Quote Originally Posted by gobbler View Post
you seem to have caught one quite well and seem to being doing very well for yourself, congrats

personal opinion here, if it was me i longline at speeds of 1.0- .08, you stated your going 1.3-1.6, thats crankbait speed, ever thought of trying those? i'm hearing that your fish are shallow, personally i'd be pulling at 1.0 mph with some 1/32, maybe even 1.2 with a 1/32 and some 1/24ths. also i see you have discovered the blade craze, you ought to check out southercrappierods.com and look at his spinnie minnie, trust me on this one! and if and when you talk to ol' ed tell him i sent ya

also i think you out to try some paddletail plastics against your curlytails
Thank you very much, and congratulations to you too sir. I heard that you did rather well in the tournament. I will take your advice and slow down and use some of the lighter weights and I have a few paddle tails to try as well. Again thank you for being so nice to me.