Bankbeater

I fish lipless on a 7' mh/f rod with 15# mono. I have collected a few different brands over the years, but most of the time I will be fishing with a Rat-l-trap or a Super Spot. Different brands sound different in the water. While one lipless brand may not be getting any bites, another brand may get bit like crazy.

I use red and orange baits year round. It’s more about the water clarity than the time of year for me.

I keep a spreadsheet with reel information on it, but nothing for baits.

I don’t fish a drop shot that much, but when I do I let it fall straight down and then keep the line fairly tight while the bait is on the bottom.

Most of my winter fishing is done from the bank, and most of the time I am pitching in and around cover, not in open water. I'll use a t-rig creature or craw to get down into a brushpile or down through wood. I'll fish with a fluke or a senko in more open water and just deadstick them on the bottom. Usually I can pick up a bass or two once I figure out if they are in open water or holding tight to cover.

In the winter, I have always better luck fishing with shallow running crankbaits more than flat sided crankbaits.

Those e clips are the worst.

I use a 6'6" for finesse plastics. I like a 7'0" when I'm fishing with small moving baits for crappie and sunfish.

I went up to the BPS near my house to pick up a couple of the BPS 370 tackle boxes. I'm reorganizing my workbench and those are great for storing hardware in. Since I was already in the middle of the fishing dept. I decided to look around, and ended up buying a green pumpkin and a black/blue Strike King KVD swimjig.

Being married isn't an employer / employee relationship. It is a 50/50 partnership where you have to back each other up all the time.

Whatever the reason for him not keeping a job, you want to end it before he starts to think he can quit just whenever he feels like it. From experience I can tell you that he needs to understand now that a job is not a want, it's a need.

I fish them on a Texas rig, and hop and drag the bait back. I fish tubes in the same places where I would fish a jig and craw.

I use Abu Garcia oil and grease.

White is the color I usually start out with. I don't think about why it works, unless it doesn't work.

I keep my old baits in a 40 year old double sided Plano tackle box.

Nice smallie!

We are getting into a springtime pattern here. Warm in the middle of the week and single digit cold around the weekends.

Nice catch!

I use a Zoom Fat Albert. Same as on a bladed jig.

If I'm fishing really stained to muddy water I will start off with a black skirt and trailer. If that combo won't work I will either change the trailer to blue or to brown. If those combos don't draw any bites I figure that the bass aren't going after jigs.

RIP. He made some classics.

Junebug works for me all through the year, in different water clarity. One of my confidence colors.

Depending on the time of year and the conditions, either a crankbait, lipless crankbait, spinnerbait, or bladed jig.

I only replace hooks if they get bent out of shape or when I can't sharpen them any longer.

Heddon Sonic.