J Francho

That's absolutely right. In the case of both toads (like Ribbits) and frogs (like Spros), I find that so called frog rods are better at throwing frogs, than getting in a good hookset and extracting a fish from cover.

There are guys in my club that throw nothing but a senko all day. That's it. They have no clue how to fish anything else.

I bet you have gotten strikes on a jig, but you haven't learned to detect them. Lotsa articles up here on jig fishing. Biggest tips would be to watch your line, weigh and time your jig's fall, anything weird, set the hook hard. Some jig fish:

I think its temp. related.

The remix is way better

You're over thinking a brainless technique. Literally. If its in the water, you're fishing it correctly.

These are pond fish, Paul. As is this one from April 11, last year:

From this past Sunday... We still have at least another month of "red mouth."

5-4 smallie on 4# Trilene XL, back in the 90s. bait was a live softshell on a split shot rig. Last year, I caught a 5-0 smallie using 15# braid, and 4# CFX leader. Drop shot 4" Power Worm in your favorite color was the bait. I'm trying to think of some light line largemouth, but none stick out in my memory, though I'm sure I've had a few decent fish in the mix.

Yeah, collecting dust....bought it for baseball, but found I really couldn't enjoy watching my son play from behind the lens. I use my 17-40, 100 Macro, and 10-22 more than all the others combined. And BTW, Tippi Hedron is a Hitchcock reference, LMAO....had to look her name up.

Veteran move Most guys will simply shoot these fast, long primes wide open, with no regard for depth of field. Your pictures clearly show intelligent aperture settings. The sharpness of the images is nice and tight, too. Its the difference between good gear taking the shot, and a good photographer making a beautiful picture. Very nice stuff!

There is a local lake, basically a deep trench, with big ledge at about 24-30'. Walking baits at dusk is pretty much a guaranteed smallmouth bite as the sun slips below the hills. You may get bit beating the banks, but the best is walking them over 60-70'. They come rocketing out there, and just blast the baits.

I wish they'd add a trout stamp here. That way, trout funds could be aligned with actual trout anglers, not political groups.

Hardly. They just released a new baitcaster. My buddy has one, and he loves it. http://www.usreel.com/

I use their octopus hooks in #6, #8 and #10 for steelhead, salmon and browns.

Pointer DD. It'll do that for you, if you give a few straight, steady cranks to get to depth.

Hunt for Big Fish w/ Larry Dahlberg

Good to see your posts again, Fish! I was just up at your site a few days ago checking out the pics, very nice. If you're ever in my neck of the woods, there's an open seat for some shooting and fishing for dinks

NY is up to $29.

Some weird Luhr-Jenson thing. Smallies like it.

I think mine was about $60.

Get one of these: http://www.chatillon.com/Our%20Products/Chatillon%20Weighing%20Scales/fish%26game_product/IN_fishscale.html

Great prespawn bait.

General purpose, 1/2 oz. Stanley Wedge Tandem in white and chartreuse.

Colors that have produced for me: