Darren.

Most productive brands for me: Yamamoto Senkos, Yamaminnow, and Zoom Finesse worms. Colors: Watermelon Gold Flake, red flake, magic; Green Pumpkin Magic. GP Chartreuse Tip, and a few others. Also productive: Bass Pro Stick-O worms, especially in Pepper frog.... Spent too much money on the colors of the rainbow, but only a handful actually produce for me.

An unbelievably awful, horrific event. Numb, yes, anger, big time. Just senseless. I'll be hugging my kids tonight, for sure.

I'll throw senkos mostly weightless wacky, TX, and will also throw on split shot rig. When it comes to Zoom Finesse worms, I'll use a baitcaster, but either weighted TX, or split shot. When it comes to throwing these weightless, I'll go to my spinning gear. I'm not saying I use only BC gear for the above. I bought a Daiwa Lexa 100 which allows me to throw more stuff I'd normally use spinning gear for.

What I'll do in most cases is simply reel down, lowering the tip of my rod while reeling and gently lift or sweep my rod. Thin wire hooks penetrate more easily and run the risk of ripping through if you hook like trying to set a dull nail through the mouth.

Welcome aboard.

Glad to have your experiences added to the forums, David. Welcome.

Welcome Josh! 'Nother Virginian!

Hey Daniel, and fellow Virginian! Welcome to the forums.

Welcome aboard Vinnie!

As an owner of the Native Ultimate 12, I can wholeheartedly endorse it. But I was able to get some butt-time (albeit in-store) in it as well as the Wilderness Systems Commander. My butt preferred the Native, but that's me. YMMV. Before I decided on a hybrid yak, I was really gunning for the Moken Angler. Google it and you'll find a lot of reviews. Again, you'll want to sit in as many as you can, whether it be in-store or on a demo day. You may hate my suggestions, so find one that fits what YOU want to do. It's like getting fitted for a suit. You can buy one pre-made that fits ok, or you can buy one that is made for you. In kayak terms, one that you decide where you want stuff rather than the yak maker. My Native is one of those. I customized it according to my terms. Best of luck.

Welcome, Michael! Your "pretending" will become "instructing" in no time :-) Father of 4 boys myself...

Welcome, Chance!

7.5 LMB for me! Next up 8, 9, 10 and so on! Goose52, man that's a beast of a head/bucket on that bass!

Welcome aboard!

Welcome to the site, Nick!

Welcome fellow-yakker...tons of great stuff here.

Not had much luck with hair jigs, but have read that many find them excellent in the winter. Good luck with it!

Welcome aboard! Been up your way a few times, never to fish though. Enjoy the site, tons to learn, and contribute!

Thanks, did so and HELLO! Shad shaped worms, 5 and 4" senkos... If only I had a little more money I'd have bought more! Thanks, CWB!

Specific colors? They show up for $6 when I go there. For you, six dollah! For him, three dollah fifty nine cent!

Plenty who do. I used to fish out of an old 16' aluminum Grumman, but the weight was more and more difficult to deal with over the years. Changed over to kayak fishing, first year with an inexpensive yak and I realized how much I missed from my canoeing, so I upgraded to a hybrid, the Native Watercraft Ultimate 12. Sits low to the water like a kayak, but has the roominess of a canoe. It's the best of both worlds for me, and is by far more stable than either the canoe or the yak I used. Love to fish out of the Ultimate. Awesome experience. And big plus that we can go places big boats cannot!

That's just downright bad!! Mean-spirited! The poor fisherfolk north of the Mason Dixon don't want to hear of the glories of Florida year-round bass fishing and 10 pound averages...

I tried the ziplock baggie thing, I tried putting my softies in Plano tackle boxes, but have gone back to using the bag they came in. Ziplocks that I used tended to get soft and easily punctured in the summer heat. Maybe using the thicker freezer baggies with labels would work better, but I still didn't see any logic to it as the bags that they came in were thicker, and better suited to being out in the heat. Just my .02.

Personally, I think the color is designed to catch us, but don't let that rule out attaching them to your cranks. They're still hooks, after all. I've got some on my cranks, which I hardly ever use, so not really the best to give advice there. When it comes to worm fishing, I have tried the reds. Don't buy them at all any more.... But that's me. Not saying don't use them, just that I am not sure they make a difference. If you've got 'em, use 'em.

Welcome, Marius! One thing to keep in mind is to keep things simple. Don't make fishing a chore that becomes something too frustrating. Look over your existing baits and determine which ones you've caught the most bass on. As far as deep water, our bass fishing out West here in the US is done in a lot of deep water lakes where tactics like drop-shotting, big trout swimbaits are among tactics used. They'd have to chime in here to give you advice on that. You've got snakeheads too, something we are dealing with in some of our waters here on the East coast. There are plenty of fishermen here that can give tips on dealing with them. As for what I find that works, it is soft plastics. Bass seem to find them irresistible. Yamamoto Senkos are among the best, if not the best.