CeeJay

Nice Carp MB. Did you get your catapult yet? I'm thinking about getting one myself for carping this Fall. I was bluegill fishing with a telescopic pole this past weekend and a carp pulled my line right off the rod tip after a battle of about 3 seconds

No doubt. Fantastic fighters on any tackle.

Congrats, very cool. What fly did that one hit by the way, a nymph?

Really, a split shot rig is ideal for kids to fish? I love a split shot rigged plastic worm or hellgrammite fished on the bottom ...but for 7 year old's I'd go with something a bit more "dramatic" like an inline spinner. I actually will be taking my brother's 3 year old son fishing tomorrow and I'm going to have him use my 10' panfish pole with Gulp on a jig under a float

Hello and welcome. 6'6" MH might be a bit much for a 7 year old. It might be tiring for him to cast with for more than a couple hours. A 6' or 5'6" Medium or Medium Light might be a better choice. I wouldn't go shorter than 5' though. Medium, light, even ultra-light can handle surprisingly large fish. Having said all that, I don't have experience with those particular Shakespeare's Ugly Stick rods.

^^^ Inline spinners are indeed great. I have more inlines than spinnerbaits actually. Panther Martin, Worden's, Mepps, Blue Fox...the brands vary a bit in components and their "main styles" of inline spinners. But they're all good. I also have some of those ultra cheap South Bend spinners that produce for me. I like Worden's white Rooster Tail if forced to choose among my spinner brands/types on any given day...catches everything on the river I fish

I think they're fun Kind of cool to see what other anglers prefer and such.

Spinning and Plastic Worm (or Senko) for me.

Cool definitely let us know what you think of the hooks.

That's awesome. Congrats to you and enjoy the fishing now

The only Yamamoto baits I've actually used are the Senkos...amazing producer for me and always have been. Fantastic lures, those Senkos. With grubs though I really like the Berkley Power Grubs, never really had a reason to switch them out for other brands.

Cool I went ahead and selected Plastic Worm. My PB Largemouth was caught on a 3" Senko. Which after all is said and done, is really just a stout and fat plastic worm I keep my Senkos in the same box as my worms and generally fish them with the same rigs anyway. Interesting about the spinnerbaits. I use them frequently, and if told to catch as many bass as possible in one hour with one bait, I'd select a spinnerbait (or depending on cover, an Inline spinner). But if I was told to catch a large bass with one bait in one hour, I'd go with a Senko or regular Plastic Worm. Just seems to work out for me that way with those lures.

I absolutely must watch those. Thanks for the clip, very cool footage.

Would a Senko be under "Other Soft Plastic", I suppose? It's almost a plastic worm but I usually call it a soft stick bait, or sometimes "stick-worm"

Wow it was illegal to take pics of the fish? Crazy stuff... Edit- Oh never mind, you mentioned the stripers were off-limits