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Well not great. I did catch a small one on candy but the fish were super spooky! They were up and cruising but with all the trout fisherman they were real spooky. I did see two big hogs but they were just doing their thing and would not even look at anything. The trout fisherman have these fish scared to death. Had fun anyways and got to get out on a nice day!

Going to a small lake today that has grass and the bass should be in prespawn. My buddy is trout fishing from his new pontoon so I said I would go and mess around a little bit for bass. I am going to throw the baby rage craw on the new hooks I got from moaner. Taking two colors ochobee craw and candy craw. Which color do you think they will eat better? Lake is clear to slight stain and air temp is 60 with sunny skies. Water temp is unknown but I would guess mid to upper 50's. Going to try both and I will let you all know later what ended up happening.

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Great job!

Yum big show paddle tail worms. Yamamoto kut tail for smaller profile.

Welcome! Thank you for all you do!

Thanks I have a tourney this morning and I figured if all else fails or they stop biting I could give it a try!

I was just wondering has anyone ever tried the float and fly technique for walleye before? If so how did you do and did you work it the same as you do for bass? Thanks Phil

I wear a ranger one and I do not get paid or benefit in anyway by wearing it at most tournaments. I wear it because I love ranger boats and I am proud to own one. I also have an older one that I thought about putting a bunch of patches on and wearing that. It just gets me in the competive mood. Plus I will never be a pro fisherman so at least I can look and feel like one once in awhile!

They work great on a shakey head!

Great job! Nice pics.

Putting the hammer down on them awesome!

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That is awesome! How and what did you use? Love the storage compartments!

Wow I am surprised to see that. I always thought the kinami was nowhere the same feel or texture of the Yamamoto. Maybe it is in my head but I would much rather use the Yamamoto brand.

I am left handed. But I fish with spinning gear wind with left hand hold rod with right. Now bc gear I wind with right hand hold rod with left. What this has done for me is when I flip or pitch with bc gear I can quickly engage the reel without switching hands. Also when I skip with spinning gear I can skip backhand with my left arm just as good as with my right. I think if you can learn to use bc gear with a right handed setup it will benefit you later on!

I would like to say that not all anglers from PA are dirt bags! He must have been a Philly fan!...lol

Thanks very much! I thought that was it but wasn't sure. Would it work with a fluke also? Do you just drag slowly? Thanks again

Any help would be greatly appreciated thinking of trying some stuff this weekend.

I am trying to learn how to setup a mojo rig. I have read on here about it and it sounds like it may work for me. How do you fish it, what do you need for it and how do you tie it up? I was thinking of using baby rage craws on it would that work? Also do you want the bait to float a little or not? Does rage craws float? I guess I am looking for a lighter, stealthier option to Carolina rigging. Something I can drag around points and shorelines a little shallower for prespawn bass. Thanks for all the help. Phil G.

Sounds like we are better off to throw what we have confidence in and let the cards fall where they may. Thanks for all of the opinions!

When I started bass fishing that color in the bass pro shop worm was deadly! May have to break some out this year!

Shad raps are very under used in some body's of water. Dt fat 03 is awesome around stumps and bandit 100 and 200 catch fish. Sometime a Norman deep little n is deadly! This is what works for me!

Just wondering everyone's opinion on this: Are we using too small of lures? My friend only muskies fish and he uses very large baits. He occasionally catches bass on the musky lures. Some are very large (4-5) pounds and some are little dinks. We are from western PA so we do not have an abundance of large bass. Are we just brain washed into using smaller lures or is it actually better to use smaller profile lures? It maybe worth putting some time into throwing just large baits!

Awesome fish! Great job