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I even take marker buoys to small lakes and fishing from jon boats . One is always ready to quickly toss overboard .

That's good advice but if one's fishing a deep point with a shallow diving crankbait , fish will probably not be caught . A versatile tackle box and the knowledge of how and when to use a lure is much better than throwing the same thing all day .

I just looked . Mine does .

Use them all . Learn what each lure does well and take advantage of it .

I like them . The Midnight Special is the one I use now days . The old blakemore Charlie Campball spinner was my favorite lure when I first got heavy into bass fishing .The Bassbuster scorpion is a classic , I still have only one of them .

I lile the old Diving B's and the Honey B's. They catch fish , but bounce one off a bridge piling and it might break . I have broken a lot of them

The only independently run tackle shop around here caters to the crappie and catfish anglers . I buy nightcrawlers from them , that is all.

Heres my point fishing from bank advice . Get a lot of sinking lures . T-tigs , Spinnerbaits , lipless cranks , soft plastic swimbaits... Make long cast out on the point and around the edges . Let bait hit the bottom . Retrieve by following the contour shallow . T-rigs are usually hopped , the other lures can be hopped or swam . Sometimes I'll reel a lure in for about ten foot then kill it . You get a lot of hits when you stop it and it also will sink to regain contact with the bottom . Of course there are other ways to fish but this is how I do it most of the time .

I am not that guy . I dont care what everyone else is using . Half the time on this forum I dont know what lures you guys are talking about . When I first got serious into Bass fishing I was that guy for a couple of years . Then I discovered the T-Rig worm and it changed my approach to bass fishing . So now, before buying a lure, I imagine where that lure is going to be used .

Then there is the Bayou Boogie .

I wouldnt mess with the lip . Square bill is a generic term and doesnt mean much .

I would find the points and fish from there up into the nearest coves .

Get a Leatherman Wave . It has a diamond file and is the best hook sharpener I ever used . I carry a Leatherman Charge , it also has a diamond file , every-time I go fishing and use it all day long .

Another fan of the Rocket shad except you have to wrap wire around the hook or risk it coming off in a fight . That has happened to me a few times .

Cant answer this The conditions might be a cold north wind blowing , warm south wind , sunny , cloudy.

Good advice that I wont follow .

I like to tie on a plastic worm , they seem to bring me good luck . The real answer is no . I am not superstitious by any means .

I keep and eat small bass . They are delicious . A lot of lakes have slot limits and I eat the ones under the slot mostly . If i badly hook bigger fish and they are bleeding profusely I will keep them also .One lake I go to of has no length limit and a 12 fish creel . They are encouraging anglers to keep fish and I'm happy to oblige .

That could be a ten lber if it had a gut .

I like beetle spins or any small spinnerbait fished along extremely windy banks . A half dozen different species might be caught . Even the catfish will come shallow to feed .

Fat Rap . Wiggle Wart . Model A . Little N , Deep Wee R .

I would try a marabou crappie jig fished real slow .

I use Strike King Bitsy Bug with half a Tiki Stick a lot when river fishing for smallmouths .

What jig head type will you use ?

Its not that old timers think everything is expensive . i bought jigs by the dozen because they didnt lighten my wallet much . A dozen jigs today will lighten my wallet a lot .