards more of panfish/crappie market at first.

FFS is unstoppable. Once they figured out how to use it shallow there was nothing the non scoper crowd could do to compete.

Welcher is made for these types of events. No surprise he’s whacking them

Cashion is made in USA. They roll their own blanks

Earlier the video would freeze and sound would continue or everything would go black. I had to reload every 5 min or so. Honestly I probably have not been able to watch a 10 minute segment without technical issues all year. I have no problem streaming anywhere else including MLF so it’s not on my end.

I turned it off. BASS’s coverage is so bad. Guess that’s what happens when your run by people who couldn’t pick a bass out of a shark tank.

20 met

The receiver of the waypoints happened to know the guy who’s waypoints there were

Agreed. If a formal complaint was made we should be privy to the person making the accusation. It sounds like the person didn’t appreciate his waypoints being sold by Scott for info. I wouldn’t either

He doesn’t seem to have much respect from his peers and that’s very telling. With the industry in a tight spot, sponsorship money dwindling, veteran guys losing roster soots, etc it’s only natural for competitors to be less likely to let things go that puts them in an unfair position

Didn’t thrift win last year? I’m pulling for strader

Yep. My favorite “cheap” reel.

I experienced the same with the Elite at first but then put it on a square bill rod and instantly became a big fan. Can’t explain why it was drastically way better slinging hard baits over others but am not complaining. The Coastal SV does a great job with heavier stuff and doesn’t seem to be as heavily braked as the tatula sv

I’m not trying to crap on the Fury but it’s wildly overrated to me and I’ve owned a few. It used to be a decent rod for the money but as more companies have attacked that $100 mark it’s been passed by. The only redeeming quality it has in 2025 are the crankbait and swim bait specific models. The more general purpose rods are just too heavy and lack sensitivity to compete in today’s market. Look at Falcon, Ark, and Daiwa instead.

I’ve seen the roller clutch bearing absolutely blown to pieces. The plastic hosing broke and when I took the side plate off roller pins went everywhere.

If you were only talking about worms, maybe. But when you include creatures, swim baits, flukes, trailers, etc it would be very hard to. I do think you could get by with 2 or 3 brands if forced but there’d be situations where a certain product would. be missing.

Same. Once I sawe one at $250 was a KastKing it was over because 99% chance that’s what they’d send me!

Oh that’s spicy. I’ve never been more tempted

McCoy Mean Green is a better version of Big Game in my opinion. It’s my main line and on 80% of my reels.

The Cara heavy cover jig 7’4 rod would be perfect for your needs. Nice strong back bone but lighter tip. It fishes like a MH but has the added backbone deep in the blank if you need it. Really good stick for sweeping hook sets.

I used it for a bit 7-8 years ago because it was what Walmart had at the time I needed it and didn’t have any real issues. But it faded really bad.

Kind of like the steroid era in baseball. They’re all doing the same thing, some just get caught

Wheeler, Scott Martin, connell, MDJ, etc that post regular tournament content and travel logs have guys who shoot and produce their content. I’m sure others don’t but it’s becoming the new norm

As far as YouTube goes, most seem to have their own cameraman producing the videos and I’m sure that person takes most all profit from views. The angler probably just leverages the views into better sponsor money. Just my guess