Mikell

Cool thanks man!

Cool thanks man

Okay ill have to go see if they have any next time im out there lol

Why are these $8 a pack on ebay?

I want to punch some hydrilla thats pretty thick and its also mixed with our favorite pond slime in place jus mats of it all over. What weight do you think would be minimum for that kind of heavy cover? Ive got a 3/4 and 1oz weight but if I want to use skirts on them would i need like 1.25 or 1.5?

Just wanted to show my newest gear, this is gear that I have upgraded too! Finally was able to buy some really good gear that ill be able to use for a long time, with proper technique and care of course! From top to bottom: Dobyns Champion 734c w/ Pinnacle Optimus XiHS 7.3:1 Suffix 832 40#- I use this for just about anything from square bills, worming, and some frogging, buzzbait chatter bait, big worms on lighter trigs or even weightless big worms 7'1 Duckett White Ice Heavy Byron Velvick Model w/ Lews Tournament Pro 6.4:1 PP 50#- I actually use this for Flippin n Pitchin and some Punchin, I fish in Florida from the bank so a shorter rod helps me actually to flip and pitch my heavy stuff. Also for heavier worming trigs and crigs. 7'1 MF St. Croix LTB Pflueger Patriarch 7.9:1 Invisx 12# Floro- This is a super versatile rod I can do light reaction baits, spinnerbaits squarebills and my main purpose is finesse and lightweight worming! I love these rods and reels and as you can see im not picky or loyal to a brand whatever I can get thats quality is alright with me!

When you guys say "swimbait" are you referring to the big plastic realistic fish lures like $80 or like flukes and super flukes and caffeine shad type baits?

im about to use a 7'1 or a 7'3 to punch, im a bank fisherman and this seems more realistic, fishing in florida you can punch all kinds of stuff from the bank! is the world about to explode because i blew mother natures mind for using such a short rod to punch with?

734-Almost everything rod, froggin, buzzbait, squarebill, trig worms especially larger ones 7MF-Senkos lightweight softplastics 7MF-Whatever I feel like throwing that the weight can handle lol 7'1 H/XF- Flippin pitchin froggin Crigs Hopefully soon a 7'3 HF- Fippin pitchin heavier lures and cover

Honestly idk of senkos are good IN the grass maybe around the edges of pockets or mats of it, flip it into little holes and i actually saw an article about adding some sort of tape to a wacky hook to regulate fall rate but ive always fished mine wacky weightless i still have yet to try it t-rigged

yup I always use braid for just about everything using it on a pinnacle optimus xihs on a dobyns 734c rod

I love my ltb! it broke tho on my part it on its way back from st croix service tho cant wait!

Thanks guys i apppreciate it! I can wait to rig it up! Ive been doin alot more froggin lately so it maybe become my frog reel unless i jus think i need a faster ratio after fishin it. We will definetly find out!

I just bought one in 6.4:1 ratio. I know in the end its use preference, but I wanna ask what are YOU guys usin it for? is it versatile enough for all techniques? better for one than the other? flippin/pitchin heavy weights? bombing cranks and jerkbaits? or even versatile enough for finesse fishing? Light to even weightless worms? Froggin? The possiblities are endless, so Im looking forward to hearing some personal experience from you guys!

Oh yeah man a few times i did WAIT lol even felt the line pullin which to me he was takin it but sure nuff when i set het jus spit it out

Just an open topic, I have been wanting to get some mag tricks worms but the only place I find them is online Does anyone have a store or maybe a reason I cant find any at DSG or Academy?

Thanks guys thats awesome I dont believe i was reeling the slack that probably did it right there

Went froggin today, grass and slime mats for miles. They were eatin it up, at one point they hit 2 outah 3 casts BUT I could hook a single one!!! Literally I had like 15 fish hit this thing and not a single hook up. Yes I waited that extra second before setting. I had the retrieve down pat they were lovin it but for some reason I could not hook up. Any advice? I had to remind myself to wait that extra second sometimes but even when I did do that they still wouldnt hook up. I even switched to a pad crasher jr, thinkging the larger pad crasher might have been too big for maybe a small bass that was hitting it. When i did that the bites died haha Maybe I wasnt settting the hook hard enough? Usually im just flippin and pitching lil craw type baits around light cover and finesse worming, I imagine the hook setting should be different for these two techniques. Should I use any type of motion while setting the hook? Straight up? Up yet to the side a little, or maybe a swing to the side? Though I didnt catch any it was pretty awesome to see those fish go after it like that one came outah the water and rolled on it like a whale! haha And I also got a brand new Lew's Tourney Pro for 130 AND my replacement rod for my broken St Croix LTB will be shipping out tomorrow, I found out. So all in all not a bad day!

as this is a valid point and some probably are not bass but if you saw the area you would know that there had to be bass there lol its just good of location cover vegetation structure and all that for there not to be some in there but yes point valid it may jus be some gar or some other fish

any reccomendations on colors?

yes i have used top water, what i was reffering to was the fact that i could see fish hit stuff on the top of the water AROUND my lure, so i knew that using top water would be a good choice but still no bites, even though they were clearly feeding on top water bugs and what not already also on the crankbait it might have been color because i dont think i could have gone any smaller, if i did i would have to use a spinning rod to be able to cast it as the crank i was using was already smaller than a kvd 1.5

wish I had the same luck i threw 5 different baits yesterday including senkos and came away with 2 small bass! i do love senko fishing though!

thanks man maybe they just werent biting that great yesterday cus i actually tried all that too lol i made it as erratic as possible especially with the jerk retrieves lol ill keep experimenting but from what ive learned its different everyday on the water

I caught my first bass on a crank bait the other day. It wasnt as "spectacular" as I imagined using this reaction bait would be. Ive had harder hits on my soft plastics lol Dont get me wrong it was cool to FINALLY catch something on a crankbait, I have a question though. As I fish from the bank, I cast out and like to crank it up the points and the up the structure thats under the water. Maybe catch the stuff hangin close to cover and/or the structures. I only caught one on the crankbait BUT i noticed that a few times some nice size bass were chasin it all the way up the bank til like they were only in a foot of water or less but never actually went for it. Now this was cool to watch but id rather be catching them. My question is how come they would follow it so aggressively just to not go for it? I tried all kinds of retrieves, slow, fast, near the top, all the way to the bottom in the middle, stop and go, jerk retrieve also and only got the one lol Also just so i dont have to start a new thread, I REALLY want to catch something on top water but Ive not had any luck EVER lol Frogs on top of lily pads that I can visibly see fish striking top water under the pads but nothing, hula popper on a cloudy slightly breezey day which ive heard is great for top water baits lol and its summer another time people use frogs and top water, but nothing lol So, lets talk tackle haha

I cant believe people are still commenting on this bahaha