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Reins Bubbling Shaker Megastrike Megabug Yum Dinger Xtreme Bass Tackle Tube Yama Grub Rage Craw Paca Chunk Roboworm Straight Tail BPS 4.5" Curl Tail Worm 3.5" Coffee Tubes

I'll be there, can't wait!

Split-shot rig, shakey head, wacky rig, weightless senko or fat ika.

Float n' Fly, jerkbait, flat-sided crankbaits, dead-sticking soft plastics, and slowly dragging jigs.

I like fluoro for cranks. But I agree that you should get a bigger rod.

Nice! I have been using the DT Flat 3 but this sounds like a better and cheaper option. Hopefully they will be out before ice out because that is about the only time I will use them.

Dick's Sporting Goods carries a good variety of fishing kayaks. You can get a Perception Pescador 10 for $450.

I have caught countless fish on them wacky rigged. I will take any off your hands. I don't like to use them a lot because I can't get them in my BPS and their shipping prices are absurd.

Lately I have been using the Owner Phantom Tube Hook for skipping.

I saw that you can pick up a Pflueger Trion GX7 Spinning Combo for $60 at the Bass Pro Spring Classic.

Some options might be: Powell Max Football Jig Rod 7'5" Mh Phenix Bass Recon 2 Casting Rod 7'1" Heavy Dobyns Champion Rod 7' H 704 Shimano Cumara Worm/Jig Rod 7'2" MH XF There is also some Presidents' Day sales going on right now where I have seen up to 20% off everything.

From Benno Himself: "Hi folks, This is Benno from Little Creeper Baits. I have seen some of the posts about the Berkley Sick Fish. I just wanted to clarify that the design was not stolen and we are not getting screwed by the big guys. When the our Trash Fish first came out I sent a few to Skeet and a few other friends who fish at the pro level. Skeet loved them and used them to great effect that season, he even was able to get us a little national attention because of his 5th place finish on Clearlake. About a year and a half ago Skeet contacted me and wanted to make a version of the design for the mass market. At the time we were struggling through our darkest days. I made a deal with Skeet that allowed him to use the original Trash Fish design and allowed us to continue making our Trash Fish. At the time we received enough to get us through those very dark days and survive long enough for people discover our baits and give us a fighting chance at success. We also have the promise of a modest residual income once their bait started to sell. Hopefully the future income will help us continue to keep going. Skeet has done his part to honor our agreement, and we have done ours. I new when the deal was struck that Berkley would be making a very different bait with the same shape. To us the design only half of the story. The materials we use and way we make them is at least as important in making the Trash Fish (and eventually all of our baits) what they are. My hope is that people will be exposed to the design and get curious about what our baits are all about. We really appreciate that people have come to love and rely on our baits as a well made tool that fishes like nothing else made. We also are very humbled and grateful that people are recognizing what we trying to do and really want us to succeed. We are still a very small company working very hard to make the best baits possible. We are not rich, or even very comfortable at this point. But with your support we think we have a chance at a solid future that will allow to make many more baits that will help you catch a ton of fish. We thank you again for your support. We will continue to make our baits by hand in the USA, and do our best to continue bringing you the best lures we can possibly make. Thanks again to everyone."

Cortland Masterbraid if you can find it. If not I like the 832 in Ghost because it doesn't lose its color like the others.

I use them on my deep cranking reel.

I concur

I love jerkbait fishing, nice fish.

On St Clair I have one 3700 for deep cranks, one for shallow and lipless, and a 3771 CDS for jerkbaits. But then again the fish here aren't too picky when it comes down to the actual bait, it is how you present it.

Lake Fork Ring Fry

I am going to be taking a vacation to Branson, MO in a couple weeks and stopped to ask for a guide recommendation here before I started to search by myself. It is just going to be me and my dad fishing. I just need someone who can put us on big bass and has a nice boat and good equipment. Thanks in advance.

Spro Little John DD, Strike King 6xd and 5xd, Sebile D&S, Lucky Craft RC XD, Bomber BD8F, and the Livetarget Deep Diving Craw. They all work well for different situations.

They certainly aren't perfect but for his $100 budget they are the best option. The Metro park in Algonac is a great place for me to launch from my kayak. I am not a big fan of muskie fishing either.

Where are you going to be fishing? The St Clair River has great sturgeon fishing but many prefer other methods than trolling. Actually, I haven't heard of anyone trolling baits for sturgeon. You can encounter great muskie fishing in the St Clair River or Lake St Clair. For a big game rod I would get an Ugly Stick Catfish rod and an Abu Ambassador reel.

Try the Lake Fork Frog Tail Hook

Sometimes jigs work better without trailers but I find that I catch more with trailers. You could still catch fish without a trailer.

I own Curado 200E and a Lew's TP, some days I like the Curado more and some days I like the TP more. They both are good reels but I guess the rest is down to personal preference. Some people hold their reels differently, cast differently, and use their reels for different techniques. So it's no surprise that not everyone agrees on which one is better.