J Francho

you really think it would be that tough for him to push patients around in a wheelchair?

In some states, that classification has big time impact on commercial fishing.

Now that's amoré.

Ahuh....part of the MLT, I see. (Milk Crate Liberation Team)

Open a store and become a Strike King dealer. Here's the credit app: http://www.strikeking.com/documents/Strike_King_Credit_Application.pdf Otherwise you'll have to buy them retail like the rest of us.

If you can swing them, then why can't you net them? It doesn't make sense. Yes, I realize you're dealing with slop. If you can pick the fish up out of the slop, then you get a net through just as easy. A rubber net would be perfect, so you get some slop in the net too - that's half the fun. Also, clear a spot to land your fish next to the boat before hooking into one. I'll do this fishing mats up here.

Pretty much no spool tension. Train that thumb!

Looks great. Missed a spot on the wash and wax though! (Just kidding!) :lol:

Avid AVC68MXF. Also works well with spinner baits, traps, spooks, suspending rip baits, even light t-rigs.

One might have had some, but I was out. 1/4" and 3/8" covers most brands of worms. If you order online, you can even find clear.

As for the OP, get some 1/32 to 1/8 oz. twister and bucktail jigs. Cast them out, and slowly swim them back. Catch many species.

Yet you replied to this thread, bumping it to the top. Twice. Ironic? If you can help answer a question, post. If not, move along. While often times it will get to the point, telling guys to "google it" or use the search button isn't really the helpful community feel we're after here.

Heat shrink, young Padawan learner.

If you're only going to use one bait, then jigs are not a bad call. It's not like he's going to switch to nothing but Senkos, LOL. Fish almost always bite a jig. Jigs usually catch bigger than average fish. You can pretty much fish a jig anywhere, in any cover, at any depth. Besides, "jigs" can mean a WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT BAITS, and A WHOLE LOT OF PRESENTATIONS. Start looking at head design, and how it will work in different types of cover. While I am pretty versatile, 50-60% of my time on the water is spent with a jig on my line. One thing...keep a few moving baits in your box, "fish finders," if you will. Spinnerbait, topwater Spook, and a couple of crank baits, a shallow and deep model. Locate some active fish with them, and then get to work on catching with the jig.

Hit Port Bay on Saturday with an my Friend Eric. Eric and I have known each other since cub scouts, his mom was the den mother. One weekend, the scouts came to our cottage for some fishing and canoeing. Eric really liked the fishing,but didn't have any tackle. I guess I gave him a small box of tackle (I don't actually remember this) and a pole and told him to keep it. That stuff is long gone, but today, Eric owns a fly fishing rod and reel company, Wild Water Fly Fishing Company. I suppose in some small way, that day planted the seeds. That was more than 30 years ago. So, we decided it was only fitting to fish Port Bay. We had a ball. Fishing was tough, but we ground them out. I had Eric use wacky jig flick shake worms and a Lucky Craft Flat Mini DR. I alternated between that crank, a CB20, a 1/2 oz. jig 'n Super Chunk, and a t-rigged Ragetail Craw. The best fish all came on that Flat Mini DR. It was just great to spend time with Eric. Next up, City Dump with Big Al. We started late, dropped in about 2:30. No pressure, I figured we could goof off, jump cabin Cruiser wakes, go hide behind the islands, and check out the bikini girls, father and son stuff, LOL. We caught some fish, too. I lost a really nice fish at the boat, scraped up with a Lucky Craft CB20. I'm really learning to appreciate this bait in the 13-17' depths. It has great deflection characteristics, seems to shed coontail with ease, and man I haven't caught a single dink on it. It ranks up there with the Slim Shad as "useful tools." Al worked the wacky jig and Senko, and a Flat Mini DR. He actually out fished me,both numbers and weight, and I was trying, LOL. One of Al's fish: We made a quick run to the lake, to watch the sunset before heading home. Another great day in the books.

Actual LOL at that. I'll be selling some of my collection soon. Keep an eye out!

Shop around.....I don't unless they're $5/pack or less.

No, vacuum cleaner.

Do you Texas or Wacky rig those? It's hard to see the pack, but I use this little trout fishing pack. I carry some hooks, sinkers, a couple bags of plastics, and some jigs. What ever I feel like using that day. Also a scale, tape measure, and pocket camera. Keep it simple, and mobile.

No, this is a "major cleaning." LOL.

I still go as a non in some T's, LOL.

Black Black Black & Blue Black Watermelon

That's a good reel to start with. The only hitch is making sure you put the redundant AR Pawl back correctly, assuming you want it there anyway. I know a few that remove it altogether. A #0 and #1 Phillips head, and small crescent wrench should be all the tools you need, IIRC.

Some "easy" reels to start on: Curado B/D/E, TD-A and all it's variants, Abu Ambassadeur, Calcutta B.