thanks for the help, i called shimano and they are very helpful!!!
i'm going fishing, again, for like the 7th time in 4 days :P :P anyway
i'll see if its still acting up tonight, if so i'll send it in

i was looking at the shimano crucial's last night, and I can definantly afford one, it would just eat into some of the $$ to get some more baits

is the crucial 60$ better than the OKuma in terms of bang for your buck, if so, i' can get the crucial
RIght now in terms of reels i'm almost set on the cardiff, but the calcutta still catches my eye, so I guess I really dont know

thanks for the help

BEN
ps: SWIMABIT- i was talking about the 3d generic swimbait from rago

god bless