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Feather the spool and mess around with your tension and brakes until to find the sweet spot. Slight overruns will still happen but in my experience they're not too catastrophic usually, just reseat your spool every so often.

Trolling is a good method for understanding what's going on beneath you. A good map can put you in the vicinity of productive areas, but from there, trolling will give you feel for where the sweet spots are and can reveal concentrations of fish.

Take kayak fishing. Paddling 6-10 miles is great for upper body and can have cardiovascular benefits.

The beds aren't quite at the point where they need to be punched, theyre submerged a pretty good ways down. More or less I'll be dragging a trig/mojo rig in this deep stuff. However the entire lake is surrounded by bulrush, which I'll be smashing big weights through. Also, I found if I will pop the bait through the grass that it won't get hung. As opposed to trying to drag it through the stuff.

That's a good tip Catt, and ya, snags are inevitable. But would you say that there is a combination of weight, hook size, and line that lessens the extent that you get snagged. Same thing with jigs, I've heard santone make a pretty weedless swim jig.

That's a good tip Catt, and ya, snags are inevitable. But would you say that there is a combination of weight, hook size, and line that lessens the extent that you get snagged. Same thing with jigs, I've heard santone make a pretty weedless swim jig.

I'm pretty accustomed to milfoil but I'm finding that hydrilla tends to snag baits much easier. Does anyone have advice for tackling these weedy haunts with CR/TR and swim jigs. The obvious solution is to drop weight size, however strong wind are something I must factor in. So yeah, any tips on eqiipment/technique would be appreciated. Please, no one tell me to rip a lipless crankbait out of the grass. That's like telling Tim Duncan that using the backboard will help his jumpshot. I'm just looking for tips for slow moving baits which remain on bottom.

A break line is any change in physical feature (drop off, weed lines, rock piles)

No way. Its probably the best for a spinning reel.

Well when i think of a lake i picture coves, points, and generally just a more expansive body of water. I think of a river lake as a lake that is more river like in nature. For instance, they meander like a river, and depending on what dam engineers are up to, they may even have current. Basically they are just rivers, but really wide.

Does anybody have a preference for river lakes compared to resevoirs? Based solely on my geographical circumstance i fish mostly river lakes. My experience on resevoirs is limited, so tell me what yall think differentiates the two.

Structure is my preference. It's usually got fish that are more catchable, and personally, my favorite way to catch them is deep cranking.

The only time I lose crankbait bass is in a tournament

Deep water fishing can be a dream with a little practice. Without knowing much about your situation it's hard to give much advice. Personally I enjoy locating deep grass on humps and points, primarily using a deep crank as my lure of choice. If you have a boat /kayak Id say get some sorta depth finder and start fishing structure(weeds, drop off, rock piles). If your bank fishing make long casts with Carolina rigs/jigs and fish slow. Learn how to feel the bottom and it'll pay off.

sounds like youre fishing lady bird lake. youre best friend there is going to be a lipless crank. find patches of hydrilla with that and once you start finding fish slow down with a texas rigged bait, preferably something in a crawfish pattern. there's a spot in barton springs creek that sounds very mch like the situation you are descrbing, what with the many bass stacked up in some laydowns. like people are saying, get some distance, and throw some small jigs/blugill swimbaits. I had a alot of succes yesterday throwing a deep diving in between the two islands past south congress, also.

Grass jigs that can penetrate pockets in the grass. I'll either use a craw trailer if im hopping it or a grub when swimming it. Small wakebaits do well also. One technique i will do with them is to throw down stream a let the current impart all the action of the bait while it sits in one spot. I think it resembles an inured baitfish trying to get upstream.

I've never witnessed any terrestrial type of lizards exhibit the ability to dive underneath the water, so i would think not. But I'm no skink expert so who knows.

Interesting, I just went to there website. Turns out they're located in Wimberely, Tx. I live in San Marcos, so i guess ill need to pay they a visit.

Their all terrain jig is the bomb

Go.

Been fishing with this rod for a few years. My dad previously owned it for many years before i did. I love the rod, but i dont really know much about its history. I wanna say its around 10 to 15 years old. Any guess as to what the value of this thing might be?

I'm sorry to hear that man my parents went through the same thing back when us kids were young. But yes, fishing really is great way to free your mind at least momentarily from what troubles you may be experiencing.

It seems like Murphy's Law was in full effect on me today. Was throwing a Carolina Rig, got bit, set the hook, and apparently the knot slipped. "Ok, no big deal that happens, I'll just grab a new hook and try again", I think to myself. Think again. As i reach down to grab a hook from a pile of tackle on the side of my Hobie Pro Angler my wool gloves make contact with a Gamakatsu cocktail via Smithwick Rogue, and that stuff get buried in the fabric. With my free hand i try to wiggle the two rear hooks free, luckily the front hook hadn't penetrated. BUT I should have taken the glove off of my free hand, because wouldn't you know it, that front treble found its way into that glove. At this point i am essentially handcuffed by a jerkbait, rendering me unable to slip off the gloves with hand. The way the hooks had penetrated my gloves, I was very close to penetrating the skin if i pulled the gloves off using my hands. So i try using my teeth to free one of the gloves, which results in a solid flow of blood from my lips as the friction from pulling at the gloves scrape open my chapped lips. By now I'm feeling pretty defeated--screaming obscenities, bleeding from the face and bound by treble hooks. Luckily I was in Austin, Texas where this sort of behavior really probably isnt beyond the norm, otherwise people might have thought i was nuts. I eventually got the gloves off and managed an ok bag, things always work out. But holy cow i almost lost it today.

State: Texas Lake: Dunlap Weather/time: 76 Water Temp, Post-Frontal, Muddy/Stained Water, 11am Depth: 3ft Presentation: Arkie JIg in Black and Blue W/ Beaver type Trailer in Delta Craw Cover: Flipping shallow docks Length/weight: 26in; 10.2