thinkingredneck

Do you use brass, lead or tungsten weights?

Yeah, but I hate when it gets pulled down on every cast

What is cracking a tube?

Start with a trickworm in standard colors. Junebug, black, green pumpkin, watermelon red flake, scuppernong, gràpe, Candy bug (my favorite), tequila sunrise, etc. Bill Murphy said in Giant Bass, to have brown, green, purple, black, blue. That covers it. Try different weights. I like 2-0 or 3-0 offset round bend hooks. I like Gamakatsu. You may need heavier braid in slop, but 8 lbs is strong enough to fight bass in moderate vegetation or open water. The only problem is it may dig in on a BC reel. Not familiar enough to know if yours is a spinning reel or BC. I second the little lucky strike hook tail worms and u-vibe speed worms. Don't forget lizards. Creme scoundrels are a good worm also. So are Mann's, both old school. Some prefer straight hooks for better hooksets, , but they hang up a lot. Some prefer EWG hooks. A little harder to hook, but they hold them well and don't hang up. G-locks hold the worm better. Some days Bass want one color or shape, another day it's different. Before you know it you have a ton of plastics. Hope this helped and have fun.

To keep a worm or creature up I use a swivel that runs from the line to the underside of the hook below the nose of the worm. Keeps the nose from sliding. No real difference in action or hookup rate.

I usually fish a reservoir but may hit some "farm ponds." I have used my regular gear. Do you normally down size for smaller water?

Thanks. Will try them.

Do any of you use tubes for Large mouth bass? They sell them at our local BPS. Seems that all I ever read about is using them on SMB. If so, where and when?

Always some sort of buying and selling. Only so many places to put money, I guess.Maybe Warren Buffet will buy it.

Try a lizard, trick worm or zoom u vibe worm.

I spent a whole summer fishing nothing but junebug. I would switch type of worm: trickworms, U vibe, Ole monster, anaconda, swamp crawler, finesse, etc. Some days one would work better. Truthfully I haven't caught many on tx rigged creatures. Now I have branched out some.

I have two small boxes for the kayak. One reliable and one that I valley "experimental". The reliable one has Trick worms in Candy bug and junebug. White spinner baits, black and blue Arkie jigs w matching trailer, horny toads, lizards, a couple square bills, jitterbugs, and a couple Johnson spoons. My experimental box has some topwater salad spoons, grubs, and swimbaits. Will post photos. I also have some new rage tail stuff from last year. I sometimes fly fish the pads.

This is one of the most vexing questions. Lots of conflicting opinions. Last year I tried mono, braid and fc , all straight, plus braid with leader. Caught fish on all. I like the feel of braid with bottom baits. I have had no knot issues with the Alberto knot when I use a leader, and a leader gives me more confidence. I hate the knot going through the guides. I guess I am conflicted (or maybe afflicted).

Yo zuri hybrid, Mustad mono, maxima Cameleon are all tough and have worked for me.

Probably works a lot like pink does.

St. Croix is my favorite BC. I bought some used American Rodsmith, Ozark rods thatare pretty good. I have a Lamiglass I like. It is a beast in cover. I use an Abu spinning, some BPS that are okay. I hate to admit it, but my Ugly Stick, is my favorite spinning rod.

Beetle spin, H &H spinnerbait

I have the Fenwick in spinning. I cannot hit the wall from inside the barn with it. Just cannot control it. I have a tourney special BC by BPS that I carry in a rod tube. Not perfect, but gets it done. I have St Croix one piece and will buy St Croix from now on. Their service is amazing.

If you catch fish on it, it is the right way. If you read Ned's blog, he is constantly trying non-zman baits on his Midwest Finesse rig.

I see a lot of skin mounts in antique stores. Remember that someone will have to deal with all of your stuff one day (pardon the pun.)

Thanks

Spoons are an old classic. I have caught crappie, bass, trout, Salmon, bluefish, and mackerel on them.

I have 3, 2 BC and one spinning that my wife found while walking the dog. It must have fallen off someon's truck. They are a good, solid, tough rod. Still use them. The one piece is more sensitive than the two piece, for what that is worth. The two piece is my travel rod. I agree about the lightening shock. It is a better rod for the money IMHO.

So do you go up a hook size from treble to single, to keep the action right?

I have used the double hook with screw in pin. I think mine were Ribbit brand from Academy. They are a bit heavy and $$, but work well and always work upright. I have had EWG hooks flip over, but not sure how much that matters.