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The first show had KVD in Michigan doing the lake hopping thing. It was good. The second show had Kriet on 1,000 Islands last year after he came in second at the Classic. It was a little too touchy feely. His new show is pretty much the same thing. It's worth a look!

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A lot of guys are switching to the 300e because of comfort. My team partner has several of them and rarely uses his round reels any more. The 300e holds enough 25lb to fish even the biggest baits. I wish Daiwa would get on the bandwagon and make a wide spool low profile baitcaster that is available ...

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Trout love to slap at anything, but their mouths aren't usually big enough to eat a lot of bass lures. Nonetheless, I have caught countless solid trout up to three pounds over the years at Lake Silverwood on spinnerbaits and the dropshot. Recently, I have been catching the 3-4 pound pink holdover tr...

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It only took me ten minutes online. Now that I am familiar with the system, it should only take me five next year.

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This is my first full winter fishing at DVL and I can't believe the surface temperature is still in the 60's after several cold fronts. Both of my Lowrance temp gauges started at 60 degrees in the morning and got up to 62 degrees in the afternoon on Friday 12/31. Is this because they are pumping in ...

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Throw those things. I broke out some ancient finesse stuff from the 80's this year at DVL and crushed them!

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I had a Sol on my Loomis CBR843 and it was too light to balance the way I wanted without adding weight. The rod fishes better with a Zillion. The handle on a Zillion is longer and feels better for cranking. The reason you rarely see used Zillions for sale is they very rarely fail and no one wants to...

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There are a ton of choices in this category D.B.! Try the Loomis 844 IMX. I have a couple and they are great jig rods for less money than the GLX. This rod is my all around rod choice and it works great when I throw 3/4 oz. football heads on bluffs. This last summer, I found myself picking up my Mos...

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I bought a 7.3 Anniversary Zillion for buzzbaits. I keep Power Pro on it so I can also use this set-up to fish frogs and cast long distances at boiling fish. The 7.3 ratio is scary fast. If I want to work a Rico or spook slowly for long distances, I usually go with mono and a 6.3. Like everybody alr...

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You're getting lots of good advice here Peter. One last thing I would do is drag the line behind the boat at idle for a few minutes with nothing on it at the end of the day, or whenever needed. Take a small rag covered in line conditioner and hold the line you are reeling in from behind the boat in ...

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Angler's Marine has a guy that comes to them. When Rick told me the guy could match the metallic mica colored seats I have on my Champion I was skeptical. You wouldn't know my seat had been repaired. It wasn't cheap, but a swimbait hook had left a two inch tear.

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Sorry to hear about your lower unit. If it wasn't the end of the day, I would have gotten you somewhere safe and come back for your fish on my way in. I would have gone back to tow you in after we both weighed our fish. This post has so many replies because you left out a lot of variables. Even if y...

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Hopefully your spinning reel has a large diameter spool. If it doesn't, get one. I use Daiwa 2500 size reels and I replace the T shaped handle knob with an aftermarket I shaped knob so that it doesn't feel like I have a saltwater reel in my hand. Small diameter spools will never handle any fluoro. v...

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Always go with the biggest battery that will fit in your compartment because they will last longer. Changing out trays to larger ones just requires a few screws. Buy the biggest AC Delco that you can fit. They are sealed and you will have much less toxious gases released in your battery compartment....

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If you throw reaction baits regularly, it won't take long to gain confidence in the chatterbait. Obviously, low light conditions and off-colored water are the best times to throw any reaction bait. But, don't discount clear water when in the post spawn period because the fry guarding fish will usual...

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I wish there was enough money in team tournaments to pay someone to be an observer and to set up boats with cameras, but there isn't. Lie detectors also lie. The only answer is keep your eyes open and asking questions when you see something suspicious. The only thing in tournaments that regularly wo...

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I feel you pain Dom. I lost a teener crank fish at the boat while fun fishing Lake Castaic a couple of years ago. Getting the big girls to bite is the hardest part. So, your fish was still a success. You don't learn much by touching the fish. You learn by the strike, and from the conditions that mad...

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I teach high school seniors American Government and these two morons running for governor are going to give me ten years worth of political stupidity to talk about!

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Thanks John. I fished a couple of weeks ago and the fish were at all depths also. I caught them from the surface to 45 feet, but not very consistently. DVL doesn't seem to have much of a thermocline. The fish really shut down when the sun came up and I had to hit em on the head to get them to bite i...

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I'm not fishing any tournaments at DVL in the near future George, but your reply's did expose the pitfalls of providing too much info. I was only hoping for basic info like "plastics" or "reaction baits." If I wanted GPS coordinates or pictures of baits, I would buy your updated ...

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Anyone know how any of the top teams caught their fish? I haven't been to DVL in a few weeks.

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Crawdads seem to have some ability to adjust colors to match the environment. The TV show Hook and Look showed some cool almost white crawdads on a sandy bottom. I have caught a lot of fish on black and chartreuse jigs over the years and I thought I would never see this color crawdad. A few years ag...

