Gatorbassman

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Welcome to the family.

Welcome

Welcome to the family. We are glad to have you here. Here is a good place to start. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/index.php?app=forums&module=extras&section=boardrules

That's a great Bama Buck. Congrats.

I started using the Brush jig long before Siebert Outdoors was an advertiser on here. It is a great head. It's my flipping and pitching jig. It's good for around docks but I prefer an Arkie head for skipping docks and a football head for rocks. Mike really puts some effort into producing a great product. His jigs are worth more than he charges for them.

I was challenged by a member last year to give them a try. So I did. I used them for three days during the summer. The bass were holding at 40 to 50 ft deep. I was catching them on a worm so I switched over to the UV worm and spent the three days comparing the to other baits. I didn't notice a difference at all. They caught fish. But no more than other worms.

You sure are full of assumptions man and to be honest, I really don't understand why you go through all the trouble. I could understand if you were talking about handmade wooden baits but plastic production baits are an entirely different animal. Over the years I've bought four LC jerkbaits. All are the same size and color and they each have their fair share of scratches on them from all the fish they've caught. I changed a hook on one of them today because it wasn't suspending enough. That was due to water temp. I have about 24 other jerbaits that cost 5 to 10 each. Some required more customizing than others but they all catch fish. I have yet to find one that can't be adjusted to do exactly what I want it to do.

Neither have I.

Frogg Togg has a new jacket and pants called the "Toadz". It is a lot more durable than the original ones. With that said, I just picked up a Frabill Stormsuit. I've wanted one since I saw them at ICAST in 2010. To say I love it is an understatement. The Linders helped design it and fixed all the thing I didn't like about my BPS 100mph suit.

I haven't found a brand or duo-snaps that didn't work better then the other. They all seem to be about the same. I use the smallest ones I can find. With or without the split ring really doesn't matter to me.

Evans, Ga is where I've lived for the past 13 years and I love it. It has made the Money Magazine's "Top 100 Best Cities to Move To List" several times in recent years. I have lakes all around me and with a 12 deer a season limit and no limit, no season on pigs and coyotes it feels like paradise. Cost of living is low and the pay is fairly good. Crime is low and the schools are some of the best in the country.

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My favorite is still the Smithwick Rogue. Sometimes you have to play with them so they susspend right but when you get them right they catch fish.

My 10 year old son shot his second deer and my 8 year old son shot his first. It was a great season.

I've been off the grid since Monday. (Pig hunting in South Georgia) I just wanted to bring this up just because.

LOL Yes but if you want a drop to get it down on the fish you see in the sonar you need a smooth, fast drop. Even hand lining it will slow this down. I want a frictionless drop.

Bama 42-10

Now that's awesome. The bass must be about ready to spawn down there. I'm jelous.

The only problem with fishing braid on a dropshot rod is that the line doesn't come off the spool very smooth when dropping vertical. It always seems to catch a little. I use seaguar fluoro, as light as I think I can get away with. I also treat the line with "Line & Lure Conditioner" to make it smooth.

Yea bud we were worried about ya.

I have yet to see a down side of using Living Rubber. I make my own and I fish them all year long. My jigs have a mix of silicon and rubber skirt. In the winter I will use half the liver rubber than I usually put on them but it's still there. The advantage to it is that it moves better in the slightest current so it works well in tough conditions, Mainly because it gives you subtle movement when it's sitting still. So I can milk the strike zone for a lot longer than I can a regular silicon jig.

I believe that all of the best rods fall into that price range. You get the best quality for the money at that price from many different companies. I prefer Dobyns and Duckett Rods at that price.

I use mine for cancer prevention.