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FROM BERKLY BAITS....... If you're like me, your tacklebox is a color kaleidoscope. With a endless assortment of soft plastics sporting colors never seen in nature, it's enough to make my head spin. A reasonable angler might sit back and ask, Why all these colors? Wouldn't we do just as well to focus on a small handful of colors? Do bass really even care about lure colors? The answer appears to be a definite yes and an equally definite no. Bass apparently do see color. Their vision is strongest in the areas of medium-red to green. It fails rapidly moving into the blues and purples, as it does towards the far reds. If our picture of bass color vision is accurate, then color is meaningful to bass in some cases but not others. Fussing over minor shade differences on the blue back of a crankbait is pointless. A bass sees all shades of blue as essentially the same (provided, of course, the colors have the same brightness). The same is true for subtle variations in dark purple or dark red lures. For mid-range colors where bass discriminate best, it makes perfect sense to offer a wide variety of bait colors when even small variations can make a big difference. For example, a variety of midrange colors may keep heavily pressured bass from generalizing bad experiences across baits. Bass subjected to heavy pressure on dark purple plastic worms might shy away from all dark purple worms equally because they will view all dark purple worms as the same. But bass that have learned to shy away from pumpkinseed worms might see pumpkinseed-with-a-splash-of-red worms as distinctly different and therefore safe to attack. Beyond color discrimination, however, is the issue of whether some colors act as visual signals. In theory, some color patterns might excite bass. A splash of red on the throat of a crankbait might signify blood and hence a wounded, easy meal. On the other hand, red on a lure might be more like waving a red flag in the face of a bull, instinctively driving the bass crazy. Evidence from the field and lab suggests not. For one thing, if a color or color pattern evoked strong instinctive aggression, those lures would consistently yield higher-than-average catch rates. Yet despite the myriad of anglers pounding the water day after day, no such color has been discovered. Bass anglers typically have individual favorites. But there is no consensus among bass anglers that any one color is reliably better than all others all the time. If bass have a favorite color, they're keeping it a secret.

1. The key to squarebills is how well they deflect and get through structure. This is why they are one of the most popular baits for targeting shallow water structures like laydowns, docks, or rock piles. The reason squarebills work so well around cover is their flat lip doesn’t let the bait gently turn when it hits. Instead, it's very abrupt and forces the bait to turn almost upside down as it goes over the structure. This keeps the hooks away from what it’s hitting and prevents them from getting hung up. The short square bill prevents the bait from diving too deep, most dive less than 8 feet. It is at these shallower depths that have the most areas to get hung-up. This is why shallower baits often have a squaredbill. 2.Circuit board bills are made from the same material as the circuit boards in electronics. The key difference in circuit board bills is they flex. When they strike cover they absorb some of the shock and load up slightly, as a rod would. As it unloads off of the structure it can draw in a reaction bite.

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Not all do. In Fl. the limit is 5 LMB. No minimum but only 1 over 16 inch. So the smaller ones are the ones "not protected"

WOW!!!!! Very impressive!!! Could you post a pic or two of the 19.3 ? Never saw one. I guess that's her in your avatar?

Yes, it is. No, I use a Curado 201 with 30 lb braid. I also use a Veritas MH spinning rod with fast tip. Lews designed that rod for the purpose of skipping and so far I like it, especially with lighter baits.

1986... I was 30... Am now 65 and the best one since then has been 11.6

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Last week I was on the back seat of a partners boat fishing Rodman Res in Fl. The air temp was 95, no breeze and no current. We were picking one up here and there with a jerk bait, square bill crank bait, and Texas rig worm. I was besting him 5 to 3 when he took out a smallish A-Rig with guppies on it and proceeded tear my butt up. Ended up 12-7

Yes on E-Bay.

Frog Fishing 7'4"-7'6" Heavy Fast Action: 65 lb Braid.

Is this the bait?????

Are you sure it's not a Chug Bug???????? Picture would help.

Will the Jaguars actually win a couple??????????????

Triton 179 Trx

https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/fishing-combos-setups-rods.html

Just my opinion but "Light" is the most important as 99% of anglers fish from Daylight till dark or just about.

Lunker City makes the Slug-Go. 4.5...6...7.5...9 inch I believe the "Twitch is the 4.5.

No, Partner and I caught over 30 in Rodman Res, NE Fla. this week. Just gotta find them and know there Summer time pattern on a particular body of water.

Swimming worm...Weightless Senko....Weightless Fluke.

GPS, Spot Lock, Sonar.