Samurai main line/P-Line CXX as leader material. I love and use it on everything except the Deps 250 and the 10" Triple Trout. It's nice to have that solid hookset at greater distances on a jig hook bait like the 68. It's real nice too if you go with the weedless 68 for pitching into places you norm...

I agree with the posters who say it depends on the technique. If sensitivity is the priority, I don't see how the rod is not the most important piece thus deserving a bigger portion of the budget.

suprteck wrote:Ego S2 slider net

Add me to the list.I love mine.

I just got the Daiwa Lexa 300HL and already upgraded it with the 3 missing bearings. Also opened it, cleaned and greased with ZPI F-0 Medium grease. It looks like a solid low pro reel, there's enough weight in the main gear and the handle shaft... I'll see how it does with the Deps 250 once I get t...

I have a friend who has a Boga and he found out that he doesn't like the increments. I think it's something like 1/4 lb. increments :shock: No way in hell could I ever accept such tolerances as a trophy hunter. I always wanted to to get a high end digital scale, the Brecknell Salter to be specific. ...

Thanks thats interesting to hear.I would have never thought to throw this thing now. I understand, I used to be the same way. The week before I caught my first Largemouth on an 8" Hudd, I went into the shallows to film a vid for YT. What I startled out of the shallow brush caused my jaw to drop so ...

jiggerjake wrote:Sorry haven't had a chance to throw it yet.Water temps here are around 45deg. so still throwing small and slow baits for a while.

Don't wait too long, 50 deg is when I start to hammer the big girls on the rubber swimmers. Stay slow but small is not necessary.

In my opinion the Lexa is the way to go. If for no other reason than because it's been out and having been used for this exact application for several years now with unanimously high praise (from what I can tell). I got the Lexa 300 when it first came out and it is my Deps 250 reel. No issues. I don...

Yeah I saw a pic on FB last week of that dude where it mentioned a 13 Fishing Proto. I'm def interested in this.

I don't think you are underpowered. I would def go w the MH Xtreme first though. I'm thinking that rod probably has a more moderate taper that is better suited for casting the gliders. One thing that can be frustrating about glide baits is their propensity to helicopter on the cast. This can wreak h...

Looking to get my first glide bait is it worth it to spend the extra cash on the Megabass i Glide over the River2Sea S Waver? Also not a glide bait but was looking at the bucca bull shad in 5" slow sink. Looking for something I can still throw on regular tackle fishing in the northeast How much you...

I stopped targeting smallies a few yrs. ago when I transitioned over to big bait fishing but I still continue to catch them on all of my big bait techniques. They are unavoidable in the lake I fish that has them but I've seen WAY more followers than committers on the gliders. I really think that a b...

thanks for the input. I think I will get an s-waver 168 to start the year and grab the gan craft as long as I am not tangling with too many esox. Hopefully the smallies enjoy the glide! Oh they'll enjoy it! If nothing else, you will see some cool stuff. I fish a lake that's predominantly Smallies a...

All that 3:16 stuff sells out immediately, he has created a cult like following. I'm personally only interested in that big ass frog bait he sells, the No Bull. I've been tempted a couple of times to pull the trigger on an LDC but that wait time is mostly what kept me from doing it. I'd really like ...

Ok cool, so you have some working knowledge surrounding this style of fishing. The LDCs are supposed to be awesome so I'm sure you'll like that rod so much that you'll probably want another. I guess you can always go w a proven rod like the Okuma Guide Select. I bet the 7'-6" Med Hvy would handle a ...