Bonne Idee 12/9

Had to fly solo today, 40w had yard work to do so I stayed close to home and hit some local water.

Fished from 6:30 to 11. Fog was thick till almost 9. Caught all my fish on jigs round lay downs and docks. The dock bite picked up after the fog burned off.

Ended up with 28 but no giants in the box today. Probably threw back that many as well.

Broke another rod tip today, that's the third one this year and every time I've had braid on my pole. Has anyone else had this problem? I usually break it swinging the fish to me and today I was taking a fish off, didn't think I was in any danger of breaking a tip when it snapped.
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First keeper
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Last fish I caught before I broke my tip and quit
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And this deeply hurt my soul
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Box shot
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Thanks for looking

20Watt, my cousin broke a tip yesterday on a BandM pole swinging in a medium size fish with braid. That is his second this yr to break.

Good box of fish

Good post 20

What kind of poles are those that break that easy?

good report....love the fog pic........

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Originally Posted by bflowers

What kind of poles are those that break that easy?

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11 ft bucks best ultra lite, I've fished the same brand for maybe ten years and it had been several years since i broke one till this year but i'm on a roll this year and the more i think about it i believe this is the fourth tip this year. I guess it's a good thing B&M sells the tip for $15 off their website....

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Originally Posted by homercrappie

20Watt, my cousin broke a tip yesterday on a BandM pole swinging in a medium size fish with braid. That is his second this yr to break.

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Yep, it's always on a small/medium fish. I like my B&M BBUL and i try to be careful with how i handle it but this is getting ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by bflowers

What kind of poles are those that break that easy?

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Thems fishin poles b. :)

Nice Box 20W. I'll probably jinks myself but haven't broke a tip in a while using JB's pole or my Slater poles.

Nice catch Jimmy, excellent picture of the fog. I wouldn't think the braid has anything to do with the rod tip breaking off.

Nice catch my bbul broke in rod box just keep an extra tip makes for a better trip. They always break when fish are bitting.

Great catch 20watt. Thanks for taking us along. I love the Bonne Idee. Beautiful place with lots of memories.

Nice catch.

I'm with Tracker123 don't think it was the braid.nonono Way to load the box:highfive Thanks for sharing

I have had the same problem and I use mono seems to be with the IM6 graphite rods. I'm afraid to lift fish in the boat anymore? Also have Shakespeare bass pistol grip rods that are IM6 at 5.5' and have broken at least 6-8 in the last 3 years. They are cheap rods so no big $ loss but hard to find old style "true pistol grip" anymore. No problem with B&M but same problem with the Academy Shakespeare trigger-spin crappie combo rig! ~~<*{{{{<<

i don't have the lifting a fish problem.....somehow:scratchhead

I remember breaking two on the same day first of the yr. I think the problem that day was it was in the 20's and my guides were freezing. The line was sticking in the guides changing the way the weight of a fish is loaded on the pole. I would stick it in the water to thaw but it wouldn't last long. I'm thankful I don't have that problem very often. Broke one at dbone bout two months ago as well.

20Watt, I don't think it is the braid. I have pretty much fish braid exclusively for the last 3-4 years and the only rod broken in my boat was a BnM pole that my wife broke when she hung the jig on a stump and put too much pressure on it. I have never broken any of my Wally Marshall poles, even with the braid.

Great catch 20. Maybe you should order a couple or 3 tips to save on shipping and keep the spares in the boat. I've broke 3 tips in the past 2 yrs. I use 3 different kinds of poles and have a spare for each.
Until I joined c.c I had always use fly rods. I have a 30 yr old one, 2 about 15 yrs old and a 10 year old one. Never broke a tip. Used them mostly for vertical jigging. The pole companies have given up back bone for weight.

Danny. I took a smart pill and started ordering a couple at a time instead of one :)

Looks like a great trip. I've only bass fished out there several years ago, but I keep saying I'm going to hit the WP out there one of these days.

Got to thinking about it and finally came up with the answer. Everyone has heard about "metal fatigue", but I've come to the conclusion that your poles are suffering from "FISH FATIGUE" from snatching all those hogs, Jimmy !

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Originally Posted by 20watt

Danny. I took a smart pill and started ordering a couple at a time instead of one :)

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Hope you weren't near a chicken yard when you took that pill. :Rofl

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Originally Posted by B&M BOBM

Got to thinking about it and finally came up with the answer. Everyone has heard about "metal fatigue", but I've come to the conclusion that your poles are suffering from "FISH FATIGUE" from snatching all those hogs, Jimmy !

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Lol, I doubt that. But I do wonder how far that would get me with b&m?