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Orange and brown is one of my faves

Ordered a foot pedal tray today. Should be here Thursday. I’d like to get the trolling motor pedal more comfortable to operate. I still need to adjust the tension screws. But it may be ok once it’s recessed in the floor

Rage bug is great a the missle baits d bomb. Are probably my favorite besides some kind of worm. Love a big ribbon tail in summer. Carolina rig? I don’t have a coffee cup that hasn’t been washed in 20 years or enough packs of smokes to hang with them Carolina rig guys

I agree with this. Last year I caught 2 pounders that fought like beasts. My PB at 5-6 once hooked I knew I had a killer fish on. But honestly after the big initial run he was just wallowing weight I had to get to the bank and lipped.

I’ve never really tried black and red flake. I may have to

Definitely a zoom ole monster or a classic culprit 10”. Watermelon red, junebug or black

This lake im fishing now is literally in the middle of the fields haha.

Iowa waters are closer to the pea soup look for sure

Thank you so much!

Thank you! That’s a great help. Some real good comments on this post. Do you fish Colorado or willow for your main blade on that type of condition?

Well said Pat. Thank you

Everything I own is basically green pumpkin/watermelon red or junebug/black And blue. I’ve never really fished white or bone or all chartreuse or anything. I’m Pretty dang simple. Even my topwater baits are just solid black.

Sounds about right lol

Thanks so much man. I like it a lot so far. It’s was to navigate and set up. Just need to learn what I’m actually looking at as far as structure and such

Yeah I believe he’s further south than me by a good ways. His lakes are a decent bit warmer than ours. Yeah we are back to chilly and windy with no sun for the next week Or so. We just can’t get a good stretch of stable weather yet

Didn’t catch anything from the boat yesterday. Water is about 44degrees still. But pond water was about 55. Hot on 4 of them about this size in a 15 minute time and a stretch of about 60 feet. Had 3 others I missed. They were up real close to the bank. You had to pause your retrieve and almost line watch then set the hook. Fun sunrise this morning before the 30 mph winds started lol.

Thank you! Shortly after I posted this I went a ran errands. And I happened upon a display model lowrance hook 5 ss for more than 50 percent off so I went with one of those. Now just trying to learn it

One of my favorites even in Clearwater.

A lot of my hats are the trucker style. I much prefer a ball cap style. But they are getting harder to find. My heads small lol. And finding a trucker hat that fits right and doesn’t look stupid is hard to do. And I wear a hat every day mostly

Thank you so much. Iowa standard I like that. Sounds like I need to tie up some black swim jig and blades jigs and jigs. Not arrogant at all! We aren’t known for huge fish here and man do you ever find huge fish!! Excellent point. My PB I caught last year was on a black/chartreuse jig I tied.

That’s what I’ve always lived by but it’s been darker colors in stained water. I’m quickly seeing I need to try more white and chartreuse Oh I missed that. Thank you so much Glenn gonna watch now

I was thinking white and chartreuse. But I always have the urge for dark colored skirts. I am gonna have to get some Colorado/willow leaf combo blades. And get some skirt material to make white and chartreuse bladed jigs. I do love junebug for plastics I’ve got plenty of that lol

Thank you! No it won’t quite reach back there.

So as I’m expanding from ponds to actual lakes this year. I’m noticing the lakes here are low visibility. Not so much muddy chocolate water but say 12 inches green water maybe 18 inches max. I’m really wanting to work bladed jigs and spinnerbaits hard this year. What color skirts and blades do you generally use in water like this? Feel free to offer any kind of plastics or other bait colors as well. I’m honestly a lot more used to pretty clear water with good visibility. So it all helps.

Me too lol. Our weather has to get more stable and the water temps to come up I think. I really hoped to be able to rustle one up today. Just couldn’t make it happen