Gilgamesh

A lot of casting distance (with light lures) depends on your line as well. If you're throwing a 1/8 oz bait on 12lb flouro, you won't get it that far out. If you're throwing it on 10lb braid, it'll go a mile.

@Crestliner2008 on the quabbin it's a must

Thanks guys - I only ask because I was watching the most recent BigBassDreams vid on YT and they were saying something about wanting a faster gear ratio reel "because I'm only casting to that one tule right there" and I wondered if that implied a reduced casting distance for higher gear reels.

To be dramatic: Will a 4.8:1 cast farther than an 8.1:1?

Toad! How big did that one go?

I've got a roman made negotiator that I'm absolutely going in after it if it gets hung up!

Message Pats twice a week and try to get him to sell me a swimbait

Don't have the bait myself, but I've heard very good things about it from a ton of people.

You don't currently hold the world record haha

Kurita has claimed to have hooked a bass he estimates to be 25+ on a mother a couple years ago. He says that he still knows where she lives, just cant get her to bite again.

My dad always told me: "Son, it's never OK to lie. That being said, if anyone ever asks you how many fish you caught, you tell them you got skunked!" Sounds like you should have adhered to this ole piece of advice

Lots of great info already in this thread. Make sure your rod is stout enough so that you can accurately feel when your jig is on the bottom and when it's falling. Also you need to make a pretty stout hookset, so make sure your rod is up to the task. A baitcasting setup would help here. Good luck! Lots of pigs being caught on jigs this time of year.

Recently picked up a *** pocket frog for finicky frog fish. Tried throwing it on my frog rod with 50# braid and it went about 10 feet. Any suggestions for throwing this guy around heavy pads? Spinning/casting and braid?

Haha meet me at the quabbin some time and show me how to hit them. I'm from northern California I've never had to hit 15+ before

This thing is money. Totally worth the buy. http://www.cabelas.com/product/Portable-Transducer-Bracket/699847.uts?productVariantId=1183043&WT.tsrc=PPC&WT.mc_id=GoogleProductAds&WT.z_mc_id1=01781000&rid=20&gclid=Cj0KEQjwvve_BRDmg9Kt9ufO15EBEiQAKoc6qsKk0ZCqaHspcGQqOI9RmrGYZKqKzkzQLFacW4jrS8saAnIS8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds And yeah I give up on smallmouth once they go deep and just go to the pond in hopes of a big largie