seamen

Thanks for the suggestions! Also, are there any other bait suggestions anyone could have for the relatively shallow pond I am fishing? We often just fish near a large area of bass beds on one side and under many of the felled trees along the edge. there is also a spot where a pipe drains water into the pond that is a crazy good spot for bass. Anything that runs along the bottom works pretty well.

I've recently gotten into bass fishing through a friend, and now I can't stop! We mostly fish at a decent sized pond that is no deeper than 15 ft, (mostly because there is no where else to fish around here!), and I've been primarily using wacky and texas rigged senkos. I use an Abu Garcia spinning combo I bought at academy for $60, its a 6' 1/8 - 3/4 lure weight, and it is perfect for what I do. I ran into two Abu Garcia 5600AB baitcast reels that my grandpa has, one is brand new and one is slightly used. I'm trying to figure out what sort of set ups i should use with these reels. I've recently bought some lizards, brush hogs, culprit worms, and a few poppers and shallow crank baits to add some variety to my tacklebox, so I'm not sure if the spinning rig can use these new cranks. I would like to be able to use a very wide variety of baits, so suggestions on two baticast set-ups would be much appreciated! I'm fairly new to the world of fishing, so explanations would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, seamen