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Other doping agents I could really see helping (ie Modanifil) but not steroids or growth hormones. Also, nootropics and anxiolytic drugs could help an angler in a tourny IMO

But I just have to laugh at the notion of using drugs to fish. So rediculous

Well turns out my boy is staying at the grandparents for the weekend, so the surprise will have to wait.

Heres what I found for his tackle box though! Gonna be like Christmas all over!

Never did find those Storm Smash Shads though, bummer. I can't wait to try those for walleye in the spring

Yeah he'll love it i'm sure. I guess ill be searching for some baits dor his tackle box tomorrow. Im gonna see if they have any of those storm smash shads, he liked the looks of those.

thanks again for all your input fellas! Truly appreciated.

I might just buy another tomorrow anyways, just cause I got snaked, lol

Well loose lips sink ships!

My boy finished 2nd in the A division this past weekend in his hockey tourny, so somebody, beat me to the punch, lol(darned grandparents). Damn. I hope he likes it

I'm still going shopping tomorrow regardless, lol

He got the Berkley Lightning Shock 6ft, with the Shimano Cajus.

I spooled it up with some mono cause I know he's gonna wanna practice when he gets here!

Only about 22 hours...should be worth the 13% HST

Geez ya at least that lol

I bought an abu garcia black max 2 years ago(left hand), at canadian tire because they had it on clearance for $40. It felt really light and smooth for the price, so i bought it for a spare... I have used it a lot since and really like it a lot... Never ever backlashes on me and casts further then my chronarch! Its not my number one choice, but definitely best reel i own for the money.

Thanks for the advice, but I checked our local CT and all they had left handed was the shimano cajus, and a whole wack of new bass plastics that I had to grab some of, lol

I'll peak at Great Bear but it's mainly middle to higher end in the reel department

Well I'm taking him tomorrow, I'll let yall know what we end up with

In the meantime feel free to ad more suggestions. I'll go over them after work tonight!

and thanks again!

I think "Hey, get in the car we are going to buy you a reel" is just as good a surprise as "Here's a reel"

 

Now that I'm thinking about it, I think it'll actually be a bigger surprise. Seeing as we have to make a 50 minute drive to get there and such, I think he'll appreciate that!

Your a good dood Sinclair!

Citica is a great beginner reel. I still use mine (it was my first)

Yeah agreed, thanks for the input BillM.

Any more thoughts on a rod? I'm thinking i'd like to stay in that $50-$75 range for a 6ft medium.

I seen a 6ft Vendetta if my memory services me correct for $69 (meh, just checked, its a 6'3")

Ah, gotcha.

 

Well I would suggest heavily weighting your budget onto the reel and going cheap (for now) on the rod.

Yeah, I get your point.

Another thing I just thought of was maybe I just wreck the surprise and bring him with so he can feel out the options.

I wouldn't be opposed to maybe looking at a citica or a curado either, as the cost is justified if he gets long term use out of the reel. and both are available in lefties.

I'll look at the Daiwas too, but the store I frequent doesn't carry too much of the Daiwa line, so I'm doubting they have lefties, but you never know!

look at the abu combo's available...most come with a vengence or vendetta rod.

 

for a quality reel at a good price the new daiwa lexa or revo s are nice.

Thanks, I'll see if I can look at those locally tomorrow.

Do you have any old rods that he can use, so you can spend all $140 on the reel?

I don't have anything under 6'3, so my concern is the rods will be too long for him to handle properly. When we practiced he was using the 6'3" and although he was doing well, it looked too long for him to do anything other then sidecast

So my 11 year old boy said he's ready to start learning the art of fishing with a baitcaster. He's advenced for his age in terms of angling, so I said if his report card came in good, we'd start looking.

I showed him some videos and we even went and took some casts out in the yard so he could get the feel for it, and he did really well!

So now I'm looking for an entry level baitcaster for him to surprise him abit this weekend. He's left hand so I know it narrows my options abit.

So I went for a look around and found one that looks nice, supposedly handle pretty well, but is not too advanced for him to learn on(ie the break system)

The reel is a Shimano Cajus, and I paired it up with a 6ft. Berkley Lightning medium rod. It felt pretty good in my hand and it just so happens the colors match (which obviously doesn't matter, but I think he'll like that.

Any thoughts before I make the purchase? Are there better options or anything I'm overlooking here?

This rod would see most its action shorefishing heavy cover, and finessing around heavy rock near rapids.

Oh, I'll mention too the total cost of this combo would be about $140

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or suggestions! Always appreciated

Would you use them with no plastic tail or with a plastic tail.

I would def. use them with grubs. I love using salted grubs. But I would also use them tipped with a crawler or live minnow, or even Gulp minnows.

But yeah, I still use salted grubs most the time, 2.5-4"

I use glow jigs for almost all my ice fishing, while jigging of course. Not too much light penetration down there, even during the day. These one look pretty good TJ! I'd buy them if they are available in packs of at least 25

Already planning on hitting up the lake in this report on Saturday. Saturday is the only day i really have to go fishing for the next week and a bit....wanna join us? More than enough room on my sled.

Looks like I'm off to LOTW saturday.

D'OH, we'll get out soon!

haha, glad you took it in stride Limey! We gotta crap talk now the comp is about to begin.

You wanna hit sawbill or Dore next weekend?

Wow, great work!!!

I prefer closed eye but in all honesty, the majority of my SB's are open eye.

I use 3/8oz and 1/2oz for bass, 3/8oz for walleye

Kalins single tail are by far my favorite, in bluegill

I use alot of Yum grubs to, but my fave it black with a sliver, single tail

Pfffft.. Nice fish, I guess

Two of my boys like using those frogs, and they do really well with them towards the end of July. I'm not sure why but they have an easier time hooking up on the small versions???

Great price, I woulda grabbed a few as well

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They are both trophy pike lakes. If I had to choose, I'd go LOTW.

Lac seul is indeed awesome, but around these parts, LOTW is king

I watched this a few months back, and I loved it.

Some decent pike in the show too, caught using the sketchiest boats ever lol