Round-bend hooks give you a better chance of the fish hooking itself on the swipe compared to EWG trebles that have more of an inward curled bend to the hook points
For covering submerged grass or shell beds or targeting schooling fish, jerkbaits and lipless baits get a lot of use, even without forward-facing sonar technology
Abu Garcia Zoom Safari This multi-section spigot-joint rod from the Amazon Japan store has several models - so be careful to select the 5'6" (168cm) model rated for lures between 2 and 10g
The guides on this, like most of our picks, are placed by machine, but the placement on this rod was exceptionally poor, with a couple of offset guides within the midsection
The wire spring on the drive gear (red arrow) goes into the stainless steel dog (blue arrow), and if the gear begins turning backwards the dog would come down and engage the stainless steel ratchet (green arrow) mounted on the pinion to let you fish normally until the clutch works or gets repaired, or you can just ignore the clutch and continue fishing forever with this ratchet anti-reverse if you like