Thread: JDM rods relating to Panfish

Originally Posted by jawjatek

While dock-shooting today with the Triple Cross, a very nice spotted bass ambushed my Bobby Garland 1/32 oz. jig and proceeded to put a major bend in my Major Craft! It also gave the Luvias drag a workout! 20 inches, est 4+ lbs, on 3 lb flouro. This is my PB spot from the 'ol home lake (Lanier).
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Nice fish, I have heard Lanier is a good Spotted Bass lake.

Originally Posted by skeetbum

Jawja, do you fish Alatoona at all? I’ve driven around it some and always liked it and thought it would have less traffic than Lanier. With all this rain I would bet that Lanier is back up where it belongs.

Lanier is 4 feet over full pool and has been flooded for weeks. Many ramps are closed.

I fished 'toona twice last winter, out of Blockhouse ramp, when I first got my boat. I caught some crappie and a few bass, but have not been back since. I know it can be a good fishery, but the drive kinda sucks with the traffic. I heard there was a pretty good white bass run, and a lot of folks catch limits of crappie and shellcracker, so I want to revisit the lake. It's an hour over there, but only 15 minutes to Lanier (depending where I launch). I was determined to "figure out" how to fish Lanier first. Think I'm starting to get a handle on it; I've found some good fish, but haven't put together numbers yet.

Originally Posted by StantheMan2567

Nice fish, I have heard Lanier is a good Spotted Bass lake.

You can't swing a dead cat, I mean throw a crappie jig, without catching one. I tell folks that if I fish for bass, I won't catch any crappie, but if I fish for crappie, I always catch both! All my JDM rods have been tested on them, and performed well, IMO.

Originally Posted by MtnFisher

I have a brand new Corto Nuovo Prototype GNCPS-6102L-HS with the solid tip. It has the bulge below the 4th guide and it's clearly where the solid tip was spliced in. Nothing irregular about it. Attachment 368204Attachment 368205Attachment 368206

This is one badass rod btw, looking forward to using it.

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Thanks for the reply. Works for me, but first I've seen a rod look this way.

Originally Posted by Veedo

Kind of hard to get a good picture, but does anyone else's corto look like this near the rod tip? Sort of a bulge where the tip transitions to the rest of the blank. On the tict it is perfect. Just curious if it is a defect or not.

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Man you got a good eye. I was cleaning the Corto tonight and decided to take a closer look. There is a very tiny bulge.....I mean it is barely discernible.

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Hah! My Lookers ain't as good as they once were. Can't wait to try these rods. Still ice fishing here.

Taken me quite a while to build up the rod arsenal I currently have. It’s a pretty good feeling to have an UL selection that can be used for about any type....and size....of fish. They finally slowed the flow at Normandy today. I used the Fine Tail Banshee 6 foot SUL to catch right at 100 stocker trout. Nothing big.....just run of the mill stockers. But with the rod....some current....I had all the fun I wanted. It sure felt good twitching a Trout Magnet and feeling that jolt in the Banshee when they hit.


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If only catch and release was an option here in SoCal...Crowds catch the limits on the days of stocking, which are followed by near exponential decay in numbers over the subsequent days.