Bluebasser86

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I run a bladed jig around those mats with a lot of success. A weightless T rigged plastic can do good too.

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I always throw them weightless for a follow-up

I use a hot pot for them and rarely have an incomplete pour.

I use a T rigged Senko to follow up misses on bladed jigs, with a very high success ratio too. Key is to get it back quickly.

We're done here, LOCKDOWN!!

Big Game is just a good all around line, it's cheap, readily available, and it comes in bulk spools so you don't have to buy as often. Don't know that it's any better or worse than Trilene, but I know that myself personally have had some bad spools of Trilene, but that's bound to happen with any line if you buy enough spools of it.

Tons of Silver Thread to be had out there still with very little searching. Berkley Big Game is a great like that is readily available if you try a replacement.

Downsides? It works too good and makes it possible for my wife to kick my butt out of the back of the boat?

My worm fishing reel used to be a blazing fast 3.8:1 old school Lew's Had a hook set button that locked the spool in place, it was a gem. How I ever landed a fish with it is a mystery.

See there, I didn't steer you wrong Nice fish!

The mold isn't that expensive and pays for itself quickly considering the price of the things. I pour my own and have been really happy with them.

Nah, trick worms, mag finesse worms, french fries, flukes, pretty much whatever I have if they're eating it.

The Indians lost yesterday though...

No you don't "need" one, but we really don't "need" most of the baits we buy do we? Get a 110 and give it a try, I think you'll like it.

It's a little different with swimbaits than it is with cranks. The hooks on all but the biggest crankbaits are pretty small and thin so they penetrate easily. With big swimbaits, some of your trebles are nearly as thick as a spinnerbait hook, so it takes more force to drive them in. There's also a lot less playing a fish out on swimbait gear. If you play with a big fish on a swimbait, it's not a matter of if it will come off, but when. They just can get way too much leverage on those big, heavy baits during the fight if you don't land them quickly. I fish baits up to around 3oz on a Dobyn's Fury 795, baits in the 2-5oz range on an Okuma Guide Select, anything bigger goes on a custom build.

Lots of discussion on jig styles and trailers can be found here;

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Top one is Perch, bottom is Sun Gill. These are from a custom bait company I buy from because they sell in bulk and offer lots of colors and baits.

Something like these.

I've seen deer take an arrow throw both lungs run 4 football fields at a dead sprint before expiring. Probably dead before they even stopped running but operating on pure adrenaline. Animals have a survival instinct to get away from dangerous situations, even when mortally wounded. This is the same I try to do. If I need to work a hook out of fish, I'll dip them back in the water for a moment between trying to get the hook out, although it rarely takes more than a few seconds to remove even the worse hooked fish if I have the proper tools with me.

7" bait, 5" smallmouth.

I've been using a 4.8 Keitech swing impact fat a lot lately with fish starting to target the big gizzard shad around here. You'd probably do well with the same bait in a firetiger or similar color if you have yellow perch or bluegills as a main forage in your lake.