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Very good interview. Thanks for sharing.

Welcome! What color/size jigs were you using?

For someone who eventually wants to have their own lake/pond down the road like me, this thread is simply very informative. Thanks to everyone.

I LOVE the FTO system. That's all I use. I probably have close to 20 boxes with all my stuff in it. I use the V12 when I need to bring a lot of lures to a boat or traveling to a different state or country. I use the V6 when I stay local and I don't need to bring as many baits. Honestly, the V12 is just too big to carry around if shore fishing. I think their boxes are the best because they organize the best. They also have 4 clips so they are pretty secure so you don't have to worry about a box opening and dropping your lures anywhere.

Are there any articles on how to fish them? I'm assuming you can shake them while the lure is in one place but are there any other ways to successfully fish these?

Ike has 3 jig heads which one do u use?

Yes, tungsten is expensive but I prefer the more compact profile. To me, that itself is worth it.

Here is my review from last month.. This was by far a tougher trip than Comedero. I will start out by saying that topwater on this trip during morning or night wasn't happening. Nothing on topwater even though I was consistently trying to use poppers on the 1st and 2nd day. I went with my brother and our guide told us that pretty much all the bass have already spawned. This trip made me realize how much more I need to learn as a fisherman. The first day of fishing I saw one of my compile-x's break and our biggest fish we caught was a 3.5 lb. Now I've only pitched and flipped in very limited situations and to be honest about 80% of the fishing needed to be this way. We both caught a total of 24 the first day. We were using chart/white spinner baits and 8" watermelon red worms. The 2nd day was really tough We ended up catching about 15 fish this day. We just couldn't figure out how to make the fish bite. I actually gave my set up to the guide to show us how to do it and right away the guy caught 2 fish on 2 casts. These guys know how to fish their lakes. Even when he showed us how he was using the texas rig for some reason I was still having a hard time. I did end up getting some confidence using the swim senko and trick worm on this day though. Spinnerbaits were just not working this day. Only 1 fish caught on a spinner bait this day. Nothing big to write home about. Back in camp we decided to move away from using straight braid and move over to fluorocarbon. My brother went to the Trilene 20lb(very good line btw) and I ended up going with the 17lb xps fluro. 17lb wasn't enough on this lake. 3rd day we started off fishing the dam. At this point we were both disappointed. We set our goals to catch at least 1 5lber on the trip and this lake wasn't having that. I just wanted my brother to catch something of size because at least I caught some good ones out in Comedero. I started throwing a spinner bait and lipless crank early in the morning and not even 1 bite. I ended up giving up on that and moved over to plastics back when I saw my brother catching fish on trick worms and lizards. I started with watermelon red trick worms and my brother with watermelon trick worms, all plastics were spiked with chartreuse spike it. On this day the plastics were working and we were actually consistently catching fish all day. I was slowly crawling the baits and my brother was hopping them. During the morning session my brother finally got a nice bass on the trick worm. He ended up catching a 7lb bass. About 10 min later he lost a really good fish, the line snapped while fighting the fish. This made our trip right there seeing him catch a big one finally.(7lb is big for Chicago fishermen). Granted, the conditions were better than the first two days but I truly believe moving to the fluorocarbon line and also increasing the weights of our rigs from 1/4oz to 3/8oz made the difference. The additional weight was definitely most beneficial when flipping into the trees. It took us a while but we finally started learning how to catch these fish. I did well this day using a Reaction Innovations dominator, Death adder, trick worm, and the swim senko. I was really impressed with the action of the swim senko. Definitely a solid plastic and that tail has such great movement. During the afternoon session I started throwing DD22's and fat free shads in 30ft of water, tried it for 30 min but it wasn't working out. Finally 10 min before we had to leave I threw a 6" watermelon red lizard in about 12 feet of water and finally caught my first quality fish a nice 7lber. The wind started pick up a lot and we ended up calling it for the day and trip. I learned a lot on this trip and I definitely want to head back to this lake now that I have an understanding of how to fish it. We stayed at Las Palmas 2000 lodge. The food was really good and they even had a swimming pool, free wifi internet and satellite tv(hbo/cinemax/showtime). I definitely recommend this place.

For those of you that use braid do you use any mono or fluoro leaders?

El_Grande knows what he's talking about. I went with him to Comedero and we had a kick *** time. I agree with his above sentiments although I did do very well with plastic lizards

I did well flipping with a 3/8 oz weight. I tried using 1/4oz and didn't like it as much. I felt that the weight wasn't falling fast enough. I was using the tru tungsten weights.

Awesome plastics!

I experienced the same thing with the falcon jig box. I love all my falcon boxes but this one I'm not so sure. I use it for 3/8 to 1/2 oz football jigs and the jigs are mostly use are smaller profile and will not work in this box.

Sweet! Awesome lake.

Braid does float

I haven't used it but the yum big show craw looks like it will be a good one.

Xcalibur XR50 Lucky Craft LV500 MAx

That's a nice looking jig.

Gamakatsu EWG for me. I feel that my hookup ratio is VERY good.

My fishing partner tried this method and was killing the bass on them.

I leave them in the bags and place them into the: Falcon FTO-301 Worm/Lizard Organizer I can fit about 10-14 full bags in one.

What size poppers are you guys using? Should I stick with the 1/4 oz size or upgrade?

I don't think you can go wrong buying a Canon digicam. They are solid.

I have the v-12 and i love it for storage but it is too big to carry around when the boxes are full. I think the v6 is perfect for taking it with you. All my lures and plastics are in falcon fto boxes and love them.

LC Staysee SP2 have been the best for me.