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Megabass bunker buster11/21/2023 Megabass of America appears done fooling around with a hook keeper and has returned to their roots letting anglers figure out an alternative on their own. Otherwise, as mentioned earlier, the Bunker Buster shares the same aesthetic as the Onager and Mark 48. This is something I rarely do preferring to keep my reels on a free agency rotation.Ī look at the remaining, single foot guides In fact, the Bunker Buster has me contemplating the purchase of another Bantam MGL for permanent residency on that stick. It's not often I fish a rod that makes a reel feel lighter than it actually is. Together with the Bantam MGL, a reel that is on the heavy side, the combo really floated in my hand. I really like the Bunker Buster with paddletail swimbaitsĭesign & Ergonomics: The Bunker Buster tipped our scales at an even six ounces and has a balance that is really very good for a rod of its length and power. The combo of that fast line pick up with the length and power of the Bunker Buster was perfect for that scenario enabling me to swing and set without pulling an oblique. Perhaps just as surprising was my ability to set hook on that other fish that was swimming towards me but in this case it also helped that my Bantam MGL is an 8.5:1 retrieve ratio reel. Not only was I surprised that I could feel that bite so crisply, I was surprised I had enough leverage at the end of my cast to set the hook and get that fish to the boat. All I needed was that very first experience when I cast the MagDraft Freestyle as far as I could, assisted by the extreme ability of my Bantam MGL. I didn't need that chart to tell me this. It is an extra-heavy stick in the traditional sense. Power : If you reference Fig 1, above, you'll see the Bunker Buster charts out right in line with our historical average for flipping sticks or right in between what we've termed our finesse and all purpose swimbait sticks. Historical averages of our flipping and big bait rods separated by power : The chart above illustrates the deflection characteristics of our Megabassĭestroyer F7.5-77X Bunker Buster against the It was fish on again! The fish had inhaled the bait and was swimming with it right back to me! That's when you know you have a good connection with your fishing rod. I didn't feel a bump or anything to let me know the bait hit a strand or clump of weeds, so just in case, in the middle of my retrieve, I swung. In fact, later on that same day I had a cast out over a bed of weeds and right in the middle of cranking the Freestyle back, all sensation through the line stopped. Busting Bunkers and Awards with Megabass's Destroyer F7.5-77X
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