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I got a few bites, caught a couple keepers and ended up spending 2-2.5 hours in there fishing some of the key stretches

Buzzbaits and frogs are a lot of fun when the shad spawn has started, especially around vegetation

I often fish this in the backs of deeper creeks and channel swing banks with it

A copper rod is going to have more backbone and will be a little bit softer tip to absorb the shock of bigger waves hitting your planer boards

It's also worth noting, 10 years before all that, Don Iovino was finesse-fishing his mini Ambassadeurs in tournaments - while he didn't have the custom parts, he tuned his reels to fish light weights on 5-lb Maxima by polishing spindles and bushings in the LW

For me that casting arm is my left hand so I want to crank with my right hand