WdyCrankbait

One thing I like to do with cranks when fishing them is to use a Rapala knot. It is a loop knot tied on about 2-4 inches up from the lure, frees up the lure to a more realistic action. Ok, with all this talk about fishing, where is my rod and reel? Let's go catch something boys!! Wdy PS Darren, I sent you a PM.

Yeah, I do have to agree the color selection on some Rapala lines leaves something to be desired. Xcalibur, I cant believe I forgot that line of cranks. The blue back w/ chartreuse side, a real killer in VA. Well, I stunk with cranks, as in never catching a bass on a crankbait. I needed a cologne shower!!! hahah! Mr. DT fixed that problem. After I caught some fish on them, I was able to piece together rights and wrongs fishing a crank to become better. It also seems to me, everyone "learns," a crankbait. Meaning, we get better at fishing with it and become efficient/productive with working the lure and know how the lure will behave.

Welcome JDM!!

yeah, I have an old Sedona from about 5 years ago, the gold reel. Worked great! Also maybe a Pfluger President, I think that is in your price range, not 100% sure.

Great catch!!!

As much as I hate to say it the Rapala's just seem to work too well for me! (The reason I hate saying it, kind of feels like the Curado vs. Revo discussion.) I have had good success with Bandits, great crank. Also, the BPS Nitro series I have done well on. Those brands, and what "Bait Monkey," has told me to get, haha! I use to STINK at crankbait fishing! I mean, I might as well been using a Flying lure to catch an Alien. Then, the DT's hit, I tried them and knocked them out. For me, it seems to be the color patterns are what pull me to one brand over the other. I really like the Rapala colors, they seem to be a little "Sharper," then other brands. My two favorite colors are the yellow perch and more importantly Helsinki shad are just DYNAMITE! The darker back of the HS with a tint of purple almost at 4 plus feet on a fast retrieve! (Oops, I mean dont pay attention to that last sentence.) Funny store real fast, i was fishing a tournament with a DT6 Helsinki shad, I was committed to that lure for the day. First cast, 5lb bass, my boater was shocked with I yelled for the net right away. Caught a couple more bass on the HS DT6, and I knew I needed one more good 3+lb. Well, as I finished that thought a good size shadow came up close to the boat and took the HS DT6. I was soo exicted because that was the size fish I was looking for. Well, it ended up being a catfish, I could not believe he chased it that far. I have faith in the Rapalas and their colors, that's why I like them. A lot of fishing is being confident in what you are using. I think BPS has the DT's during their Spring Fishing classic for $5, if I remember correctly. Wdy

Very cool, enjoy that Zebra!

He was a class act in acceptance and I liked the "Tebow."!!

Did the coverage just cut out on ESPN.com?

Welcome Rusty!!!

Welcome to the Forums!!!

yeah, you might want to search the forums for threads about the new Carbonlite reel. I think there was a thread in here a month ago, but yeah, cant go wrong with the Symmetry.

Nice report, thanks for taking the time to write all that up for us to read.

Stick with the Shimano, you are familiar with that brand. You dont want to have to adjust, or have "variables," when switching reels. You should be able to just pick up the other reel (new reel) and cast the bait right into place. The number of bearings can be mis-leading. Bassmaster magazine did an article of reel bearings a couple of months ago, I cant find the exact magazine to give you the month to look up.

Soul, Welcome to the forums!

I'm a Shimano posse member (Curado E family) and I have never heard anyone say anything bad about Lew's reels. The guy that cleans my reels always praises Lew's reels! If something happens to my little green family, I'm switching to Lew's for sure. For the money and what people say about them, and my experience handling them in stores I doubt you can beat them for the $$. Having said that, I think you will be pleased with a Lew's, enjoy it and post back what you think. Here's to good knots, and dumb fish!

Sorry guys, my buddy and I called an audible yesterday and did not make it to Powhatan lakes. We only fished a couple of private lakes, 8 dinks were caught that is it. The warm weather tricked us into bad tactics, hahah!!!

Sir, that would be great, but I should be moving to Louisiana in a couple of weeks for a new job. I can put you in contact with some people that know the James river if you want.

Welcome to the forums! We charge hamburgers for joining up, hahah! Glad you made the leap and look forward to seeing your posts.

Rooster, thank you for making this post! I was having the same problem with shakey heads. I was using 1/8oz football and thought that was too light so, I got heavier ones. I am trying to learn this method and drop shot fishing before I go live and work in Lousiania.

Thanks for the update. I was going to try a dropshot, but will check into what you got. Will do, if you see two guys fishing there Thursday morning, stop and say hey. I will hopefully be the one catching fish.

I'm checking to see if anyone has fished these lakes lately and what the reports are coming from there if you can help me out. Thanks, PS I am looking to fish there Thursday

Welcome to the Forums sir!!

I've been fishing in local Richmond ponds and lakes this week. Drop shot, shakey heads and a weightless senko (4"), the hits have been pretty light. Letting you know what I experienced. I would fish lakes, I think they warm up faster. let us know what you do tomorrow.

Welcome to the forums! Hope you get a lot out of joining up!