JediAmoeba

I use the older model Tatula 100's which ate the frames for the current Tat 150's. For frogs and top water where I will have e bigger line on my reel I want a wider spool with a high gear ratio. On the Zillions, you will almost be spooling the reel and losing your IPT.

For the fun of it I put together a "bling reel" - all silver and gold. I found the gold knibs from a store in Malaysia. I swapped out a gold t-wing and replaced all the screws with gold. I found a ceramic pawl to add and all 12 bearings are ceramic. I polished all the pieces I needed to and replaced the drag washers. I was looking for a gold brake dial but couldn't source one. I thought about changing out the spool but the stock one performs very well so left it alone. Overall this is all completely unnecessary but was fun. 🙂

It just wouldn't work the way I mostly fish swimbaits - very slow, suspended. Sinking about a foot every 5 seconds or more.

The problem with adding any kind of wire leader is you are killing the action and more so the rate of fall for these baits when targeting bass. You are essentially setting up to target the toothy critters. Just get some cheaper big baits like the Bass Pro shops swerve and others and fish them with 20-25# fluoro leaders.

I have cleaned and upgraded a few hundred reels this year. The only parts that can be troublesome are screws that were loctited in place. Once you have a system down the springs and clips aren't a big deal. For all intents and purposes it isn't necessary to take a reel apart 100% to service it. Sometimes it is but that's rare IMO. Remember your time is money - if you don't enjoy doing it or it takes a long time, it may be beneficial to send it to a seasoned pro!

Spawn Cherry or Northern Secret

I have been for some time- usually when I throw them I take 3 or 4 with me and use those and when dry throw them back in the box. If I had a boat, they would probably be strewn all over the floor....

I have known about them for a while and they are surely the best hook bonnets on the market. I was able to get enough to do all my big swimbaits off Amazon for right around 30 bucks. After getting them all on - one of the best decisions I have made in a while!

Since when? I run 20 on a few and 10 on my bfs. As long as you get it tightly wound on the spool, it's not an issue

220 shipped to the lower 48.

TTEL761MLFS The Tatula Elite 7'6" ML comes in at $190. It's designed for Hair Jigs but works great for Ned Rigs.

Sometimes you know the most fish are going to be caught fishing a wacky worm but I would rather go throw large swimbaits for 8 hours trying to catch 1 huge one...

Just like New Hampshire's absolutism "Live Free or Die" ,mine on the water seems to be the mantra "Hero or Zero".

Those fish are like aliens👽 to me - lol Nah, I am a flat knob lover. I only use a thumb and finger on the knobs which doesn't work so well for round ones. I have a silver and gold zillion coming up...I have about half the parts, the rest are coming from Malaysia

I just hate those knobs. I would prefer the slp works blue knobs. 😀

I use the feider's for full size yellow magics all the time. They work great

The medium size. I usually just use the owner hooks that come with twistlocks in a size 4/0.

After watching the previous 2 elite series this year, these are all baby fish. Texas is just amazing.

That one doesn't have the corvette hood opening he described. The one I found has it, and I remember a few others that did too. I had a silver one that opened like that in the mid 90's. It was a total POS! LOL

About half the jerkbait fish caught are like that - I am more surprised when my jerobait is actually in their mouth

The sport could do a lot of things to make it more competitive and fun: Restrict the number of rod/reel combos Restrict the amount of tackle Restrict the number of transducers Restrict the number and size of screens Put coanglers back in the boats Limit the speed a boat can go FFS is a tool and it shouldn't go away but BASS needs to seriously look at the absurdity of these rigs going fishing for Sunfish.

Lies! I keep seeing advertisements for the Bill Dance signature lakes in Tennessee and to book my trip!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/276018432395?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=DOibuP2WR56&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=iF7Kxln4S02&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Maybe that one?

I looked him up and he caught 2 shorts all day. That has to be just devastating in a classic.