Bluebasser86

Shakyhead in rock and when I'm in fairly open water.

The world record is from Tennessee actually.

Welcome! Not sure where you can find magnet fishing equipment.

Facebook constantly has fraud sites. Follow the "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is". Nobody is selling $1,000 graphs for $90 or kayaks for $100, muck boots for $30, whatever nonsense FB allows to run.

cutbait 100% for blues

I've had good luck with Harbor Freight except 1 tub of black that clumped up and was useless. The other 4 or 5 tubs have all been just fine. Just got a few bags of Columbia Coatings paint in and they paint baits very nicely.

Some guys like braid, some like mono. I prefer braid in the 50-80lb range with a 30-50lb mono leader.

If you have submerged weeds that only have a few feet between them and the surface, they can be really good.

The little lake by my house is JUST about thawed. Hoping to maybe get on it this weekend.

Doesn't load like I would want for moving baits.

I have the 7'3" H/XF. It would work for spinnerbaits and bladed jigs, but it's not something I'd want to do often. It would do everything else you listed very well though. I use mine mainly for jigs, swingheads, t-rigs, and small swimbaits.

I've been playing with Sufix Advance mono the last year and really like it. It does have some memory, any line does, but it's been very strong and has a tolerable amount of memory.

That's a Nego, they're talking about the Chaser. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Roman_Made_Natural_Wood_Mother_Chaser_Swimbait/descpage-RMMCHSB.html Marling Baits bought one and then cut it in half just to see what was inside of it ?‍♂️

Grass in the winter time will have bass in it almost without fail. It holds heat, so the water around it is usually a degree or two warmer. Their food lives there, so they have another reason to be there. Then it also gives them a place to hide, pretty much everything a bass needs. I like to find the edges and yo-yo a RES or fish a bladed jig over and through the tops.

Usually only happens if I'm experimenting and in that case, it's nbd.

I use the MH/M, awesome rod.

The Berkley Frittside is my favorite flatside.

Flipping and punching are easy. I rarely deep crank but it's not bad either.

This is like deja vu all over again.

Are you able to click on the links and see them? https://ibb.co/zmPWnB7 https://ibb.co/SxX4Tzt

I'll add a couple of my own pictures to @HaydenS report. My first fish of the day was a very nice walleye that smacked a 2tap on a mud flat. All the bass were pretty similar size but my favorite I caught was this fat, dirty water spinnerbait eater. The blues were both very nice bonus fish. Almost didn't bring the shad and rods to fish them but I'm glad I did.

Took my boys for a short walk the other day and found a few. https://i.ibb.co/XjQy9WK/20220205-153952.jpg

That's true. Guys that eat them a lot use tin snips to clean them. A regular knife won't do anything.

T-rig it on a dropshot with a long leader and you can let the weight hit bottom and then let it freefall slowly the rest of the way. A wacky rigged senko on a dropshot works well also.

Get a Dremel with a grinding wheel out and open the gap up in the joint so the tail can move wider side to side. I did that with mine when I had one and it made it work much better.