Smallmouth Hunter
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there was a thread I saw earlier in the rods reels knots section on that reel. There is also a tackletour review for it.
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Natural colors, natural baits, and SLOW.. that's whats been working for me lately
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Yeah definetly add some pauses and speed variations into your retrieve
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Deep cranking is probably not going to be the best technique for this time of year, but I have never fished table rock so I can't say for sure. The bass are sluggish cause the water is so warm and there isn't as much oxygen in it. If you really want to deep crank I would say to make sure your crankbaits are running a foot or two deeper than the depth of the water your fishing. This will give it more action cause it will be running into the bottom (I think this is true - that's what KVD says). You should also use shad colors.
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I am kinda new to fly fishing and recently my tippet broke so I bought a new one. The reel I bought came with line already set up on it so I didn't have to tie any knots but now I do. I looked up how to do the know and now Im confused... All I can find is knots for leader to tippet, but I don't have a leader and never did. Is there any knots for fly line to tippet?
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Just to add on this answer a bit: 1. If there is current going into/around an area with weeds, a lot of times bass will hide in there for ambush. Cast a plastic worm or fluke or something weedless, into the current and make it look injured. Bass will slam it if they are there.
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Isn't it called the swimming craw? I picked up some a week or 2 ago and it said "limited edition" or something like that on the bag so I think that was sort of the prototype. The swimming craw is pretty much just an average craw with a hollow mid section, nothing special
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3. When should I use a jig head, over a weight?- Well with a weight you can customize your hook size rather than having a weight that's already attached to a hook. Also with a weight (I assume you are talking about a t-rig btw) it can slide down your line away from hook. 8. Why might I be having trouble with worms, when everyone seems to have success with them?- With soft plastics, fish will often hit on the fall, or when you give it slack and it just sinks. I am not sure what you are using now, but a good way to use your soft plastic worms is with a light weight. I go with 1/16 oz -1/8 oz sometimes if the bass are not biting aggressively so I can get a slow fall, and it looks very vulnerable to the fish. A good technique is casting, then letting it fall, and counting it down to the desired depth, then jigging it hard off the bottom and then count it down again. Then repeat.. Oh and counting it down means to watch the lure fall and see how many in, or feet it falls in a second than do the math to guess where your lure is compared to the bottom of the pond/lake. Hope this helps..
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The bait does not stay vertical with the jika. Only if you jig it up then let it fall, and even then it will only stay vertical for a few seconds. It will eventually fall and be horizontal due to gravity..
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I live in nc and I don't think there is a restriction cause my local tackle shop has bama rigs with all 5 hooks
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Would multiple hooks/baits on a dropshot rig be effective? I don't really use dropshots ever but this crossed my mind earlier and I thought it was a pretty cool idea. Have any of you every done this before?
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Something like a spinnerbait so it can go through the grass and not get caught in it.
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I too live in NC and have had to fish through the recent storms. For me, I have had success with t-rigs the most. I don't know enough about where you are fishing to give you a better answer though. Can you go into detail about the h20 youre fishing? Lake or pond? Does it have docks? Does it have any grass, or "salad" of any kind? Is it natural or manmade? Are you fishing from shore or from a boat/kayak? How big is this pond/lake? Depth?
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Look for docks in large coves. They will usually have deeper water around them and the docks provide shade (cooler water) and an ambush spot. Floating docks are not as good as docks with pilings but sometimes bass will suspend a few feet under them. I catch a majority of my fish in the summer off docks in water around 15 Ft deep.
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In your situation I would suggest mimicking a injured bait fish. I would buy a jointed swimbait from academy (h20 brand). They sink VERY slowly, around 2 inches a second, so use them as a topwater lure and twitch them, it zig-zag on the surface. Oh, and they are only about $3-$4, and it looks very realistic.
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This reel looks sweet!
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Yup, just put the eye of the barrel weight (the wire part) on the split ring.I recently found out about a rig known as the "jika rig" (I think that's how its spelled), and it is awesome. It is like a shakey head but has a different falling action. All you have to do to make the rig is take a Wide gape worm hook, and put a split ring on it. Then slide a barrel weight on that split ring, and tie your line on the split ring. It is great for dock fishing (I really enjoy dock fishing so that's what I have used it for mostly), and is very versatile. You can use it in a finesse style if you use a light barrel weight and small hook, or you can use it for bigger baits like a brush hog and just use a bigger hook. Try this out and tell me how you like it!
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