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Crates, wooden pyramids, wire spools all do work however their life can be limited and they can play havoc into your retrieve if skimming the deep water. The pvc structures are great and last forever, however they are pricey. You can make your own with some basic purchases at lowes, Home Depot, or any hardware store all you need is pvc glue, fittings, and sticks of pvc. If that is still a little over the budget ask around a lot of people have old pvc they tore out that you can use. Depending on the size of your pond it doesn't have to be too huge or too many.

My wife mastered the lews casters without a problem, she has never got a birds nest. I am amazed at this seeing I had a learning curve when I made the switch years back

Yeah I have to say the fishing has been dropping off steadily. Not seeing many quality fish of any species being cranked in

Field and stream ultimate 370 tackle bag with Plano or flambeau boxes love the bag large but functional I own 4

Some friends and I were dock fishing one night any my buddy threw a chicken liver out on a $300 brand new at croix, he grabbed another rod and was cranking for bass when the st Croix took off into the lake....always pays to either set your drag super low or don't close the bale....either way there's a st croix somewhere in the bottom of rocky gap state park lake in Maryland!

Oakley vault will occasionally yield some results

Hands down a heddon tiny torpedo in natural leopard frog pattern is my first go to on a river in the slower holes. The lure is very versatile in that you can crank it along the top, jerk it, or let it sit and pluck your line like a guitar string to simulate an injured bug (cicada, beetle, etc). However, if the shallows are sluggish and not hitting on top I'll jump to a brown or dark green tube with a weighted jig head (gitzit) and bounce it across the bottom and stir up some dirt to mimic a crayfish which seems to really wake me up. In the summer heat I hit the trophy am allies hanging out under a tree in the shade in slower holes with a simple soft plastic and hook with a twitching action through the water near the top about 0 to 1 foot down as it seems to offer the least spook to the wary old lunkers. Midrange though anything rapala seems to do fine I try never to go too aggressive with crank baits as experience has taught me that anything that clicks or rattles underwater does catch am allies but can spook the larger wary bass when the water warms up.