9 foot rods, wide reels and baits that hang down way far are not easy to manage.
As a guy who lives in a triplex style apartment building, I have to be really efficient with my gear. I have too many 8-9 foot rods and 9-10 foot surfboards to not have a garage. So, I’m super into little niche systems for storage and best use of space. One night I was looking at Amazon’s site and came across Du Bro, and noticed they had 2 systems that could work for me:
My first serious bass rod, was a Phenix 55M2 with an Abu Garcia 4600 round reel, ala Don Iovino, doodle worm fishing. I have fished Shimano most of my adult/post-college could afford boats and serious tackle life. The last couple years, as I’ve been eyeing the Pacific Ocean,…
It’s getting really hot, really muggy, and the grass is getting way thick. I always look for the cleanest/blackest water I can find with the most beautiful hydrilla, and usually the fish are there. I found a few instances where I could fish the XL Nezumaa around isolated clumps of…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwOv7G4AVWs] Trevor Fitzgerald is lethal around grass. He is a Florida native and gets it done around grass. He weighed in 25 pounds this day, and gives you some insights into his gear. Trevor and his wife operate Fitzgerald Rods and they are known as a solid, well…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sde0QhrZngY] Casey Martin is a Canadian, and he blends in as a Southerner about as well as I do. However, when you put a rod and reel in Casey’s hand, you’d think he was born and raised on the banks of the Tennessee River or in the lowland grass…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRJC3pot6GA] I love to be able to recommend something I’ve used for years and years and years and have no reservations at all about recommending. The G-Loomis 966 BBR is an excellent rod for the 8″ Huddleston Deluxe, which in itself, you need an…
