NEjitterbugger

This is the only picture of me holding a pair of smallmouth lol, and here is my biggest smallie... Both caught during my high school bass fishing season but separate years, you can tell which is older by the length of my hair LOL

At first I though your rod was on the ground, and I said to myself, "He's crazy if he thinks this fish is 30+ pounds!" HAHA, after studying the photo I realized my mistake...

Daiwa T3 Ballistic $125 at TW, Santa will be dropping this off...

I was looking at the ballistic rods earlier, they look solid for sure! I don't have any experience with the rod though...

I'm more interested in the T3 Ballistic reel for $125!

As far as fall rate, a jig and a senko are completely different baits and shouldn't be compared by fall rate. When your fishing a jig (excluding the swim jig) your on the bottom most of the time, can be fished on the bottom but most hits come on the fall... As far as hook up ratio, you need a more technique specific setup while jig fishing than you would need while fishing a senko. Yes, certain rods will help with senko fishing but when your fishing a jig you need to take in to account your gear ratio, rod taper, etc...

I think Nev even fishes it weightless, personally I don't like it though...

Texas rig, rage rig, jig trailer... As far as colors go it depends on where you are fishing, green pumpkin would be a good overall color to start with, then from their you can expand with candy craw, blue craw, bama craw, etc...

I'm looking to try one out in the spring...

Rage craw

What are you talking about?

When I say I don't force the perspective intentionally I mean I do not focus on making the fish bigger in the photos... Yes, I push the fish forward, it's just a habit, I don't lie about the weight of the fish... My profile pic is cropped if you look at the real photo I am in the back of my canoe, yes holding the fish forward... 6lbs 5oz is the same whether it is 10ft away or 3ft away...

I also look at the hand compared to mouth.... for example here is a 6lbs 5oz and a 2lbs 5oz, sometimes the mouth and head can be deceiving though, so I don't base my guess 100% on the hand, but do get an idea.... The ones below the line are example of the how some mouths of fish can be deceiving when looking at the head to hand comparison.... --------------------------------------------- 3.64lbs 3lbs 4lbs7oz

My opinion is whether you make the fish look 15lbs or 2lbs as long as you tell the truth about the weight it doesn't matter...I tend to hold my fish out, but do not lie about the weight of the fish, personally lying about the weight is absolutely pointless... I do not intentionally force the perspective though...

It his a left handed reel, I reel lefty... Everything else I do I am right handed haha

I'm a righty, I am just holding the rod with my left hand in the photo, I cast with my right arm though haha... And am I missing something? I don't get it? LOL

Flipin' the bird, awsome frog for me... I'd twitch it on cover, or burn it over cover, doesn't walk but an awesome frog...

I did catch my PB this year 3.64lbs... During a tourney too... I don't have to many good smallie spots close by...

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You wanna know how many smallies I have caught over 5lbs pounds in the last 4 years....... None You wanna know how many smallies I have caught over 5lbs in my life....... None LOL

If caught newts like that... Even on a T-Rig!!!

Caught these two nice ones earlier in the week, I didn't weigh them but I'd say the bigger one was pushing 6lbs...

I have used some big ones for stripers, they swim awesome and I do catch striped bass on them... I haven't thrown any for freshwater bass though... Great movement though!

Talk to your athletic director, try to get a bass fishing team going at your school if it is a state sport. I started a team in my high school last year, we came in 3rd out of of 35 teams in the qualifying tournament and 6th or 7th in the championship this year... It is awesome, we are also getting a bass fishing club going for anyone in the school who doesn't make the team or just wants to be in the club... PM if you have any questions