Drew03cmc

Those customs are gorgeous!

Josh, giver her a 4600 and call it done. I also have a Shimano B-100 Mag sitting here I'm not using.

Right hand or left hand retrieve?

The only lake I've fished in Omaha is Zorinsky and that was 7 or 8 years ago. I caught one small walleye and that was it. It looked fishy as hell, but nothing doing for me.

I listed a couple of lefty reels that are user friendly on the flea market here for below new. I taught myself on an older Shimano B-100 Mag. I've since learned to cast either hand, retrieve either hand. Honestly, I've used Curados, Calcuttas, Daiwa TD-A HSTA, Revos, Ambassadeurs and I feel the braking systems that favor new casters are the simplest. Get him a low end reel from a large company like Abu, Quantum, Shimano, etc as the braking systems were state of the art ten years ago.

Pro Blue and either Elegy Bone or Kossori Shad.

For river bass, smallies will be in current more or less. I fish structure (weedlines, wood, boulders, etc) that is in current with either an 1/8oz jig head and 3.5" craw or a shallow crankbait. Spots are not in heavy current, rather they are in the slower water, along wood or rock just out of the current and they eat what smallies eat. Largemouth are unlikely to be in any current. Find them in the backwaters, holed up under or against cover and again, they eat everything.

The rig will catch bass when nothing else will. I have not done as well for numbers here on any other bait. When I can run to the lake and catch 10-20 bass in an hour on one rig, that's a winner. I have caught LMB up to 18" and down to 5". Most are in the 10-13" range here. The thing to remember is to fish as slow as you can. Also, if you're getting hung up, don't fish it on the bottom. Fish the edges of cover. Shoreside edges of weed beds fish fantastic for me. It is not designed to fish the same place as a T Rig. If you toss it in there, you deserve to lose your bait. Simply put, fish the edges slowly and be alert to any odd line movements.

All I've found besides the ubiquitous soft baits is a Super Spook Jr in baby bass.

Marginal at best. The 15/4 handles snags a lot better. The 10/2 doesn't like hooksets on a slack line at all.

Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma...That's it I think.

I have some Pop Rs, Super Spook Jr's, Gunfish 95s, Rover 98s and buzzbaits. I haven't caught much on any of them though, probably a location thing though.

Buy based on diameter. Problem solved.

I'd figure a 3/4oz twin spin would work on both sides of a wing dam, while tossing a big topwater (Whopper Plopper 130) or glide bait (S-Waver 168) could elicit a strike from a big, ornery wiper.

Those surf rods would make killer catfish rods. They're designed for long casting from shore and there's lots of places that you've gotta hit a current seam 50 yards out or there's no fish. What Montague is it?

I'm far from an expert on topwater, having only caught 4 bass in my life on them, but I have found that I couldn't work a WTD bait with the rod in my left hand so I have transitioned to holding the rod in my dominant hand and it made all the difference in walking a bait. Having said that, the buzzbait and Jitterbugs aren't learned skills, my easiest walking baits are the Rover 98 and the Super Spook Jr.

Exactly, try standing back 30 feet or so, make a long cast in there with a fluke or similar bait and see what happens.

Well, guess I should go spend more time out there this weekend.

That confirms my suspicions that this lake is more of an offshore affair in summer. Oh well. I did catch one last week at Baldwin City Lake on a swim jig just dinking around.

I like seeing my home waters on here, DG Co, but I simply cannot figure that lake out in summer from shore. I'm dumbfounded. I can slay them all spring on swim jigs and Finesse presentations, but short of fishing 4" worms on a T Rig and catching 8" bass, I can't buy a big bite now. Any particular structure to key on or is the abundant grass the key?

Flick Shake 4.8, Pit Boss Jr, Finesse Worms, UV Speed Craw

Generally, no.

I have been tossing KVD Finesse Worms in shallow water on a Luck E Strike Perfect Finesse Worm heads. They're pricier than I care for on these types of worms, but they work well.

I use the improved clinch with .014 CXX and as long as I lubricate it, it cinches down perfect.

What's your favorite 4-5" straight tail finesse worm for use on either a shaky head or a light t-rig?