A-Jay
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Not if you've ever run out of what they're eating right in the middle of a wide open & world class Micropterus dolomieu bite. Seems whatever I have the LEAST of on a trip - that's the Bait. A-Jay
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Mine looks like this ~ https://youtu.be/orKPaXSCIqc https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/gallery/album/2103-a-jays-baits/ A-Jay
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The drunk guy at the end of the bar just came back inside after taking an epic dump in a snow bank ~ #poopsicle A-Jay
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I'm going with probably no on this one. Over the years tackle has changed and improved in many ways, most all for the better of the bassheads using them. However, I have never really asked or required my 'rod to be super sensitive' in order to be 'effective'. I seem to experience & detect bites much in the same manner/level with most any gear I use. Perhaps I have hands of stone or am a little numb in the head. Either way, I still get a few. Now if we could get a rod that casted twice as far as everything else, skipped docks and flipped with 100 percept accuracy, and never allowed a reel to over run, even when throwing straight into the wind while casting a potato chip . . . . Well then, I might trade in my entire arsenal for such a magic wand. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. A-Jay
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Hello Rick and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ A-Jay
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Seems Old Man Winter might be fixing to give us the what-for ~ A-Jay
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So when folks say "it was rough", this is what my wife and I think of. A-Jay
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Not something I want to do in the Pro-V Bass Boat. But in the right rig - It's like being at Six Flags . . . #puckerfactorhigh A-Jay
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93 Days & a Wake Up ~ A-Jay
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Hello from Otsego County and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ A-Jay
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In my situation described above, a drop shot works OK especially if the plastic is Tex-posed and the presentation is made close to vertical. However fishing in 3-7 feet of clear water, that might not be the best deal. Once the rig is casted away from the boat, the 'tag' line with the weight, can keep the bait 'up' and out of the mess but because of the angle of the dangle, that leader length starts getting pretty long to do the job. Ends up fairly unruly on the cast and usually needs to have a decent amount of weeds cleaned off it after every one. Gets old. That light punch rig deal is far better IMO. A-Jay
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Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ A-Jay
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One of the few lakes where I actually target green bass locally, is very similar to what you've described above. This place is a very old mostly shallow natural lake, with a ton of both live & dead vegetation just about every where, including the bottom. Fishing's pretty good but it ALL happens in 3-7 ft of clear water. Topwater was an easy choice; buzz baits, frogs, swimming toads and the like worked. Spinnerbait's in the more open areas as well as a small swimbait rigged weedless. This lake is where I always take my wife, who is a Spinning gear only gal. So most of what I mentioned above she didn't what to throw. But rig her up a weightless, Texas Rigged stick bait and she did very well, especially when it was calm. Windy days proved more of a challenge. Eventually I got her to fish a light (1/4 oz) swim jig; usually with a either a grub or a craw type trailer. Was a light wire hook model as she uses 20lb braid & a 10 lb mono leader. This worked well but still wasn't weedless enough to offer total fishing effectiveness. I started playing around with a 'light punch rig' that she could fish like a swim jig but would have next level weedless effectiveness. After a little back & forth with weight type & size - we settled on either a 3/16 or 1/4 oz LEAD bullet weight. The rig needed to 'sit on top' of the weed on the bottom rather than plunging through them. When it did that, she could fish it with a stop & go presentation and would get way more bites. But if the weight was too heavy or dense (tungsten), the rig would disappear through the 12 inches of soft weeds and rarely got bites that way. You really want the bait to swim on the move & glide to the bottom on the 'fall'. That whole story started about 10 years ago and that little A-Jay rig (as she calls it) has been killing decent green bass on that lake ever since. https://youtu.be/gmTNmxOg8t4 https://youtu.be/r3vHcCGTNTQ?t=387 Hope that helps A-Jay
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More like stage six in the progression of a Basshead. Knowing this isn't going to last forever and getting ahead of it. It's just the way I roll. A-Jay
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I'm Sixty-One and having fun ! A-Jay
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I'm a growing boy and I like to eat. So bring a small grocery store with me on the water. Usually includes some type of oven roasted poultry, & fresh spinach rolled up in a flat bread (X 2 or 3), a couple of small baked potatoes (yup - eat them cold), an assortment of small Cliff Bars and 1/2 dozen bottles of water. Also like to have a 'snack' for the ride home waiting in the cooler in the truck. #feedthemachine A-Jay
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This is about as close as we've come so far . . . A-Jay
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LOL ~ I am certain I've earned that rep. Perhaps keep this in mind at the end of this coming season. Especially if you see me submitting a thread or two in the Flea Market Forum. ? A-Jay
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"Old Timer" trick that's been happening for almost as long as Alka Seltzer been sold. Slipping in half of a foam ear plug at the end will not only hold the tabs in but could also help slow the fall. Don't soak it in Megastrike first though. A-Jay
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Our late fall/early spring like weather continues. Just read that this 'winter' has seen the Lowest Local Recorded Snow Fall to Date in 80 years ! Pretty Crazy ~ A-Jay
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That seems to be the going rate perhaps even a little cheaper than the going rate for solid body swimbaits. Maybe check out some of the Z-Man Elaztech stuff. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Z-Man_Swimbaits/catpage-ZMANSWIM.html Price might be a bit more but that stuff is some of the most durable plastic on the market right now. That could save you a few bucks in the long run A-Jay
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Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ A-Jay
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Perhaps you're just buying them from the wrong place. They are $5 a pack here. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/River2Sea_D_Walker_Swimbaits/descpage-R2SDW.html A-Jay
