Did anyone ever reply to your question? I’m curious if you had success last year on Falls Lake. I caught my two PB bass there last spring but the action dropped off quickly after April.
Browndog1 wrote:
Good day on the best pond I have ever fished yesterday! Didn’t weigh them but the biggest I’m guessing between 7 and 8. Rattle Trap and Chatter Bait were on the money. Caught 20 to 25 in 2 hours.
Wow! This is what I needed, some serious motivation. Congrats!
First let me apologize to Bozek for misspelling his name. The questioner stated his belief that fish are provided by God for our use. I don’t believe that. Injured fish or even taking one or two to eat once in awhile is fine but we have so much fishing pressure on our waters these days that we would quickly over-harvest (exploit) them if recreational fishermen returned to the days of catch and cook.
Hi Bozak, most species of freshwater fish are susceptible to off-flavors depending on their environment at the time they’re caught, primarily either earthy or muddy flavors caused by geosmin (the soil-like flavor common to some beets), or grassy or weedy flavors from the compound IMB. From my experience the latter grassy flavor is especially prevalent in largemouth bass, particularly when taken from natural lakes. It’s not a given though. Largemouth are just as likely to possess a sweet clean flavor and medium firm texture that make them very good eating. In some areas of Mexico they are almost exclusively consumed raw and are excellent in seviche. I can’t recommend this though because of the risk of parasites. I only catch and release bass these days and encourage others to do the same. I don’t believe God placed them in our waters for human exploitation.
PowerPro Maxcuatro is a big step up from regular PowerPro in my opinion. It’s thinner and casts farther, while retaining enough body to resist backlashes and wind knots, a problem I’ve found with a couple of the soft high carrier braids I’ve tried. Seaguar Smackdown is another quality braid and should be on your short list of top braids.
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trittle, I think the poster is questioning the need for the higher drag capacity of many expensive reels when using light line. A $400 reel isn’t necessary but a good smooth starting drag is important especially for light lines.
From my experience, Shimano casting reels are better built than Diawa’s, with smoother gears and drag. Having said that I can generally cast further with my Diawa and prefer it for lighter lures. If I had to choose one of them for a day of fishing it would be the Diawa. You didn’t ask about Lews but they hit the sweet spot for me.