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They do both, just depends on the angler , the body of water and situation . A common strategy that has been used for decades is to catch a limit then target larger fish .

This is going to be an interesting tourney . Nobody has prefished it .

One can easily take a piece of plastic worm , a sewing needle , and skirt material and quickly make something resembling a dragonfly like those lunkerhunt ones .

Texas rig worm , lizard , creature , craw... fish it in cover and you will start getting bites . Th fish will do its part . Its up to you to detect it , set the hook and land it . It might take awhile to get the hang of it . I can remember my first Texas rig bass . I became a much better bass angler that day .

Cut it out . ☺️

Coincidentally , I just watched a video by David fritz on using Fluoro and crankbaiting . He stated that floro gets weaker when it gets stretched and after some use it will just start breaking .

My Ozark Trail cooler was a waste of money . It doesnt hold ice any better than a cheap Igloo .

Kast King has a promising looking one .. I like the underspins too .

I even think poppers/chuggers work better with the 5'6" rod . I give a short little snap and spit water 6 foot and move the bait just an inch or two . I use long rods on everything else but on top-waters I get better action with less effort using my old lightning rods .

I have never caught any bass deep at night but other people do. I fish shallow but like you said its hard to fish cover . My favorite places are shallow on main lake flats . Buzzbaits and spinnerbaits work well and one can just randomly cast and catch fish . Shallow on main lake points are real good . I like to add crankbaits and plastic worms to my arsenal there . Riprap banks are easy to fish , once again spinnerbaits , buzzbaits and crankbaits are my choices . If its bright enough and I already know where the cover is , I will attempt it.

That looks like s good one . I have a lot of success on baits with a flash of chartreuse like that one . My all time favorite squarebill has a color scheme very similar .

If it has a weedguard it will do .

Same here in Missouri .

Oh heck yeah . I still have three 5'6" original Lightning rods , so if you need one I have it . I dont throw Spooks much but when I do , thats the rod . Those short rods are so much easier to walk the dog with and todays handles are too long for me . I have taken a hack saw to a handle .

Doesnt make a bit of difference , shad patterns still looks like baitfish .

Yes . I use firetiger a lot . Often I select color by what becomes untangled first .

Tada . I got it right .

My guess is it was left over from a previous rig . He just left it on there .

Buy lures that will effectively fish the cover and structure you are likely to encounter . I use the same lures spring , summer and fall .

If you can find any, the Rapala Crankin Rap has a tight action and one of my favorites .I bought some last year on-line. Buzzbaits , spinnerbaits , lipless cranks , diving cranks and six inch worms . Those are the same lures I use spring and summer too . Just depends on the cover or structure I'm targeting .

I just got into Frogs and Toads this year too , for the same reason , a chara explosion on the lake I frequent . I've never knew bass to blast a top water so ferociously . I dont have the right equipment either but will make do . I'm using a 7 foot mh with 15 lb Big Game .

So , that allows one to attach an extra blade without removing the main blade and straightening out the wire ?

I dont think the wind pushes bait around , its under water . The waves stir things up in the shallows .attracting bait fish which starts a chain reaction ending with bass showing up. Thats what I have observed . Barge waves on the Mississippi do the same thing along rip-rap banks , creating short feeding frenzies .

Sledhead? I found them . A jig head with screw lock .