shadowchaser

Did great with a charlie slider worm and 1/8 jig head.

I just got my order of Charlie Brewer Slider Worms and was amazed at the extra items they sent me. They sent me about 5 2 piece samples of some decent soft plastics for both bass and panfish. I will definately be using them again.

roadwarrior good call on the 6# line. My partner just spoke with an area guide and he basically echo'd each persons statements here. He stressed very hard that we should go to using 6# test along with lures in the 2 1/2-4 inch range. Time to bust out the smaller spinning rods.

thanks guys

what size/type hook?

What are some good soft plastics that are low profile in the 2 1/4 to 2 3/4 size range. It seems that our fish don't really hit on much over 3 inches here in the smaller heavily pressured lakes. I have been looking and can't find much under 3". Our fish mainly caught stay in the .5 lb-1.25lb range with a few bigger ones thrown in. Any tips or info would be great.

Anyone use these for punching and if what is your opinion. I was debating trying them out, but I would hate to have them come off the hook.

I did have one, but I sold it to clear out some space. I am kinda kicking myself because I didn't think to try it as a frog rod.

Today with the Booyah Pad Crasher(cricket frog) About 15 hits and I connected on 4 fish. One was a nice 3-4lber I caught in open water mid day. I personally just pop-pop-pause or pop-pop-pop-pause. I have more success fishing it super slow and changing up the rythm. Right now my rod set up isn't ideal for froggin' either so I feel your pain. I use a Abu Garcia Veritas 7' medium action with 12lb test spinning rod. I can definately see where having a heavy would help hook ups. There is a thread talking about how the berkley lightning heavy action is great for the money(around $30-$40 at walmart) so that might be something you could look into.

I saw Walmart in Vestal,NY had a bunch on sale for like 29.99. Not sure what length or rod power though.

and if you want to save a few bucks check out Outlet Bait and Tackle online. Sometimes they have amazing prices on stuff. 4' senko's for 3.99, granted they don't have every color, but still its a big savings. http://www.overstockbait.com/category_s/911.htm

not sure if anyone mentioned this but get the o ring tool and put o rings on or lake fork makes a weight ring that looks reasonable.

Black and Blue has been a killer this year in NEPA.

Trigger x flutter worms and minnows are the worst for drying up. Berkley gulp is a close second and I got a bucket of 3' berkley hawgs and the things are a bit hard with crappy action.

I had some issues hooking with a frog today so I am looking at the senko/toad and trying that for frogging

Had a great time today with this set up and was quite pleased. I'm definately considering getting the flippin stick, although 8' seems like alot of rod.

It really turned out to be a great day of fishing 22 teams and about 16 limited out (8 is the limit). In the morning they were really hugging the edges of the grass. We had a terrible day personally since I lost 3 fish on a frog and my partner lost a good 2-3lber at the boat before I could net it. This is how small the bass were at this lake. 1st was 8 fish for 10.08 lbs and the lunker was 3 lbs with no other fish over 1.88 lbs. All said we had a great time catching all those 10-11 inchers,lol.

So here in Pa our small lakes were down and the fishing has been rough. Last night and today we got a ton of rain. What is probably the best strat for fishing on saturday?

I just got rid of my 7' MH on ebay for a whopping $10 plus shipping. It was in A+ condition. They are great rods for the price, but I did have to exchange it after I broke the tip. The sensitivity is amazing almost to the point of being too much,lol.

I honestly don't think it is. Last year was really the first year I used baitcasters and this one is by far the easiest to handle and other then the side plate issue the easiest to adjust. I had a megaforce with twitchin bar,solene and a quantum gsx titanium so far and I am moving up the cost bracket slowly. I just sold the megaforce and the solene and the GSX I have braid on and use it for flipping/pitching smaller jigs/worms. After saturday I'll post some more.

I paired it with a skeet reese spinnerbait/worm 7' rod and although it recommends 12lb test I threw on 10 lb Pline flouroclear since normally NEPA doesn't get huge bass. I took it to a few farm ponds around here and yanked out some 2lbers with no issue so far. Even though it looked to be lubed up I put some reel butter on it. I have a club tourney this weekend so after a full day I'll have a better idea of its ability.

NM finally got it. Found a video on youtube

I just purchased this reel and have been tryin to get the side plate off to lube the reel, but for some reason it won't come off. I have read that the side plate falling off is an issue , but not getting it off. Anyone own one and have any tips for getting it off without brute force?

Also the owner is a super nice guy. I was worried about my order and I emailed him. Within a couple hours he responded and we have talked back and forth a few times. He gave me a pointer on a good way to work it in our current weather up here in NEPA. I honestly wish I would have ordered a few more colors for my Club championship this weekend. And no I have no vested interest or affiliation with this product. I just used it a few times and liked it enough to pass the word on.

I just bought a couple of these to try out and I couldn't be happier with the results. We have gotten a ton of rain in NEPA this week and water levels are crazy high. During a break this afternoon I decided to try out one in the PB&J pattern. In about an hour I caught 10 fish. This is definately rare for that pond.