Brayberry

I'm 99% sure it's the Dicks Sporting Goods House brand (Jawbone) frog. They run like $3 each https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/jawbone-frog-soft-bait-17jawujwbnfrgsxxxlur/17jawujwbnfrgsxxxlur?&color=Black Blue Looks like it's the color "Frog"

Have you tried the FF this spring?

I'd listen as long as the info was useful.

Can't buy a bite on Red Shad Worms and Senko's, but will tear them up on Cherry Seed or Tomato, Weird

I just got back from the Pigeon Forge Area, and I had no issue catching smallmouth in the Pigeon River in Sevierville and Pigeon Forge. Yum Dingers, Zoom Critter Craws, 1/8 and 1/4 oz jigs all worked well. I imagine swimming a small grub on a jighead would work well too. None of those options are expensive. I bought all my Dingers at $2 per bag at the BPS Spring Fishing Classic, Critter Craws are about $3 a bag.

When it shows up on the site, it's item # 2390717

Last bump before I leave, hoping for some good smallmouth info

No, my PB is 9 lbs even, and I took a short vacation to Florida last spring and lost one well over 10 on a jig. I got her within 6 feet of me and saw her clear as day, and well as multiple times when she tried to jump, but gravity took over and she could only shake her head above the water line. This fish still haunts me

The worm with the lighter tail just looks like it was left in the sun in a boat or something and faded, but I don't think the color has changed at all.

I'm near Va Beach, so just south of you. We get about the same weather. Yesterday we had a big storm come thru and drop the air temp 20 - 25 degrees, brought major wind. Now it's post frontal conditions. I went out today and had to finesse my fish to bite. Caught everything on a Zoom Critter Craw Tx Rigged, fished Super Slow along the bottom. You might be doing the same. If you are having the wind we are having, a Senko is out for sure.

I'll let you know, Thanks!

Anyone?

The week of April 15 - 20th , my fiance and I will be heading to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge area. We will be fishing for 3 days, hoping to do a day of trout fishing, a day of smallmouth, and the 3rd day, do trout or smallmouth again, whichever was more productive. I have a good idea where to go for trout, but not much clue on smallmouth. I know anything downstream of pigeon forge (Apple Barn) should old some smallmouth. We don't have waders, canoe, kayak, or anything, we'll just be fishing from shore. We don't mind a hike to get to a decent area, just lost as where to try. We'd be more interested in numbers over quality. Would the smallmouth be on beds then? Where should we look for some? Any tips on baits? Anything would be appreciated. We'll be staying at the KOA campground in Pigeon Forge, near the Old Mill. Thanks for the help

Just contact a local tackle shop, and offer to buy them out of their old stock. I do that with a local one here and get them for $1 a bag, cheaper in bulk. Last year I bought around 150 packs. They need to clear out the old stock to make room for new stock. Only issue is you never get to choose the colors, it's just luck of the draw

In fishing there is a fine line between Gimmick and Innovation, and to me this is 100% Gimmick. I feel like just because you take 2 time tested lures that work, you can't necessarily combine them and make a incredible lure. Wait till next year at the Classic when they debut the Prank2, the buzzbait/crankbait hybrid

Jig Senko Plastic Worm Squarebill

I use a mix of cheap and expensive tackle. Some companies make fantastic high quality tackle for very cheap or reasonable prices. My favorite spinnerbaits were $2 apiece at Big Lots, I have a Walmart brand rod I bought brand new for $10 in 2000 or 2001, stilll works great to this day, it's probally caught 1200 fish on that rod. I've caught tons of Bass on Berkley Havoc baits and they are always less then $2 a bag. Academy H2O crankbaits are fantastic and some of my favorite at like $3 each.

It's interesting, but not for me. I work poppers very quickly and I think this would dive to much when I wanted a walking popper. Also seems like the cupped mouth would catch weeds badly

It'd be cheaper to use a Zoom Finesse Worm

This sale has been my downfall. I went from owning 0 Trokar hooks, to now I'm the proud owner of 62 packs of them. I'm good for a while now

To everyone who can't find the Trokar hooks in stock at Dicks (2 packs for $5.99), the same deal is online at their website, and they have more options. I bought more this morning there, and they had free shipping on order $25+, and had almost every style and size in stock including weighted swimbait hooks

Brandon from Suffolk, Va asks - What modifications do you do to your lures before you use them, especially more less known ones?

Largemouth Bass

Dicks Sporting Goods (at least locally) has Trokar hooks at $5.99 per pack and Buy 1 Get 1 Free, this makes the Trokar's $2.99 per pack. I've already bought 30+ packs.

Abu Garcia for Baitcast Pflueger for Spinning