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Where I live in Ontario Canada we can't fish bass until the last Saturday in June. Anyone care to guess why? God Bless, Don

Baitcasting or spinning? (Anyone flyfish for bass?) God Bless, Don

Been flyfishing for a lot of years. Deerhair on top and rabbit on the bottom works for me. Got into baitcasting last summer and a Sinking Salty Shad was dynamite all through the season. God Bless, Don

Thanks guys. Appreciate all the help. I used to go to two pound mono to toss some really light stuff for trout, With that it was always "win some/lose some". To get one, or two pound diameter from a strong braid is awesome. It does, however, make sense that a light braid could blow around some. God Bless, Don

Last year I got into Power Pro braid on my baitcasters and really liked it. Now I am thinking of spooling a couple of my ultra lights with a strong thin diameter braid. Power Pro has an 8/1 and a 10/2 and Fireline has 6/2, 8/3 and a 10 /4. Any recommendations? I would be tossing unweighted plastics, tiny Mepps or Panther Martins and a lot of small jigs. God Bless, Don

Thanks guys, All I have to do now is find the patience to wait 3 and a half more months for bass season to open in S. Ontario. God Bless, Don

NOBODY ELSE???

Flyfishing is my preferred method but being in Ontario, Canada all the water is still hard. We can't fish bass until the end of June but when I fish I find black leech patterns rather effective on my waters. God Bless, Don

My new St.Croix baitcasting rod is fast action but I don't know if it's extra fast. Flex is mostly in the first 8 to 10" of the tip so I think it's pretty fast. God Bless, Don

Parker, XF I assume translates to extra fast? God Bless, Don

I ended up purchasing a Shimano Curado 200E and a 6'6" Medium Power Fast Action St. Croix Avid. Got it spooled with 20/6 Power Pro. Backyard casting with an 1/8 oz. jig and a twin tail grub worked fine. I suspect that the weight of the grub brings it closer to a 1/4 oz. lure. Can't wait to try it on the water. God Bless, Don

JeepnFish, This is exactly why I started this thread. I use my spinning and flyrod gear for really light weight jig, in-line spinner and tiny spoon presentations but prefer baitcasting for pretty much everything else. God Bless, Don

PB Lake Smallmouth was a huge fish caught in a canoe and portage lake in Ontario while trolling a homemade black bomber style plug. It weighed over 10 pounds. PB River Smallie is the one in my avatar which was a 20 incher caught on a Case Sinking Salty Shad. PB Largemouth was a 10 pound 7 oz. fish I caught on a buoyant wooly bugger fished on a full sink fly line. It came from a private pond. God Bless, Don

Many years ago when my daughter was six (she's now 33) I had her with my wife on her first ever canoe trip. We portaged into a back lake where I caught the biggest smallie I have ever seen. I was trolling a homemade plug. I should have had that plug retired and mounted as there was no way I was going to drag that noble fish over two or three portages. It would have at least been an Ontario record. Many years later on my son's first kayak/camp fish with me, we got into a school of big smallies on Georgian Bay. He caught one that tipped our scales at well over 8 pounds. My back lake fish was very significantly bigger so I know it was a good one. Most of the big fish etched in my memory are smallies. Keep trying I think you have a good chance to land the next BIG one! Good Luck! God Bless, Don