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Thanks for the reply. Not looking for so much of a skipping outfit , just accurate casting. That rod is way out of my price range but I appreciate the specs.

Theres a plastic one in the bed of my truck and three traditional and one electric fillet knives in a door.

What a good set up for tossing 3/16 to 1/4 oz cranks up under willows? I'm looking for baitcasting gear. I want to use the same muscle memory that I use for tossing heavier cranks into tight spaces. Rod, reel, and line. What do you use for roll casting finesse cranks?

I switched Howell for Swindle. Heard Swindle had some surgeries in the off season that might effect his performance.

Whoa, a three oz crankbait.

It dives fast and stays down there a long time.I use 12 lb mono. A lot of bites come close to the boat because it stays deep so long. The deepest I have ever caught bass on a diving bait was around 22 foot with the 25.5 Dredger . Its almost neutral buoyancy, rises slowly. I have one that suspends and one that sinks slowly but most will rise. I throw it with a 7 foot MH moderate action rod which is too light but thats what I have. I only carry a half dozen combos so it has to make do.

Are the Dredgers being discontinued? On the Berkely site they are on sale for 5.99. I might have to pick up a couple more 8.5s. I'm well stocked with the rest.

I dont have a rod capable of throwing large baits. A Dredger 25.5 is the largest bait I throw now and at 1-1/8 oz. thats greater than the rod rating.

Where I am from ,I rarely see bedding bass.Maybe I'm just not good at seeing them or the water is to dirty, probably a little of both. I fish areas where I think they might be. These have been my most productive two lures over the years. a spinnerbait with Oklahoma bladees and a Bomber prop bait.

Other than long worms, the largest baits I thrown were a Musky Jitterbug and a Bagley Shad, striper sized. Never caught a fish on either.

My brother was having a bar b que and I brought the 72 fillets of small bass mentioned earlier, fried them outside on a coleman stove. They were devoured. Even my niece who doesnt like fish ate several pieces. Kind of peed my brother off because he had a bunch of burgers left noone was eating.

There was a small public lake in Missouri that was overun with little bass. The Conservation dept changed the regulations to 12 fish a day and no llength limit. I traveled there and fished three days keeping 12 small bass a day. I had 72 fillets. Those temporary regulations must have worked because now they are back to the usual slot limits. Taking small bass are healthy for a lot of fisheries. I do my part, I wish more anglers would.

5. Been using it for decades. I put my index finger through the loop , makes it easier to tie.

I havent had a beer in a year and Busch is my choice. Soon as the Dr gives me the go ahead I'm having a couple.

Andys Red and bass fillets are delicous. I fish some lakes with slot limits and I keep those bass under the limit.

I had a couple of Strike King "Spin Dance" spinnerbaits with the Oklahoma blades. They caught a lot of bass , especially in the spring. Now I copy them and still tear the bass up in the spring. Had a 24 lb limit two or three years ago which is really good for this area.

Resurecting an old thread. I got my Mudbugs out and changed the hooks on one adding split rings. I plan on using it this spring. Back in the 70's and 80's this lure caught some of my biggest bass. I no longer have one in the dark brown crawdad color that was so effective in cold water. The one I have is more a baby poop yellow. I'm ready. Come on spring.

Thanks, thats what I want to know. Which baits have a silmilar system. I plan on fishing a lot of 1/4 oz size lures this year . A weight that in the past I have a hard time casting accurately with a low trajectory roll cast. Overhand , no problem. Underhand, I tend to throw 1/2 oz baits.

I was going through some of my extra crankbaits , searching for some that may have the weight transfer system and found one. Its the Rebel Bluegill Squarebill. I've never used it. I switched out those stupid barbless hooks for real hooks . Also, its not a weight transfer system but an old Arbogast Mud Bug has a weight inside the body cavity, and it shifts to the rear during the cast.

I think next year, instead of going fishing once a week, I'll go twice a week.

I'm game. I could pitch that with a 1/8oz weight or no weight.

I dont try to do everything. I Texas rig almost everytime I go fishing.Worm, craws, tubes and everything else gets the T-rig treatment. I'll fish tubes and Neds if snags are not a problem. Hate dropshots. I think I have the worse hookup percentage on a drop shot than any other technique. Never tried a Neko, free rig or any other of that new stuff. I dont have time for it all. Show me some wood and I'm throwing a Texas rig in there.

I have two but dont know who made them. One of them I went ahead and transferred the blades to a hand poured lure because it caught enough fish and I didnt want the wire to break losing the blades. These lures may have been Excalbur. Edited: Yep, mine are Excalibur.

Go to the bassmaster web site, and find Fantasy at the top of the page.You dont have to ba a Bassmaster member to play but the prizes are bigger if you happen to win something. There are three games . bass resource is just fantasy Fishing only. To get in this group , go to groups , scroll through until you find BassResource , click on it and use the password "BR2026". Lots of other groups can be joined too.

Only 16 people signed up. Maybe I make the top 20 this year.