countdown lure rapala fishing frenzy tested to swim perfectly right out of the box. Rapala CountDown Minnow | Bass

Maybe it was the components, or perhaps the way theyve balanced it, but this one actually felt lighter than my 711 cranking stick, more comparable to a standard 7 to 74 worm rod, yet I was always aware of how much power it stored in reserve

If youre going down to the back 40 pond to catch a few eating-sized channel cats or trying a local creek, the simplest reel will work just fine

Avoid the rainbow cast

Since two of our poles are longer than my truck bed, I installed these brackets on a little bit of an angle, to minimize how much of the pole had to bend at the front

The Dawn finish captures the moment when first light breaks the horizon