Bluebasser86

6' 8" ML/F Crucial, 1000 Symetre-light dropshot/light cranks 7' M/F Premier, 3000 Sahara-small jerkbaits/wacky rigs 6' 8" M/F Mojo, 2500 Symetre-wacky rigs/tubes with insert heads/smaller cranks when it's windy 6' 10" M/XF LTB, 2500 CI4-shakyheads 6' 10" ML/XF LTB, Supreme 8230-dropshot/grubs 6' 6" M/F Vendetta, Supreme 8235-skipping docks 7' M/XF LTB, E7-light T-rigs and jigs/swimjigs 7' 3" MH/F LTB, E7-C-rig 6' 2" Avid M/XF, 50E-jerkbaits/poppers/small walkers 6' 6" M/F Mojo, Revo S-spinnerbaits/buzzbaits/big jerkbaits or walkers 6' 6" MH/F LTB, Lew's Speed Spool-spinnerbaits/buzzbaits/jigging or flutter spoons/chatterbaits 7' M/F Premier, 200BSF-traps/jigging spoons/long distance casting walking baits at schooling fish 7' MH/M Pro Glass, E5-squarebills/medium runners 7' M/F Mojo, 200B-traps 7' 8" MH/M Mojo, 5.1 PQ-deep cranks 7' 6" MH/F LTB, E7-pitching/big jigs and t-rigs 7' 10" MH/F Extreme, 300E-swimbaits/Arigs

Should be a trailer for a 16' boat. My boat is 16' and my trailer is 18'

Cheapest used one I could find http://compare.ebay.com/like/130879442996?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y&cbt=y

I DVR it as well. One of my favorite episode he's fishing for the Goonch catfish and catches what looks like a monster softshell turtle. They drag it up on shore and the thing snaps at one of the guides I believe and it's freaking neck was like 2' long. I like guessing what kind of fish it's going to be before they actually say what it is.

That's all we did to get ours at Beaver. Even if you didn't see any fish if the birds were diving on shad the fish were there. They weren't always stripers but you won't catch me complaining about the bonus largemouth, spots, and smallies we were catching There was 5 guide boats around us when I caught my big one that were trolling shad. We pulled half a dozen off this spot before they moved off while none of the guide boats caught anything.

Rod-6' 10" M/XF St Croix LTB Reel-2500 Stradic CI4 Line-10lb Seaguar Red Label jighead-homemade 1/8 or 3/16 ballhead with screwlock and flat eye Mustad black nickel hook worm-Zoom GP/red flake

I think how much my fishing would decline would depend a lot on what techniques I'm fishing. If I'm fishing all moving baits or treble hooked lures it probably wouldn't decline all that much. If I'm pitching a jig, fishing a T rig, dropshotting, or shakyhead fishing it's going to decline a lot more because of the lack of sensitivity. I'm talking if you go really low level (like the Ugly Stick/Cherrywood that the OP mentioned) Even with moving baits there is a pretty big difference though. I was fishing for walleye today with a Bomber Long A and a Havoc Beat Shad. I had the Bomber on a St.Croix Premier and the Beat Shad on a LTB. I was amazed at how dead the Premier felt compared to the LTB. I wouldn't have been able to feel a fish hit the crank unless it really smacked it but I could feel every rock with the LTB.

All your baits not in the package are Bandit 100's without a doubt. They were the first squarebill crank I owned and the only crank I used for a few years because they are cheap and effective. They have a pretty unmistakable look when you know what you're looking for. They all have that little line indention that runs from under the chin to midway back on the bait.

I don't really have a favorite but I fish a ton of squarebills. KVD's 1.0 and 1.5, RC LC 0.5, 1.5, 2.0, RC LS series 2 and 3, Spro little an fat john, Bandit 100, H20, LC BDS 0, 1, and 2. I'm sure I'm missing some but those are some of my favorites.

I had it rigged on a 1/4oz worm nose jig. It would probably have worked better on an 1/8oz in that shallow water but the wind was blowing way to hard to have felt a jighead that light.

I went to Hillsdale after work for awhile today and fished in the hurricane winds for awhile looking for walleye. Threw a lot of different baits at them along the dam and honestly wasn't really expecting much but I had a few that were either bites or I was just running into them and feeling their tail or bodies hit my baits. I hooked something on a Havoc beat shad for a few seconds before it came off and I managed to FINALLY catch my first keeper walleye from Hillsdale a very thick 20" male that I barely got in the net before it popped off my rattle trap.

Actually had a similar thing happen with schooling white bass this winter. They were chasing shad but for some reason the normal suspects just didn't seem to be catching the numbers we felt we should be. I put on the smaller size Sexy Spoon and started hammering them. We caught over 100 in a little over 4 hours.

One of the biggest channel cats I've ever caught on rod and reel inhaled a red craw LC LV500, little over 15 pounds. Also caught one of the biggest walleye I've ever caught yo-yoing a Excaliber XR50 through some grass. Of course white bass will wear the paint off one if you find them schooled up.

I have plenty of them already but I'm sure the price will go back up as soon as I'm ready to buy more.

You and Curt should fish the Wednesday nighters at Wyco. They're a good time and this is the best time of year to get in on them when the fish are still up pretty shallow and eating lots of different baits. I think I might have found the solution for my boat. I'm not sure I can even do them yet. I may have to wait for a couple more years before I start getting more time off each year so I can take the weekend days off once in awhile.

That would be very generous of you but you don't feel the need to bring anything since you aren't staying. Certainly won't turn it down if you want to bring something though.

We've actually lost a couple of people due to unforeseen circumstances but still have 25 down right now. I've sent PM's to those that have said they're planning on attending and staying afterwards to eat that haven't told me what they are bringing to pick something to bring. Even a bag of chips or 12 pack of Coke is fine, just need a little something to chip in. There are a couple people that aren't planning on staying afterwards so they aren't bringing anything, which is fine.

Line breaking wasn't really an issue, it was the dang metal cables I was trying to cast under that kept breaking the joints on my king shads. The one I did lose it wouldn't have mattered what line I had. I don't like braid for my big baits because if you backlash on a hard cast there's a good chance your line will break and your bait will sail away. Clear water is tough, especially on small bodies of water where they tend to be spooky anyways. It's amazing they'll eat that big goofy looking rig in clear water but it seems to work well in clear water for some reason.

I've had lots of doubles, just never on the rig for some reason. I hate those expensive days. I had one day last fall I lost or broke 4 Strike King King Shads that were all bought at full price (20.99). I did get lucky and find one of them again the next week but still hurt.

At least you got to fish it once! I've fished the rig quite a bit and have yet to get a double. I thought for sure I'd get one at Beaver with all the schooling fish we found but never happened.

I got a 6' 6" Gen 2 spinning rod for 29.99 this morning. They didn't have any of the older ones, just the Gen 2 rods. They had a ton of the YUM baits and cranks that were in the ad, got plenty of those too.

Use a short fluoro leader. I use white Nanofil a lot with a short leader for smallmouth in clear water and have no problem catching fish.

Most any reel is good for a couple trips at least, even the bad ones. He probably just uses them until he feels the slight hint of failure then switches them out.

It's the only fluoro I use anymore. I was using Invisx or abraisx but couldn't tell a big difference other than price. I got a 6'6" Vendetta, 12 bags of YUM baits, a spool of Power Pro, and a pack of VMC weedless wacky hooks for $72 at wally world.

Don't feel bad about not fishing them. I outfished my buddy from the back of his boat several times one fall with an Excaliber XR50 and he still refuses to fish them because they "don't catch fish."