Bankbeater

Very sad. Sorry for your loss.

I have a 370 box and a 360 box for my jigs. I have them organized by weigh and color.

Until today I haven't really caught anything this year to post in this thread. This little muskie was all over a black and blue jig w/ a craw trailer. Of course I picked today to leave the lip gripper in the car.

Good video. Around here the bass are running the baitfish up into the shallow flats, and up next to the shore.

MO., IL., AR., and OK. Being in the St. Louis area I either fish in Missouri or Illinois with the same amount of drive time.

Years ago I used the interlock snaps, but sometimes those got damaged and had to be changed out. I've had better luck with the duo-lock snaps.

My insides tightened up a little when that flash of lightning lit up the sky.

Thanks Glenn it's a good list of baits.

Sometimes the larger reservoirs can still produce bass on summertime size baits, but you're correct most of the time I will be fishing with small baits. I know a couple of guys that have caught their PB largemouth while fishing with a 1-1/2" tube for crappie.

If the water is not frozen and I don't have to work then I will be out on the water. I can actually fish more hours in the winter since I don't have any yard work to take care of.

Try swapping out the blades and adding ones that are painted. Maybe it's a Midwest thing, but I've noticed this too. If I'm fishing with a double willow spinner bait, then the top blade has got to be large for me to get bites.

I started out fishing a 6" Creme Scoundrel back when I was a kid. When I got back into fishing that was the first plastic bait that I bought.

It depends on where you are fishing and what type of cover and structure is in your lake. If you have a lot of brush and submerged vegetation you may want to stick to shallow diving baits. Most of the time I'm using crankbaits that run only a foot or so deep because anything that runs deeper will snag.

I have a Curado 200E7 that is in semi-retirement, and I love that reel. I purchased two Tatula CT100H reels a few years back because of the issues I was hearing with the K models. I have not had any problems with the Daiwa reels. I am waiting to hear the reviews for the Curado M.

I've been using 8# and 10# Big Game. The 8# is a bit more manageable.

I use Dawn dishwashing soap and rubbing alcohol to clean my reels. The biggest problem I have is getting the lake gunk off of the reel seat and the outside screws.

If I go to sleep on the floor, or sitting in the recliner, I tell my wife to just leave me. If she wakes me up and I go to bed then I can't get back to sleep. If I get myself up and go to bed then I don't have any sleep issues.

I have the BPS Carbonlite in 6'6" mh/f. It has some backbone to it.

It's October and that means Jitterbug time. The dinks were tearing it up from first light until the sun hit the water. After the Jitterbug bite died I got the last bass on a swimjig. I saw the snake on the way back to the car.

On bladed jigs, I like to use a Zoom Fat Albert. I don't use a trailer for spinnerbaits.

My largest this year, so far, has been a 5-12 caught on a T-rigged Zoom Speedcraw in Sapphire. Close but not quite.

Good Job. Congratulations!

@Munkin That topwater is a H20 Xpress.

Nice find!

Black Grape by Zoom or Creme Scoundrel in Grape.