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Spinnerbait and jig.

I often use the Mr. Twister Split Double Trail as my swimjig trailer, and I do usually trim off 1/4" to 1/2" for a more compact presentation.

My Curado E outcasts all my other baitcasters. Yet I only have three other models, a Shimano Cardiff for swimbaits and catfish, four bps pqs, and a Lew's Tournament MG speed spool in which so far I am disappointed with the distance in.

I use a BPS PQ, but go with the Tatula out of those.

I just soaked mine in acetone overnight after I scrubbed them every 2 hours while I was still awake. Then one drop of oil when re - installing.

Try the 7' M Browning Silaflex.

Zara puppy, 1/4 ounce jitterbug, and skitterpops (though I can throw skitterpops fine on caster).

Cavitron always, 1/4 and 3/8 ounce.

We got over an inch out here in Colorado yesterday and it's even drier here usually. More on the way.

Go with the next level of pflueger, but if I were you the president is so good I would just get some lures with the money.

Great idea. I can get 5 bass out of a senko usually using mend it and parasite clips.

I pitch them to cover, 3/0 EWG gammy and a 1/4 parasite weight. One of my favorite creature baits and plastics period.

I like lemon shad, white, and bubble gum in stained water. For the super flukes a 3/0 EWG and the jrs a 1/0 EWG. A slow retrieve with a twitch or two ever 10 seconds and let it sink a lot.

It can mean bigger bass in lakes where large bass eat BIG forage, like stocker trout. Big baits can work better and be easier to find in stained or murky water by nice bass too though. That being said, a 4" senko can catch a big one.

Rip rap edges and mid depth weedlines.

Oh and try a zoom super fluke jr. in white, with a 1/0 EWG Gammy. Go with 8 pound test mono and use it with a slow retrieve, jerking it once or twice every 10 seconds and letting it sink. You'll start putting fish in the boat.

Go with a spinnerbait or a shallow diving crankbait. The spinnerbait works best when there is some chop in the water or during overcast conditions, the crank will work most any time.

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Strike Kings, bombers, normans, rapalas, and bandits make up the bulk of my cranks but there are other brands I use a lot.

Probably a frog for me. If not that either a buzzbait or rage shad.

Senkos, flukes, frogs, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, jigs, creatures, centipedes, poppers, walkers, worms.

Jig with a rage chunk.

I use the creatures probably 2 to 1 over worms. If you count senkos as worms I use both about equally.

Yes it's sad to hear. Lake Powell and Mead are like that with Largemouth due to the drought, and Powell is overrun with stunted smallies in the 9" - 13" range.

The great thing about dynamic lures is even though their swimbaits are under $20, they AREN'T cheap pieces of crap. At WORST, the only thing you want to change is the hooks, and the VMCs they come with AREN'T bad. Not to hijack, but their jerkbaits, the shallow and deep travado, are comparible to the lucky craft pointer 100 and the j spec imo has the best action of any jerkbait of it's size class on the market. I SLAYED the bass, both largemouth and smallies, on the j spec this spring when the water was in the upper 40s and low 50s. In size it's a little bigger than a LCP 78. Plus, they are half the price of the pointers and even when you change the hooks you spend under 10 bucks.