scaleface

Anybody know what the bottom lure is. It has a weight transer system . No markings at all.

Just finished putting new hooks on a Bomber Model A .Bomber lures are a long time favorite of mine. Old Long A Minnows with a tail prop "Prop A" is my favorite top water behind a buzzbait.

Its Wart time. I seek out steep, rocky, sunny banks. Parrallel cast Warts , Mudbugs or whatever crank you fancy and retreive slow.

This. I sharpen my hooks all the time. I can usually do it in seconds. I carry a Leatherman equipped with a diamond file and a couple of strokes on the file usually gets it done. I'm not throwing away a perfectly good hook , spinnerbait, buzzbait... because of a minor inconvienece.

Off topic. When I was a teeager fishing a farm pond, I Carolina rigged a Bill Plummer Super Frog and momentarily hooked a large bass. My gear was not suited for that style of fishing but it was a good idea, it worked.

I usually have some sort of tore up worm lying on the floor of the boat. I'm not to picky and have used lots of different worms, lizards and craws. I have a sack full of bitten down Yum Dingers that I use for trailers and Neds.

I have never paid more than ten dollars for a lure but thats about to change.Theres a crankbait that I want with the weight transfer system that I'm ready to pull the trigger on .

I had to look that one up. That is one expensive bait.

That is my favorite jig n pig colors, that and brown jig black chunk.

Me too.

I didnt catch anything large this year. 4lb 14 oz largemouth caught on a Cavitron buzzbait.

I dont fish winter. Used to a little. My favorite spinnerbait was a short arm with a Colorado blade and Uncle Josh Pork Frog. I had some with weedguards, dont remember the maker, and would reel it up to some wood then kill it.

I was fishing jigging spoons off the end of a boat ramp when the water was high. I caught two wrist watches , a landing net and a spinning combo.

Do those Spunk Shads come in a clam pack?

The top lure here. Use them every spring especially during post spawn. Bomber Long A with prop.

What a shock. The most helpful information I learned here on this forum was to look for the depth that is holding the most life. Learned that from Tom.

I forgot all my soft plastics once. Digging through my gear I found a bag of Gitzits. Texas rigged them and had a good day. That showed me how versatile tubes are. In 2024 I drove 30 miles to an oxbow lake with a one man plastic boat in the truck. I forgot the battery. Went back , retrieved it, back to the oxbow lake and got skunked.

I'm not going totally finnesse but need to come up with a combo that I can cast 3/16th and 1/4 oz lures with the same muscle memory as I do now with heavier lures. I have a 6'6" Shimano Compre ML. I think a Piscifun Phantom reel will suffice but will have to use a much smaller line diameter.Maybe 6lb test TrileneXL .Right now when I try to roll cast those lighter lures they end up going way left. I have some crankbaits that flat out get bit but I cant cast them competently.

Heres a photo of my system. It works for me. There are some loose lures not in sleeves because the last time or two I went fishing I didnt take time to put them back after changing lures.

I was lucky enough to fish for unpressured smallmouth bass for a couple of years. it was the best fishing I ever had. These fish would follow my canoe around and if a lure was hanging over, there was a good chance it would get taken. The more I fished , the harder it got to catch them. This was on a river and the word got out. It has never been the same. My take, the more pressure the more important stealth is. Unpressured fish, boat noise draws them in.

I use a plano with no dividers. I have some heavy duty plastic covers that were used for fire extinguisher tags.I need to get some more of those. Each cover holds several spinnerbaits or buzzbaits. I just throw them inside. Two covers hold skirts.

Days are getting longer.

I catch bass in places that are easy to cast too like shallow points, shallow flats and rip rap banks. Lures buzzbaits , spinnerbaits, squarebills and texas rigs.

I try to stay stealthy but dont gp to the lengths as @OkobojiEagle

I use to scale 244 steps most every day up a hill here in town, for exercise. I had to quit because of my knees.