Bluebasser86

I use a Palomar for both kinds of baits listed, no issues. I can tie a Rapala knot, but didn't see a difference except it was harder to tie and the hooks tangled in the line more often.

I do something I call bass fishing for catfish. It's a chunk of cutbait on a 2/0 Kahle hook on a medium or medium heavy spinning rod and 20lb braid. I cast it along riprap or shoreline weeds and fish it back slowly like you fish a lightly weighted plastic worm. Extremely effective and catches fish of all sizes. No special equipment required either.

Not at all the case. There's some collectors out there for sure, but far more people are throwing them than are collecting. If you get more than just a peek into the swimbait world, you'll realize that a $50 bait is still towards the very low end. There's plastic baits that go for over $100. It's a thing that seems to either makes sense to you or it doesn't. I like throwing big baits and have several north of $100 and even $200 that I throw.

Savage Gear shine glide, River2Sea Swaver 168 or 200, SavageGear 3D trout and line thru trout, shad or bluegill.

Kastking Super Power or Seaguar Tatsu

There's no bass in Kansas ?

With a smaller one like the 6" Savage Gear, I do the same as a spinnerbait where I set the hook when I feel the bite.

Heavy football jig, C-rig with a brush hog or big worm, heavy boot tail swimbait or a big swimbait with a fast ROF.

I like solid white all over. Almost glows no matter water color.

Bone has been my most productive color for swimbaits, followed by a gizzard shad.

Big flatheads don't generally fight for extended periods, it's just very violent for 5-20 minutes. Big blues are the distance runners that pull lots of line over and over again. Channels will do the same but rarely get over 20 pounds in most areas. I've caught big ones of all 3, blues always fight the longest, flatheads are the most violent and hard to control. If you saw the tail it would be easy to tell. Flatheads have no fork, blues and channels both have forked tails.

There's not many of them in the lake it came from and there's tons of shad so they eat like pigs. Makes them really hard to catch too, but they're monsters when you get one.

I sprayed mine with PAM and it worked well.

I had to wait for some cows to cross a shallow portion of the river a few weeks ago, that's all the traffic and noise I want to deal with on the water

Agreed. I tried a glass rod for bladed jigs and hated it. You don't need a glass rod to keep from taking the bait away from the fish. If they want to eat it, they're going to eat it. The rod companies just want you to believe that so you'll buy one of their special rods that says "chatterbaits" on it It's not like a crankbait that you need a rod that won't rip the hooks out after the fish is hooked.

I have a couple old Mitchell reels hanging in my shop for decoration, but they're still in very operable condition. I believe Quantum used to make a reel called the Quick Cast, had a little pin and that same trigger to supposedly be able to cast without ever touching the line. It didn't work very well so I usually ended up still holding the line with my finger.

I make an all orange bladed jig. It's a killer on a couple lakes, but I'm not telling which ones I do the same with a buzzbait also. This is my trailer for it.

I also throw the 130 on my frog rod, 7' 3" H/F with 50lb braid, but it's extremely rare for me to lose a fish on a 130. I reel into the fish and sweep into them once I feel the weight, then crank like crazy once they're on, try to get their heads out of the water and ski them in. Kind of like a big swimbait, the 130 is a heavy bait they can get a lot of leverage on to toss the bait. The longer you fight them, the more likely they'll get the bait worked out.

Yeah, I sprayed the molds and they're working better now. The top keeps coming off the injector when I try to push the excess out, not sure how to fix that but it's not a big deal either.

If you go after the storm, I'd go shallow. A lot of time they'll head to the newly flooded cover or cruise the shoreline looking for an easy meal of terrestrial prey that's been washed into the water. Good time to throw a spinnerbait or buzzbait and cover water looking for those hungry fish.

I'm also in the leave clear water for dirty water group, with the exception of when the water is cold. Cold, muddy water is awful.

I understand that, my Golden has been my steady fishing buddy since she was just 4 months old. She just turned 5 last month so she's a seasoned vet now and my good luck charm.

It's a regional name for a white bass.

Don't force her to get in the water, just let it happen naturally if it happens at all. Not much else to suggest. Some dogs seem to like water and some don't.

The video to go with my bad picture from Monday. No idea how a fish with such a tiny mouth can eat a bait like they do sometimes.