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Alright what size trailer hook should I be looking for?

What hook do you guys recommend I put on as a trailer on my 3/8 oz spinnerbaits?? How do you attach them? Preferably something I can just pick up from Walmart

I am just wondering if it is necessary or a big advantage to be running a trailer hook with a crawdad plastic or something on it? Or maybe a crawdad directly on the spinnerbait hook? Planning on trying out my spinnerbaits this weekend and wanted to get some opinions.

Alright cool yea water levels isnt a big deal I will be fishing from the shore. I will try out my spinner baits

Is bass fishing in the rain on a river any good?? I have never fished in the rain, but I just got all my stuff for bass fishing and its supposed to rain this weekend...but I still want to fish super bad. Will it harm my BPS Pro Qualifier baitcaster reel? Any tips?? I got jigs, crankbaits, spinner baits, tons of plastics for drop shot or texas rig..some other stuff too

Thanks guys! Just wanted to make sure it was alright

I have been using basically the improved clinch knot....basically run it through the hole twist it 7 or 8 times go through bottom hole and back through the hole I just made....wondering if this is an okay method for 12lb line or if I should be using a different type of knot

Yea I bet the plug is just twisting on the ground, thanks for the help guys, I will just not pay attention to it

Hey guys I just picked up a nice baitcaster combo and have been practicing in the yard with a practice plug...doing really good...not hard at all like I thought it was. Anyways...I just noticed there was a good amount of line twist and was wondering if I should tie my line directly to my lures or start using some barrel swivels and a leader?

ahh gotcha I will give that a try

What do you guys mean by pegging my weight??

The river I fish on is pretty rocky/woody and if I use any sort of Texas Rig/ Drop Shot Rig with a weight it gets stuck pretty quick...is my best bet to just go weightless?

I added your 4 items for the split shot rig as well and added it to my rig document on word for my reference

Thanks guys, I have read a ton of articles and watched tons of youtube videos. I made a sheet for myself on Microsoft Word on how to rig and use the Drop Shot, Texas Rig, Carolina Rig, Jig Rig, Shake Head Rig, and maybe another one I forgot. I will go to bass pro and pick up stuff for each of those rigs so I at least have the stuff to do it. I will look into a baitcaster, but I will ask the guys at Bass Pro what they recommend. I have heard people recommend 6 pound line all the way to 20 pound line...so not sure what I will do there, but I will get some more recommendations. I have a large list of things to buy....I won't buy it all but at least some of it...here is my "shopping" list: ** these were all recommended buy other people: Trout: - Ask about - Small Crank Baits - Fox Vibrax Spinners Bass: - What pound line? - What reel? - Doulock Snaps Texas Rig: - Bullet Weights: 1/8, 1/4, 3/8 -EWG Hooks: 1/0 – 4/0 -Plastics: Worms, Lizards, etc Carolina Rig: - Glass Bead - Barrel Swivel - Egg or Bullet Sinker: ½ oz or bigger Drop Shot Rig - 1/0 - 2/0 Hooks - 1/8 - 3/8 D/S Weights - Straight Tail Worms Shakey Head Rig: - Shakey Head Hook 5/16 oz - Robo Worm Jig Rig: - 3/8s & 1/2 oz Football Jig Heads -1/4 oz Darter Jigs, -Standard Round Ball Jig Heads – Small – Medium -Swim Jigs Spinnerbaits: -Terminator – Natural and Shocking Colors – GOLD BLADES Plastics: - Berkeley Power Bait Plastics - Curly Tail Worms – Different Sizes and Natural Colors (green pumpkin, black, black and blue, motor oil, chartreuse, white, and pumpkin with chart tail etc.) - Zoom Lizards – Couple Sizes and Colors - Crawdads - Paca Craw, Rage Speed Craw, Berkeley Chigger Craws - Creature Baits - Sweet Beavers or Yamamoto Hula Grubs - Straight Tail Worms – Drop Shot Fishing Crank Baits: - Rapala Floater 7 - Rapala Shad Rap 7 - Black and Silver - Rapala Husky Jerk – Chat or Silver - #7 or 10 - Silver, Good For Pike - Rapala XRAP – Suspended Jerk Bait - Bomber Flat A - General Crank Bait - FLW Tour – Bright and Neutral Color

Yea I will watch some more videos, glad I got some good knowledge on bass fishing from all the videos and reading I have done today. I feel like I have a decent basis when I go bass fishing.

Thanks I will try some of those, although I am not sure how to do the palomar knot...seems hard even from watching the videos on youtube it was hard to understand

I have read a few of those articles, I will continue to watch videos and read. I have learned the Texas and Carolina Rig and will get a variety of lures...plastics, crankbaits, spinner baits, and maybe some jigs. I will ask someone at Bass Pro what they recommend as well and I will get another reel...either a baitcaster or another spin reel.

Hey guys, so I just started fishing about a year ago. I have only done small trout fishing here in Northern Arizona. I mostly fish Oak Creek in Sedona and the Verde River (Clarkdale to Verde Valley). For trout I have only ever used small spinners, 1/32 oz. I have done fairly well, but sometimes it is hit or miss, and I only get the small ones. I noticed a guy fishing the Verde yesterday who was fishing for bass...he caught 8 throughout the day and they were huge compared to what I am used to. He was using some big gear...he had something super similar to this: http://www.berkley-fishing.com/products/hard-bait/spinners/beetle-spin He had one of those half triangle looking things with a really big silver spoon on one side and a big hook on the other side with some other stuff...I think it is called a spinner bait Like I said...the only thing I have in my tackle box is small spinners and some split shots. I currently have a Shakespeare Ugly Stick Light - Medium Action, 6 foot with a Shimano Solstace 2500FI reel. My Questions are: 1. Is my rod strong enough for bass? 2. What pound line should I use? I plan on picking up another reel...should I get another Shimano Solstace (don't want to get too expensive)? 3. What should I try for lures, etc? (plastic worms, spinner bait, spinners, etc)