Fishinthefish

I personally wouldn't throw 9 inch worms for smallmouth. They call them smallmouth for a reason. I fish for them along a great river and lakes and I don't usually throw anything over 6 inches.

Sensitivity first and foremost.

I use two or three per plano box.

I do it all the time. My wife works part time in a clothing store and ahe brings me home a handful every couple of months that they normally throw away.

Both, specialize in your confident baits but have a wide array and make a mental effort to at least try one other bait per outing until other baits become confident baits for you as well. Build yourself slowly.

I use braid on nearly everything. I just fish with flouro leaders.

I'm not a fan at all of Lew's spinning reels even though I do like some of their higher end baitcasters. I have owned an S in the past and currently own an STX. I would definitely go with the Revo if I had to pick between the two without hesitation.

I'm going to have to break after watching several different videos of the action and the raising action of this lure. I have a feeling I'll pick up three colors, and fish them in the river/lakes around me and end up gifting them to a fishing buddy of mine that swears by jerk baits.

Getting married. She spends it faster than I can make it and uses all of our storage space.

I have one small local bait shop that I personally shop at. I know the guy who owns it and hes poured his heart and soul into the place over the years. If several people mention a specific lure and that it has been working for them in our area he starts stocking it nearly immediately. I've heard stories of him buying them for retail price and reselling them for the same price just to keep people coming in while he was short stocked or couldn't get his hands on a bait quickly enough that people wanted.

Soak them in clear jjs magic if you're concerned with smell. That stuff voud over power road kill on a 90 degree day.

I spent four years driving six days a week with an f250 and a 16ft double axel box trailer. That my friends will teach you how to use mirrors.

Medium fast or extra fast spinning, medium fast casting, medium heavy moderate casting. Covers every basic technique on the market from treble hooks with the medium hvy moderate, to weightless and extreme finesse with the spinning.

Tie knots, read, teach, research, buy, swim baits in the bathtub rigged in unorthodox ways pretending I know what the fish might like. Organize tackle, reorganize tackle, buy more tackle, buy more organization tools for tackle. Rinse, repeat.

I'd not complain about my wrist if I was getting hits. Over five hours into this thing now, so far I've only caught the infamous stick fish.

I throw everything in my tackle box and pray to god something sticks a fish. I've never had a consistent bait for this time of year. I'm sitting on the river right now after 3 and a half hours skunked so far

Sitting on the fox river and I've thrown so many casts over three and a half hours my hands are killing me. I've thrown just about everything in my tackle box and I'm sitting down with a gulp nightcrawler at the bottom hoping something hits it while i take a hand rest. Worst day of fishing is better than the best day at work.

Welcome aboard, I'm from up in Elgin myself and fish all over Illinois and Wisconsin, so if you have any questions with the waters I'd be more than happy to help.

Biospawn vile craw works quite well for me.

I can't imagine breaking a kistler. I use them for catching 25 to 30lb salmon out of lake michigan and I've never even had one so much as bend funny. Carrot stixs on the other hand I swear you could sneeze on them and lose a rod tip.

All of my treble hooks are usually replaced with mustard hooks for stronger and sharper hooks.

I honestly struggle to find the tackle I need after visiting three major stores like Cabelas,DSG and Gander Mountian and always end up having to order different stuff online. So it would be very difficult if you're only allowed to allocate a small area for fishing gear. If I was you I'd have headlamps, scissors, pliers, scales, measuring tools, life jackets, nets, storage picked bags and boxes specifically that fit inside the boat storage areas you're selling. It'd be hard with limited space to set up a tackle selection worth visiting if you have any of the bigger outdoor stores anywhere near you.

I honestly only consider wind speed when it affects the waters drastically, sun vs dark is fairly important when it comes to my color choice. Other than that I don't take too much stock in the weather. I've gone out on days after the water has gone up and caught fish in the shallows one after another and times during the same time of year where I couldn't find any fish at all.

I'm assuming you're referring to chatterbaits when I say this, and I either like to work them quickly with occasional pauses, or slowly and bounce it off the bottom, or off structure.

They stay in the bag they come in, then go into ziplock two gallon bags, then they go into a small shoulder backpack I have from Shimano.