Wisconsin Heat.

I couldnt stand all the time on the road away from family and friends. it would definatley be an awesome experiance, but i think that id rather fish carelessly and without stress in my freetime than do it all the time but know if u dont catch em u go broke.

i voted 10% but thepast two trips have ended up in 1 massive bite on a 10in worm(man im mad i missed him) and zero fish. im going tommorow and if i skunk out again i will be packing the stuff up for winter.

Spinnerbait gets the nod here, bluegill shades have been producing all year, and still are when the fish are shallow enough.

9/10 i like fenwicks rod too. mine is a: fenwick HMG 7' mh Abu Garcia revo SKT spooled with 12lb berkely 100%

X2 the eagle GT is an excellent rod for the price and performs like a 100+ dollar rod. i love my 6'6" eagle and wouldnt trade it for anything.

Trik worms and the rapala original floater, fish seem to almost magically appear when i fish that thing

jig trailers or you can cut em into shape and use them for drop shotting, someone here recommended cutting a beaver in half length wise and nose hooking it, i tried it and it works good

its part of it, but if you dont want it to happen, im sure it can be helped, a few others have already mentioned some good tips, try downsizing the rear treble and pinching down the barbs, an ewg style treble may help prevent in those odd gill/side hookups- but im not sure on that- it just seems like it would make sense so dont shoot me if you try it and it makes it worse, all in all good fishing buddy

I am actually doing a lot more pitching now that i think about it, i do alot of shore fishing but i still get out on the boat every now and then. I have another question for everyone. i was looking at teloscopic rods, i think they would fit in my car alot better- idk if id even fit a full 7-6" in my car! being a teloscopic rod, does it have any negative effects on the rods quality?

I dont own a rod dedicated to flipping, but its quickly becoming my favorite tactic. i like to punch a little bit, the mats arent thick, so i dont think i need an 8 foot rod. tight now i am using a 7'2" skeetreese jig/worm rod. i miss a few fish and think i need a better rod for the job. So, what should i look for? im looking at rods under $100. is weight of the rod a big factor? should i look for a split grip or a full handle? or does that even make a difference? am i over thinking this?

I have a newer one, i fished with it a few times, i got the 7 MH at Scheels for 70 bucks, i was ecstatic at the deal i got, i bought the rod for spinnerbaits and such. i feel its got a heavy enough backbone for a lot of applications, and i can cast and pitch alot of things pretty far. i love fenwick, i dont own many rods but two of them are fenwicks- as far as using them for cranking- icould see myself cranking with the MH, ive already used it for lipless cranks and it handles them well....sorry i dont really know anything about the older rods, but fenwick makes great stuff

a lot of the time its wind. idont cast to V's anymore unless they look different. (longer, bigger, anything really that will make you 100% sureit was something alive and not just wind.)

i have a few of the northland jawbreakers andi dont like them, but i have heard great things about the silverminnow even though i have not tried it

great to see a fish like that released

floating rapala! ive caught bluegill on size 9, but they will hit size 5 easily and agressively, and the bass find it to be a nice snack as well

if you cant hook em, or you know your on fish with no bites, wait up to a minute, otherwise its usually under 10 seconds for me.

i buy plastics in-store so i can look to see if any baits are deformed or kinked in any way

i had the same problem earlier, i had a fish swim a way with my bait and boom! nothing....cast to the same spot, deadsticking my trick worm, i waited a hefty 10 second.. boom! nothing.. next time, i felt the fish grab it and again swim away, i opened the bail of my spinning rod and gave that fish a good 15-20 second run. and i finally got him! turned out to bee a 13 in bass, idk why it was eating it like that though

whatever you do for the reel, dont spend a million bucks on it, who needs a $300 reel for something that your going to cast twenty feet max? just get a nice solid reel with a good drag and you will be fine.

im going to return a skeet reese senko toad rod soon, i caught my first fish with it and the rod guide is broken, nut i also have a jig/worm rod and i love it, its not whippy at all.

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I caught the same fishfor the 3rd time just this year! its incredible! i know because it has some sort of nasty wound on its right gill plate. looks kinda like a leech got him there but its too big, anyways catching the same fish does happen! and its soo sweet when it does!

what makes them so good on a c-rig? I have some and im curious.

X2 another vote for this hook, it hugs tight to the bait for a more realstic profile, but still gets a great hook up ratio