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I have caught catfish up to 22 pounds on plastics and up to 15 pounds on reaction baits. The spring is when I seem to catch the most. Catfish really love to eat small baitfish on flats. My last cat was a 10-12 pounder during a DVL night tournament this summer on a chatterbait.

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I clicked on this thread knowing it had to be a Champion. My former 191 had a pedestal stuck in the back. I tried the pipe wrench with tape and cloth and I still scratched the pedestal. If you use lube, don't get it on your carpet because it may hurt the adhesive. I ended up having to drill out the ...

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I have owned two single axle 19ft Champions over the last 10 years. This is as big a boat as you want to have with a single axle. I had the same peeling issue with two sets of the Marathons. Also, the ones that did't peel wore way too quickly. My lastest Champion trailer has 14" TRAILAMERICA ti...

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My rod is well balanced! A heavy rod makes it hard to keep the tip up when you need it Adam!

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It's nice to see Gabe choose not to take a gamble on the likely chance that he may not make enough money to pay back his debtors. Fishing is no fun when you have to make a check to eat or support your family! The added pressure can even cause weak men to cheat!

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I cut down two of my Loomis rods for topwater and jerkbaits. I'm only 5'7" and any handle over 9" hits my bicep when I work a bait with the rod tip down. You can cut it yourself and get the butt cap at Mudhole.com. Don't cut the handle of a tip heavy rod because it will feel even more tip ...

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I use my loomis 854 for jigs and top water. I just change to a reel with braid for top water and it works wonderfull. Same here. I need to buy a second one. Unless you are really big guy, a rod bigger than 7'3" is too much work to walk a frog and it seems to overwork a jig if you are not real ...

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Brian, you are such a nice guy to take the time to post a long and perfectly accurate reply. Everything you say is true. The best thing about living in La Quinta with a garage that gets to 130 degrees is I don't have to worry about moisture!

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Bill crushed everyone at a two day tournament on DVL this spring using the smallest bait. I watched him use a spinning rod. I was told he used some sort of very light sinking braid and caught most of his fish suspended around 15 feet. He was fishing slow. Does anyone know more about this technique?

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The smooth feeling of a Loomis blank is the best. I wasn't real happy when Shimano bought Loomis Rods, but they have kept the quality up. I have lots of other high end rods, but my 10 or so Loomis rods always seem to be the ones on the deck of my boat.

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The seats on my 2008 Champion are set up the same way. I learned to check the screws on my seats after every day on rough water because the screws work loose fairly quickly.

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Good anglers are good anglers, no matter where they come from. I think a lot of the innovation comes from the West because of necessity. We must fish shallow and deep or donate!

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You got off easy. I was on Castaic Lake the day after New Years about five years ago. There was less than half a dozen boats on the water in the the middle of the afternoon. I was rounding the corner from the fish arm heading to slalom cove. I was doing about sixty and once I got to the cove I took ...

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and liposuction

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Sorry I missed the insanity. My bathroom flooded. It sounded like there was a lot funnier mess at the lake.

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It's time to put corporate bass fishing to rest. Jerry will listen to the anglers!

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After reading about the Mike Hart incident all week I am exhausted and I think we all have many simple questions that can be answered by those on this site that have been somehow connected to him. The Southern California tournament scene is small and I am hoping some of you can share some simple bac...

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I go up to Clear Lake and camp for a week almost every summer. The State Park is a little extra drive because it is way up on the west shore. It didn't have electricity at the sites when I stayed there about 7 years ago. You had unhook your boat on the trailer near the ramp to charge at a community ...

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I would have caught nothing without the snickers and mountain dew!

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The only way to find the one you like best is to try them all! I like Trilene 100% and I use it for both spinning and baitcasting. I think it has the right balance of all characteristics. BPS is thinner diameter and does great on spinning. Many of the Japanese lines are very hard (and expensive), wh...

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Thanks for the love guys! We hope this is the start of a Mike Phua style streak.

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Sorry to give bad info Will. My local tackle shop said that your sales rep had a whole case go bad because they left it in their car. The tackle shop owner said they keep their extras in the refridgerator and that is what I should do to prevent another bottle from drying up. Thanks for the info. Doe...

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Mend-it dries up quickly in any heat. The manufacurer says to store it in your refridgerator or ice chest when on your boat. It's a pain, but it's the only way to make it last.

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I love that full moon! 10 million casts later I finally caught a 10 at that darn lake!

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I have owned just about every brand of high end sunglasses, and everyone has their opinion. The 580 lens is a great lens, but the glass is heavy and I alwalys want to get them off of my head halfway through the day because the extra weight creates pressure points. Also, the frames aren't the most mo...

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I broke off a fish at Alamo Lake on the first day of a weekend tournament. My partner caught the same fish a few points up the lake the next day with my very rare worm and hook combo still in its mouth. I was out of those special worms. So, I tied the hook and worm back on and caught the winning fis...

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Mercury Engines are famous for the reservoir oil cap getting hair line cracks. My 1997 200 EFI leaked from the cap and the crack was very hard to see. Jordan at Anglers Marine knew exactly where it was. Look at the cap very carefully. The new reservoir cap was an easy fix.

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