Bluebasser86

The Savage Gear 3D bluegill by a landslide. I've owned and still have other baits like the Gantarel and Chibitrel (JDM Gantarel jr), Giron, and Lucky Craft bluegill. The Savage Gear has far outproduced them all. I prefer the 4" and 5" sizes. The 5" floater is my favorite of all of them. It can be fished with a straight retrieve, or like a glide bait.

Run a surface wake bait like a rat or Slammer along those drop off edges, and over the laydowns, even if they're in deep water. In clear water situations, a big fish will move a long distance for what it perceives as a slow moving big meal. If nothing else, it will be a good way to get a big fish to show itself so you know where they live.

Welcome to the forum! If your adventures bring you through Kansas, I'll put you on some fish.

Some of the better green and brown fish from my 2 days of fishing this past week. Most were on either my homemade finesse jigs, or homemade micro jigs. One of the smallmouth was on a Ned rig, one largemouth was on a Whopper Plopper 90. Both days were great days, the kind of days where you're surprised when you make a cast and don't get a bite.

Sometimes I think it's because they're hiding in the shadows under rock shelves or in the cracks between large boulders. Even in clear water they can be really dark.

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My oldest son, Lake, has really wanted to go fishing lately but the rain has kept us away. Finally got a chance to go this weekend and he caught several fish, including a huge crappie in our neighbor's pond on a wacky rigged 5" stickworm. It looks big in the picture, but it was even bigger in person, 15-16 inches by the mark on rod he was using. The 5" bait just about fit in it's mouth without having to be bent.

It's that time of year when everyone is up shallow and hungry. In addition to largemouth and smallmouth this past week I've caught; warmouth, green sunfish, crappie, walleye, white bass, drum, channel catfish, flathead catfish, and trout. A finesse or micro jig fooled most of them. A couple of my favorite ones, I have a soft spot for flatheads, even tiny ones. I caught 3 walleye on Thursday, this one being the largest at 20-22 inches (board only goes to 18 so I didn't bother measuring). My oldest also caught a monster crappie from our neighbors pond on a wacky rigged 5" stickworm. It looks big in the picture, but it was even bigger in person, 15-16 inches by the mark on rod he was using. The 5" bait just about fit in it's mouth without having to be bent.

Bought a new top pour silicone mold to pour a 7" swimbait similar to a popular style that I like to fish but get pretty pricey because they tear up pretty easy. This was my first attempt so it's not real pretty, but it swam good today during the swim test. I melted down old, torn up plastics and used the insert from a Bic pen for my line thru insert. Probably won't bother with the eyes until I'm sure I have it like I want it.

If I want to fish fast, I go spinnerbait, slow gers the bladed jig. If it's a toss up, I go bladed jig.

Savage Gear is based overseas where pike are the primary predator fish and there's no bass to be found. A lot of their baits are designed with pike in mind, but bass are predators too and I can confirm they will eat the duck too. It isn't quite as loud as a Whopper plopper, but it's pretty similar.

Not a chance. The Whopper Plopper 90 and 130 are 2 of their top 5 selling baits and the negative reviews are from user error or using them at the wrong times.. R2S isn't going to cut a top selling bait.

Direct connect blade and a hexagon blade? Either JDM only, or they're going to have problems selling that one.

I ordered some #4 hooks to do my own. Curious to see if they make a difference.

I haven't thrown mine as much as I should but it does work. I need to get one of the white ones.

Several species of bullhead so they cone in a variety of colors. Easiest way to tell a bullhead is their head is rounded like a channel, and their tail is rounded like a flathead.

That's a big male channel. They turn nearly black and their heads swell up during spawning time. Channels only have spots as juveniles, they disappear once they become adults. Blues anal fins are very straight and unmistakable.

I've made some with them, they're nice, but you can't bend them like I like to because they're only copper plated.