daiwa 1500 series reel Lexa Spinning With models ranging from ultralight freshwater to heavy big game saltwater options Daiwa Samurai Spinning Reel (A-72-B)

Starting out right here in the USA, over the last 20 years the options available for the sizes and styles of Avet Reels have increased massively, all whilst being manufactured with the same high-quality components they have always been known for, making improvements wherever they can

This relegates fluoro larger that 20-pound test to very few techniques, like flipping shallow trees in clear water for instance

You want to make sure you are covered if you have to pull a big fish out of intrusive structures

Texas Rig The Texas Rig is my go-to bait year around

Todays portable all-in-one fish finders harken back to the first flasher I ran in my 14-foot Lund as a kid, the Lowrance Little Green Box. It opened from the top to reveal the red-flashing, fish-finding strobe below, all with a handle on the top for easy transport with a bracket-mounting pole transducer