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Check out Academy. They have a Magellan (their house brand) model that looks exactly like the Pescador (not the pro) for $449. My guess is it's the exact same kayak, but $50 less. It's probably still made by Perception.

Anything heavy will work. PowerPro 50# will work better.

The biggest I throw is really a wakebait, the SPRO Rat 40. It's 1 oz. But I fish it just walking on the surface. It gets more bites that way. When I plan ahead I move up to the MH 7' stick that I usually use for jigs/worms. But when it's an after thought, I use my lipless crank/topwater 6-6 M M/F stick.

I do that as well. That way you don't need another worm for wacky rigging.

I do it with the point in the top of the worm after it's rigged. Mostly because I use the letters on the bottom to gauge where I should stick the hook thru. That way, I get the perfect spot every time. Here's a little money saver. After you catch a few (or miss a few) and the nose of the worm gets chewed up, you can bite or cut just a bit off the nose of the worm and thread it back on and catch a couple more. They really don't care if it's 1/2" shorter. In fact, it probably gets more bites by being shorter.

CADMAN, who is on this very site makes a nice grass jig. You can see some on his website and FB. I bought some and they do a really good job of coming through grass & weeds without fouling. That's mostly what I fish around. It's like an Arky head with a vertical line tie.

I was the same when I was learning bass fishing. I preferred moving baits because the hookset was easier. It takes practice. I keep the rod between 10-12 o'clock. Move the bait a little with the rod (do not move it with the reel), reel down the slack and repeat. When you feel that tell-tale tap-tap of a strike, reel down to about 7-8 o'clock and set the hook pretty hard.

I cleaned up on them last week on a Pop R right over the beds and caught three of the good females. But as you say, normally, that's not consistent.

You can take your lure selection down to the bare basics by taking a crankbait and t rig for bottom, spinnerbait for middle and Pop R for topwater. You have the whole water column covered. Most other baits will be a variation of these few baits. I can't tell you how often I take 6 rods and my buddy takes one with a Zoom Trick Worm and we both catch most our fish on the Trick Worm. But I LIKE TOPWATER fishing and would trade 2 for 1 if I can get steady action on a topwater bait. Keep it simple with the basic techniques as the season dictates and branch out from there. It takes a few seasons to develop this system of seasonal patterns in your head, but when you got it, it will serve you the rest of your life.

When they're shallow, I see them. When they aren't I don't. But the water's not very clear here.

I think you posted on the wrong board.

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Same here, but usually weightless tossed at every piece of wood cover I can find. Also, a frog in the lilies and weeds right before sundown.

Ned rig maybe. I like to really downsize in a creek. Their prey usually is very small. Try a crappie tube jig or a curly tail grub. They also like the tiny Rebel craw crankbaits, Crickhopper and Junebug. A regular size Beetle Spin is a good option as well. The smallest size Pop R, perhaps. Honestly, you'll probably catch more of them using bream tactics. Cork and worm or cricket. Try to wade upstream to them because they'll face upstream naturally. Make your presentation running with current. If you have a flyrod, the bream size popping bugs and tiny frogs might be good too.

Just before you jump in the car or truck, stop and take an inventory of your equipment. I don't know how many times I got to my destination and didn't have something I definitely needed (like a boat plug or battery or depth finder or kayak paddle rods or tackle box or...) I still do it

I say frogs, but I'm biased. I also fish places with a lot of vegetation. I've tried toads with less success. But, honestly, I haven't given them the time I've given a frog.

Apparently. My buddy has a pond that geese frequent and he even had some nest there. When they hatched and were growing the mother would walk them around looking for handouts from my friend's kids. My buddy's daughter grabbed one of the goslings and the mom attacked my buddy instead of her. They are quite a nuisance. It's funny how conservation and decreased hunting created this problem.

Fighting back against them will get you arrested here. It has happened.

Pescador Original (Not Pro). The old Wilderness Tarpon Mold, so it's a bit behind the times in technological advancements. Pros: Good entry level price. Gets you just about anywhere you want to go for about $500. Good Rod Holders Decent seat back support Tracks well Cons: Not stable enough for standing. I tried a stadium seat in it for comfort and it was way too tippy and moved me too far forward. I use a stadium cushion now. Seat is low in the boat. If I wasn't using the cushion, my butt would be wet most of the time (no cold weather use without a cushion) Lower seat is just a pad on the kayak form so the old behind is numb after a couple hours. Sometimes I get out and stretch my legs for a few minutes and resume fishing. I'm just about in the market for a new one. I might keep this one for fishing buddies and sell my daughter's. A stadium seat is a must. I'm considering if I want a pedal kayak. Some of the places I fish are mostly too shallow for the prop or fins. I know you can take it out, but that's a lot of money for something you can't use a lot.

I gave up on fluoro. I just don't like it. I either use all mono (for trebles) or braid with no more than a 5' mono leader. The water here has a permanent stain most places. I'll use all braid for frogs and maybe jigs/worms if it's heavy cover or really grassy or if my leader breaks and I'm out in the kayak. I've only broken 2 braid-to-mono leaders at the knot. I waited too long to retie it. I'm still not really convinced that fish here are shy of braid.

IMO (which is the correct one LOL) The faster, the better as far as getting bass out of the slop. You want to be able to turn the bass and get it to the top as quickly as possible using the rod, then skate it across the surface using the reel and the rod angle. But bigger bass will usually dig down anyway. As for walking the fog in open water, a little slower reel might work better. But I use a 7.5:1, which says it's 31 IPT. It gets the job done. I never looked at the IPT before right now. Before I bought a dedicated frog combo, I used a much slower 5.1:1, just because it was the strongest reel I owned. The increase in speed was good. I now have 4 reels that are at least 7.1:1 because I'm getting older and don't see any reason to crank more revolutions than necessary. It seems anymore, 7:1 is almost the average.

Right. Some are basically ruined by the minerals they've exposed. There's a granite quarry near here that has a good many chunky bass and very large bluegills. I took a hike there with my daughter and a cousin a while back and we saw them swimming. It looks like they've been fed because they rose to some Cheetos we threw in. I don't have fishing rights there though. It belongs to my cousin's boyfriend's extended family. Years ago, people could just drive down to it and swim. There was a swing rope hanging from the old crane and a ladder to get out. Back then I caught one bass on a small live bluegill.

We got Dish Network about 10 years ago and got the HD package. WFN was included because it's an HD channel. I DVRed a lot of shows on it. It was cool because i don't care much about hunting and I would sometimes just leave it on for background noise. Also, we had a small child then and it's almost all family-friendly, though she couldn't care less about fishing. They took it off our package about a year ago. When i called to complain, I was told it's part of a higher tier outdoors package and they'd be glad to add it for us for $10 more. Man, we pay so much for TV now I'm embarrassed to admit it. It looks like Outdoor TV has moved in and filled the void pretty well. Also NBC Sports has some fishing programming like Roland and Jimmy Houston.

Welcome to the board and to SC. The wife and I have discussed moving near there when our daughter graduates high school in about 5 years. I'm interested to know how the freshwater fishing is there.

I do that with all my frogs (mostly Booyah, of course). Just bend enough to get some daylight between the hooks and body. I have an older SPRO. It is pretty rigid material. I didn't know if they still were. The same can be said of the Academy H2O frogs. Those are also harder to walk. But they'd probably be fine in vegetation.