thinkingredneck

Ijust leave my wet lures on a pool noodle until dry.

Braid with a leader? If the water is tannin stained, the leader may be superfluous.

I got nostalgic recently and bought a bunch of Creme scoundrels. Did amazing. Mostly I fish Zoom products, but a little of everything, Yum, Yamamoto, Rage tail, Grande Bass,...

Some days they want something different. Who knows why. I start with Candybug or Junebug. I carry a variety. And then there are shapes, sizes, presentations. ...

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I keep frequently used baits in Plano boxes, one each for swimbaits, creatures, jig trailers, trickworm, giant worms. I keep elastec in their original bags in their own, separate binder. I have a double binder for odd ball plastics and another single binder for finesse worms.

Man, I hope you have a better year this year! I don't think I caught them on anything but T rigged plastic worms. I tried some paddle tail swim baits with no success. Life intervened a lot.

Check out Pfluger reels, St Croix rods. Med The rods made for women might be a good choice as they are smaller in diameter. Buying without holding it is a risk to me.

Seagar red label was fine. Mostly I use braid to leader, but honestly I agree with the above posts. I can't tell a lot of difference and may go back to mono when I change lines.

I usually fish for a few hrs after work in my kayak. I usually fish soft plastics and take 2 rods. Can carry up to 6. Sometimes, for long days I take 4,. Less is more. Fly fishing, I take 2. if it can catch or tangle, it will.

I think plastics with salt will rust hooks eventually. I leave plastics on a good bit, though, with no rust issues. Hang wet lures in a piece of pool noodle or in a side pocket of my bag until dry. Use desiccant packs from pharmacies in all my boxes. I use wd 40 sometimes. I live down here where the air sweats, and this works. You could use stainless hooks, but I worry about them getting broken off and staying in the fish for ever.

Depends on water clarity, I think. In murky water I do better with Junebug or Candybug. Green Pumpkin is "fair" for me. I think the greens and earth tones do better in clear water. A couple weeks ago I caught them every cast nearly with white , yellow, Merthiolate and purple with flame tail. Would not touch junebug or candybug. Go figure. Makes it fun.

As one fly fishing guide said, use any leader material as long as it is Maxima.

Sometimes I just take a couple packs of worms and terminal tackle.

Also, Pm me with your parent's contact info and I will send some plastics, both of you kids. I vaguely remember being young. I am still broke, just at a higher level. Check out fishing tackle outlet and another site.com. zoom, yum, beetle spins, etc plus house brands at Academy, or Dicks, Walmart bargain bins. All great sources.

That is impressive. Sort of like a library file system.

A good, less expensive rod. IMHO, one of the best deals going. Certainly the best at that price point. I love mine, and I have much more expensive rods.

I prefer soft plastics and jigs and hate treble hooks. That being said, you have to find them and figure out what they will hit "in the moment." Makes you feel like a genius when you catch a bunch, and like a dumb*** when they have lockjaw. I really admire those Midwest finesse guys who have a system that they've mastered. Or the California Swimbait guys. When I wanted to learn to use a new type of bait, I would go to a small lake and just take that one type of lure. I think one of the big questions is whether it is better to master a single techique, or be a versitile angler. I think I AM A JACK OF SEVERAL TRADES AND MASTER OF NONE, LOL.

Mine are organized into planos and labeled by type (i.e., trickworm, large worm, finesse worm, terminal tackle, spinnerbaits, etc). I label with a sharpie on an address label and put on the edge and put them stacked flat on a shelf so that I can see the label. I have a kayak bag that holds three planos, labled top, bottom and middle. I fill these from my stored boxes according to what I want to use. I have a second travel box that is a double sided box, with a mixture of lures for guests, or my wife to use. Fly boxes are organized by species.

It seems reasonable that Bass have adapted to find forage in their environment, so forage colors should work. That doesn't explain my recent success with merthiolate.

Cool find!

If I have a short afternoon trip, I always take a plastic worm t rigged or a fly rod with a popper. Usually the worm. Love that feel.

Be sure the fly line has a taper, preferably weight forward. Some entry type combos have a level line which is virtually impossible to cast. Get some foam poppers, they always float. Get a few Wooly Buggers or lightly weighted Clouser minnows. A rabbit strip streamer works, but becomes heavy. You don't want heavy flies to start with. Totally different definition of weight. Check out flybass.com for some good, simple flies. Practice with a piece of yarn or clip the barb off of a hook. Unless you want to pierce an ear. Check out Mel Kieger on you tube for casting info. There are a ton of instructional vides on your tube. A class is better, though. Then comes fly tying, the other side of the addiction.

In hot weather, I think it helps.

I have been happy with hodgeman. Stockingfoot. They make an XXL short, I believe.