thinkingredneck

I keep a set of Olsen hagar needle drivers on a lanyards around my neck. They have cutting blades, too. Just not for braid.

I just got a Lucky 13. Sort of cheaply made. Changed the hooks to shorter hooks with split rings, as I do all Heddon and Arbogast lures. Thinking of copying it in wood.

IMHO, ANY worm can be fished T rig, Carolina, Neko, Wacky, Dropshot, etc.--depending on the situation. Why limit your choice?

I agree with his statement about a toolbox. I think in his hands a jig would be the bait. I can use a jig, but have more confidence with a worm. In my hands, the answer would be a plastic worm. For some it would be a spinnerbait. And I bet Ned would say Midwest Finesse.

I did not know about them. Seems like a badly engineered gimmick, to me.

Sharp hooks. Braid line. Sweep set.

You're going to love braid on spinning rods. The only problem is when you get hung up.

Setting the hook will become second nature. However, as stated above, rocks will cut the braid, and so will shell. Everyone talks about braid expense, but in the great scheme of things...

Reliable, functional. Love my older model Supreme. I am sort of rough on gear, but this thing is a beast.

I wear an auto inflatable. Never think about it, it is a habit.. I àlways check the color to make sure it is okay. I keep some of my gear fastened to it so I need it to fish.

I think the saliter they are the more they sink. I believe the orIginal is what you want

There are no sizes matched to weights. The larger the weight, the better it casts. The larger weight crashes through vegetation better and falls faster. The more compact the plastic, the better it casts and goes through vegetation. Now what the bass want, you have to find out. However, it is hard to tell an ineffective bait from empty water.

Never used them but interesting timing as I had just bought some to try.

I can't wait to show your photos to my wife. She will think I am frugal!

All of these ideas work. Have tried them and found that for my kayak bag I just put a few in the square compartment of my plano box and put other baits in the long narrow compartments. For storage I use a plano box made for spinnerbaits.

The closer to the fish, the better quality your gear needs to be. Terminal tackle is more important than line, line more important than rod, rod more than reel. IMHO. But don't equate price with quality. You have to spend a lot more to get that last 10 per cent in quality.

Should be fine. To be totally safe, become vegan and starve. I use a lot of lead and brass. Some tungsten in smaller sizes.

I would agree. A few plastics such as senkos and trick worms or 6 inch worms. I think ewg hooks are easier to learn on,. And a weight assortment. A couple spinner baits, a popper, Rattle trap, square bill. If you are gonna include a jig, maybe a bitsy bug. You might do better to downsize at first, which should get more bites. You can always go with a Ned rig. I like the pond king kits that was mentioned by Choporoz. May be confising to him, though.

I have seen fish leave bubbles. I figure it could be any critter or swamp gas.

The best way to ruin a hobby is to try to make money with it. Not trying to be a downer. I quit tying flies for a while because I hated making the same flies over and over, even though I made some spending money.

We all have some redneck engineering that we do, also called "hacks." For instance, I replaced my sprung out worm binder clips with shower rod clips. The old safety pin through hooks and small parts trick, to organize them. What have y'all come up with?

I keep the ones that I use a lot in plano 3700 boxes (trickworms) I keep elaztec in its own binder and my other finesse in its own binder. Back ups in a double bps bag. I feed my kayak bag from those, for what I want that day. Garlic scented stuff is kept sealed in original bags. I may have too many soft plastics---said no one who fishes.

Get some 4 to 6 inch worms. Walmart. Black, watermelon red flake, green pumpkin and June bug are very popular. Straight tail is fine. Grubs and in line spinners are great.

Zoom has the same color, or very similar, with the same name. If that is particular bait killing it for you, don't change anything! You don't know exactly what it is about that worm that they are keying on. May be some subtle aspect of it.

What will they think of next?