BassCats

Does anyone here troll using the strategies in the spoonplugging book? Wanted to know if you have updated any of his old strategies. What lures are you using these days since his spoonplugs are hard to come by.

10 inch worms in some sort of purple. Fluke in shad or white fluke in watermelon red when fishing on bottom trick worm in watermelon seed senko in watermelon purple swirl

if you look at his history he has never used high priced or high end gear. He fishes with the same equipment that any working man can afford. Just like he uses aluminum boats as much as possible on the tour. Though I hope he gets them to make a slower gear ratio reel and change the colors.

He has joined Skeet Reese with W&M rods and reels.

You guess don't seem to want to endorse anything, but how is the lews reels that came out recently look to ya'll?

Good work, pls post pic of final product.

Mine enjoys it as long as it isn't too hot.

You forgot to add a category: Other I have started using H2O hooks, by academy sports. They are just as sharp as the others and just as strong.

I am looking for a flourocarbon with less memory than Vicious. I don't like the big companies, ie: berkley, stren, bps.

I like the fact that they will only cost $99-$119. He is starting to move to the weekend angler budget line and this will help his income and his image.

10.3 caught in march of 1994 on lake Tyler, TX. Caught her on a 4 inch watermelon red Zoom Centipede on a 1/2 oz texas rig in the hydrilla.

they don't change them because they would have to raise prices.

No Hags craw??

you might want to try fishing them deep, their size creates a lot of action deep. I use a 1/4oz slip sinker made of tungsten to feel them better. Fish feel them and go after them. Ledges, deep points, holes, ect. I do well with them in water deeper than 12ft. If you are fishing shallow I would use very light weight and only on lakes I know that there are big crawdads or shad.

Hook N Look, and Basspros

What is the difference between split cork and full cork handles on Bass rods these days? Is there an advantage with one over the other?

Anyone tried these new reels, they are coming out with more affordable versions and I was wondering if they are worth trying out. Can't find anyone that has one and tw doesn't demo them. supercaster 1000pro supercaster 1000

I use the watermelon pearl when bass are schooling and the watermelon blue swirl when pitching and carolina rig. I Love this soft plastic. I have caught more and better fish off this than any senko I have tried.

I like to throw it on a jighead or shakeyhead while fish are schooling on top. The larger bass seem to be on bottom eating the dying shad that fall after the small ones hit them on top. The slug go has outfished the senko and fluke in this instance everytime.

A two way radio or cell phone in case s#$t hits the fan and you are stuck out on the lake or sinking. Second, a paddle. Never know when the batteries will die or motor just quits. PFD not in a storage box, but on the deck. Can't get into a storage deck if you are in the water allready. but you can grab something off the deck while holding the boat. personal experience on this one

I am looking at upgrading my rods, I am wondering what the true difference between a 160 dollar rod vs a 400 dollar rod. Why and what makes these differences and how important is this to a weekend fisherman.

So I spent the week testing both reels. Conclusion: Abu: good- smooth reeling, great handles, color bad- not able to switch baits easily, have hard time changing breaks all the time Okuma: good- smooth casting, less need to adjust brakes when changing lures. bad- color, reel handles are small Winner: Okuma is the winner, but mainly because I switch baits on each reel all the time. Oh Yea and they responded to every email I sent and their customer service rocks. Even though they are out of Japan their American staff gave me cell phone numbers of people that had every answer I needed. Abu never responded to a single email or phone call

Would you choose the Serrano over the Revo SX if you could get them at the same price???

just checked there site, left hand models come out in august. TW is sending me a Serrano to test out. will tell you what i think after a week.

I was hoping someone had some information. I get one from *** to test out this coming week for 7 days. Will tell ya'll what I think. Will also be getting the Revo SX. The battle will begin on tuesday.