Don't know why I didn't remember to add alligators to my earlier list. Down on Seminole , Orange/Lochloosa and Stick Marsh, those 2 footers will absolutely demolish a topwater. You hardly ever see them coming, either. I've pulled at least 10 of them into the boat to get my pop-r back over the years....

That's clean! Hard to beat the classics!

Sauger, walleye, saugeye, yellow perch, wiper, striper, white bass, sand(yellow) bass, catfish, jack(pickerel), trout, pike, BIG bluegill, shallcracker, BIG crappie, snapping turtle, various snakes, blue heron, osprey, etc, etc, etc. And I forgot about a BiG bowfin that I thought might be a Lake Oc...

Sorry about those big birds, hoohoorjoo! I once had a great blue heron fly low over me from behind to try to grab my walking topwater. I can't imagine trying to unhook a big heron or an osprey! My dad and I got the heron loose, but we had to cover the osprey with a big towel and take it to a fish a...

Sauger, walleye, saugeye, yellow perch, wiper, striper, white bass, sand(yellow) bass, catfish, jack(pickerel), trout, pike, BIG bluegill, shallcracker, BIG crappie, snapping turtle, various snakes, blue heron, osprey, etc, etc, etc.

Aren't Daiwa and Shimano knobs the same? Only a 0.5 mm different in post length with the same diameter? I've seen Daiwa RCS knobs on Shimanos going back years and more recently Shimano power knobs on modern Daiwas replacing the modern thin ick knobs. Yes, Daiwa posts are longer, so 2 bearings or a ...

On another forum this reel is being pimped HARD. The admin of the site is making the dubious claim that St. Croix designed the reel and owns the tooling, even though it's a Chinese OEM reel like everything else Banax. Those of us that know better were quick to point out that it's a Banax with a dif...

On another forum this reel is being pimped HARD. The admin of the site is making the dubious claim that St. Croix designed the reel and owns the tooling, even though it's a Chinese OEM reel like everything else Banax. Those of us that know better were quick to point out that it's a Banax with a dif...

Finnz922 wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:02 am

I found if you want to meet real anglers to talk and debate unfiltered, authentic, bass fishing you need to be on bass resource dot com .

Hey David, you missed your calling. You shouldah been a comedian!

I like the look of these rods. I'm still waiting on more reviews before I buy one, though.

I use white braid a lot. I just color the last 5-6' of the line with a black sharpie and it hasnt affected my catch rate with bottom contact baits.

Sadly, forums have declined with the advance of social media. This is due to "instant gratification" that most of the media platforms offer today. The guitar forum you frequent is likely populated by older guys who don't do as much modern social media. Also, we experienced a crash(actually, 2 crashe...

This one has my attention. I just may be an early adopter of this latest Steez iteration. It looks like they didn't move away from the original spool width that has been around since the TDX introduction, but went with a smaller diameter. This reel appears to have spool compatibility with the 1st ge...

The Daiwa B.B.B. is available in 6-6 and 6-10 models. They are under $200, if you can find them. I've seem them on ebay and Amazon in the past. Aliexpress would be another option for something cheaper, but still decent quality. I got a 66MLF 2 pc spinning rod from there recently that was way above ...

I feel that way most every time I fish!