The Young Gun

Due to the no stretch and memory, will I be able to keep the line on my baitcaster as long as it lasts till I need more? or will it be a every year new line thing?

is a leader a good thing and saves the expensive braid if snagged?

I live 2 hours from st. croix wisconsin where there big factory is and i wanted to get one of those rods! I have low income, so if I buy a 40lb braid, for frogs.. can I also use that for texas rigging and stuff in other situations? and is a 20lb mono leader a big help?

Okay, so i'll pass on those cheap lines and it sounds like this suffix 832 is the way to go? whats a good pound test to get?

Being only 15, I have a budget but I WANT/NEED to switch to braided line.. I just think all the styles I fish and ways would help me land more fish.. I'm using, jigs, wacky worms, and jerkbaits on this pole.. Any favorite brands, styles and please leave poundage numbers which would suit me best..! P.S are these braids any good? http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/125-yds-cajun-guard-cajun-braid-braided-line.aspx?a=650739 http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/zebco-primeaux-braid-cajun-line.aspx?a=970396

Okay next question, nighttime fishing off the docks, whats a good go to lure? ive heard black buzzbaitys but i dont have any and cant find any in stores:(what else will work?

Yeah Rolie and Helens is about 40 minutes away from me, and that sounds look an good idea to go there and they should be able to set me up with everthing thanks a ton! I guess a lot os personal prefrace, but knowing what otheres like helps me choose too!

Why is evryone using such large pound test on these little frogs? 65# braid? 50# braid? whats wrong with baic 20lb braid or 15lb mono? or fluro?

Another question for you here, I was musky fishing with a guy the other day using a classic abu combo setup, and he told me to turn my drag up, all the way, where my star drag took tons of preassure to tighten.. Is this true that a musky can pull it out? or is there another way to go?

I have rods that will work for jigs 1/8th oz-1oz. I have plastic craw dads and some fake pork rinds. But how do I use them? like retreive em, swim them, jig them? Anything help wise about jigs would be amazing!

I was always told to fish topwater in summer? best time too is colder water or when fish come to surface on not so hot days?

Thanks! titanium leader vrs fluro? what the difference? fluro you cant see but bends after getting bit?

Trilene XL is low lis blue is my favorite and casts fairly well and doesnt sink but doesnt look super visible on top

I'm 15, and cheap, and i've been using 12b mono for everything, cranks, jerks, and wacky riggs, and ive never had a break off on hookset or anything. It will do you good if you use it, but definitly braid or fluro if you can afford it.

I'm just getting into musky fishing, and I have lures, rod and reel, but what pound line and leader should I use? and a mono backing on the reel first? Any help is appreciated!

Uhm, well ill be a clam day on the lake in the middle of the lake theres a big shallow rock point and I just cant seem to get a bite and its always my first lure choice. It starts with a green popper then a chartreause buzz bait and I know the fish are there, but they wont bite!!!!

Thanks a ton!

If they dont want my spinnerbait, go to a crankbait, go to jerkbait, then if it goes down drain go to soft plastics and lots of mt. dew and loud music. lol

Best go to lures that will ALWAYS catch fish, Spinnerbait w/ trailor hook, wacky worm, and minnow looking jerkbaits. A fish will always bite one of those if presented right... If not sure where the fish are, try scent on everything because its one extra thing a fish will pickup on and locate your bait/lure.

Texas with a 1/16th weight or a 1/8th max. or a weightless wacky worm, but only downside to wacky worm is you can lose trhe worms easly..

Would it be a bad idea to have a 15lb braid, with a 8lb fluro leader of maybe 3 ft? If I were to get snagged uner a rock with a crankbait could i pull on the line and only lose the 2ft #8 fluro leader?.. I'm only thinking the fluro leader because it'll make my cranks and suspending jerkbaits deper along with wacky rigs

Hahaha, knowing my luck id wedge a crank under 2 bolders, but thanks for the help!

Okay thanks! I've cheked into the matt lures. Once I can get the money I want to try to invest in some possibly

I cant get topwaters to work! I've tried my chartruese buzz bait over a rocky 5ft deep river where I know there is smallies, and ive tried in shallow humps in the calm lake days, and at night and no luck! Tried my hula-poppers at nighttime dead night, id cast, give it 2 minyutes then reel in slow, try an eeratic action and nothing! jitterbugs in all the places id normaly catch bass and I cant get anything! Any help, tips?

Jeez, I don't know how I can thank you enough! You definitely are a great testimonial to the sport. I'm only 15, but one day with all this information I know it'll help me land more fish! Thanks again!