BassSlayer71

I know the feeling! I got started back more this past year. Hope to kill it next year!

Thank you sir!

Welcome! Hope you get lucky in Kentucky with some big ones!

That thing is down right scary looking! Like straight out of a movie! Are you near Lake Placid?

Welcome aboard!

Thank you for your service!

Welcome to the forums!

I am hoping to add the shaky head to my list of presentations soon. I've see a lot with worms in this presentation but wondered if craws would be good. Glad this topic was posted!

Good to see the young ones on here as well!

Welcome!

Welcome!

No, no... it's all about that Roll Tide/Beat LSwho this weekend!

That is my big hope! Now I can "go get'em." But thanks for the welcome guys! Loving the forums already! Been looking for a good one for a little while now.

I see what you did there But that's got to be scary!

Congrats! I hope to get my first one soon! I feel the same way though... like nothing will ever bite this thing lol

I used between 10-12lb fluro. But that's mainly cause that's what I had. Might go lighter soon as I change the line on my reels.

Welcome! Lots of great information around here!

Very nice! Very jealous.

Welcome! Nice fish!

I've used the clinch on everything and the line always fails before it does.

I don't know what yall are talking about! I use everything I have. Oh, those rods and tackle over there collecting dust? Don't pay any attention to that stuff.

I haven't got to fish "hardcore" the biggest one (in my default pic) was caught on a soft plastic. I had a decent balance on size using a spinnerbait vs soft plastics. But the numbers came with soft plastics for sure. I think having a boat will really help and probably change that. From what I've ready and watching on youtube (thanks BassResource) you use spinnerbaits, crankbaits etc as search baits. Then switch off to jigs/soft plastics to get the bigger ones and numbers. I could be wrong though.

More good advice. Love this forum already!

Baitcasters will be the death of me. I'll do good for a while but end up screwing up. Nor can I get that "perfect cast" I need sometimes lol. These are good tips though and I'm glad you asked. I might go through and loosen the brakes up some more and maybe that will help.

I've always preferred to fish spinnerbaits, chatterbaits etc. myself. But I tried the drop shot rig late this year for the first time and I'm pretty "hooked" on it myself.