Bud

Yes GMAN I have 2 of them. A small and a large one. I keep tubes in the small and worms and creature in the big one. Great Bags. They also make a great tackly storage system.

Try some Sunline Defier on your spinning reel. I ran out of Yo-Zuri and tryed some Sunline Defier in #13 on my Stradic 2500MGFA. It is expensive but work great. I am thinking about switching everything over to it Spinning and Baitcasting.

Even if it does slow down the posting. The way some on this board spell it would be a big help. You have to get your decoder ring out on some post to understand what they are saying.

I own 2 Stradic 2500 MGFA. They are great reels. They don't break the bank when you buy one and they are smooth.

I agree with a spell checker. I know that I would use it.

Ronnie When fishing with the best don't worry about the rest

Food Source is a sponsor for American Crappie Assoc who I work for. The baits are made from real food and they prove it at tournament by eating one. I have fished some of them but have not had much luck with them. Most of their baits are made for Catfishing and such. They are expanding their line to cover Bass and some other. Bud

Ronnie cook then up with a big mess of biscuits & gravy. They will follow you around like little puppy dogs wanted more. If you catch a couple crappie or catfish cook those using J.R. Madd coating (sponsors) and the few that says they don't like them will change their mind. This spring if I am not tied up with tounament work for American Crappie Association we will have a little tounament here. Bud

I haul a load of cars out of St Louis this morning and drove through ice and snow all day

You have done better than 99% of the people who are fishing for crappie this time of the year. I know some people who are die hard crappie fishman and you beat them. To answered you question a 17 or 18 incher is a big crappie.

45 to 50 Bud

Unless I miss my guess Quantum PTi-A? are jappy to.

I will go with LBH on this. Match the hatch

Any of the Falcon rods are good rods for their price point. I have a couple of low rider that I still like and use even with a box full of G Loomis

Gameover Evergreen did make the combat series for LuckyCraft and they have been discontinued. You can still find them at a couple of Japan tackle store that are on the web.

You get what you pay for. I have a tackle box full of LC for I like them and I use them and they work for me. I also have several Evergreen and some special tackle which is more expensive than LuckyCraft. I don't think LC are expensive when you are using a rod which cost $250.00 and a reel which cost $265.00. I just purchase a Bass Boat and when I get it rigged like I want LC are going to be cheapest thing in it..

Spinning tackle: Yo-Zuri Hybrid Ultra Soft #6 Bait Casting: SunlineDefier #13

After about 3 month you will get the hang of it. Hang in their don't give up

Sunline Defier in low vis green

I use Sunline Defier in # 13 and love the stuff. I have use the Sunline defier since last spring and have not change line once and I fish several time a week all year long. It is strong and holds a knot well plus no memory. When you first cast it you will have the coils but on the second cast they will be gone. The Defier is rather pricey at $37.00 for 330 yards. but it is excellent line. The great thing is you don't have to change line as ofter so it is not as expensive. The bait shop were I shop gave me a spool of machine gun cast and the only thing I don't like about it is the color. It is a gold or copper color and I don't care for it. In early spring I was out of yo zuri and loaded Sunline Defier on my spinning rod It worked great as good as Yo Zuri. The only thing it is #13 were I like lighter line on spinning rods. I will continue to use Sunline for I like it. Bud

Can you say Shimano

I have the whole set of RC Lucky craft baits and have used them since they came out. Yes they were made for BP by Lucky Craft to LC standard. I was looking for a shallow bait on BP site I notice they were available. Being LC was one of the reason I puchase them plus I was wanting a small bait to use in a high pressure lake. I love to throw them in about 5 foot of water and let them dig in the bottom. You will find they cast like a bullet are great around cover and with the square bill they don't hang up easy. I also like LC Combat series. The Combat series was made for LC by Evergreen. I have a set of the 200 on order. I just like LC baits because they WORK. Bud

Hawg Sauce

LC lures are not made of tungsten. The reason they are expensive is they WORK Right out of the box. No tuning first rate parts

Valascus I am at Ky lake and we are having the same weather as you. The temp was in the high 50 with water at 49.9 degree. I fish Friday and caught then on a bone LC jerkbait. I also caught a few on a watermelon tube. Both was fished slow in about 7 ft of water. I believe the Bass is begining to move back to deep water.