Ozark_Basser

Is one of the vision 110's with the blue back/chart. belly made with iridescent paint and the other not?

28 gauge copper floral wire works great. Tie an overhand knot on one side. Turn over. Same on the other side. Clip off the excess and push in the ends.

They are both flat. Seaguar smackdown and sublime fx2 are both round. Kinda pricy but last forever. I will take them off reels and put them back on the line spool to save for later use. Both are really good stuff. Bought one spool of smackdown back in September and I still haven't had to change it off the reel it's been on since I got it.

My answer still remains the shallows on whichever part of he lake has the most abundant amount of foliage which I think would probably be either the north or south ends of this lake.

Is the rod composite or graphite?

I forgot about that one. Thank you.

I'd say it depends on cover. Trying to pull a fish out of anything with 8-10# test is going to get you broke off more times than not. especially with mono.

I wouldn't be using mono with a moderate action rod. Just me. I'd probably use 15# fluoro or a little higher depending on cover

Depends on where you're fishing. Structure, cover etc.

On a body of water that has a bass population like Toledo Bend, I don't think it matters as much.

Mono for everything except frogs

You really don't have to get the double tube push applicator thing either. I have yet to mess it up just pouring each separate.

Things just off the top of my head. Make a fluid bed to powder coat your jigs. Much more efficient. Takes some tweaking though to get it right. If you want to know how I made mine pm me. You don't need a vice. I have actually found it easier and I can get them the way I want them better on a table. Wire tie your jigs. Makes them look a lot better and the skirt performs better. I use 28 gauge floral wire. Teflon base hole pins. I still haven't got any yet but I'm looking forward to using them. Metal pins can be cumbersome if you plan on painting them. While your pot heats up set your mold on top of it so it warms the mold. Your first one will usually come out bad if you don't. Keep your workspace as clean as possible. Lots of important reasons here. Don't put cold lead in the pot if the lead in the pot is red hot. It could explode everywhere. Build a small rack to hang your jigs after dipping in powder. Pliers that lock would be handy. If you like living rubber, biosilk is a good alternative and is much easier to work with.

The zillion is hands down my favorite reel I've ever owned, but it wasn't the new one. Super solid feel in your hands. A true machine if you ask me. I've owned multiple revos, curados, and some of lews stuff as well. They kind of feel like toys in your hand compared to a zillion is the best way to describe it. I haven't fished with the elite 8 though.

Of course.

Exactly. Seasonal.

Sounds a lot like the Arkansas River. Those lakes you are referring to are called pools. Usually named or numbered. Pool 1, Little Rock Pool etc. On a map they might actually be named as a lake. The Little Rock pool in Arkansas is called David D Terry Lake, but locally are usually referred to as pools. If you're going out on a warming trend, I'd just tackle shallow water cover the whole day. Shallow wood and grass I'd throw Indiana blade spinnerbaits and pitch jigs to the thicker cover. I would make sure I was fishing extremely tight to cover. This is probably the most important factor if you ask me. If your spinnerbait isn't really crashing into cover or your not casting it pretty much on the bank, you'll pay for it. Also if you have a lot of wing dams on your river, I'd be hitting those up with squarebills thoroughly. Cover both sides of the wingdam and see where you get bites then pattern that throughout the river.

They will work just as well as any other time of the year. The only bait I would classify as "seasonal" is top water.

If I had to pick favorites in that depth range, Rapalat DT series Sixth Sense Spro

Another thing people do not seem to consider is water is most dense at 4 degrees Celsius. So if there is ice on top, there will be water at this temp on bottom. The water that is a bit warmer is going to be off the bottom while ice floats. Water freezes in an odd manner leaving empty space between molecules causing its solid form to be less dense than the liquid. Hence, ice floating instead of sinking. At 4 degrees Celsius, however, the molecules are trying to line up to prepare for solidification so they are at there closest proximity; hence, most dense.

Me and Paul were talking about this last night. The deeper water under ice may not receive light. Light = photosynthesis for organisms that produce oxygen. So it pretty much boils down to bad oxygen levels in the deeper water.

Probably not I would guess. If you think about it in terms of the size of the lake compared to the size of the humps, they are pretty big. I could see a couple of brushpiles being placed here or there, but something of that size I would guess is natural. The humps probably aren't as defined as they seem on this map either.

I can do all of that with an 8:1 pretty slow if I have to. So yes.

Brand is really irrelevant to meme these days. I feel i end up overpaying with a lot of brands. I like a long well balanced rod wit a lot of tip. Mod fast is about right for the action for me, or something that feels a tad faster. MH-XH power. As high speed of a reel I can get away with that's lightweight. I've mostly been using heavy fluoro lately for the line.

Its really just for the look I guess. It sucks when you look upon your work and everything else is perfect except for that chip by the weedguard.