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Try a shakey head or a drop shot. If that doesn't work then those fish need to see a swimbait ASAP! ;D

WTG! Love those shakeyheads

I've been to Casitas and Table Rock. So my list now is: 1. Guntersville 2. El Salto 3. Champlain 4. Falcon 5. The big "O" Interesting It might be a little more touched once I'm done with it. Whoops that came out wrong :-?

Mattlures soft bluegill or 10" texas rigged worm. 8-)

IMO the most under rated technique is just simply swimming a grub on a jighead. Its so simple that most people don't want to try it. I was at Table Rock in late May and I was killin em on that technique. 4 lb smallies all the way down to dinks. It just catches fish.

For the wake jr, mattlures bluegill, and spro shad I use a Dobyns Gen 1 795ML swimbait rod. The best small to medium swimbait rod on the market IMO. I throw swimbaits with 20-30lb mono or copolymer. Now for the DD22 and redeye shad, I don't fish DD22's but a 7'-7'6" mh moderate action rod would be good. And 12 lb flouro would be about right for deep diver. I fish lipless cranks on a 7' mh fast action rod with 30 lb braid so I can rip it out of the grass. Hope this helps Just curious but why do you throw swimbaits with braid? :-?

Definitely pick up some Mattlures swimbaits, those will get you the big boys for sure. And to add to your list throw in some 10" worms, supersize your lizards to 8", and get some FROGS! Hope that helps

Very informative post! I've always shied away from fishing cranks in weeds, but now I might give it try thanks to you.

Use a sabiki rig. Its a saltwater rig that has between 8 and 10 hooks with little pieces of tinsel flash stuff. You cast it out and reel it in, its an awesome way to get baitfish in saltwater so I don't see why it won't work here.

I'm going on vacation soon so I won't have any time to fish the rest of July. But when I get back I'll have plenty of time to fish, problem is I'm shorebound. The lake I usually fish has moderately clear/stained water. The structure is long points and underwater humps and roadbeds. The cover is laydowns, grass beds, and chunk rock/riprap. I've never fished this lake in August before so I don't have any previous success to go on. I know this a big question, but where would you start looking to find bass and what lures would you use? If I haven't given enough info please let me know. Thanks

Glad to have you here

Yup I got mine on sale for $65, put a symetre 1000 on it. Sweet combo

Yes! Thanks to you sir

Raul is right on with that info. But i do have a suggestion for a good quality dropshot rod, check out the BPS Extreme 6'8" ML spinning rod. I have this rod and it is awesome for dropshotting.

Take a little gander down the post topics. Someone beat you to it :

Yes, but I always have a rig or two spooled up with something different to try. I'm currently experimenting with braid on my main jig rod and deep crankbait rig. I have recently used both Vicious and P-Line CX Premium. So, I'm not a total stick-in-the-mud, but I haven't found a line I prefer to Hybrid. 8-) Ok i gotcha. Please let us know how the braid experiment on your deep crankin rig goes. Now that I think about it, braid would be good for deep cranks

Hey roadwarrior do you have that saved somewhere so you can just copy and paste it For plastics I use 12 lb fluoro and for jigs its either 20 lb fluoro or 50 lb braid.

Ya you're right I feel really stupid now because the rod was an impulse buy. I'll fish it and see how I like it.

Ya but since ill only be using jerkbaits in the winter wouldnt it be right to get a more sensitive rod? I know the LTB is sensitive, but compared to a cumara I want the rod to be best suited to its technique and if im doin more finesse bottom contact stuff wouldnt a cumara be the right choice. And it would look sweet with a core 51mg on it

I use a Revo S right now because I pitch with my jig rod and thats what its on. I'm lookin at getting a zillion in the future for my dedicated flipping/pitching rod.

Thats about my height so the 7'6" rod wont be a problem trying to work a frog and it will be more than capable of getting a bait back into thick cover.

I don't use braking when i pitch, its all about the tension knob.

Oooo thats a tough one. How tall are you?

Ya thats probably true, but i read in bassmaster how ish uses that rod for frogs. But then again this new frog rod wasn't out. If you end up getting this rod please let us know how you like it

I bought a 6'6" Med St. Croix LTB baitcasting rod few months ago. It was between that or carrot stick or cumara. Well the rod has just been sitting on my rack in perfect condition with price tags still on. I want to use it for jerkbaits, shakyhead, and finesse t-rigs. But ill only be using it for jerkbaits in the winter. Should i return it and get a cumara or another rod instead? Just looking for opinions as i dont know what to do with this rod