FrogFreak

Poppers for sure. I've been using the SK Spittin Kings lately.Sexy Dawgs in Bluegill, Buzz baits and recently the rage shad!. Great change of pace lure. Nice vid by the way, I subscribed to the channel!

When I use poppers in clear water I use a white or bone colored belly or a natural bluegill color scheme. Those are the two basic food groups where I fish. Bluegill/perch and minnows. We have leopard frogs and they have white bellies as well so the white ones cover that.

X2, this is the only thing I've found that doesn't drive me crazy.

Sometimes I use another spinner as a trailer on my first spinner.

Every Monday I find and order more stuff. I can't stop.

Buck fifty Zara Spook Jrs at Wal-Mart.

I just made my second order. I had a question and left a message for Mike. He called me back the same day and helped me out. I hung up the phone, looked over at my wife and said, "Well, I won't be buying jigs from anywhere else again!" Siebert Outdoors is the online equivalent to the old time corner store. Great service Mike!

I bought a Crestliner VT17 with a 60 horse 4 stroke last year and a Wavewalk kayak at about the same time. Now I find myself using the yak about 80% of the time and the boat sits. Am I the only one that enjoys the simplicity of yak fishing more than hauling a boat around? I've seriously considered selling the boat but my wife keeps telling me to keep it for those times that we both want to use it. I did end up buying the wife a yak so she can come with me.

One of the great things about yak fishing over fishing from my boat is that I don't have to worry about anything hanging down in the water and getting damaged. I love the advantage I have in super shallow and weedy waters. Yes, I'd love a peddle drive for getting to some spots but once I'm there, I'd probably just stow the peddle drive anyway. For me buying a yak meant keeping it simple. No motor, tm or other items to worry about. So I'll stick with the ole paddle. I've seriously thought about just selling my 2013 Crestliner VT17 lately. I just love yak fishing!!

I have worn an inflatable pfd for years and I've never needed it (knock on wood). I fish small to med sized bodies of water with a Wavewalk kayak. There's no way I can flip it back over and re-enter if I flip it. I'd just swim to shore with it and dump the water out. I do see the logic in carrying an extra CO2 canister. I think I'll grab one. I carry 3-4 rods. Great advice on waiting to rig. I don't drill holes unless I'm sure I need to. One thing I think is important to have on the yak is a small collapsible oar just in case.

I own a Wavewalk. At first I rigged it with a bunch of stuff I thought I'd need but lately I've really went minimal on my rigging. Just the rod holders and that's about it. I do have a collapsible oar I got at Cabelas that I keep in the yak just in case.

I said I wouldn't reply but I have to. Here's the deal, why does anyone care to convince others as to which is better? Go try em out, try em with different techniques and pick the one you like. Use a snoopy rod for all I care! I prefer BCs but so what,. The fish don't care. My grandfather and his best friend used to hand line fish in the ocean and they had a ball! If you'd like to ask which setup is optimal for a certain type of fishing so you can go and purchase the right stuff, fine. But this debate is senseless.

I have no idea if there are Shad in the lakes I fish. I find that if you focus on Bluegill and Perch patterns in Northern MN lakes, you'll get bit.

Wow, I bet I've missed tons of fish. I'll be a hook setting fool from now on! I'm not ashamed to admit that I didn't really understand that there are 2 distinct types of bass, schoolers and loaners. Hmmm, now how to apply this knowledge to my local lakes.

My wife recently started fishing with me. Here's a pic of her first LMB caught with a t-riggged purple worm (her favorite color).

X2 here. I fish for about 6-8 hours a day on Saturday and 4 hours on Sunday on a weekly basis. It get's way to busy during the heat of the day on the lake so I stay in then.

2002 Dodge 2500 V10 with 39K. Have a 50 gallon auxiliary tank in the bed. It has plenty of power for my 2013 Crestliner VT 17 and pulls my fifth wheel wonderfully. .

I took your advice....I just got back from the emergency room. Has anyone seen my dog?

Summer mornings, dead calm, a little fog. Humid but not hot yet. Pitching a popper or a frog to weed lines, lilly pads or lay downs. Waiting for the ripples to disappear, pop pop and then the explosion!

Although throwing a soft plastic works after a miss. I like to stop a frog or a spook dead for up to 30 seconds and then they usually hit on the next twitch.

I see it as a bit simpler than others may. First you take the conditions (time of year, weather etc) add in your experience (what's worked in the past) and then apply it to the body of water your fishing. That's your starting point. From there, you take all the observed variables into account (bait breaking the surface, birds on shore etc) and make your best guess at where they are that day and what they want.. For example, I went out with my wife (in kayaks) one afternoon and I started throwing a t-rigged Rage Tail Menace to a productive weed line that drops off into deeper water. My wife was throwing a plastic worm to the same type of structure. We decided to fish this way because in the past, a slower presentation in the warmer afternoons has been productive in this particular lake. Now, she fishes much slower than I and she usually is rewarded for her efforts. But not that day. I saw this and wondered if the bass wanted to chase something since a storm was supposed to be coming in. So, I started throwing a spinner bait. Slow at first and then as I ratcheted up the speed, I caught fish. I ended up with a productive afternoon. So the pattern was burning a white spinner bait with 2 willow blades over the weed line. I could and did reproduce this all over the small lake I was fishing. Some days are easier than others for sure. The key is to pay attention and let the conditions and the bass dictate how you fish. Seasonal patterns and past success are just starting points. As Roger pointed out above, sometimes you can be surprised by a pattern.

Great question. I have a small lake that I can fish on and catch 20-40 fish in a morning but most of the fish are around 1 lb with some bigger ones mixed in on occasion. On the flip side, I have another lake that doesn't have the numbers but you're more likely to catch a 5lb plus bass (big for up here in Northern MN). Which is better? It really depends. I normally don't worry about size as much as numbers because I fish for fun but I do like to go after bigger fish from time to time as well. Bottom line, a nice fish is the one that you catch, mostly because you're not at work.

I saw Ish catching fish around docks a while back on MLF I think and he said the key was a heavier weight. Not sure if it was the faster fall rate or what. It all depends on what the bass want that day I suppose.

X2 on this statement. I'm a mono fan for topwater. Heck anything with treblehooks for that matter.