Bluebasser86
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I'm a big fan of the Tux N Tails white with Colorado blades. It's a solid early season bait for me.
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You should see an 8-10 pound channel eat a buzzbait, like someone dropped a brick in the water. They love bladed jigs around here and will about take the rod away from you on the strike.
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I've tried, still none offshore in any numbers. The zebra mussels are gone and the smallmouth disappeared with them.
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Might as well fill it will largemouth habitat since there's no smallmouth left in there.
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I have some of them, they work well.
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I had a great day last year wearing a bright chartreuse shirt. I don't worry about it.
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I had a bass with a mouse in it's stomach once. I've caught them with tails from snakes and birds feet sticking out of their throats. I caught one with a baby turtle still in it's mouth. Caught a smallmouth at Table Rock on a 6" lizard, that spit up about a 6" salamander that was still very much alive in the bottom of the boat. I don't think there's much they won't eat.
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FWIW, the fish in my picture that choked that 8" Hudd was barely 4 pounds. It doesn't take a 10 pound fish to eat a big bait. Lots of guys up north fish 9" Slammers and Pat's Perch and catch plenty of big fish in the 5-7 pound range.
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Another first this week, meeting and touching his first fish. Of course his hand went straight into his mouth right after he touched it Just like his big brother, seemed to be naturally interested in the fish, wanted to touch it without any coaxing to do so.
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Big girls are starting to hit the banks in the smaller bodies of water with this warm front. Saw several big ones sunning themselves yesterday and got one to eat.
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Get the 806 for those baits with the jig hook. I have the 795 that I use for treble hook baits, but it leaves a lot to be desired if you're trying to drive a jig hook into a big fish's mouth. 8" baits will certainly work where you are. They work here in KS, and we're certainly not known for our great bass fishing here (or much else for that matter).
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Haven't used one yet, but the monkey won't shut up about it. Just sold my last Shimano spinning reel last week off my shakyhead rod, which leaves a need for a new reel. He already got me for some jerkbaits yesterday, not sure if or for how long I can fight him off about a new reel.
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Yep, check to make sure you have your wires on the right post.
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Tatsu has been the best all around flouro I've ever used. Have not been a big fan of the different variations of Sunline I've tried. Gama is the only other I've tried that was close to Tatsu. I've pulled fish out of places with 15lb Tatsu that I never should have been able to.
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I was going to do this today when the pond I was fishing had a bunch of big fish up shallow sunning themselves, but the rod I brought had flourocarbon on it so it wasn't an option unfortunately. Still convinced one big one to eat a suspending jerkbait, but I think a floating minnow would have fooled more of them.
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The 6th Sense is a nice bait that comes in a ton of great paint jobs and has better hardware. Whether it's worth it or not, is completely up to you. Both baits catch fish, I can tell you that for sure.
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Haven't heard of them, but I'd guess a 5/0 will be really close to being too small for a bait that size. I'd probably look towards something like a 6/0 or even 7/0 EWG like a Gamakatsu EWG Monster hook. Weight size will depend on what you're doing with them. They weigh almost 1 1/4oz without adding anything, so you could use 1/4oz and get a nice, slow fall if you're fishing sparse cover.
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These baits are mislabeled, as things seem to often be on Academy's website, at least when it comes to fishing tackle. They are suspending baits, not floaters. I own several of them in most all the colors they offer but crackle is by far my favorite.
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This is another reason I forgot to mention why I swap the hooks on my 90's. A short shank, ewg weighs less so the bait rides over the waves easier. That combined with holding the rod tip high and using braid greatly reduces the bait trying to dive under during the retrieve.
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