Bluebasser86

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Nope, never heard of it. There's too many variables out there already for me to start worrying about what flavor bait I'm using.

The Yo-Xuri 3BD Prop for a single prop, H2O Slush Daddy for a double prop.I like bluegill colors.

Case in point, a new state record for New York, 38.25" long would beat this fish by over 3", but he probably had no idea length records existed. http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/110108.html

Maybe not in weight, but length they would be for sure. Catfish is one of the only thing that grows big here. They have to be 33" just to get a state master angler certificate in Kansas. I've caught a few I'm positive were longer than that, but didn't know there was length records, doubt I'd bother submitting a length record anyways.

Booyah Popping Pad Crasher in Cricket Frog if I could only have one. They're easy to find, affordable, and they work.

The bluegill is sweet, especially for a small swimbait. The bat is really similar to the action of most crawlers, it just looks like a bat to us. To the fish, I'm betting it looks like dinner. I'm excited to try it.

I prefer straight braid, 20 or 30 pound.

It throws a lot more water and makes more commotion. It can be stopped and it floats in one place if a fish misses or the bait is near an edge or hole on the grass. It can be reeled pretty slowly. The tail has held up really well so far. I've likes it a lot better than the toads, if for the durability if nothing else. Toads are about as bad as Senkos in the durability departmentfor me, and they're not cheap. I've already caught more bass on that one Sprinker than I would on a whole bag of toads, and it's going strong and so is the tail.

My special night fishing equipment consist of a good headlamp, bug spray, a body of water I'm familiar with, and a few rods rigged with single hooked baits. No need for those blacklights or any other special gear. I prefer it over daytime fishing when it's hot for just the reason Ajay said, more quality fish and they're much more aggressive at night normally.

Fish the riprap on the Slough Creek bridge. There's brush on the point that is straight across from the ramp that's in the camping area. The marinas are usually productive. I've done well around the boat ramps also.

I've caught some on the regular and small size ones, but this was my first time trying the magnum size, it's huge.

I have a lot of blue rods, not because of the color, I just really like the rods.

The mold appears to be identical. The paint jobs are not though. They were a little better on the Xcaliburs, but I doubt it matters much on a bait like a rattle bait since they're going to normally be moving pretty quickly. They now offer some new colors that weren't available when they were made by Xcalibur that look really nice. I did well with the Tennessee Blush Shad this winter.

Going to depend a lot on current speed, bait size, bottom composition, line size, cast length, and various other variables. When I'm fishing the rivers around here for catfish, it takes from 1oz, to 8oz to hold a bait down.

I didn't buy it, but I do own one now. Hopefully give it a test run tomorrow.

Jigs are great in ponds because you can not only fish them slowly through cover, but you can also swim them along the shoreline and around cover like a spinnerbait. I've caught lots of big pond bass swimming a jig I originally tied on to flip into cover.