Mr. Aquarium

As deep as you want. I’ve done well fishing a 1/2 ounce chatter bait on bottom at night. In 10 ish feet of water. Fishin like a jig. I would use a 3/4 if you want to get deep fishing ledges. A 1/2 ounce you could fish shallow and deep.

It’s really depends on where I’m fishing. Some places, deep and clear I fish tube, jigs, texas rig and small swimbaits or topwaters on 8-10llbs floro. Other places that are still very clear but are shallow and weedy. Big swimbaits, jigs, texas rigs and big topwater on braid, 20lb mono or 20lbs floro. I fish a lot of clear water.

Only prop bait I use is the whopper plopper but I do love some baits with props on them, like an 8 inch jointed wooden musky jitterbug with a prop or the buzz jet

Before I go fishing, I have a game plan. I have an idea of what I have done well on in the ponds I’m fishing that day. Or have an idea of what has worked for me in places like that, if I’m fishing a new pond. I have a pond I’ve done very well on Jigs, tubes, t rig soft plastics and small swimbaits. That place is deep and clear so floro is the way to go. If I’m fishing shallow weedy ponds clear or stained. I wouldn’t be fishing a tube, or small swimbaits. I’d bring the braid rods or fish a large swimbait! also depends on season as well.

A small black popper. Don’t pop em. Just twitch

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Try a net bait paca craw. Or zoom swimmin chunk

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I’ll have to look in clear water!

I love crawling a t rig rage craw or jig and rage craw on bottom! I got a fat pickerel the other day in MA in cold water!

Nice dude. I got out Tuesday. 2 chunky bass and a fat pickerel. Weedless hudd, lipless crank and jig got em. Tough bite

I love slammers!!! I own a lot. I’ve had good days when water temps are aboive 50 in early spring

Jig, jerkbait large swimbait. for large swimbaits, tiny klash with suspend dots, real prey/ hudd rod 0 Swaver

My best way is it texas rig weight less. Cast to cover or fish it as a search bait. This bait gets Bit. One of my confidence baits

Wow awesome fish. Will have use mine a bit earlier then normal

Wp in cold water??? I caught some giant smallies in 55 degree water on WP but not largemouth

Ahh gotcha. Which flax pond??

Can’t give up on it yet. It’s still cold out. Give it another chance when it gets a bit warmer

I remember sticking a 6.6 one afternoon in September years ago. I just got out of work had to pickup my sister from school so I hit a pond quickly That was super close by. Trying out my new Zman og chatter bait I got at Walmart, cast over blow down, it gets smoked. Missed it, cast back again gets smoked again. Now the fish is on. I couldn’t land the fish so I got took my work shoes and rolled up my pants. I was in a uniform, waded out in muck and weeds to land the fish.

I’d fish a swimbait. There’s days when I can’t get bit on conventional baits, but I’d throw a 6-9 inch swimbait and start getting bit.

Only 2 would be a t Rig and a jig. I’ve caught some nice fish in muddy or stained water on chatterbaits fishing it like a jig

Talking to some swimbait guys, they’ve caught some real big bass on wake baits at ice out

Lot of people think topwater are only for warm water. You’d be surprised. I’ve caught some nice fish in early spring on wake baits in shallow. It makes sense, fishing a small pond or shallow water. The water warms up quickly. Your fishing rivht over their heads. They won’t pass up on an easy meal

What are some memorable bycatches you’ve caught in a tournie or fun fishing?

Water temps can’t be more then 45. It hasn’t been warm out. I was ice fishing a pond 5 miles away last week. It’s been 20s and 30s out of the past few weeks