12 Volt Man

the reason that some E6X rods balance out and some don't (with and without the reel) depends on the particular series of E6X rod. loomis talks about this somewhere on their website. the swing weight they call it. eg. the mag bass E6Xs are not tip heavy at all, yet others like the crankbait rods are. this is because it is meant to be fished tip down if I recall. loomis isn't getting sloppy or careless. each rod series in the E6X line has different balance points on purpose depending on the technique. I assume the reason some of the rods like my MBR are well balanced (not tip or butt heavy) is because they are all purpose rods. at least this is what I assume. loomis isn't going to design a sloppy balanced rod on purpose all of a sudden. even if they are the cheapest loomis rods out there. they are still well designed. to corroborate this theory, its worth noting that the new IMX bass rods have the same balance points and I have heard people complain. and they are almost $400 rods here. in their review on tackletour of the new imx rods, they mentioned that they seem tip heavy without a reel, but when you put a reel on (they used the curado) it all works. so there is a method to their madness.

G. Loomis is awesome. Santa brought me a brand new G. Loomis E6X Mag Bass 843c baitcasting rod for xmas this year. feels awesome. light and well balanced. great price from JB's. (Santa shops there too lol). can't wait to get a new Curado 200i to go with it and smash some fish this spring and summer.

I have two travel rods, both 7 foot med power fast action. and both 3 peices. the Loomis Escape 7 foot med spinning rod (amazing rod, worth the investment if you travel often) St. Croix Premier 7 foot med power. also very good. one thing to consider that is good is that the Loomis Escape 7 footer fits in its travel tube that is small enough to fit in a standard 29" large size suit case. the st. croix does not as the rod tube is a bit longer that the broken down rod.

I have never been to cuba but have had good success fishing in the bahamas for bonefish with jigs, and in the caribbean (Antigua) casting 1/2oz saltwater Rat L Traps (order online). I use a 3 peice travel rod and a 4000 size shimano spinning reel spooled with 12 pound test mono. I do use a wire leader as a lot of saltwater fish have teeth. last January in Antigua I hooked something huge on a Rat L trap, took out of ton of line and cut me off in some dock pilings. never saw the fish lol but thats life. bottom bouncing hair jigs works well too. esp for bonefish and in cuba there should be tons! good luck!

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Hopefully their storefront is as good as their online stuff. I have ordered from them online in the past many times and found their shipping to be prompt and their customer service to be excellent, esp when I have had to return stuff or file a warrantly claim (eg. on a broken cabelas travel rod ). nothing but good things about the online experience with them hopefully the actual store can measure up

^ agreed. what I really like about the rapala rippin raps vs all the other lipless crankbaits is that their finish holds up extremely well, they seem to cast even better for their weight and they seem to run a little more shallow than your typical lipless crank (as compared to say a rat l trap or rattlin' rapala) which allows you to fish shorelines and submerged weedbeds a little easier than with your typical lipless crank. I am a big fan of these baits. esp. the white colour. its dynamite. last fall I caught a huge salmon on the 1/2oz version, also in white. I'm hooked LOL

Hi all, just wanted to share 2 pics of my recent PB smallmouth bass, caught on a rippin rapala 5/16oz white crankbait. I didn't have a scale, but it was very long and super fat. I figure over 4 pounds?? man, those rippin raps are HOT! -12 Volt

the biggest problem I have with this is what was alluded to earlier in the thread: it seems the attitude of some is that if you are fishing at all for anything before the end of june, you automatically must be targeting OOS bass and you will have muskie lures with large treble hooks thrown at you.. ??

if you are into tropical adventures, 'Where is Joe Merchant?" by Jimmy Buffett is hard to beat, even if you are not a parrothead.

in terms of saving the city money, its worth noting that the police investigations concerning him as a direct result of his unacceptable behaviour, are costing the tax payers of Toronto a fortune.. don't forget this.

the one thing that has really bugged me about the whole Ford story is that for months before the proof of the crack video, Ford was attacking the media claiming they were lying, it was a witch hunt, slander etc etc etc. and it was all true and they were correct in their reporting all along. where is Ford's apology to the media?

