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Great lure, especially for pitchin' to targets and fishing vegetation. A 4/0 EWG and a parasite weight are all you need.

My buddy catches 3 - 4 pound bass by the barrelf ull on a lake that generally doesn't have trout.

When using a "regular" craw, do you drag it on the bottom or use more of a hopping retrieve?

Little short twitches with slack in the line work better with me. With braid it's easy to overwork the bait and take up all the slack.Try very subtle twitches.

7' Medium Heavy Crankin Stick, and mono anywhere from 10 pound to 17 pound, and a slow ratio baitcast reel, either a Curado or BPS PQ.

Popper is more versatile IMO. Prop baits are better in choppy conditions though.

Pit boss, rocket craw, zoom super speed craw, and baby brush hawg.

Booyahs are good, but cavitrons are WAY better. You can retrieve them much slower. And they make a better gurgling sound.

Does anyone here still use craw baits that look "ordinary" and don't have swirling or twirling pinchers? I'm talking about baits like the power craw, zoom critter craw, ect? Under what conditions do you use them and how do you retrieve them?

Pflueger Presidents are as good or better than Shimano Saharas or Symetres, plus cheaper.

Go with any good quality MH 7' spinning rod for smaller senkos, and a MH 7' casting rod for bigger senkos. The St. Croix Premier and Mojo series is a good one, as well as the Quantum Accurist. Can't go wrong with the BPS bionic blade or extreme series rods, either.

The Diesel I have heard nothing but good things about. Also, BPS's Tourney special is an awesome rod that performs as well as rods costing twice as much. A 7' MH should cover most of your jig and worm needs. For pitchin' and flippin' heavy cover, go with a H model though.

Does anybody here try fishing it weightless like a fluke?

Forgot to add I also prefer a glass or composite rod for spinnerbaits or any tight line lure technique like crankbaits or topwaters. The BPS 7' crankin' stick is my main spinnerbait rod, in medium for 1/4 ounce spinnerbaits and medium heavy for 3/8 ounce or heavier.

I generally go with 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 ounce spinnerbaits, with the 3/8 ounce getting the most use from me. I use mostly tandem willows and double willows, with pepper hawgs and terminators being my two favorite brands. You can't go wrong with one silver and one gold blade, either. The shallower the water, and the higher up the weeds or grass grow, the lighter of a spinnerbait you want to use. I generally reel my baits pretty slow as well, with a slower ratio baitcast reel. I use anywhere from 10 - 17 pound test mono or fluoro for using spinnerbaits. My retrieve generally goes like this: Cast out, let it sink to the desired depth, and then reel in the bait at a slow to medium pace. Every 5 - 6 seconds, I will stop the spinnerbait for 1 - 2 seconds, then pop the rod tip and get it going again. If the slow rolling retrieve doesn't work, sometimes burning the bait back in quickly works, especially in clear water. As for colors, I like the golden shiner skirts, chartreuse blue white, chartreuse white, and plain white. Natural colored skirts like pumpkin are also really good, and black is the go to color for murky water.

I use a 7' heavy action graphite rod for my frogs. Always trim about 3/4" of the legs off the frog to help it walk. It takes subtle pops of the wrist to get it to walk. Some frogs walk easier than others, too. The tru tungsten madd maxx walks very well, as does the koppers. The spro bronzeye popper and bronzeye 65 also walk better than the bronze eye jr. The spros are a bit harder to walk, though, except for the popper.

Rapala Skitterprop, Heddon Baby or Magnum Torpedo, Cotton Cordell Crazy Shad

1. Yamamoto Senko, 4" and 5" rigged weightless texposed or whacky. Cream White, watermelon black flake, green pumpkin black flake, black blue flake, watermelon/cream white laminate 2. Zoom Super Fluke and Super Fluke Jr, rigged weightless. Baby bass, pearl white, green pumpkin, lemon shad, watermelon seed, arkansas shiner 3. 6" Curl Tail Worm (green pumpkin, watermelon, motor oil, red shad, black blue flake) Rigged texas style with a sliding sinker, a split shot rig, or a parasite weight pegged 4. 5" Yamamoto Hula Grub, rigged texas style with a 1/0 EWG hook and a parasite weight pegged (green pumpkin black flake, watermelon black flack, pumpkin black flake, black/blue flake) 5. Rage Shad, rigged texposed with a 4/0 EWG. Green Pumpkin, Green Pumpkin/Chart, Pearl White 6. 6" Lizard, parasite weight pegged, texas style sliding sinker, split shot, carolina rig (green pumpkin, black blue flake, watermelon black flake, black) 7. Berkley Havoc Pit Boss, parasite weight pegged (black blue flake, green pumpkin, okeechobee craw) 8. Rage Space Monkey, parasite weight pegged (black blue flake, green pumpkin, watermelon red flake) 9. Yamamoto or Kalin's single tail grub, 4" (white, clear silver flake, green pumpkin, watermelon, pumpkin blake flake) 10. Luck E Strike 5" ring worm, split shot or carolina rig (watermelon, green pumpkin)

Baby rage craw, tiny paca chunk, and also Zoom's Creepy Crawler (a 3" twintail grub).

I still catch lots of bass on Super Spots and Rat L Traps. The Red Eye Shad is a must have bait though as well. It has a bit better action on the drop.

Smallies will hit just about anything at times. I'm sure they will hit frogs, but again I don't fish frogs in smallie type areas.

Just don't put them in your mouth, and wash your hands after handling them a bunch. They really aren't that dangerous and lead bans are baseless.

Try skipping them back into shady pockets under trees and brush during the middle of the day. You will get bit, often as soon as it hits the water.

It's great stuff. The memory isn't too bad and it's tough and sensitive. There is better fluoro out there, but not for the money IMO.

I use a 7' BPS Crankin' Stick, medium or medium heavy power. They work great for every topwater lure out there IMO.