Big Swimbait

Tatsu followed closely by Daiwa J-Flouro Hidden Concept .

Another vote for the BKK OCD organizer. When you buy the BKK Armorpoint hooks separately, they come in the box already labeled.

From the unmentionable company, the Mag Weedless jig head with a 6/0 hook has worked pretty well on the full sizes when I need the weed guard.

Because the Flags are hard to come by, I tried both the 7" and 9" sizes of the Nessie. I did not have much success. There is a reason they are in the clearance section on TW. If you can find a Flag, buy it!

My wife had a crap-ton of cork wine bottle stoppers she bought on Etsy. I glued them to the bottom of a 3700 deep and stuck the wire they came on in the cork.

I have had decent success with several methods. I will not use a treble/quad hook anymore because they swallow this bait. You are going to hook the tongue/gills and no need to kill a fish. I will try the 2/0 frog hook whenever they are available again. The Core Tackle Dice Rig is pretty good for TPE baits. It does not hold a plastisol bait well for me. For the bigger baits, I have been using the Mag Shrooms Weedless jig head because it has a 6/0 hook (and a weed guard). Plus it has a great keeper for TPE baits. For those that bought the 1st batch of the 6th Sence Abstract (me), apparently there was a problem with the plastic formula where they did not hold their shape (mine). My understanding is if you contact Customer Service, they will replace them with the updated formula that they are selling now.

Everybody has an idea now that they are so popular. The one that makes the most sense to me is with the weight on the bottom and whatever hook you use, the hook point should be up. That way the hook is in the best position while the bait falls.

Super high quality, great customer service and Mike will make you what you want!

I don't throw frogs as much as I should, so I wanted a rod that could pull double duty. I found the Falcon BuCoo in a 7' H. It's been great when I frogged, but it also is my pitchin'/flippin stick. Very light for the rating and Academy usually has them on sale for $99.00.

I bought the one in Morning Dawn because the bladed jig was sold out everywhere. I like it - a lot! Quick start-up and has a different vibration than the JH.

Thanks for the tips.

I recently fished a private lake that had a muck bottom. Anything TX rigged was a waste of time. I had never thrown a drop shot before but it made sense for this lake. So I tied it up and immediately started catching fish. The problem was the mess I got back after every fish. My leader end (around 8 in) would be wrapped around everything, and in some cases I had to cut it off and start over. I see there are drop shot hooks with swivels. Are they the answer to this problem?

If you can find it, 832 20 lb in Camo is my go-to. It has the diameter of 6 lb. Several tests I have seen shows it breaks closer to 30 lbs. It is so thin, I use it without a leader for bottom contact baits. My success actually went up since I started using it that way.

Facts. After Christie won the last BASS derby, and said he used a 2/0 frog hook, they are non-existant. Especially since Trokar is the only one I can find that makes a 2/0.

They introduced a new color not too long ago 9024 called Texas Tilapia. I always have one rigged up.