MassYak85

Ahhh yea, who's going out this weekend? Sustained 20-25mph winds and rain...woot woot! In all seriousness I might try Sunday if the wind isn't super bad. I ended up with a few quality fish two weeks ago when the winds were 30+ so who knows.

I have an FS10 and would NOT recommend standing in it unless you are both light and have extremely good balance. I stand in mine....but I have outriggers for it. I cannot speak to the FS10T as I have never used one but it is 2" wider and about 10lbs heavier. I would tend to think those help it's stability, but it is also a sit on top and you're center of gravity is going to be higher which would hurt it's stability. Reading the reviews on Bass Pro's site people are saying it is very unstable, so it seems to me they made it too bouyant or messed up the hull design. TBH if you really want a stand-up ready, with no modification, fishing kayak for that price range I would look at the used market. In the Ascend lineup, the first kayak that I would say might fit your bill would be the FS12T. It's 100 bucks over your budget but you might be able to get it for 500 or 550 when Bass Pro does a sale.

Haha, and I'm scared of throwing a $30 swimbait in an area it might get snagged. Did you ever double hook up on any of those with some big ones?

The 130 should not be spinning at all unless something is caught between the main body and the tail, causing interference to the tail rotating by itself, the 90's body tends to spin if reeled too fast. A swivel will help with line twist, but that is just because the swivel is rotating instead of your line, it does not actually stop the rotation of the lure from happening. You could try stepping down a hook/split ring size to make it sit a tiny bit higher in the water but I'm not sure how much that will realistically help.

If anything I would think the slightly extra weight at the nose of the 90 would make it submerge more. A swivel is going to rotate with the bait, so it probably wouldn't help that. Just a snap might help the cause.

Haha, that's awesome. Probably the most expensive umbrella rig ever too. One that I saw on YouTube and want to try is a double rigged whopper plopper. I would think rigging a 130 at the back and a 90 up front would give the imitation of a fish chasing small baitfish.

With the line visibility thing, I would say this. A lot of times when cranking it is a reaction bite. Whether it's a square bill deflecting off a shallow tree, or a lip less being ripped out of grass, the fish are hitting so quick I doubt they pay much attention to the line. Now if you are cranking sparse cover in clearer water, where the bass might have time to follow and examine the bait before committing, personally I feel that line might make a difference there.

I am currently sitting on a cart from them that has 11 bags of kinami/yamamoto plastics for just 19 bucks.....help.

My favorites have been the kietech and the eco pro tungsten swing shad. Both will still kick at speeds slower than I can stand to reel.

A lot of the tackle that I have that I don't use is just stuff I bought and ended up preferring another brand that made a similar lure. I have like 4 different bladed jigs but I really only use one of them because I just think it's better and does what I want better than the others. So the other 3 just sit there, destined to never be used most likely.

Nailed it. I would say the one exception is if you wanted to use larger/heavier topwaters like a 130 Whopper plopper you might be able to get away with using the frog rod to fish them. I use a 7'2" tatula for the WP130 and I would also feel comfortable throwing frogs on it. But generally topwaters will have treble hooks and many will tell you that a softer rod is preferred to keep the fish pinned, and avoid bending out hooks. Frogs have huge beefy hooks and you need to not only drive them into the tough roof of the fish's mouth, but haul them out of cover. Frog rods need to accomplish both and effectively, a 10lber in heavy vegetation is a real possibility for some parts of the country. This is why a longer and beefier rod is preferred. Whereas the baits typically used on "topwater rods", things like spooks and poppers with smaller trebles, a softer rod is preferred and generally the cover is much lighter, and maybe even non existent if you fish them in open water. I generally like longer rods and don't use anything under 7', but the shorter lengths of many topwater rods are for twitching and working the lure on top, imagine standing on the deck of a boat (or even on shore) with your rod tip pointed down walking the dog on a spook, you would be smashing the rod tip into the ground with a long rod.

I don't mean specific techniques or lures, those I will really only share if I get a good conversation going. I was more referring to the basic responses of "yea we did well, a few decent ones too" or "not that great" or "mostly small ones" when asked "how did you do"? Stuff that isn't going to tip off even the best guys to the pattern that was effective. For all they know you caught your fish in 50ft of water on a tiny little jig, and when they hear you did well they might have it in their mind to go powerfish docks.

Oh no, I meant the coating would help prevent that. I don't use VMC that much so I don't know how durable that coating is. I suspect if you are breaking off in the way you described it is not the hook itself that is the issue.

For weeds I like the lethal weapon IV swim jig. It comes in a 1/4 ounce you could use. It has a very pointy head that comes through weeds very well. It has a lighter weedgaurd than some so it's sot the best around heavy wood though.

Yea I made sure to like both their pages because they post different things on them

Today https://www.facebook.com/SavageGearUSAOfficial/?fref=ts

I honestly didn't fish plastics a whole lot this year. I kind of made a concentrated effort to focus on learning some new techniques. My most used plastic was probably a kietech fat impact on the back of a swimjig. I used that almost exclusively for a good part of the spring with good success. Summer was dominated by hard lures for me.

Savage Gear announced these little guys on their Facebook page https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t50.2886-16/14792924_198022810634640_23083061214183424_n.mp4 I like the larger ones but these look just as awesome. I know I see a lot more of these size bluegills in bass's throats.

Yea I think that's unrealistic, especially when there is limited and crowded dock space at a ramp. I personally enjoy when people come up and want to talk about my kayak and the gear I brought. Obviously if they are looking into your stuff suspiciously, as in might be scouting your stuff for theft then that;s different.

Come to think of it the only time someone ever touched my gear without directly asking first was while ice fishing. We were already talking for a while before that and I was standing right next to him so I didn't start anything, he just seemed curious. I trust people aren't going to try anything stupid when I'm holding what's basically a spear (freshly sharpened ice chisel) in my hand while talking with them.

Poor Romo, but honestly Dak deserves the position. Romo would be almost guaranteed to get hurt again and derail their momentum if they threw him back in.

Despite being a Red Sox fan I'll be rooting for Cleveland the rest of the way, Tito deserves it the way he's managed that team.

I was going to post this haha You had to post that link huh.... *pulls out wallet*

Fish them how you would fish any other ribbon tail worm. My favorite ones are the 7.5" original ribbon tails. I T-rig them (usually 1/8 - 1/4oz brass weight) and sometime use them on lighter Carolina rigs. The Red shad color has produced for me in the past. I've caught some rigged weightless as well.

NICE FISH! I should be home this weekend and will try to get out for one or two final trips (unless this year is like last year and it's 60 degrees on Christmas). Hey, I don't mind it staying in the 60's, it's when it hangs around in the 40's I don't like. Fish really slow down and it's not cold enough for ice to form.