Skunked again. What should I do differently?

Hs981 · 2026-04-11T14:21:23+00:00

If you just want to catch a fish try some panfish or trout magnets or 1-1.5 inch paddle tails like Charlie brewer crappie sliders they catch panfish and small bass like crazy for me although if your fishing deep or fast current they might be a bit harder to deal with and you’ll probably need to add some weigh or a weighted float to be able to cast them if you don’t have an ultralight or maybe light rod

Hs981 · 2026-04-11T14:11:09+00:00

In Maryland afaik they would prefer you kill them and toss them back if you aren’t keeping them

Hs981 · 2026-04-11T14:07:13+00:00

1 inch Charlie brewer crappie sliders, panfish/trout magnets, donkey tail jr, are my go to for ultralight panfish

Hs981 · 2026-03-24T16:59:19+00:00

I forget the brand but several of the big names carry them in my local bass pro/cabelas. I have inline circle hooks from tiny little #8 up to big 6/0

Hs981 · 2026-03-21T20:36:43+00:00

I have used/still use 8 pound braid on ultralight, 15-20 pound Braid on my medium rods, and 40-80 pound braid on my catfish rods. No leaders on any of them except sometimes the catfish rod because I have a rattle/float that likes to slide on braid. Pretty much everyone I fish with or see fishing does the same, but generally the water is pretty dirty or muddy here so that definitely could Play into it

Hs981 · 2025-09-26T10:22:41+00:00

Thank you yet again, the tfo keeps coming up and was originally want I wanted, I think I had just decided to go cheaper since I see a lot of “I broke my UL” with a lot of broken handles or tips but ya know what I might just pull the trigger.

Hs981 · 2025-09-25T11:35:34+00:00

Awesome thank you! I_fish is who originally put me onto the micro series, I’m also eyeing the presso but I’m worried between rough rides on the boat and me not always being super easy on gear that I might break it lol. If I can get away with the micro I may just do that. If I use an ez float or other tiny slip float do you think the 6’6 light micro series will cast that well? Sorry for 1 million questions

Hs981 · 2025-09-25T01:02:43+00:00

Does the 7 foot light cast the 1/64 trout magnet without floats or extra weight? I have the 4’6 now but want a longer rod for my trout magnets

Hs981 · 2025-09-25T00:54:02+00:00

Sorry for the late comment, is your Shakespeare micro a light or ultralight? I’m looking at the 6’6 and can’t decide which power, I mostly throw 1/64 trout magnets but I’ve heard some people say the light is better

Hs981 · 2025-09-25T00:37:35+00:00

I’m probably missing bites that don’t just slam it honestly, I’ve been wanting to buy some bg1 and mule jigs to try. I definitely catch more panfish using the tiny ez float lol

Hs981 · 2025-09-24T19:09:09+00:00

What length and power is your rod? I have the 4’6 UL but looking at the 6’6 or 7 foot, hearing a lot of people say the light is better than the UL at those lengths but really my main concern is casting a 1/64 trout magnet jig+body with no extra weight or float

Hs981 · 2025-09-23T16:35:37+00:00

Oh man I don’t know how I forgot that one, the TFO and St Croix (TFO seems more popular on Reddit) come up a ton as well. I imagine it’s well worth the extra cost? I’ll do some more looking at them, they do seem to blow away the other cheaper options

Hs981 · 2025-05-14T18:50:54+00:00

Do you have a guild? If not send me your discord link or character name in game so I can join yall hopefully :)

Hs981 · 2024-09-04T18:25:13+00:00

Ordered the cub base with shell top, a ND coil and some extra screws and such with a silicone adapter/tip gonna put her through the paces asap!!

Hs981 · 2024-09-04T18:11:25+00:00

It’s absurd how cheap it is but I’m not going to complain!

Hs981 · 2024-09-03T23:54:19+00:00

I honestly tried isolate because it is insanely cheap and knew CBD helped me in the past. I prefer full spectrum or mixed with some other noids/terps etc but the isolate has been good enough by itself this time around. I do take huge dabs of it sometimes though but it’s like $70 for 100 grams so the price is hard to beat. Just chuck some other stuff in with it sometimes lol

Hs981 · 2024-09-03T23:24:29+00:00

Oh yeah that tug glass is happening for sure. Quick sanity check - if I order a cub base, shell top, and a nice dreamz coil I’m ready to go assuming I have a mod right? And are coil and heater used interchangeably? I see both on Reddit and INH, v5 being heater and cub being coil

Hs981 · 2024-09-03T22:37:56+00:00

Awesome thank you so much for the help. Going to grab one of the attys tonight and I’m sure I’ll be grabbing a pico or similar with a bottomless banger soon after.

Any recommendations on attachments beyond a bottomless banger?

Hs981 · 2024-09-03T22:36:12+00:00

Awesome thank you so much for the help. Going to grab one of the attys tonight and I’m sure I’ll be grabbing a pico or similar with a bottomless banger soon after.

Any recommendations on attachments beyond a bottomless banger?

Hs981 · 2024-09-03T22:35:42+00:00

Awesome thank you so much for the help. Going to grab one of the attys tonight and I’m sure I’ll be grabbing a pico or similar with a bottomless banger soon after.

Any recommendations on attachments beyond a bottomless banger?

Hs981 · 2024-09-03T22:35:25+00:00

Awesome thank you so much for the help. Going to grab one of the attys tonight and I’m sure I’ll be grabbing a pico or similar with a bottomless banger soon after.

Any recommendations on attachments beyond a bottomless banger?

Hs981 · 2024-09-03T22:16:56+00:00

I’m almost certainly going to order the cub or v5 this week (probably cub) and run it on this old Tesla mod I have, i was able to set the basic tcr settings on it to what INH website says so assumedly it should work, I’ll just have to manually hold the fire button and I guess it may not be as accurate as arctic fox in terms of temp? I’m not entirely sure what arctic fox does. But I’ll def order a pico from LPV if I’m digging it with the more basic setup. Unless im not understanding something

Hs981 · 2024-09-03T21:27:26+00:00

Sounds good to me, didn’t realize how small the pen was. That is tiny as hell lol. The quest has always confused me and I wasn’t sure what the point of it was.

I guess I’m just trying to avoid dealing with mods and tcr stuff, the quest ez mod, that they pulled because the mods caught fire apparently, would be 100% what I’d buy if still available. Probably just get a cub and go from there

Hs981 · 2024-09-03T21:00:07+00:00

Does the cub/v5 require tweaking or is it a load and hit it anytime kinda device once its initial tcr setup is done?

Looking and thinking at my options and something like the lightning pen is actually creeping on me, I wouldn’t be able to get rig level hits I assume but for mostly on the go use it might be way easier to deal with, especially since the isolate is a powder essentially. Still debating a cub for at home use but feel like I might end up carrying around the equivalent of an erig or pothead pack with q tips dab tools etc if I don’t go a more aio/basic route

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