Bluebasser86

Crappie love jerkbaits

I overfish mine on high speed reels, so a 6.3 is ideal for me, but it really doesn't matter for jerkbaits.

I'm taking the Rage Craw in Hard Candy and Moon Juice.

Actual frog legs are fairly long, so I'd guess just trying to make it look more like the real thing.

Skipping a FishLab Nature Series Bird with just a nail weight in the nose gets a great glide just like I thought it would. It also got me a few bites before work this morning. This one could have been a pretty nice fish if she's eaten anything in the last month or so.

I feel a bite, I'm swinging.

For something as small as 1/16oz, I don't think you're getting much bang for your buck buying tungsten over a lead bullet weight anyways.

I like the lightest I can get away with, that's typically 1/8-1/4oz.

https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/248897-how-much-do-you-tip-a-guide/#comments

I've fished with lots of folks on here. Like RW said, make a post in your local section about where you are and lakes you like to fish, you'll likely find someone who will get you out on the water if you offer some gas money in exchange.

Welcome!

Did real good on a 3/8oz chart/blue Covert 2 weekends ago. Red head with orange and copper Colorado blades in a muddy creek.

Pretty use to fishing out of my kayak at this point, a small boat feels pretty big to fish out of ?

I paid $300 for my johnboat with a pretty solid trailer and a fair amount of equipment. The boat needed work but it was useable the day I brought it home. My kayak is nice but nowhere near top of the line and was $2,500 shipped to my door. The initial cost can be pretty high for a kayak, but maintaining and continued use is way cheaper.

I have weekends off now. My depthfinders don't work on the boat anymore except for the GPS feature so if that's important ?‍♂️

Small baitfish or chunks of larger baitfish work best, like 3-4 inch bluegills or shad. A small, stout #1 or 1/0 hook will be plenty. Straight braid and a stout rod will help drive the hook.

Couldn't tell you when the last fish I've seen over 5 pounds was, probably April I think. Not being able to afford to drive to lakes that hold big fish pretty much has made this fishing season suck.

I use to take my 80lb Golden Retriever, and this wasn't even in my big kayak I have now.

Green pumpkin/red flake, watermelon/purple, and black would get me by for any shakyhead fishing I do.

I night fish a couple lakes filled with docks. Typically, they move off the docks and spend more time roaming the shorelines between the docks at night on those lakes and the shorelines that are void of fish during the day can be hotspots at night. Bladed jigs, spinnerbaits, 10" worms, and jigs make up 95% of my night fishing baits. No topwaters because I don't like dodging missiles I can't see in the dark when someone misses a fish and sets the hook on the explosion. I about ate my BIL's 130 plopper last year when he insisted on fishing it in the dark and swung on an explosion that missed his bait.

Pitboss

I use to tear them up on the Banjo Minnow when I was a kid, caught a few on the frog also. The worm looks like it might be a Mann's Mannipulator worm. It could be a Culprit, but check the tail because I think both these companies but their name right on the tail.

Finally getting some rain today. Had to stop before work and see if it was getting them moving a little bit. I was moving slow getting ready, so I only had 30 minutes, but managed to get 1 on the FishLab Rat and one on the Fishlab shad.

They actually come with those now I believe. I found a small, chartreuse gill colored one with wide gap hooks recently.

I'm excited about the Zman panfish baits ? There was a couple crankbaits I liked. The rattling Frittside will be one I'll add to my box, the Spro Chad Shad is going to be another. Really liked the looks of the Spro Essential spinnerbaits and some of the new Berkley hardbaits also.