BrettD

Just pretty much yo-yo the bait up and down. I usually pause the bait on the way out and shake it for a couple of seconds when the bait reaches the bottom of the mat. After a cold front the fish seem to target prey thats actually in the mat.

Both my sister and mom use a zebco omega pro. The biggest fish my sister caught on hers was 6.5#.

I wait a few seconds and use more a pulling hookset then a jerking hookset when using trebles.

I have half a dozen powell endurance rods and for the price they are really hard to beat. There crankbait rods are some of the best I ever used.

I would check out the powell diesel 765 for $70 they are hard to beat.

I've tried both and like the spro popping frog the best. The trick to getting better hook ups with one is bending the hooks up and out a little after I do this I hardly ever miss a fish with one.

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I spool a reel twice with a 150 yrd spool and I get 2-3 years out each spool. So one 150 yrd spool last 4-6 years and only cost $15.00. Its even a little cheaper when you buy in bulk. Im not sure how often you change your big game but when big game was all I used for about 10 years I was replacing it every 3-4 months.

Best thing invented for a bass boat since a trolling motor. Here in FL where I fish the are more usefull then SI or DI depth finders.

When frog fishing the hardest part is getting the hook in the fish because the frog hooks are the top of the frog so alot of times you hook a bass in the roof of the mouth where its really hard. Braid has zero stretch so when you set the hook you can really drive the hooks home.

Berkely big game 12# mono its cheap and when you get a severe backlash it wont cost you alot to re spool you reel. Braid is a little easier to pick back lashes out of but it can expensive if you have to re spool you real a couple times. If you do go with braid go with atleast 40# some guys can get away with 30#.

Here in FL they are thinking about increasing the daily bag limits on bass. To many small fish will cause more harm then good. There is balance between predetory fish and prey. To many predetors and not enough prey will stunt bass growth.

50# braid.

I have found braid is cheaper then mono in the long run. The biggest complaint I have with mono is line stretch if it had no stretch I would still use it.

The 5m floating twitch bait is one of my all time topwater bass lures. I remove the front prop to reduce line tangling.

I order from TW all the time and Im in Florida. Its $5 for 2nd day air and $10 next day air if your order is over $50. I usually order on a monday morning and its here Wednesday and thats with 2nd day air.

My local walmart has trokar flippin hooks.

China has the largest deposit of tungsten in the world almost 90% of all tungsten comes from one mine in china. There is only one place in north america thats in Canada that has a tungsten mine.

I use one in rough water I dont know if it makes a difference or not.

Im another big fan of the mustad kvd TG76BLN hooks.

A scale or a culling beam to cull fish is handy and a decent weigh in bag. Those are the two items I remember having to go out and buy after my first tournement.

Fish the wind blown side of the pond or if the pond has a corner with wind blowing into are usually the best bet.

I have a mh-fast and a H-fast one for 3/8-1/2oz and another for 3/4-1oz

Another vote for the falcon bucoo micro rod.

+1 I also have both and would choose the lews. I like to use 6.4 for a reel that needs to be versatile it will work for both jigs and square bills. Gear ratio is something that is kind of subjective.