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I am a novice bass fisherman with a summer cottage on clear cold water Maine lake with good smallie population. Met a guy who told me he has great success fishing ultra light gear exclusively. His favorite bait is jig head w spinner and his fall back is texas rigged worms.His rod/reel probably in the $300 range which is to rich for me I'd like to give ultra light a try, any recommendations for entry level gear? I do not want to deal with line snarls on skinny reel

I am a novice bass fisherman w a cottage on clear cold water Maine lake. Good small mouth population and texas rig is very popular here. I have read about using carolina rig w floating tubes or worms with a whitish color. Has anyone had success w this approach and can you recommend a vendor for carlina rigs and floating baits.