riverbasser

Honestly I think I could catch a bass on any color available. Idk specific colors but I buy what I see and its a mix of greens, browns, black, blue, orange and red. Sometimes chartreuse

Strike king bitsy flip Seibert brush jig with owner deep throat Strike king hack attack swim jig

As yeajray231 said I wouldn't reccomend adding a bullet weight in front of a jig. They make pretty much any weight jig you need so get the ones you need and be done. I'm not sure how you plan to present this jig/worm combo but if your new to jig fishing in general I highly recommend reading the jig fishing sticky at the top of fishing tackle forum. Some really great info on there from some very experienced guys

A little confused about what your asking in the beginning. My definition of a jig head is a hook with weight molded on at the top near the line tie. A Texas rig is a hook with a free sliding bullet weight on the line in front of hook. Now too your question about weight, I use as little weight as possible for the depth/cover I'm fishing. My average bullet weight is 3/16 and 1/4 oz. This applies to all plastics no matter the size. I go up and down with size depending on how deep I'm fishing or how windy it might be. I also use heavier weights if I'm trying to punch through vegetation. Pegging the sliding bullet weight is done with rubber stops. Some call them bobber stops. They keep the weight from sliding up and down the line. Some also use beads in between the hook and weight. I don't do this but most say its for knot protection. The only time sound comes into play is if you use glass beads and normally a weight other than lead.(brass, SS, or tungsten).

ranger, skeeter, phenix, and basscat are top of the line. IDK what they cost because I could never afford one lol

This would be a lot more interesting if we asked who has caught the smallest bass. I could at least compete in that one

I agree, probably a lot of gut hooked fish, especially with a senko. they swallow those things pretty quick

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I've never had any issues. With one at TM and other on transom they are a little over 18 foot apart

That is how mine is setup. I really only use SI for searching at the console.

Lol

Got any buddies with a Jon boat or something? Seems your only option is to swim but at least in a Jon you could dry off and change clothes pretty quickly

Sean from Columbia, AL asks " what would you say you do during prep, practice, or tournament day that sets you apart from the other anglers?"

Maybe its just me but I have instances where I feel I need to throw a certain lure, only to throw it for a few minutes and then pick up something else. Its nice having an extra rod so I didn't just waste time tying and then retying. Plus if that urge arises again I just pick the other rod up again lol. I normally run 5 or 6 setups on deck because it gives me that piece of mind to not wonder "what if"

If your referring to SA buffs then it is legit. I got the 5 pack from them. I don't have anything to compare them too but they work well

I haven't read Rick Clunn's advice on breaking a lake down but have heard other on here say that's how they do it. Im not sure if your trying to accomplish this in one day? This may be the problem, experienced anglers could probably section off a lake and then look at one section breaking it down using variables like season, water temp, vegetation and other factors to say where they would fish first but these are just educated guesses. If this is your home lake then do the same thing but you can study things in more detail and fish much slower. basically just trying to learn your home body of water. Depending on how big the lake is this could take many years but the more your out there the more you'll know. I too sometimes get anxious trying to get on the fish quickly since I can normally only fish on weekends, sometime I find em and sometimes I don't but im always learning something new about my lake which will in turn make future trips that much better.

You can only fish one at a time. I think your good for now

I will swim any jig I have tied on. I'm not sure why people assume you only swim the pointed head versions. The head design is made to come through vegetation but if I'm not fishing grass. My brush jigs do it all. Hopping, dragging, and swimming.

That is cool. I was actually lucky enough to see an albino doe when I was a kid. It was at night and really stood out

If you can only use it with the basic unit map then I would probably pass, or do like I did and invest in the computer software and do your research before ever getting on the water. I only have a helix 5 with lake master chip, it so much easier doing my map study on a laptop screen. This could even be done on the water if you were willing to bring your computer on the boat. Good luck with whatever you decide.

I just recently got the contour elite computer software with smartstrike after talking it over with @A-Jay and watching some videos. I do not have the ability to use it with my depth finder. It's a tool like anything else and it seems to be pretty accurate from what I've seen so far. I use it to help me find new structure that I haven't fished or possibly overlooked. It is definitely helping me better learn my home lake and making my time on the water more efficient since I can study and mark places at home on a laptop and then when on the lake I can spend time graphing and fishing smaller areas than I normally would. The 3D viewer is also pretty cool and helps me understand the bottom of the lake better I realize some of what I said only applies to contour elite but smartstrike is a key feature that helps me locate "contact points"

I agree with most above, its a gamble. Yes you can do compression check and run on muffs but I've helped friends who had issues with misfiring or weak firing and standing next to it running on the hose you could not tell a thing. A lot of the ignition components are super expensive and even more so if you can't install yourself.

Came here to recommend these as well

I agree with above poster. definitely worth $50. I have 4 that I use right along with my Daiwa reels and they perform great.

I really like netbait T-mac and zoom finess worms. But I'll put almost anything on a shakyhead. Craws, lizards, brushhogs they all have a time and place but the T-mac gets the most use