Mike L

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I don't care where you live a 7lb LMB is nothing to discount. Bring a little of everything you have from plastics to hard baits to frogs. Not knowing anything about what it looks like, I'd start with a frog over and through the grass and work it throughly. After a while work a jig, ribbon tail, speed craw, swim bait or spinnerbait through it and see what you get, paying attention to the depth, speed of retrieve, rof etc etc. After you work your way out try a catterbait or start pitching into and around the edges of the weed lines, isolated clumps and laydowns, not forgetting the shade of any overhanging trees.. From there you can try the hard baits and drop shot in deeper water. Or any combination there of. Point is, you're gonna have to try different techniques with different baits until they tell you what they want and how. Just focus and listen. Good Luck Mike

Check out the How Too videos and the pinned threads here. Those are great learning tools that sometimes may get overlooked. Mike

Sounds like a good day! Mike

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The best ever sang! Mike

Amen Brother!!

I will Never, Ever give up my plastics. Oh sure I'll change up if I have too, but overall for size and/or numbers, worms and craws in all kinds of water anywhere there is water is my go to and can't see that changing. Mike

Dink Tip....Check the Monkey Box!! Hit every isolated reed stand you can if coming in from 7 mile. Mike

Having all the kids "in the house together" at the same time... "Sit back and soak it in"... Gotta stop typing..The screen is getting a little blurry Mike

Thats the one I meant..Thanks Bull Very Good flouro knot. Mike

Spoon's huh! Never think about useing them. Mike

Except for 2 techniques, all I use is Sunline flouro and tie the San Diego Jam knot. Its simialr to the pitzen but with 1 extra step. I also like the "No Name" which is passed through the eye twice like a Palomar. It's advertised as the best knot for flourocarbon lines but there are others. Flouro gets a bad wrap on this board so don't get deterred. Just try different ones making certain they are tied correctly. Mike

Try the FG, Albright or Alberto Mike

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Don't really think there is any "better" I prefer morning's. Mike

Any guide will let you do what you want. Just set it up with them up front. Mike

A nail weight in the back, and work it on down. Mike

Cut it off above where it frayed regardless of how much. Discoloration has no bearing on the integrity of the line. Mike

If you tie your knot correctly there is no need to retie any more often than with any other type of line. Assuming of course a quality line is used Mike

No, you can use what you want but Toothpicks will deform the line. There really is no reason to use them anymore. Bobber stops, parasite clips rubber insert's etc do not. Mike

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The List doesn't mean anything Mike