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Whatever...... Dont know what you are going for, but if it makes you happy. :

I'd start out with a buzzbait(especially mid-day) and slow-rolling a spinnerbait.....then...... Summertime bank fish is one situation, that you cant beat a carolina rig.Especially on water that sees more boat fishing than bankbeating, gives a diffent presentation..... Find the deepest spot with the most cover that you can cast too and siene it out and then try another angle... I like a 3/8oz tungsten wt. and a 3 or 4 ft leader, start with a big curly tail worm, then creatures, and downsize from there until you get a bite. The hotter and calmer the better... My most productive C-rig baits in this weather, is a small zoom c-tail worm and a black trick worm. After I find cover I will go back with T-rigged trick worm and fish it out. If the bottom allows, a 1/2 and 3/4oz football jig or booyah boo jig can be good dragged and hopped slowly across bottom...

Brink of endangerment= I meant threatened, just couldnt think of the proper term when i was typeing..... I am refering to public water, really unless you fish private stretches of rivers..... Shoal Bass,piedmonts,suwanee bass and Redeye are only native to certain drainages and dont live in ponds. Warmouth and rock bass are totally different fish, as are spots. In some of the rivers here, the spots are coming out of the lakes and breeding and out-competeing the native fish that live in the rivers, same as is happening/has happened with the smallmouth in other lakes in the south and where the spots cant live, we have people introducing flathead and blue catfish that are even wiping out bream populations in some river systems. Yet largemouth and alot of places smallmouth are stocked and managed by DNR/FWD and its not ok to eat them, yet its ok to eat native bass species, is the logic i am asking about??? pen knife to a knife fight???? WTH???

some of the same folks that bash anyone that says anything about eating a largemouth, talk about how tasty redeyes and rocks bass are???????? : : whats up with thatt???? Do you also eat wild trout???? Last time I checked LMB and SMB are stocked by the state..Nice logic...redeyes and their relatives are not..On the brink of endangerment in some places... Redeyes, Piedmonts,and Suwanees, the only native fish in alot of places... Had some of the best days ever with a flyrod catching piedmonts and redeyes....

I would prollie weigh in both..... Yet some people would look at it as the 2lber being live bait, depend on polygraph tech's reading the lie detector alot of times.... I was wade fishing a small river when I was in college. Me and a buddy were casting poppers on 3 wt. flyrods..I hooked a 12 incher off of a barely submerged rock, river was maybe 15 feet wide and shallow....playing small fish, the water erupts and the little bass is gone and my drag screaming....its 6 or 7 pound LMB.....then he jumps onto top of some rocks, spits the little bass out and sits on the rock kinda looking at us for a second then slides off into the water...... It was weird, and I wasnt under the influence of any mind altering substances.

great website: www.byrdultrafly.com ..... Here's what I fish or owned and fished in the past: All are a slow action other than the 6' 2wt and the 8wt....Sage and GLoomis, and Orvis even there low end rods are great, biggest thing is the warrenty you get as far as these type rods go. A 8'6 to 9ft 4,5,or 6 weight will be perfect for bass and trout depending on where you are fishing. I use a 3 for everything now but small stream trout and heavy cover bass. Get a decent reel with a smooth drag most are $50 and up. Worth it Imho, a good reel pays off when you get a big one.... Rods: 9ft 3wt Lamiglass custom, forget exact blank....slow action, sweet rod 6ft 2wt custom built on a shikari blank..... Orvis rocky mountain reel on both, both have ceramic guides and cast like a dream.... 9ft TFO 8wt, one of the first TFO rods....use it for stripers- Orvis rocky mountain LA 7'9" Orvis clearwater 5wt, w/ rocky mountain reel for a 5-6wt 9' St.croix pro graphite 5wt 9' 6wt and 7 wt. BPS hobbs creek rod are pretty good too. and my most used, favorite production rod- 8'6" Orvis clearwater classic 3wt..... Also buy a good line, you dont need a $50-$100 specialty line, but get a good slick quality one like courtland or similar. Weight forward floating cover everything I have done other than saltwater or deep in heavy current and that is all dont with my 8wt.

Those Left handed smokes make the fish bite, gives them the munchies or so i heard..... ;D

I ended up with one and just curious what they are good for and when. It is graphite. Been throwing cranks that run from 8-16 feet with it...but starting to think it could be costing me some fish.

I think the AR 7'11 is a MH... Its got a really big butt section. Few of the local cranking experts love these rods. Just wondering if any other company makes a similar rod. Seems like it would be easier on my wrists and arms, if it works like the author of the article. I use 5.1 reels and Med and Med Light graphite rods, and a MH for DD22's. I tried some true glass rods and just cant get used to them. Have caught alot of fish on graphite, but always looking for an easier way to crank the big baits.

