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War Eagle. I have many brands, and always do the best with War Eagle.

I won't eat freshwater fish, but I'll destroy sushi any chance I get. I don't know why either. I've been fed Lake Erie perch and walleye and thought it was pretty good, but it's just not something that I would go out and get on my own for myself.

If you're looking for some good smallmouth fishing from shore make it out to the New London reservoir. All but a very small section of it has shore access, and you don't have to worry too much about boaters because its electric motor only. The people who are out on a boat are usually fishing for Walleye, and not bass, too. Oberlin Reservoir is also a good place, but because the water is continually being pumped in from the Black River (I think) the type of fish is always changing. I've have some really good days pulling in crappie in the spring. Another great spot for anyone who is shore bound is the North Reservoir of the Portage Lakes, and it is only about 5 minutes from Land Bigfish...perhaps my new favorite tackle shop. Tight lines, fellas. Gotta go get ready for my tournament tomorrow on Mosquito Lake!!!

Sorry, it took so long to reply. I haven't been to Alum this year, but last year I did pretty good with a copper and white War Eagle spinner blade and a KVD squarebill crankbait. I've been trying to get down there because I heard that Cabelas had release 2 fish with a special tag on that win a cash prize if turned in.

I live around the corner from Coe & Wallace. I never have any luck at Coe lake, and don't think there's much in there. The water is filthy! At Wallace I do okay when bass fishing, but only with senkos. If you are up for trekking through the western wooded side of Wallace you will have more luck as it is not fished as much as the eastside of the lake. Overall, Wallace is really good for catfish and trout as they stock it pretty regularly.

I know a few guys who dropshot them on Lake Erie for smallies. I personally use a tube jig. Cast it out, let it sink, and drag or bounce it back.

Check bass pro shop. Their house brand is decent and affordable.

I've had 10" bass choke down the 10" anaconda. We call them "bucketmouth" for a reason. I fish mine t-rigged. 3/16oz most of the time. I'll move up to a 1/4oz if I'm fishing 10 fow or more, or if it's breezy and need to make longer casts. One thing I read about on here a while back was to rig it so the direction of the curl goes down instead of up. The action of the tail stirs up the bottom, and causes more of a commotion. Such a great idea! Give it a try. Play around with the length of the tail, too. Cutting an inch off the tail provides a much more aggressive action on retrieval.

For the Rage Tail worms the thumper is my favorite, followed by the anaconda, and then the recon. The durability on the recon is terrible. The anaconda and thumper last several catches for me. Mend-it is also great for fixing these, and other of the delicate plastics.

I use both. I use lead if I'm fishing an area that I know to have a mud or sandy bottom. I use tungsten around riprap because it's more dense than lead and less likely to get stuck in the rocks.

I ordered a bunch of blades from jann's netcraft and have thrown them onto various jigs with pretty good success this year. I got sick of the horrible hooks on the chatterbait, and figured it couldn't be any worse so I tried it. I find the grass jigs work best, and the split rings don't hinder the action one bit.

Greetings fellow Buckeyes! I love the idea for this thread. Thanks for starting it. I love the dammed up stream lakes the most. Places like Mosquito Lake, West Branch, Milton, Alum Creek, and others are some of the best fisheries outside of Lake Erie that Ohio has to offer.

Chatterbait trailer.

Duckett micro magic.

10# is the lowest I am comfortable with, too.

Revo S.

Purple smoke.

Start reading the articles on the website. I learned so much from the information in those things.

Thanks for not bidding me up on the price!

4/0 or 5/0

I had a tournament last weekend there, and did well along the causeway using a war eagle spinnerbait in the color coleslaw, chartreuse chatterbaits, and rage craws. Check out by the old Danny's marina, too. People have probably put out their docks, so you can check those out. Most of my fish were caught in 4' of water.

War Eagle is a great brand of spinnerbaits.

my mistake I saw Oakley and jacket, and went slightly blind with rage from my prior experience. LOL!

Perhaps with screws, nuts, and clips. The engine, suspension, and transmission - you know.... all the important parts - are not. The Cadillac is put together using much more quality components than a Cobalt, and same applies for reels. The gears, bearings, and materials are very different. Low end baitcasters will have plastic gears, a graphite/plastic frame, and poor bearings. Pick up a low end and high end baitcaster and you will feel the difference.

They may be owned by the same companies, but are usually not using the same parts/materials as a higher end brand. General Motors owns many brands, but to say that a Chevy Cobalt uses the same parts as a Cadillac CTS is wrong.