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I generally use a 7000 or 8000 with a 4ft run into a 50mm ring

If I was to start playing around with much bigger metals or paddletails and I started catching consistently bigger bass then you will be seeing a blog post somewhere down the line about suitable gear to get these types of lures out there, but I was standing in the shallows of that raging sea the other day and I was marvelling at how efficiently I could fish it with my 35g Surf Seeker especially and the type of lure rod that in some respects isnt remotely what a surf rod should be

Each of the past two winners, Bryan Thrift on Lake Norman and Dustin Connell on Lay Lake, prevailed on their home fisheries

Their average bass was 39.47cm to the fork (3947 points), showing that their stubbornness to stick with the plan and target bigger fish was a good, but frustrating plan

Furthermore, the brakes stop your spool once your lure hits the water, which prevents over-spinning