Simple is better....... Depends on time of year, what lake and whether or not its an all day deal or an evening tournament. If i am fishing with someone else in their boat, I might have 3 or maybe 4 at the most, depending on who I am fishing with. If I have my way, I only have to use one rod all day, but that doesnt happen much..... When I fish in my boat, I have 8 rods in the box most times. Here's what i have on deck and when.... Spring: 2 flipping sticks(jig,t-rig),shallow cranking rod, and Spinnerbait rod. Summer: 2 flipping sticks, buzzbait rod, deep cranking set-up,2 spinning rods(6'6 m/H w/ 10lb flourocarbon)(6'4 med. w/ 6lb test), topwater rod. Fall: 2 flippin sticks, Buzzbait and/or spinnerbait rod, 3 Shallow and deep cranking rods Winter: Flipping stick,Deep cranking rod, spinning rods, When i buy rods and reels, I always try to get stuff that I know that I can use for more than one thing.... I use one of my flipping sticks for a C-rig if i need to. I can throw spinnerbiats and buzzbait on the same rod when i can, Shallow cranking rods can be used for topwaters too. and small buzzbaits and spinnerbaits if needed. Most days I will stick with things better if I dont have all kinds of rods in the boat and stick to a plan other than running around junk fishing.

buy the best Heavy action 7' or so rod you can, (I use a 6'10 team allstar for most my jig,t-rig,frog fishing) .for spinnerbaits, and buzzbaits etc., just buy a MH 6'6 or 7' BPS tourney special. I havent found a rod i like better for those baits and i have tried alot of good rods and like that rod for some reason....Then upgrade it later, after winning some money.....Have thrown DD22's on the 7' TS and its worked well also.

What is the deepest diver you will use a Medium light action rod with??? and Read a local article and they were talking about the David Fritts 7'11" e-glass rod. The writer was observing a day on the water with the husband/wife team and the angler pulled a rod out that the writer said looked like a pool que. He uses it for DD22's. Even let the writer throw it, said the big crankbait came through the water like a spinnerbait on this setup. Anybody got experience with these or a similar rod?

Unless i am fishing a tournament, my beer gut is suffiecient to keep me afloat....j/k

Avid, Where is it that you get all this inside info on Rod makers???? For someone that claims to only fish Loomis, you know alot about all these other companies' products, goals, and production practices...... :-? Just curious.

Awesome idea, Brent.... One of the best ideas and designs I have seen in a long time and to come from someone that sells soft plastics also say alot.... Any other bait co. would recommend the head that tore up the most worms.lol.... This might cut into Zoom's finesse and trick worm sales....Ed chambers will not be happy ;D

Chompers is a bait company, that makes jigs,jigheads,soft plastics, etc....

Bass like other sunfish will spawn more than once a year in alot of places, depending on the conditions during the first spawn....They wont spawn as late into summer and as oftern as say bream, but they do spawn until mid-june in alot of places.

T-rigged trickworm w/ 1/4 wt. is one bait you dont here much about, but it works and goes through grass like a snake.... I like a 1/8 or 3/16th bullet weight pegged on a beaver type bait in openings and around edges, makes it flutter like a wounded bluegill. A Yum buzzfrog also is good for this kind of stuff. You can put a bead above your knot if you are getting to much trash buildup...

depend on the type of dam that is pulling/pushing the water and how much flow the rivers/creeks are pushing into the lake.....The amount of current in this situation at the bottom would depend on the topography of the bottom and where you are looking/fishing it from that could contribute to the current at the bottom of the water column being faster or slower in areas...... Too much too really come to a good answer without some serious research. I always fish according to the visible current. Something else to consider is what events(weather,power generation,water release) can you tell that stirs up stuff off the bottom more than normal..

Carpel tunnel in both arms that lead to surgery on both the end of last year.......

I always fish them on a tight line....Almost like a jig.draggin,hoppin,popping it...I also noticed that the worm didnt move when shaking it with a medium action rod like suggested...Found that a MH action rod makes this technique alot more efficient. Feel more bites,better hooksets,more control of your bait.... A spot-remover is not a shakey head.....Its a stand-up jig head, not meant to be fished like a shakey head...which is a round jighead meant for shaking.....Spot-remover is made for a vertical presentation, doesnt work well as well casted out as a true shakey head jighead.... I use Bite-me jigheads, They have a 60 degree line-tie and come throw cover better than any of the other heads i have tried for shaking and dragging.. I think KVD endorses them, i know i read they were the ones he was using when he caught the 11lber... I use 1/8 and 1/4 ounces depending on current,depth,etc.....fished on 10lb flourocarbon.

Anybody else tried this yet? Seems like a good idea and the Baby Paca craw design and rigging make it perfect for a worm rattle... Will try it next time i go fishing...well considering this slump i am in an even better idea is suggesting it to people that actually catch fish....

PLan on using a flourocarbon leader....Carp will see braid.....They are on of the spookiest fish around...

I have that same thing Unabasser.....It cost alot more when I got it though :'( The pontoons wouldnt even hold air brand new....had to call cabealas and get replacements....been fine ever since though. Will sell mine for $100....

Peg a light weight to the nose and let it sink around structure....it will look like it swimming for the bottom and fish will kill it..Also works skimmed across certain types of vegatation..Takes a good size fish to get a good hook set like this but it gives a different look.... Stanley ribbits and gambler cane toads are much better as far as the desired action... I have yet to see where anyone has won a large tournament on a Yum Buzzfrog...the guys sponsored by Yum dont even lie about using them :-?....