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I got tired of the politically charged rants on forums and started my own bass fishing blog away from all of that. I post fishing reports, techniques, tips, secrets, product reviews, and anything else related to bass fishing to help out fellow bass angler
Recent Posts Tagged With 'line'
• Review: 15lb P-Line CXX
Over the last couple of years, both the brands and composition of fishing line exploded into something almost out of this world. Anglers have been left to sort out this tangled mess of line themselves. Browsing the fishing line aisle can sometimes ma...
• New Purchases: Line, Cranks, Worms
The opportunities to fish have been few and far between lately. When anglers have down time, I think we spend most of it browsing lures. I fell victim to temptation and added to my collection. Finding P-Line Halo around here is difficult. I prefer us...
• Vicious Fishing Fluorocarbon
Over the last year or so, I have tested a few brands of fluorocarbon line. Generally speaking, there are certain expectations anglers demand when it comes to any fluorocarbon line. On top of that, every brand out there all make similar claims. That m...
• Vicious Fishing Line Conditioner
Vicious Fishing Line Conditioner is a product much similar to KVD Line & Lure. Actually, it's made by the exact same company. It is quite possibly the exact same product in a different packaging. Let me explain some of the similarities I've discovere...
• P-Line Evolution Impressions
P-Line Evolution is a copolymer line blended with three types of nylon with an abrasion resistant additive designed to provide "supreme sensitivity and castability." At least that's what it says on the box, right? Line tested 20# test smoke silver ...
• My Line & Cold Conditions - Some Observations
I spent some time a couple of years ago playing around with Yo-Zuri Hybrid in cold weather. The air temps at that time were in the 30's and 40's and the line became very stiff and springy. It coiled up and made fishing almost impossible. When line co...
• What to do with spare line
With my recent spooling tip post, I thought I'd throw out a few more ideas for what to do with spare line. We can accumulate spare line from a variety of places. When we spool up reels, sometimes we have a little extra left over. When we change line,...
• Trilene Fluorocarbon Day 2
I used the line again yesterday casting a spinnerbait at first and then a jig. I've learned a few new things, but my official evaluation of this line is still months away. I didn't catch any fish, but that really wasn't my goal yesterday. Trilene 100...
• Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon First Impressions
I bought a spool of this line in 12# test to compare it to my PLine Halo. This Trilene Fluorocarbon has been getting a lot of good press, so I thought I would give it a run. I used it a little today. I fished off the pier in the morning and tried cas...
• Spooling Tip
This little tip can be used for two purposes while spooling line onto a baitcaster. It's a line threader using your own spare fishing line. I'm sure you have some sitting around, right? The first, and the most common reason to use this loop is while...
• PLine Rebate Offer
This may be old news, but it's new to me since I haven't been anywhere near fishing stuff since February. I went to Academy today and when I walked down the aisle of fishing line, I found a stack of tear-off cards hanging next to the PLine products. ...
• Back To Basics: Spooling A Baitcaster
Visitors to the blog have landed here looking for instructions on spooling a baitcaster and have ended up on the post for spooling a spincast reel. This post is for you. Like most people, I have my own way of doing things. Some anglers spool up a ba...
• Plano Spool Box
After doing all of these line reviews, I've found that keeping spools organized to be somewhat of a nuisance. Then Plano came out with this see-through plastic spool box that holds up to six 1" wide x 4 1/4" diameter spools. It has small holes along...
• My Line
Since the start of this blog, I've done some reviews on various types of line. I seem to be settling in and readers probably want to know what I'm actually using at this point. I'm still not done testing out a couple of brands, but I already have two...
• Eye Crosser Knot
Run the line through the hook eye twice Run the line back up parallel to the main line Turn back towards eye Tag end around the two parallel lines two times Wet the knot and tighten down (optional) Tie an overhand knot to secure to prevent slipping ...
• My 3 Knots
I'm going to keep this post relatively simple since you can find instructions for tying most fishing knots online with excellent animated illustrations. Everyone has their favorite. I'll mention the ones I use. I really have four knots in my reperto...
• Testing the 8lb P-Line CXX
I caught two little ones today right after the rain that came through Shreveport this morning. I fished from the bank and the pier, not from the boat. Can't tell you what the water temps were, but I'm going to guess they were in the low to mid-50s. I...
