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This - and small amounts

Have several - never seen one break - I've put terrible pressure on a couple of mine without any problems.

I use both and am satisfied with both.

We did that when creme worm first came out - showed it to my dad and that was all he used. It is still a fish catcher - one of those rigs that was figured out by fishermen all over the country, like the t-rig, credit gets given but usually it is figured out by numerous guys in different parts of the country.

There are a lot of big bass caught in Florida that never get reported. They weighed a 13+ from Okeechobee at Slims Fish camp several years ago. When Rojas? weighed in that record 5 bass limit at toho the pro said there was a bass he thought must weigh 25lbs. in the area. I lived on a small ten acre lake for a few years and a neighbor had an honest 16lber on his wall. Any piece of water in Florida can hold a 10 so I like to think somewhere in that crazy polluted state there swims a monster.

While cruising bass are tough to get a bite from - I have had some success backing off and throwing an annoying topwater - sometimes noisy works and sometimes a twitcher like the original rapala will work. Of course sometimes nothing seems to work.

All above good choices - but, if there is a bit of breeze I always have an Optimum Furbit tied on - it has accounted for 25-30lb bags for us - last week my buddy in sofla had 25 on it - works in veggies and in open water - I've caught 19" spots in 25' of clear water with it up here.

We threw the 3/8 hula popper for years - I recently watched Rick Clunn video on how to fish rico - we fished the 3/8 the same way - fairly rapidly. from the midwest, the east, and Florida - the majority of bass over 7lbs. that I've caught came on topwaters.

He was using Enigma rods (I think) and it seems they have a breaking history. Some guys break rods on fish and some never - nothing to do with size of fish.

Rick Clunn 7'11" eagle claw h cranking rod - old cheap Browning 5:1 reel - casts the big deep divers a mile and grinds them in - can't believe how long this old Browning has lasted. I'll replace it with something better if it ever wears out. Really like the new Berkely dredgers - fish 20+ deep honestly and easily (for a deep crank)

Just got some lucas oil reel oil - I like it I have an old 250 Calcutta I clean once a year or every 2 or 3 yrs. - tiny dab of grease on gears - drop of oil on bearings - tiny drop on level wind - still can't believe how far I can cast a frog with these reels. I use brake cleaner if I feel a need to clean thoroughly.

I like braid for frogs and popshad z's - but opt for mono with hard plugs - although with a whippy fiberglass rod and braid I can make a spook do amazing things. The whippy rod keeps them snugged up.

Yellow marabou was a standard for us along with black and white - caught everything that swims. I still tie my own but haven't tied yellow for a while. Will do so today.

Trim a pork chunk properly and it will have amazing action - great for a swim jig - we use to use them alone on a weedless hook as a surface lure.

Keeping small spotted bass is doing most lakes a favor. Our dnr here encouraged it at one time.

Get ready to have lots of fun.

I would say whatever casts best on the tackle you use. Frog size is not always that important. Of course it is bass fishing so sometimes it will be important. Smaller frogs may be easier for smaller bass to get in his mouth. I seem to get more interest with normal to large size frogs, I think they make a little more commotion. Like all bait selections try them out and find what works for you. Be careful or you will end up with over a 100 frogs like this pathetic angler.

I love the choices of colors these days but not sure it means that much. In Knowing Bass they go into it in great detail - in Bill Murphy's experience I'm convinced that it was contrast more than color - two tone baits have outfished single colored baits for me many times. Look at any prey of bass and they have contrasting colors, maybe subtle but contrasts nonetheless.

I paid $16 for it new I think - amazed it has become pricey - good book

Check out Jason Lucas - bass fishing before tech. before tournaments

I fished through the ice several years ago and the bass we caught were inevitably in less than 6' - sometimes in 2-3' we would watch them come up and eat a beatle or marabou jig. It was a real lesson in bass behavior. They are where ever they want to be

Not a long A but does look like a bomber. I have a pile of long A's - they are longer.

Fished spooks for years - they all catch fish - bass are ambush hunters - the one ambush point common to all bass waters is the surface - as to hookup ratio it's good enough for me - most of my missed strikes have been from smaller fish.

After decades of bass fishing, tournament fishing, guiding and taking children fishing - whether to leave or not -flip a coin.

There are no bad worms, no bad colors - scent or no scent doesn't matter as much as I wished it did. There are myriad ways to rig worms and to fish them - start chucking them around and you will find the product that suits you best. Read up on them you'll discover guys do amazing stuff with plastic worms.