Montanaro

I walked to the pond with a bow hunter my age. He didn't know what to make of me bass fishing. He was pretty surprised when he came back through and I told him what I had caught.

May go after work. Was thinking a 1/8oz shaky and roboworm. Weightless trig may not get under the pads.

I'd like to find another tdz. Maybe a type r tatula.

Fishing from shore...Hard to say. High 40s at lowest and maybe 4 or 5 at deepest. Average probably 2 feet.

Found a shallow pond with green pads on about half the lake. Didn't get any bites from the pads. What strategy would yall suggest? I was working swim jig through which often pulled to surface by pads. Also tried a frog but I wasn't confident doing so and switched. Drop a jig in and let it sit? Try to pull a wakebait through gaps? Hard to maintain bottom contact with all the pads.

Went to a new pond today and was slow rolling a 1/2 swim jig through timber and got bit by a ~3#. Felt like I was hung on a branch until he took off. My 2nd smaller one was the same deal when I was jigging it. Also had a small one hit a crankbait on outside weedline. More time and not fishing from shore I may have done better. Air temps were right at 40. May post a pic later of my first ever November bass

Okuma tcs is well within your budget

3 pounds I figure. Dad caught an 8 on an old fashioned snag proof

Location is a given....I'm not shooting an elephant in my back yard. Action trumps all Switching trailers from lots of action to little and boom. Soft plastic fluttering down won't get bit but a crank smashing into same tree will.

About the size of holes I was making. Going to look for thinner soldering tips to make a cleaner and smaller hole.

I always heard they were for turning on a school of suspending bass. I wouldn't buy one though

I'm from WV. DD bass are very rare. If I'm hunting for one I'm going to back off shore and fish where my boat would be especially in spring. There is no surefire catchall. You gotta understand the water and have a lot of luck.

My thoughts exactly

I tried my small soldering iron on a small box nd it's sloppy and leaves a big hole. Is there trick or should I get a small drill bit and do it that way?

Brilliant. I'm going to have to do that this weekend. Do you do holes on top and bottom?

Mustad ewg are okay. Trying out owner and gamakatsu now.

I like em. Gets through heavy deep cover. They catch fish and big ones too.

Nope

What lake? Mason? I'm from morgantown.

Woohoo

3/4 oz lipless. Knot was flying out every cast.

Tatula shallow spool is 50 dollars. Going through fluorocarbon gets expensive. 12 bucks or so for cheap braid isn't that bad which is what I have done now. Another question. When you are getting low on fluoro and are nearing backing, do you just use it as a long leader or do you pull off the 30 or 40 yards and tie more fluoro on?

I often use backing on my reels so I don't use as much flouro. Would I be better off investing in shallow spools to reduce weight and line usage?

6'7" mh steez with TDZ103H $750 combo...got it for 300.

1/2 oz vibe jigs because 3/8 rides up in water column. Swimjigs I use 3/8 mostly but use some 1/2oz.