i never fish for bass or panfish with live bait. I have no patience for that...

@@ifishcatfish Do you have any other soft plastic artificial baits that you recommend besides the trout magnet?

i dont recommend the trout magnet any more. They shrunk it and made it thinner. My #1 plastic is the Black color LarvaZ from Zman. Please open the description and check the 2 videos that show what lures i use and what lures the customers use

thanks Dennis! Love to have u around!

this is an Ultralight reel buying guide. Stradic is a great saltwater reel but not an ultralight reel. Its heavy, has resistance because of the seals, just doesn't feel ultralight

Have u tried braid and don't like it or never tried?

i will try : )

thank you sir!

you are right, i don't believe in hardbaits, except for trolling. Sometimes i troll with 2 rods for bass or trout to have some fun with the kids and hard baits work better for that

this is very interesting. Can u give me a google maps link? Feel free to email me

@@ifishcatfish kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mJx-nbapzrPWm30.htmlsi=QQ2lAHevr7Nww-ii

i actually agree with that. I said the same thing in this episode or the next. This is not my reel, i couldn't catch anything else and wanted an interesting video.. But i wouldn't fish for bass every day all day with 1000 size body reel

3 people today brought this up but i can't find it. Can u provide a link?

absolutely!

#8, but something with long shank. I am making a size 8 BG-1, but it will still not be good for bluegill, cos its short shank. But one day ima make a keithech jig

4 lb. I have some 5 and used to use 5 but now pretty much just 4..

i don't know, but thanks for saying it..

THANK YOU SIR! : )

i know. without any tinkering! So Daiwa DOES know what good sound is!

I know you are sarcastic, but 100% right at the same time : )

Victor, I've noticed you and another KZfaq fisherman from close to your area. Both make comments about the toxicity of the water in the Tennessee River. What is going on with it ? What's causing the problems ? Great Bass day, by the way, brother.

No spoilers! 😂

Excellent day!

I think it will be a great rod, but DIFFERENT. Every model has a different action and different Taper. U can see on their website the taper is different. That doesn't mean bad, i think its still great, but don't expect the parabolic action i described

And Kastking Kestrel is even lighter than those. But does not compare in terms of feel..

I may also like to add that even the more expensive reels over a hundred bucks you took apart was interesting to see there was plastic gears and plastic bushings and soft aluminum in the moving parts that look like they should be in in a very dollar store.And perhaps I'm thinking these parts are smooth feel to it but for how long before they fall apart.Rather I have a coarser feel with nice hard stainless steel or hardened brass gears than a a high class looking toy with smooth plastic parts in the gears.The housing made of carbon ok but never that in the moving parts.

I bought two new rods one for float and one for ultralight .Looking for reasonable prices reels but I cant find a good one for ultralight because they either have a super cheap poor quality crappy reel or a super expensive Japanese imports when it comes to ultra lights with shallow spool ones for that new fibre braid thin wire.Theres no shallow spools in North America?How did you get the Shallow spools on the cheaper reels you have .I cant find it on the same models .Did you get a spare spool from somewhere and fit it into the North American version?

thanks buddy!

The thing about that is the technique being used. You wouldn't throw a frog on 2lb ester line on a ul set up in lilypads. I love my ul set ups but only in open water. I have lost plenty of nice jdm lures and jigheads becaused a 1-2lber just happen to take me into the only small weeds around the area. While losing tackle is apart of fishing, I would rather minimize my losses. The heavier set ups opens another realm of spots to fish. I would love to see UL purist fish punching areas and tell me they will be happy fishing those areas.. Instead of the joy coming from landing the fish, it comes from watching it blow up on a bait or feeling how hard the fish smacks a crank. A lot of big bass comes out of fishing the ugliest and thickest muck sometimes. Ethically wise now, its kinda hard to argue for heavier gear, as it does tend to mess up fish lips with how hard some people be swinging.

@@torment6369 i don't disagree with that. I'm not fishing in cover even when i see fish there with livescope because there is no point for me