SFL BassHunter

You won't really save money unless you do it consistently enough, and stop buying baits from the store. It's an interesting hobby if you have the time to pour. You can make a bunch of baits in a two to 3 hours with the right molds. Personally I like simple baits for hand pour. Stuff with no appendages, like say a stick bait, trick worm, swimbait. Just cause if you pour outside the cutting is minimal. For more complicated baits I much rather do injection molds. You can also make your own molds. They sell silicone based products to make molds. You can also use Plaster of Paris to make your own molds. This is the cheapest way. But again these are good for hand pours. Less appendages on a bait is best. My suggestion I do a bunch of research. There are some great youtube videos on pouring plastics. Also do some searches here on this site, there should be plenty of info. Once you have more specific questions we can probably help you out in answering them. Lurecraft has silicone molds that are cheap. I have a few swimbait molds, and they are fantastic. These are hand pours and in my opinion the way to go if you want to get started without spending a ton of money.

I second that. Would love to see some input about them. I've thought about getting one for a while, but haven't pulled the trigger.

Cool, I have never used the gray lens. But I suppose for your bright skies it should be perfect. The glasses are comfortable too. You never expect much comfort from 30 or 40 dollar glasses so it was a nice surprise.

I have no gripe with using mono for jigs or spinnerbaits. Especially spinnerbaits. If I am bank fishing a clear water pond or canal I will without hesitation use mono. If I happen to have jigs and spinnerbaits with me and that is the line I am using then they will go on there too lol. Disclaimer: The mono lines I use have less stretch than many others I have tried. I use Sunline Mono and Senshi. They don't have the same stretch as your regular mono. They are also thinner diameter.

Most used 4" Watermelon Red on a 2/0 or 3/0 hook

Glass is supposed to be clearer than plastic on the costas. I use Strike King S11 Okeechobee glasses with an amber/green lens which is my favorite lens. Seems to work well for me in most lighting for visibility in the water. These are 40 dollar glasses and prefer them over my Wiley X's.

I usually use the popper, but I have both. Depends on what I want to accomplish. If I want some extra water displacement I go popper. The nice thing about the popper version is that it is just as easy to walk as a regular frog if you don't want to pop it. If I want to stay away from the red mouth which the popper has then I go with the regular. Colors are simple. Cricket, White/Black, Black/Yellow, Aqua Frog They make an excellent frog at a great price.

I am a righty, and I cast with my right, retrieve with my left. On a spinning or baitcaster. Same thing. I have absolutely no issue bringing a fish in with my left arm. I can see this being an issue in saltwater fishing with LARGE fish, where your right hand would be more effective to reel since it is your strong arm. I understand the argument made for reeling in with your dominant hand or arm but I just don't see it applying to bass fishing in most scenarios. As far as your reel question, personally as a righty I would want my frog rod on my right for strong hooksets and being able to control the fish better with the rod.

The new Strike King S11 glasses are fantastic. Just as good as my Wiley X glasses as far as visibility. I have the Okeechobee model.

You mean he won't break anything off with 65LB Spiderwire. I sure as hell wouldn't throw all spiderwire into that blanket statement.

Depending on how windy I will throw a senko with a 1/16, 1/8, or 3/16 T-Rig. You can peg the bullet weight or not. Up to you. You can also wacky rig with a 1/16th. A ned rig, or mojo rig as well. Though I don't use these methods.

SMART!!!

You've inspired me to try this. I always fish my jigs really carefully. Gonna stop caring. This goes for a lot of lures I don't use regularly because of fear of losing them lol.

I am using a Okuma Helios on my Methods. But any reel with blue accents, or green accents should match up. Don't think you'll ever get a perfect matching color. But that's not really necessary. I think the Helios and the Methods look good together. They have a Helios for saltwater also which I think is blue instead of the lime green.

Lots of people say the Savvy series feels dead, as far as sensitivity. I don't agree with that assessment. I find it to be a very sensitive rod. I haven't used their spinning gear, but I do have a Savvy 734C (Casting) and it is my versatility all round rod. Love it. I have a Champion 765Flip stick and I love it for that purpose. Dobyns also has excellent customer service and warranty. As far as how they fish, yes they fish about 1 power less than the rating. For example my 734 is a 4 power (heavy) but it fishes like a MH.

The 7'4" Frog Rod is not a HXF it is a HF. It fishes like a Heavy Fast. Good backbone, and loads up real nice on a frog hookset.

I use red label 15lb for saltwater fishing for snapper usually off bridges. Line is strong and works well for what I use it for. Never tried it as main line though, but I know someone that swears by it.

Not a bad price considering it has a tungsten weight. I haven't used it. Looks like just about every other HB frog. The trokar hooks are probably awesome, but at that price what are they skimping on? HB material maybe? Curious about the durability of these frogs.

At least you caught some!

I don't trust floroclear. Yozuri, is a good STRONG line. I like it for moving baits like spinnerbaits, cranks, jerkbaits, chatterbaits, that kind of stuff. I don't care for it when it comes to bottom contact. I feel completely disconnected from my bait as far as sensitivity. That's just me though. I know there are a bunch of people on here that like Yozuri Hybrid. I currently use the 2 spools I got at walmart as backing.

That's the one I was thinking when I mentioned BPS. I think they have a BPS house brand that looks just like that. One reason I never got them is like RoLo mentioned above, the hook looks springy.

I have the 7'4" frog rod and absolutely love it. It is comfortable, strong and sensitive. Love the rod.

Probably pay a premium for this style hook. I would prefer to peg my weight, because if I wanted to unpeg it, it would be easy instead of having to cut that hook off and switch back to a regular t-rig. Just my personal preference though.

I have seen something like that at bass pro. Can't remember the name. But it is considered a jig head, looks more bullet weight though. I would say check out bps site and see if you can find something either under hooks, or jigs heads

Look up Owner Ultrahead Bullet Rig. Is that what you're looking for? Kind of a jighead attached to the hook.