Darren.

For me, my Stik-It Anchor Pin is the ticket for shallow locales. However, being motorized, I don't worry about anchoring or staking out as often. I like the Micro except that I want to fold it against the boat when I need to go under stuff, or am in windy conditions near low hanging tree branches and so on. Unless I'm mistaken, that's not possible? But that's me, I lay my rods out in front of me most of the time, to keep out of breaking and tangling in trees, under bridges, and so on.

Good info above, I'll just welcome you to the forums!

Nice bass!

I use the uni for tying hooks, sometimes palomar. Line-to-leader uni-to-uni 95% of the time. Alberto the rest.

I've not been disappointed thus far by any stretch of the imagination. An amazing rig! Given my spending ... um ... issues with Milwaukee tools lately, I'll stick with 10# and 15# Power Pro. At least for now... When I need new rigs, I'll consider ordering the Zinkerz instead of TRDs. Perhaps.

Geez Louise. That's crass of him. Probably decline next invite. Perhaps confront him on the matter and ask why he did it...or don't. Whatever will soothe your ire.

Welcome aboard, Tony! Thanks for serving!

$850 should land you a nice, previously-used higher end kayak by Native Watercraft (Slayer, Ultimate), Wilderness Systems (Ride, ATAK, Commander), Ocean Kayak, Feel Free (Moken, Lure), and other brands. If at all possible, try to demo several before plunging into the kayak fishing world. Comfort is relative to the person helming the yak and what I/we find "comfortable" may not be what you find comfortable. But #1 get a good PFD. I have been using the Bass Pro Ascend for a number of years and it has done well. It is a bit of a knock off, but a good knock off. If you buy at a kayak shop, oftentimes they will offer bundles, or discounts on anything you buy at the store when you buy the kayak. Many great ones to choose from. After PFD, you want a good paddle. Touch/feel and ask the folks in the store what they recommend. Heavy paddles make for tired arms after a day on the water.... Buying a pre-outfitted, fishing-specific yak is not necessarily the route to go, either. Why? Because an engineer made the choices of where the fishing accoutrements were to go (usually with input from real fishermen). Again, where they want stuff may not be most practical for you. So fish a yak for a while and listen to the "hey, I wish this were here instead of there" voices in your head. That tells you what you'd like. A non-fishing-specific kayak is usually less expensive, too. I'm not saying *don't* go that route, though. I'm a tinkerer and care about where stuff is. If that's not a worry to you, then by all means, ignore my advice to the contrary

I would have told you a wacky rigged senko in the past. Then a drop shot the last 6 months. The last several outings? Ned rig on 2 - 3 spinning rods, all under 6'6" with 6, 8, or 10# fluoro or YZH. 1/5 oz weedless, and 1/20 oz weedless jigs. Colors? Take your pick, but junebug is quite good. Sunday late afternoon until sunset, heavy wind, much tougher bite than I anticipated. No takers on TX, wacky. Didn't have a drop shot tied on. Two Ned rigs, lost 3 nice fish near the boat, which hit my confidence in the ML rod I was using at the time...but I persisted. Ended up with a 2, 2.2, 2.6, a 3, and a 4 pounder before heading in. Time of day clearly played a part, as those came as wind died down, but the Ned produced.

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Regular PP is excellent. I bit the bullet on a deal for Power Pro Super Slick 8 (last year?) in 1500 yards and love it as much, if not more than regular. I have that in 15# test, regular in 10#, and 20# for my BC.

DS is a fantastic rig, no doubt, and one of my favs. I've had success with many baits, but I tend to stick with the one(s) I have the most success with, and that's the Yamamoto Shad Shape worm. It just out- performs the rest by a large margin for me.

Well, this discussion should probably include fact that each rod will load differently with different lures/plastics, and so forth. I was casting a 1/20th oz Z-man mushroom jig with a TRD last night on both my 6' Premiere MLF, and my 5'9" MXF Shimano Compre. Same line/leader. I was more accurate with the shorter rod, although I won't complain about the 6'! I have a formerly 6'3" MLXF Croix that was, still is pretty darn consistent in my hands with accuracy. Point here is "in my hands". Match up proper line, lure, rod and you should be good, getting better with every time you use it.

Sure, why not? A tidbit of my journey: I am mostly spinning now after going almost all casting as part of an experiment/desire to use casting gear for everything I used spinning for. So I went with two Chronarch 50e's modified to 7.1:1, etc. I could really cast almost every bait I used on spinning. Only problem, I found it more work than just using spinning gear! So I began the journey back. Sold one 50e and kept the other, which I fish on occasion now. As far as accuracy, my 5'9" Compre with a Stradic is ridiculously accurate, far more so than my longer rods (up to 6'6"). I'm quite proficient with casting, and quite accurate. So equal accuracy is attainable with spinning gear.

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Welcome aboard, Jelvas! Grammatical errors excused

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Welcome aboard!

He's definitely legit, revered among saltwater fishermen. He's a legend. Trustworthy. Agree with his findings or not....

Beautiful bass any way you view it. Congrats!

Welcome aboard, Jeff. Certainly live crawlers work well for bluegill, as do maggots and other squirmy critters. They'll catch bass, too! You can use a float with artificial bait, too, like a worm rigged wacky style, under a float. Does work well.

Very sad to hear...