you do realize the only reason he is going to rehab is because he is trying to get re elected and it looks good right? this should not go far in anyone's books because he is only doing this now because of the ballot. he got caught and he needs to try and get sympathy. its crap. if he wasn't running again he wouldn't be in rehab. he would just be doing the 'im sorry' angle he has done 10000x before.. luckily most people seem smart enough now to see right through the Bull. he needs to resign.

did they fight the battle against their own racism, sexism and homophobia too? probably not. people are focusing on the drugs/booze and forgetting about all the other stuff this man has done.

but what about all the sexist, racist, homophobic stuff he rants about? there is NO rehab for being a jerk

lol I thought this thread was going to be about fart lighting haha

yup. I also work in the field. Raw sewage is 99.9 percent water at full strength. contrary to the chocolate pudding like stuff they show in the comedy movies LOL. with rain effect high flows, its super dilute with rain water. fact is, municipalities cannot build treatment plants with the tankage to handle the few big rain events we have per year. doing so would cost a fortune as mentioned (not to mention land use etc) and for most of the year that capacity would not be in use. in addtion, certain treatment process steps are a 'bottleneck' and can only handle so much flow through at a time. at our plant, we only 'bypass' a few times per year (either heavy rains or rain events with snow melt) typically, bypass flows only occur when our plant flow are 3x our normal capacity. so we have 3x as much water trying to come through the system at these times compared to what the plant is designed to handle.. its insane. and busy lol.

to be fair here, the mistake was not made by either doctor. family doctors and specialists do not interpret Ultrasound/ CT results. this is done by a radiologist, who then sends their interpretation in the form of a report to the physician issuing the request for the tests. so, yes a radiologist potentially made a mistake. but it was not either doctor's fault by the sounds of it. they are reporting what they were told.

it was actually the shoreline of a well known park in hamilton.

first of many I hope! got this brute on a mepps black fury casting from shore. Released to be caught again another day

very nice. we are going there in January. I have been many times and have caught lots of fish using a 3 peice travel rod that I bring down. mainly on crank baits/rapalas. Rat L traps work very well casting in the surf off the beach. I am looking foward to trying the new Rippin Rapala lipless bait too, in the white colour (1/2oz size) I have never caught anything big yet, but I have seen 4 foot snook, a jack creavalle as big as a table and 6 foot tarpon in Jolly Harbour Marina before. I have caught lots of snappers, cuda and jacks. Ladyfish too. but nothing over a few pounds. I plan on beating the curse and hooking into something big on this next trip. I haven't been in 10 years so I am really looking forward to going back to the island. I am looking to hook into some bonefish if possible using jigs off the beach. When I was on my honeymoon in 2012 in nassau bahamas I caught bonefish using jigs off the beach and it was amazing. insanely strong for their size! half moon bay is awesome. great waves and good snorkelling off the far end of the beach. have a great trip and post a trip report with fish pics!

hang on: he FIRED his chief of staff for asking him to get help back in may. what does that say about Mr. Ford? not much sympathy from me. he called the media maggots for reporting the 100% truth and fired those around him who wanted him to get help. exactly like Lance armstrong did: destroy those who said he was on drugs, then he comes out and says he was on drugs after all. Ford sounds like a person truly deserving of our sympathies. NOT he is not an angel wrestling with demons like some portray him to be. he is a real jerk wrestling with demons. big difference.

actually, he did because later on in the radio program a caller asked him what exactly he was apologizing for and he stated two things: 1. being drunk in public 2. st. patrick's day 2012 I guess he was drunk then too. so he specifically avoided apologizing to the media or for lying to the people of toronto about the video his character is appalling.

my biggest issue with the whole Rob Ford scandal is this: for months he lied and said that there was no video and that it 'doesn't exist' he INSULTED the media and called them 'maggots' because he claimed it was all a 'smear campaign' about a video that didn't exist. now, the video surfaces. does Rob Ford apologize to the media for his comments since the video was real after all? no. he won't even apologize to them or for lying about it. he apologizes for being drunk. which is totally unrelated. this makes him a jerk and a pitiful person. sorry. even worse, his supporters are perfectly okay with all of this. which is a sad thing. he needs to be removed. or step down. he has made TO the embarassment of the nation. even CNN is talking about it

probably right. no such thing as too much hahahaha