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Me also,,,, cranks definitely,,,,

I've had gotten great customer service from them, replaced a broken rod with an upgrade, mine was no longer made, had the new rod within a week,,,,

Totally agree,,,, those are some really beautiful hog's,,,, I know they fought like crazy,,,, congrats,,,,

Hi and welcome to the forums,,,, let me say I'm the opposite, allways wanted to learn to fly fish,,,, most everyone here will probably tell you to start off with a plastic worm, t-rigged, thrown into cover, rocks, drop offs etc.,,,, many great videos here, excellent advice all around, many very knowledgeable people here,,,,

Just a thought, maybe the pics are too large, and when you went to Windows 10, it didn't keep the same file size you had,,,,

I like a willow, Colorado combination, silver blades, chartreuse white,,,, I've really only had success with this color,,,, dont ask me why,,,, spring seems to be much better for spinner baits,,,, now buzzbaits, different story,,,,

Welcome,,,, glad to have you here,,,, nice to hear your gonna enlist, good luck,,,, I was in 14 yrs, in Germany 4,,,,if you get a chance, try to get over to the Kyl river when the grayling our running,,,, amazing

Well I used pressure treated, and covered it with some ice and water shield for roofing I had left over, then on top of that I put some anti fatigue matting,,,, swivel chair also,,,,

Well sir,,,, that's my laugh for the day!!!!

I don't know that I hate cold weather, I just don't like the northwest winds blowing 20mph like we get up here in the winter months, also hardly ever seeing the sun in the winter,,,, but other than that,,,,

A and W on tap in a ice cold mug is pretty good,,,, lousy in a can or bottle though,,,, Stewart's is good also,,,,

Like others have said, talk to others to see what works in your area, baitshops are usually a good place to start, I would probably start with a spinnerbait or buzzbait to locate the fish and to cover alot of area quickly, shallow crankbaits also, then maybe slow down and go with the plastics, I'm gonna be trying out tubes shortly, cause alot of guys here on the forums seem to really like them and I've never tried them,,,, hopefully the fishing God's will be with me,,,,

Being ex military, and to many places in the US and overseas, as for the US, I would say NC and Georgia, overseas I'd say Spain, great bass fishing there also,,,,

Strike king black and chartreuse white buzzbaits,,,, blue black chatterbait with June bug pit boss trailer,,,,

I really like the trilene knot, easy to tie, very strong,,,,

Like others have said, why do you want to? Caught a 29in northern this year, fought better than any LM, but maybe not as good as a smallie though, caught on a buzzbait with a chartreuse paddle tail trailer,have never lost a spinnerbait or buzzbait to a northern, but I have lost chatterbaits to them though, I use a 20lb thin steel leader on the chatterbaits now,,,, other than the hammer handles, they fight pretty good,,,,

Me too,,,, back hurting also in the cooler temps in the A. M,,,,

Thanks everyone,,,, great to be here,,,, we've gotta few michiganders here,,,, I have gotten some good suggestions and alot of really good bass and other species fishermen here on the site,,,, thanks

Waxies, or real wax worms on a slip bobber for gills,,,, or crappies,,,, wigglers work good also,,,,

Hello all,,,, Been a member for a while, figured it's about time to introduce myself, have learned a lot from all of the knowledgeable folks on here,,,, maybe I can share some of my knowledge also, great site, glad to be here,,,,