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http://www.confidencebaits.net Get a couple of the draggin heads, you won't leave home without them.

Glenn for president!

bighead, its a Tarpon 120, with not many modifications. I wanted to utilize the slidetrax system on it, so I purchased the sideboard and transducer deployment arm from Mad Frog Gear to mount my humminbird. This way you don't have to drill into the yak to mount one. It slides off and on with ease and is powered with 8 AA batteries inside of a watertight tupperware container. Other than that, I just have a milk crate with some PVC rod holders and some rod stagers on the front hatch to hold the rods I am using most. Kayak fishing is a lot of fun, but can be frustrating battling wind and current while trying to fish... until you get the hang of one arm paddling that is. Good luck. The new Old Town Predators look awesome if you are in the market. http://www.oldtowncanoe.com/kayaks/predator_family/

Veritas rods are hard to beat for that price point. T-rigs and c-rigs you'll want something in the medium-heavy-fast range, shakey heads you want a lighter powered rod due to the finer wire hook. You can fish a jig and spinnerbait with this rod too. Crankbaits you will want a rod with a more moderate action (as opposed to fast action with jigs and such)...not as sensitive, but will allow the fish to inhale the bait without ripping it away, and will allow you to fight it better without ripping those trebles out. good luck!

Made it out to the saugeen river on Saturday. First impressions were great. Will be headed back soon. Left my place in London at 4 30 am and arrived at launch at 630 am, armed with a few different rods and presentations to chase some smallies for the day. A foggy cold morning. Sun decided to come out and fog began to break up around 9. Was a slow day to start. Didn't get a bite until late morning when a largie took my jig in some submerged brush. (The stretch I fished had so much submerged timber, it was difficult to figure out what style of laydowns was the predominant pattern) Had to get out of the yak only once to walk the boat across a shallow rock flat. Was fun fishing the riffles while standing in the river, no takers though. On the paddle back upstream, had several hits on my spinnerbait, unfortunately, all 3 shook loose at the boat, all of them in the 2-3 pound class. Finally hooked up with a 20" saugeen smallmouth, well worth the persistence. Will be headed back later this month to fish a different stretch. Very impressive river. Saw lots of 3-4 pound smallies staging behind rocks in the river and a few muskies to boot. Might have to contact an outfitters next time and have them drop me off upstream. Tight lines all Phil

Zona is awesome. Best show out there. Probably one of the funniest guys I've ever seen, and he does throw in tips here and there. From what I've been told he can catch em really good too. I also love how he gets the pros out of there comfort zones, seeing these guys have fun and goofing off is a lot funner than watching them dialed in and in the zone.

Cool thanks for that info

Was curious what this process is like. Are they released out far from shore discretely so the anglers don't know where they are released? Im curious because I was thinking that if they were released at the same spot and all at once (say the boat launch) I am sure those fish aren't going to travel too far from that area by the next day meaning there would be boatload (pun intended) of fish near the launch the next day, primed for the picking. hmmm

For jigs and wormin, pick up a rod in the 7 ft medium heavy fast range, medium fast might get you into trouble, especially fishing around cover.

Hmm, I think berkley is a sponsor. I saw a little graphic pop up in the latest extended cast episode which was a berkley logo and said text "powerbait" to this number. I can't comment on whether these scales are accurate or not as I have never owned one, but I'm sure measures have been taken to ensure a level playing field. The problem with the bogas in the last season as someone mentioned was that the referee would always round down to the nearest 1/4 pound if the scale which not reach the next increment. I could see why they made the switch, over the course of a tournamnet that could lead to a lot of inaccurate weights.

mojo bass jerkbait/topwater rod 6 6 med fast

They are bait designed for ultimate vibration so they work well in stained to muddy water. Swim it back, hop it back, stroke it, you can fish it many different ways. Like it was mentioned above, think of it like a swimjig for tough conditions. However, where I would disagree with the aforementioned replys is with regards to cover, it is a tough lure to fish around any wood or thicker weeds because its not weedless. It is pretty effective being ripped violently out of submerged grass tho.

This thing makes a 6xd look like a child. I read somewhere that Mark Rose says it doesn't wear you out anymore than other deep divers do. I know his job is to sell the bait to us consumers but if thats true then that negates my initial concern that it would just be a so labour intensive to fish with. Looks like a big fish bait that can easily get down there to 25 ft plus on 12 lb line, probably even deeper on 10.

Boga style grips work great especially when dealing with trebles. I have never seen any ill effects of using one. I would say using stringer style culling kits where you stab the metal through the fishes jaw does more damage than a boga grip and those are common tools in tournament fishing. The good thing about the real bogas is that they rotate 360 degrees thus doing less damage to a thrashing fish. To answer your question though, I use both, bigger fish I will net and then I use a boga when dealing with trebles.

I pondered the same thing. I think online retailers carry them for about 9 or10 bucks. Pointers run about 15 bucks or so. By the time you change out the hooks for some quality trebles, its going to be a 13 dollar bait. I can justify changing out hooks on a 6xd cause the bait is only 6 bucks to begin with and it does the job, especially when a CB D20 runs like 18 bucks. I will stick with pointers and mcsticks when it comes to jerk baits.

Isopropyl Alcohol works for me. Didnt like the magic erasers because of the little sponge pieces that fall off and stick to the cork as you scrub. I have heard baby wipes do a good job too and smell kinda nice

Haven't fished them much due to a lack of confidence but I already feel like my confidence level has skyrocketed just from reading this thread. Thanks everyone!

Aaron Martens fishes stellas and metaniums but not sure if there is a sponsorship deal in place?

1. Bomber Square A 2. Rapala DT 10 3. Bomber Fat Free Shad BD8F

Aaron Martens. Just love his style, his attention to detail and his passion. Have learned a lot from watching him over the years. Not to mention IMHO he is the 2nd best angler on the planet.

Thanks for the responses guys. I have had good results with a ball head and 90 degree eye for bottom presentations but was looking to do more swimming with my grubs for those agressive smallies. I have some owner darter heads laying around somewhere that I will try! I also have some bitsy jigs, great idea to pair them up with a 3 inch grub as a downsized swimjig.

Exactly what I do. Works for me.

I usually use just a roundball jig with a 90 degree eye. Should I be using a jig with a 60 degree eye? A different head style? I have been thinking about picking up some spot stalker heads to try. What does everyone use?

when in doubt...get a shimano a chronarch will run ya about the same amount

Episode 1 is available for free right now on majorleaguefishing.com. Click on videos and you will find it through there. I have an account from last year so I believe you need to sign up to be able to access it. Enjoy!