Bartableman7

You get 8 hours on every lake you ever fish again and only the biggest bass counts. What are you throwing? Oh...I'm throwing a big jig.

I'm thinking deep strip mine bass that are hiding their whole life.

I'm thinking the largest and smartest bass stay away from people. Anyone vertical jig patiently on deep points? Lure choice? This season, I'm going to try deep vertical large wacky worms. Thoughts...

Heat with a torch. Center punch on a block of wood. I've done a bunch of these. (Only heat once! Twice and you will weaken the metal.)

What will I see? I point a standard down scan transducer 45 degrees down and out in front of the boat and have it on a motor drive so it moves back and forth at 45 degrees. If I slowly move down the lake on speed 2 trolling motor...will I locate fish in front of the boat? See arcs?

That BR Head...I think that is it. Thank you. I'll try it.

Nope. I'm looking for a skirted jig (not a soft plastic) that twitches left and right without line twist.

I want a jig that can be twitched back and forth like a jerk bait...what is it? Does it exist?

Does anyone make a topwater prop bait with the blades on ball bearrings instead of on a wire?

Using a 10 1/2 foot medium action spinning rod for crankbaits and rattle traps. A game changer. Crushed the fish.

Half the YouTubes show making sure the line comes off the spool in the same direction as the reel rotation. The other ones show putting braid on spinning reels just like a baitcasting reel...straight off the spinning spool. So what do you all do? I'm getting horrible loop and line knots on my spinning reels with braid. WHAT?!

4 inch and 5 inch.

Anyone out there making there own pit boss soft plastics? I'm looking for pit boss baits in bright orange. Thanks. Similar to this but all bright orange.

Here is what I think of when I see a shad in the water that the bass eat where I fish: With a million soft baits out there...none look like this. Close sure. They fool bass...but I would like these traits: 1) Shine on the body like chrome. NOT white. I've seen this so I know it can be done. The flash is a must. IT IS what creates the reaction strike. 2) Large black eyes. 3) THIS SHAPE! NOT a fluke, not a fat body swim bait shape. Shad are "Thin" bodied. Forked tail too. Does anyone make a great "replica" Shad soft bait?