Kevin22

The lightest I can hold the bait on the bottom and shake it without it creeping along too much. Could be 1/16, could be 5/16 depending on the dia of line, size of bait, depth of water, and any wind or current.

Yes, we'll be up there for a week.

I'll be in richmond. My avatar picture is from the horseshoe chain!

Dean Rojas (the frog man himself) said in many of his videos that he likes a soft tip transitioning fast into a MH backbone. Sounds like the exact opposite of a punching rod, where you want a stiff tip for fishing 1-3oz weights leading into a H or XH backbone.

Welcome! What part of MN are you from? Heading up there in 2 weeks!

In other words, anything that TW is not making at least 15% margin on is not included unless you call and ask.

Mine has them for $30-50 in the clearance. Every one of them has something wrong from a micro crack on the blank (impossible to see unless you look for it) to a guide miss-aligned. Not saying there is anything wrong with the rods you guys are buying, just make sure you check them over well. I feel sorry for the people buying them here.

I fish the dams around here, usually a good 15' drop to the water. Swinging fish up works good until you get a 20"+ walleye or a big drum. Then we have pier nets that we can lower to net the fish. Almost everyone has one in their truck.

Fishing in heavy current where if you take your foot off the TM you will be spinning around in circles or up in the rocks. Unless you want to reach for the net for every 12" fish you catch, boat flipping is the only option.

Not seeing the boat, I'm purely guessing... but I'd guess you have two livewells and a switch for each. Make sure the switch in the bottom picture is not on empty when you are trying to fill them. Turn it to fill and then each livewell to fill. Then turn it to recirc and each livewell to auto.

Make a spinnerbait! Try local shops, most carry the pre-formed heads and blades. You'll need the pre-made head, some pliers, blades of your choosing (single blade will be easiest), clevises if you are doing multi-blade, swivel for the main blade, and a split ring to attach the blade to the swivel. And of course, a skirt.

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Depends on the rod. With a MH or H casting I'd boat flip a 4 no problem. With a ML spinning rod I'd grab or net anything over 15".

Seems to be a societal taboo.

Its not going to be black when it hits the water, it will be a shiny purple (black sharpies are really a dark purple). Should still work, fish probably haven't seen that color! I would put some scent on it before fishing though, not because the fish will smell the sharpie and not take it... but because you have to wait before you set the hook with a frog, and that will give the bass time to taste the sharpie and he might spit it right back out.

I'm not ashamed to admit that I will eat a bass if one bites when I am keeping walleye or crappie. Like you, I think they taste like any other good white meat fish (bluegill, crappie, yellow perch, etc). For anyone who is going to try it... Make sure you take off the red meat that is on the bottom side of the fillet between the meat and the skin if there is any there, that will make it taste real fishy.

That's about how I keep mine. But for a beginner I would suggest you strip about 30 feet off.

I beg to differ.

Yes sir, it will work. Guys have been doing it for a long time here to get baits inside laydowns without making a splash. Most guys I see dong it use a 5" senko with a light wire hook and tail weighted so it glides backwards. Give it a good pop on the surface and then slack line and it will glide backwards.

Hasnt been down there too long, the split rings aren't even rusted. Maybe a month or two at most. Looks like someone's hand carve, cool lure. Someone was probably upset losing that one!

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Let me make sure I'm reading the correct. You want to catch bass, but also save your lures for when a musky hits. Correct? You're only choice is to go for a dark coated wire leader if the water has any sort of color, otherwise go for the 80-100# fluorocarbon leader. I know guys who fly fish for musky and they use 100# fluoro leaders.

That is a split shot rig bait. The 5 and 6 inch work great on about any rig but the 4" is just too small for a shakey head or t-rig IMO. Great with a little hook and split shot.

Yeah. Absolutely. 7' MHF baitcaster. Springtime fish jerkbaits and lipless cranks, during the spawn you can flip and drag just fine with it, during summer you can fish about any bait you want with it, fall it will handle spinnerbaits and lipless just fine. Winter, I don't know.. I'm fishing through an 8" hole in the winter.

Same thing with Shaw. Just plain annoying.