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150 lb. Gar on 2 pound test.

Caught all my fish otay on bfs yesterday I tied on neko 5” black blue flake had half a dozen mostly 2 pounders after trying diff other baits continued w neko 5” green pumpkin got bout half dozen more around couple better but smaller ones for most part and could not again for life of me get any ...

vito1023 wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:04 am Those should and will get them.
Do you change out the hooks on any of them ( the Tsurinoya ) or any of them if so what have you found is best hooks for smaller baits?

I do when they break or bend out, but surprisingly, the Tsurinoya hooks have held up pretty well.

Got all my fish on my Chinese 2pc magicl rod and covello 50 reel bfs setup again lol whatever gets it done got good feel so I bring it reel works great also for Chinese engineering I got rod and reel for 60$ each so not bottom line i have never trusted a 2pc rod especially a Chinese one but it has ...

Nearly all 14 fish today came courtesy of this Sixth Sense bluegill colored crankbait. They call it the pressure series and it is the deep diving model. It's been working well in all the lakes I fish and I can easily throw it on my light rods. They really hammer it.

I like to troll it in front of ...

Thanks for sharing!
What's your retrieve on this on, being that? Stop, go? Dragging the bottom? Bouncing off structure? Open water straight retrieve?
I see that you said trolling, but was wondering what was triggering the strikes?

Coming in at $100 is this Histar Aurora Air reel paired with a Handing Magic L two piece rod. If the names don't sound familiar, it's because they are straight from AliExpress. After roughly 15 trips to san diego bay, every thing has surprisingly held up very well. Can easily cast ting baits such as ...

Got in some new lures from AliExpress I'm excited to try out. 3 tiny topwaters, a 2 inch mini glide bait, and a small bluegill crankbait.

I've actually owned several of the Japanese counterparts to a few of these, and on the surface at least, these seem indistinguishable. I am actually impressed ...

It won’t be long before you only own one half of that little glide bait. Ask my son. Most of the time, the differences between the quality baits and knock offs will in weight transfer systems/weighting, materials/construction, and the hardware used. They might copy the mold and put a nice paint ...

My BFS rods had short handles and after fishing the opener at Barrett I added extensions to the butts. Worked great my second trip and on vaca.

I used quadcopter carbon fiber tubes and the ends were small fishing rod end caps all from Amazon. I looked at other rods i have and cut to size.
Rod extended to around 1/2" from end of grip. I added wood shish cabob sticks inside with epoxy for strength. There are some good you tube videos on do it.

This is a Nage by Eurotackle. It's a 2.25 inch micro jointed swimbait. It's sinks at a moderate fall rate, so I can count it down. It twitches well but also looks great on a straight retrieve. When the small bass were busting at Murray I threw it on top of them and started a fast retrieve as soon as ...

Thanks for the post, I could’ve used that lure last time I was at Murray the bass were chasing super small bait fish they didn’t like any of my offerings ( small soft swim baits ) A guy across from me was nailing them on a small megabass arachie, seems similar.


That's the exact scenario I ...

Now that I have been fishing with BFS I fight myself to use my normal rods that work curtain baits better. When using my regular stuff, it's like is this rod even going to bend on a hookup (They do). The BFS stuff has helped my tired hands and the fights are so much more fun. It's my new norm.

I rolled into the pond parking lot at 5:30, which was about thirty minutes later than planned. The dreaded pre-fishing Costco run got me, and if you’ve ever tried to get in and out of a Costco parking lot, it is harder than sticking a wet noodle up a wild cat's ass.

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