MarkH024

Trial and error. I always like to use the minimal I can get away with. 1 oz is a good starting point and if its hanging up move to 1.25 and so on. If you're punching through with relative ease I might drop to a 3/4 punch but really do I not go less than that. It's not really punching if you're going below that, just pitching.

Made it easy for you. Go here. http://siebertoutdoors.com/Terminal-Tackle_c23.htm

Siebert Fogy paired with a twin menace. Awesome bait.

please explain why you need to be at 7'11 or bigger? Curious to read this.

I got to try some Blue label yesterday for the first time and my uncle gave me a bottle of JW Gold Label reserve. Both are excellent but out of my normal spending range. A definite treat to say the least.

Great fish. Thanks for sharing the lure info. Welcome to BR!

Fixed. J/k, nice pig Mike. That shirt fits you nice big guy.

Email Strike King about it. Most likely they'll replace it for you. They have great CS there.

You can expect that all the way up to 40# braid and heavier too depending on the lure weight. Don't hercules your casts and it won't happen. Tune your reel up so it casts effortlessly. Easy fix to that snapping off problem.

Good stuff man. Thanks for sharing!

Mine came in too from Siebert yesterday. I got the Summer Craw and Blue Craw colors. Can't wait to throw these in some sloppy garbage. Thanks for the quick service Mike! Big-O, green pumpkin/sapphire or GP/ Purple and Gold fleck additions would be killer for additions in the future. Those colors get absolutely hammered in the northern waters for me.

Ford vs Chevy. Shimano vs Abu. Cake vs pie....And so on..The topics are almost always heavily opinionated with minimal facts to support and it progresses into arguments and slandering. Completly useless content. I've read through many similar topics and all start and end the same way.

Good god this is getting old.... This vs that topics should be automatically locked.

Using a spook, popper, frog, buzzbait in chop is just fine. There is no written rule that the water should be glass in order for it to perform. I probably get more action in choppy water than glass because any disturbance in glass like conditions can spook the turd out of them. Other bait options would be a swim jig, spinner bait, chatterbait, squarebill, lipless cranks. Wind and shallow isn't a bad thing, you should fish how you'd normally fish in that circumstance.

Great fish Ajay. Congrats on the PB

Pitching and Punching. Summer craw and blue craw on the way.

Dobyns Champ 735c and a 7.x:1 reel of your brand liking.

Use an Alberto and cinch slow and in control. Shouldn't be bulky in size. Or just fish straight braid and remove the issue. You can always use a snap on that setup if it permits

I throw mine on a 705cb glass and a CI4+ HG 7.6:1. I can always reel slower. So far its one of my favorite combos I own.

Nice fish! You ever test that digital scale of yours? I have the same one and come to find out its a solid 8-9 oz off (on the light side). I have a new scale coming to me now. I know the rapala scales are hit or miss so if you've never checked it you may want to. Not sure that it matters to you but made my head spin a bit when i figured out how far off mine was.

Hook up ratio isnt as good as a frog or alike in my opinion. My grandpa threw that moss boss religiously but that was before the really good frogs started being made.

Oldie but a goodie. I just cant part from a hollowbody frog or rat to throw these anymore.

I agree. Red craw, tomato and sexy shad are great.

I'm a fan of the mojo bass line for moving baits only and I own a few. They're not the most sensitive rods, so I would not use them for jigs or plastics. Like stated in other threads, there are rods in the $100 price range that are a better rod than the Mojo line.

Nice Mitch. Great pictures and memories! Loving that handful of smallies!