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I've been using them for decades . The Larew salt Craw , Guido Bug , the WalMart Renegade was a good one to Texas rig . Riverside had the Big Claw , I still have a lot of them . Love to pitch them in wood .

Heads up , if any of you picked Clouse , he will miss the event .

Back when pork was the thing a black skirt with a brown pork frog or vice versa were the killer combos for larger than average bass . They are not as pretty as other offerings but were deadly .

Black or brown with the opposite black or brown trailer .

When using braid I tie a palomar . The Red Eye Shad doesnt have a flaw design that causes the line to fail .

If the lakes are scaring you stay off large rivers . Those things are treacherous even if you know what you are doing .

Yeah , when I started doing this I picked the old guys . That didnt work so well .

I keep changing my picks but for now it is Christie Logan Canterbury Zaldain Paquette

Crankbaits , a lot of different ones Spinnerbaits , they all work Buzzbaits, all of them Texas rigged soft plastics . I like them all Jig and pork or plastic , I'm not picky .

Any lures may work but I usually try to get bites with buzzbait's and spinnerbait's first.

For quarter ounce or bigger I like tungsten . Smaller weights its a waste of money for me .

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A texas rigged Plastic worm seems to be more consistent than a jig for me but they are both top tier lures .

The Piscifun Phantom mounted on an Okuma Epixor 7'0" mh.

Many times I have seen the bite shut down with a change in wind direction .Or sometimes pick up . Bass are baffling so just keep on keepin on .

Abut 6 months . I had surgery twice in the past ten years and had to recover .

The way I see it, Mother nature insures enough bass survive the first year by over-producing fry . If everybody did it , maybe but most practice catch and release religiously .

You certainly could .

Sometimes bass are not biting in one part of the fishery but they are biting well in another part . So slowing down can be spending more time in unproductive water . Thats not unusual .

I'm a fast fisherman . Even when I'm fishing slow baits , I fish them fast .There are times when I pick apart the cover but I do it quickly compared to a lot of other anglers . I fished a lot with my uncle and he was "slow" . I'd be finished fishing a spot before he even gets situated . Then have to wait so he could get a cast or two in before moving on. LOL

I have an old Rebel Popper like that . Mine is larger than a Pop R . It does not walk . It chugs . I use a feathered rear trebel on it and chug it around standing timber on hot sunny summer days, making as much noise with it as possible . Its a good way to catch numbers at Mark Twain lake but not big fish . I did catch my largest spotted bass on it in the timber at Table Rock but I wasnt chugging it . I was waking it with a slow steady retrieve , pushing a wake out in front while creating a slight shimmy .

In a boat I carry a tote with 6 planos and the pouches stuffed with soft plastics . Over 90 per cent of the fish I catch are with 5 categories of lures .

They have a hard time finding enough marshals for most tournaments .

The Strike King Red Eye Shad . When I learned it shimmied on the drop , I went out and bought a couple. I used it a time or two with no luck and was hesitant to try them again . I have since caught hundreds of bass . When fishing deep points the RES has a tendency to get bit by the biggest bass. Its become a staple . I use all three sizes and all three versions . Noisy , silent and the Two Tap . I fish it just like a worm , lift and drop .

I never tried one as they seem like they would snag easier and I'm usually fishing in snags . Good chance I'm wrong about that .