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I dont want to fish it like the video .I will use a heavy nail and a weedless offset worm hook on a baitcaster with 15 lb test .

Thats the most lifelike rig I have seen .Next year I will be experimenting with this . I rigged an 8 inch jelly worm like this dropped it in the kitchen sink and it came alive .

Bass clubs are the way to go . I was in one as a teenager .

LOL . I forgot to take the straps off too. I knew something was wrong when the boat started drifting sideways .

They are not better nor are they worse . I have just used them for so long that I have the most confidence in them . I'm use to the thickness , action and softness . New mainstream plastic worm by the more popular current manufacturers is not an upgrade .

I go below a dam on a small river occasionally in the winter . I just hope to catch a fish or two . Somedays I will catch several with white bass , crappie or walleye mixed in . My best spot is a small chute out of the current and my most successful lure has been a clear crappie grub with flake on a 1/16th ounce black jig head with white eyes and black pupil. I was talking with my uncle one day who fishes the same spot in the winter and he told be that he catches twice the fish with a jig head that has eyes , reconfirming what I thought .

I use to buy squeeze bottles of jelly worm oil and freshen them up once in awhile ..

I received some too and I was disappointed in the lack of smell . The blueberry color works well even in stained water . The Spike it Markers work great on this color . It takes a chartreuse tail well and a red stripe gives it a fantastic look . T rig them and the fish will bite it . I dont use the tiny weights like a lot of people . I will usually use a 1/4 ounce sinker on an 8 incher. That faster fall , in my experience is the ticket to 50 to 100 fish days .

I'm glad to see the love for the Jelly Worm. Just got 160 in the mail yesterday . Black grape , Blueberry , Motor Oil are the old colors I use . This year i had a lot of luck on Watermelon Chartreuse . The last day I went fishing this year I had a school of 1 to 2 lb bass located on a point with a marker buoy marking the spot. A boat slowly trolled out to me to see what the heck i was using . He was friendly and apologized but was getting skunked and he said " I never seen anyone catch as many fish as you " I invited him to fish the spot and he still could not catch any . I was using a Manns six inch chartreuse watermelon worm , gave him three and he then put a couple of bass in the boat . He wanted to buy the rest of the bag but I refused to sell them . I bet he went home and placed an order .

When all else fails i'm bouncing something off the bottom . It may be a worm , jig , grub , trap , spinnerbait , swimbait ,...

I always read his Bassmaster articles intently .

Depending on the water temperature but , if its still nice outside an Indian summer kind of thing , I have had real good luck over the decades using crankbaits with the Bomber Model A leading the pack .

Look around and try to find a junk hand control elec. motor , then you will have a portable mount .

I think we could use this sentence from Finesse worm fishing Chapter three too every other thread on this forum . "But the true experts that I've come across, the most successful, don't seek rules. They rely on hard work, time spent, and trial and error as their basic tools."

Water Gremlin use to make a split shot shaped like a bullet weight , havent seen them for awhile . Just looked Tackle warehouse has them .

Branch out to other lures and techniques , they all work .You are severely handicapping yourself I fish the Mississippi river and tributaries . Chartreuse Bomber Flat A is a good bait for me also anything that sinks and has a built in action like small compact spinnerbaits " Rocket shad is a good choice " , lipless cranks ...Cast these lures upstream along the rip rap banks at different depths . Let them sink to the bottom , even out in deeper water . Once they hit bottom lift the lure immediately and retrieve staying close to the bottom the entire retrieve . When fishing rip rap you must keep the bait close to it ,if your not bumping rocks or close to it the entire retrieve your not catching fish . Im guessing you have a depth finder . Look offshore . Get some marker buoys and start marking places and fish them . Are there gulls there ? I always watch gulls closely . They know where the good fishing spots are . Just try to gain experience each time you go fishing and dont limit yourself. I take it that this is a river system with some current . Is this correct or a lake with no current ?

Those top ones look like the craws in Table rock Lake. I was fishing a jig n pig {pork} in about 20 foot of water and my jig felt a little heavy . I slowly reeled it in and there was a crawfish holding on to it , with bright orange tips on the pincers . I then switched to an orange pork frog and caught a couple of keepers .

I use the small CC spoons for lots of species of fish in the stained water of NE missouri. I usually use them from 10 to 15 foot sometimes a little deeper . The only other time I used them was at Table Rock lake one autumn . I bought a bunch of homemade 1/2 ouncers from a tackle shop there and caught quite a few spotted bass on points but also ended up snagging and losing every one of them . Most of the snags were from fishing line .

I watch my line where it enters the water and I'm feeling for a slight tic as the bait is falling . I dont let the bait fall on a tight line but on a semi slack line and I follow it down with the rod tip, that is , I drop the rod tip at the same speed the lure is falling . If I'm lucky I feel the bite or see the line move a bit , but half the time I have no clue that a bass has taken the bait . When the bait is lifted back up , I am actually weighing the line . If it feels slightly heavier then I set the hook . Thats the way I do it with all bottom bouncing lures . Jigs . t rigs , traps , blade baits...

I have an Eagle Fishmark 320 that is mounted on a gutted electric motor . Cut the shaft short and the transducer is on the bottom with the wire running inside . I use it on jon boats and canoes .

I like whiskey and coke but usually stick with cheap stuff. I have never found a cheap bourbon that l like so Canadian Club is my usual choice .I can find it for ten dollars a bottle . If I splurge I get Jim Beam Black , Jack , or Crown .

Talking , playing music... is not the same as slamming tackle boxes closed .

I have caught bass in a river during the coldest months , as long as it hasnt froze . I simply look for current breaks and fish small grubs on the bottom . A black jig head with white eye and black pupil teamed with a clear grub with flake in it has been a good lure . I dont catch a lot and they are most always little during these times ,but I just like to get out .

Texas rigging a skinny worm like a 6 inch jelly worm I use the regular offset hooks of many brands. If its a little dull like the Eagle Claw Lazer Sharp I just touch it up with a diamond file and its ready to go . Fatter baits I use wider gap hooks . I like for the gap to be twice the thickness of the bait .

^^ this I dont know of a fish as spooky as a carp . But where is the best place to catch them on the Mississippi river . That noisy spot where they fill the barges with grain .