bigturtle

ya, i never intended it to be a bass jig so i picked the smallest possible. I was surprised that the hook was not as weak as i thought it was, especially for a jig that size.

I have the smallest and 2nd smallest one. 1/20 and 3/32. I think im getting 25 ft max, and thats kinda stretching it. I trim the skirt and only add 1" of worm on it so its very very light.

I tried molix nano jigs, and i tip the end with a tiny trout worm. I mainly use it for trout and crappie fishing, but have caught some bass as well. my "weakest" rod is a ML, and even with that its hard to cast that thing and I only use it when nothing else works.

im sorry you have to deal with those things, i dont have to. Not yet atleast

braid beats everything come at me

I would go exsence because i like that DC sound

depends on what you want to do with the crankbait. Fluorocaron if: you fish a lot of hard cover, like trees or rocks. you need that extra abrasion resistance want your bait to dive deeper, or dive quicker. very clear water Monofilament if: you want more "give/stretch" in your system to prevent the hooks from popping out. This can also be achieved with a softer tipped rod or a lighter drag. run the lure higher in the water. ticking grass, fishing super shallow, or fish are suspended just above the lure's max depth. Braid if: line visibility isnt a issue 0 stretch isnt a issue (solved by your rod/reel) need to make hard hooksets at a looong distance. When I crank, I usually use mono because I fish a lot of shallow weedy areas where the weeds come anywhere from 1-4 feet from the surface and I need my cranks to run just a tad higher so i can tick the top of the grass

spinnerbait and buzzbait are great choices. Personally, I try a popper and a walking bait first, if those dont work, i try my buzzbaits and chatterbaits.

if you scroll down onto the specs section, it say only 14 bearings, they probably mistyped the title

for spinning reels, you want to use the biggest spool size you are comfortable with, because it helps reduce line twist and memory.

any of the high end $300+ daiwa or shimano would do

super spook jr + megabass pop max

If i used them everytime im out, i can go through them in a year or 2. At current rate, probably 3 years

I like sunline supernatural and sufix elite

i also remove all barbs. unnecessary for me.

rapala shadow rap, husky jerk and x raps are all under $10, and all work decently well.

thats perfectly fine, some people, including myself, add glass worm rattles to frogs to add weight and sound. For a small frog like yours, make sure you add lots of tiny BB instead of few big ones in order to insure that the frog can still collapse appropriately

Your line always exerting a upward pull on your lure, the deeper the lure, the greater it gets. In order for a lure to stay at a certain depth, at a certain speed, it needs to fall faster/equal to the rate of your line's "upward pull". to fish a 1/4oz lipless at 10 feet, you need CRAWL that thing, but you can burn a 1oz lipless it will still stay there

There isnt much to say, you want something "nicer" or different, you pay. Niche attributes, brand, material, country of origin, size, rattle, weight system, and a whole lot more makes a lure what they are selling for. Now, that doesnt mean thats what they are worth, probably far from it, but you gatta pay if you want to play. When i first started fishing, I also used to think that all squarebills are the same, all spinnerbaits are the same, etc. Sometimes paying a few extra $ for a small difference may make a world of difference, but whether thats worth it or not is up to you. As much as there are "cookie cutter" and "clone" baits floating around, there are other that take the time and money to research, test and produce products that simply arent possible with a lower price. Im pretty sure you can think of thousands of other examples in terms of "expensive bait that are molded plastic and mass produced" outside of the fishing industry. Just because the base material is near worthless, doesnt mean the finished product and the process of turning them into finished products is as well. Following your example, I can guess i can say "wow, that $10 mcdonalds hamburger is made of buns, lettuce, ketchup, patty, and pickles that I can buy at a grocery store on sale for less than $2, and the nutritional values are the same, what a ripoff!" or "why are bottle water so expensive when I can just drink tap water for free?" The service of mcdonalds employee making your burger may not be worth the extra $8 to you and you would rather buy the stuff and cook it yourself, but to others, it may be worth it. I dont buy any $10 lipless cranks, in fact most of my lipless are around $5, with a few $7-8 (spro aruku shads especially) ones here and there. Does that mean I think $10+ lipless are total ripoffs? Well, not all of them. I simple cant spend that much money on them because I lose them a lot. Topwater lures are a whole different story for me, I buy few nice lures, as high as $30(megabass, deps, jackall), in addition to your average spooks, pop r and whatnot, because I simply dont lose them.

I like ripping squarebills and lipless out of grass. Other than that, I usually rely of topwaters or 10" ribbontail

Some lipless cranks offer different things. Take the Luckycraft LV500 for example, its a 3/4oz bait, in the size of a 1/2. It lets you fish deeper and faster than other 3/4oz baits. It also falls much quicker for yo-yo. Same thing can be said for the yozuri 3DS lipless, to a lesser extent. There are also cranks that are made to run in a different position than others. Some run with their nose lower than others for bottom digging. All lipless dive slightly differently, some "swim" down, some "shimmy" down. All these things, and some others, can constitute to a higher priced lure.

fish grip jr + scale, fiddling with a hook in the gill area isnt my cup of tea.

Just because you cant do it doesnt mean others cant. As far as me not using a 5:1, go read the last part of my post you seem to have missed.

I tried the one with movable weight, good stout hook, but just wasnt wide enough for me. If you use slim swimbaits, its a good hook

I use the 6/0 Owner Beast hook