Montanaro

Amazon has tatula for 90 I've had both and prefer tatula

Jerkbaits

Bikini weather

I'll try to remember to check it out next time I head for the obx. Thanks

My local shop has ice cream knick nacks and a terrible rod selection. Old model zillions marked at 350 dollars. All lures and plastics are marked up at least 15% from msrp. I can't afford to shop there! It's unfortunate really. Maybe if they focused on hunting and fishing instead of painted rocks and junk they'd be doing better.

I buy a lot of rods and reels from amazon and haven't had an issue. The gift card thing doesn't work anymore. They are no longer discounted.

Thinking of taking my dad to Mount Storm lake in January or February which is a power plant lake. It does not freeze over and stays in the 60s. I was curious how to approach this. Will the bass spawn early in the year? Would bass orient on docks? Tons of gizzard shad in lake, should we focus on those? I'm sure going there and trying different things out would be the best bet, but was curious about others experiences.

Poppers can be really fun Wacky senkos Those fish are usually uneducated and hungry. Small and simple usually does it

Daiwa rod and reels Sunline Spro, revenge, rage tail, seibert

Clear water match Murky or muddy you can contrast

I have 2 of them. Haven't used them much but they do their job.

I've thrown the spro john all year. Flat sides aren't just for cold water.

Bass food

No sense in buying a fragile orange stick. Fix the blanks and then the orange can once again be cool.

Lowlands typically have more grass and timber and less or no pelagic baitfish. Bass will be relatively shallow all year due to presence of grass to insulate water. Frogs bugs sunfish and minnows are primary forage. Highlands are rockier and deeper. Main prey is pelagic baitfish and crawdads. Bass orient to depth changes like humps points and ledges that force schooling shad into a tighter area. Lack of insulating grass and presence of shad will push the bass deeper in summer and winter.

Brush heads would be okay. But football heads are more useful with swing heads as they don't tip over and deflect off cover. I haven't had a problem with snags when pitching to wood with football heads.

Personally I'd prefer just the head without hook so I can put split rings and my own hook on it. I'd buy a ton in the 1/4 to 3/4 range. What would be super is if you found a way to add a skirt.

Which brand frog? Zoom seemed to be the main one used. May try a shellcracker rigged sideways

Read an article about forrest wood cup and FLW tour and how popular using a buzzbait with plastic toad was. Added casting distance, lift, and bulk.

Any rod that can handle an ounce or ounce and a quarter with xfast action. I don't often get to 1 oz but that's the stiffness I want.

Two zero calorie monsters Reeses and kit kats. Usually have a couple sandwiches but I don't consider those snacks.

That's what it is, except you can get a mount for the boat so you stay still. They really are all about the same. Dig in has more mounting options though.

Looking at these for our 17' tracker. Anyone have them? Would prefer 10 foot over 8 just for extra options but not sure if it's worth the extra money. Stick it anchoring is cheaper but there 10 foot is two piece and they have less mounting options. Would prefer not drilling holes into boat.

They can be found for $60

Anyone use these? Video with Palaniuk doubling over 250 pound braid and destroying it was impressive. The needle nose pliers are nice too.