Scarborough817

there are certain types of lures where i feel it is worth it. jerkbaits and swimbaits are where you are likely going to be spending more money a good jerkbait suspends where as a budget one actually requires a fair amount of tuning to suspend properly. swimbaits are expensive for a reason they're large baits they take a long time to produce and some are hand made, the swimbait market is more of a you get what you pay for thing

lost a lucky craft real gill yesterday though i know where it is and it will be retrieved as soon as the weather gets better

congrats i got to a local hole and all i get is chewed out by some guy because "the season isn't open yet i should report you"

braid--->fluro leader

the ugly otter has caught me a few as a jig trailer

your choice really there are a lot of good frogs from a lot of companies livetarget spro booyah river 2 sea jackall snag proof savage gear the only frog i wouldn't recommend would be the *** frog i have had 2 and both of them had legs ripped off even though they had extra glue added.

fished my savage gear trout in a local lake on monday and apparently the pike are hitting it but i'm not feeling them everywhere from the tail, up to right behind the hook

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jackall chunk craw and sausteki craw are my favourite soft baits. the hudd bug is very realistic though

so you combined the brush head with a hook that has less of an angle? i like it you should see an order in the next few weeks bud

i would add a jerkbait or a small a-rig if you have one as well as swimbiats and swimjigs.

star brite and a pressure washer

larger swimbaits, a swim jig, or a paddle tail on a drop shot basically anything that imitates the forge that would eat the fry should work well if they are guarding fry

this is the same for me i don't fish competitively but whenever i start to get anxious about a trip i just focus on rigging up some rods with some baits i want to fish the next day and it calms me down

white or shad pretty simple really

i do it all the time when bank fishing there is one particular piece of structure the fish like to hold on that is very easy to get hung up in, but if you're not throwing to places where you may lose a lure you're not fishing in the right spots

maybe his attitude is the main reason why

well maybe it's time i visit texas

is there any disadvantage to having a salt reel? i'm sure it will work fine for freshwater

i prefer a 6'6" mh casting rod with a 7."something" gear ratio and 65 lb braid this allows me to fish topwater, frogs and jerkbaits all on the same rod

don't forget that your hooks & soft plastic have a weight too just because it's a 1/4oz bullet doesn't mean that is what the whole rig weighs

anything that imitates bait fish or black and blue for stained water

there are a few ways to fish a chatterbait slow and steady is always good i like to add some twitches in for some erratic action. stop and go also has it's place though it works better in clear water since fish can see a little better. i have had plenty of fish hit it on the initial drop especially with a subtle trailer like the strike king blade minnow.