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Angryjohn

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  1. The rule of fishing that i learned a long time ago is use the lightest line you can all the time.  My fishing partner uses 17 lb Berkeley xt pm his hinkle shad.  I use 15 YHB on a lot of my smaller baits and 20 on my bigger baits.  With bottom fishing you have to deal with abrasion but with glides i dont feel there is any real reason to worry about that.  Knot strength is the limiting factor on fluorocarbon so going heavier on that makes sense.  No info on the mother...  Is the water clear in your Ohio Fisheries.  In supper clear water fluorocarbon may be justified but most of the time not.    I run a luna 253 and a ryoga 1016, the ryoga is a 6.3 and the luna a 5.

  2. So I have had this wrap for a little while now and I like it. I use the handle to hang it when not in use and done this way the open mesh let's the baits dry. I have not had any bent tails yet, but I am very careful. All my baits have owner covers and so far so good. I don't know that I would want to carry this on the bank but its great as a Coangler to haul my baits around.

  3. Haven't been slinging big baits very long but I had never watched a fish follow a lure for a long way and then just look at you and swim away. Currently the water in ladybird lake (TX) is very clear and I could see a long way down and away from the boat. For that reason I was trying to throw the bait for max distance. I rotated through the 3 baits I brought on vacation and of the 3 two of them the swaiver and Matt lures strong shad produced the most tails. I tried to downsize to the baby hard gill but that seemed to generate no attention. I am guessing that they would smash the gill when guarding fry. I got a lot of landed fish on the followup worm but none of the larger fish I was seeing. Maybe next trip I will bring soft swimbaits to see if they do any better.

  4. Is anyone else looking to pick up this reel for swim baiting

    Two sizes and looking at the smaller on that holds 100 yards of 16lb test. The larger holds 100 yards of 20. This is going on a c40 white python for smaller sb and magnum crainkbaits.

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