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Will work great unless there is really thick grass. When cranking grass, you want a bait that just ticks the top of the grass.

Cavitron, no competition.

One more thing, water is lower in the morning and at night because not as much power is being generated at Hoover Dam. The river can fall or rise 6 - 7 feet in a matter of hours.

Used to be terminators, but they aren't nearly as good anymore, the front blade on a double willow often has a tough time spinning. I would go with the revenge heavy duty or a pepper hawg from pepper custom baits.

Regular fluke, followed closely by the fluke jr, which can catch better numbers when bass are real finicky or feeding on small prey, but the drawback is it doesn't cast as far and is harder to cover water with. The magnum still catches lots of fish, even a 2 pounder and sometimes smaller can engulf it.

Is Isopropyl alcohol okay and effective to use for cleaning reels, gears/bearings ect? I have had good results with acetone, which is an oxidant of Isopropyl.

A fast sinking rainbow trout swimbait will catch stripers, largemouths, and even the occasional big trout.

BIG water, swift current, very deep and very clear. Stripers will be closer to the main current, bass along rocky areas and backwaters/eddies. You'll need heavier lures to get down to the bottom due to the depth and the strength of the Colorado River's current.

Topwater bite still going strong here.

I'm sick to death of all the nonnative species garbage. What the heck do these purists want? Us to go back to sport fish free areas with nothing but rough fish? None of them should be allowed in our wildlife management agencies.

I have 7 casting and four spinning. 1. 200 Curado E5 with a 7' M BPS Crankin' Stick - Shallow cranks, medium cranks, small deep divers, light spinnerbaits, light topwaters, light lipless cranks (10 pound mono) 2. BPS PQ 5.2:1 with a 7' MH BPS Crankin' Stick - Most spinnerbaits, heavier lipless cranks, heavier topwaters, heavier shallow cranks (12 pound mono) 3. Lew's Tourny MG Speed Spool 5.4:1. 7'11" MH BPS Crankin' Stick - Big Deep Cranks (10 pound fluoro) 4. BPS PQ 6.4:1, 7' MH Abu Veritas Micro Guide - Jigs, creatures, bigger plastics, light to moderate flippin/pitchin' (15 pound mono) 5. BPS PQ 6.4:1, 7' Cabelas Pro Guide H - Frogs, Heavy flipping/pitching (50 pound braid) 6. BPS PQ 7.1:1, 7' MH Quantum KVD All Glass Crank Rod - Buzzbaits, rage shads/buzzing frogs, burning spinnerbaits (14 pound mono) 7. Shimano Cardiff 300A, Okuma Guide Select Big Bait Series 7'11" XH - Swimbaits (17 pound mono) Spinning: 1. Pflueger President 1636652, 7' MH Quantum Alliance - Senkos, flukes, lighter plastics, mojo rigs, worms, finesse jigs (8 pound mono) 2. Pflueger President 1636652, 7' M Browning Silaflex - Light balsa cranks, finesse cranks under 1/4 ounce (6 pound mono) 3. Pflueger President 1636652, 7' BPS Bionic Blade M - Hard Jerkbaits (15 pound braid) 4. Pflueger President 1636652, 7' Abu Veritas M spinning - Drop shotting, shaky heads

BPS Crankin' Stick.

Here in Colorado the winter bite starts at sub 50 degrees, usually in early november.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no as others say. Always carry them with you though.

With the environmental marxists that run California (and most western state fishery management departmens for that matter), it's going to be a TOUGH battle. I hope to see some people who want to kill and damage our fisheries lynched so to speak.

Very good dog walker. Have caught plenty of bass on it, both large and smallmouth.

The 4". White, baby bass, moss shad.

The lake managers have WAY too much power over OUR lakes. They seem to think the lakes our their own private property rather than belonging to we the people like they are supposed to. It's insanity and a perfect example of why government at every level needs to be stripped of a lot of it's self given "authority".

Pflueger, hands down.

Yep, great post!

You can't beat the pro qualifier from bass pro shops for $100 reel that is sometimes on sale for $70. It performs better than many reels up to $150 dollars or more (though not all). It's not as good as a Curado or Chronarch but for the money it's better than anything else.

Finesse worms, centipedes, and small curly tail worms.

Very good lure. My go to walker is a super spook jr. though.

Rage plastics don't have the best durability but buy some mend it and the way they catch fish is more than worth it.

At it's best in stained and murky waters but works even in clear.