paul25

get you a strike king hack attack jif and match it up with a rage craw it's a good quality bass catcher for me.

i'm lucky enough now to have a few rods for different soft plastics, but when i just fished with two rods i never removed the hook with the soft plastic bait, but most ribbon tail worms are pretty thin so what i did if it tore the worm up taking it off the hook is just bite some off the top when i go use it again so the hook pops out in a differnet spot. it does shorten the worm some but you get about two uses out of it. i mainly throw strike king rage craws on an owner hook with a twist lock and if im not getting bites on them i've used the same craw numerous times and just keep putting it back in the pack.

awesome fish man congrats!

i ended up getting it figured out, the bearing that goes over the reel handle shaft had fell out and i didn't realize it. The reel is woking fine now. thanks for the suggestions though.

thanks guys i appreciate it. what is his screen name on here?

i took my quantum smoke reel apart to clean it the spool tensioner bearing popped out i didn't think much of it at the time but when i put it all back together the spool won't engage(won't turn) i have another quantum smoke so i took it apart and made sure i did the other right but i still can't figure out what happened, if anbody has any advice i would appreciate it.

i'd bet it was a carp this time of year they thrash the banks pretty hard getting ready to spawn

Buckeye mini mop jigs are my favorite but i haven't tried the siebert jigs tho

Been fishing Cherokee lake in TN the past few days bite has been pretty good bad I caught one 3lb smallmouth and 4a other smaller ones on shakey heads and zoom worms they have raised the lake quite a bit i guess that's what's got em in a funk.

Nice fish congrats

Im fishing a tournament on cave run lake tomorrow i used to fish this lake alot about 4yrs ago this will be my first time back any advice would help. Thanks.

Im in TN fishing cherokee lake any advice on what to use for bass fishing?

i feel the same way, i bought my boat last year and have doubled my fishing tackle since i have more places to store it now. i fish out of my boat most of the time but when i do go with a buddy i just hate trying to decide what to leave at home and what to take and if it's one of those days and the bite is tough i'm always thinking if i was on my boat i would have some more things to try lol. it probably wouldn't matter anyway but i guess it's just a mental thing

I call em rock bass

here is another one i caught

went to the lake today, it was supposed to be sunny and 58 degrees but it ended up being 50 and overcast. Between me and my buddy we caught 7 the water temps was 48 degrees i caught this one on a spro mcstick jerkbait and 2 more 2lbers on a black/blue jig. It was a tough day really all the fish we caught were on points leading in to spawn pockets they seem to be starting to move up to spawn this week coming is supposed to be in the 60's so next weekend should be good. Hope everyone has fun on the water.

rage craw and baby rage for me to.

i always keep them in the tray even tho it makes it though to go in the plano plastic kvd bag i've got so many rage craws i had to buy 4 of the packs and i've got 12 packs in each one.

That does look really good, let us know when you try it out how it works i've been seeing these advertised and was wondering about them, thats a really good price too.

gonna be fishin yatesville lake in ky this friday for the first time this year, if anyone BR members have fished it this year any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks

i do it more by feel i set it and pull on the line right above the line guide i tighten it until it's got good resistiance coming off the spool. Then when i hook a fish if it pulls drag on the hookset i will tighten it a little bit more, and just loosen it as need be it is too tight reelinf in the fish. imo i don't look too much into it really you will know when it feels right.

imo the buckeye mop jig and mini mop jig are your big fish catchers. This is the first year i've thrown them but i'm very impressed with the flare on the skirt

if youcan catch the dobyns champion series on sale again id try to get one of those for jigs 7'3-7'6 mh-H, and id go with a chronarch reel from shimano it's a great reel for 200 bucks.

went out yesterday too for the first time of the year on my boat. water temp was 39 ended up catching three on a black/blue mini mop jig. caught a head cold to it was so cold yesterday mornin lol.

i always loosen my drag in between trips if your friend does this also and the drag is reel loose it will cause a backlash on the hookset