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I'll give that a shot. Thanks. After reading this thread I respooled my reel with fluoro and I'm determined the learn the fine art of jig fishing.

when you say lighter, do you mean a lighter weight jig? I'm using a 3/8 oz now.

I read all 19 pages, but if I missed this question answered I apologize. I fish a lake with a silty bottom and clear water. When I drag or hop a jig it seems to just annoy the bass with the big cloud of brown silt. Is this still a good technique or should I fish a jig differently here? This is a great thread by the way, I learned a ton reading it.

My brain is extremely flatulant. Yep, meant 3/8 not 3/16. Thanks for the advice. I'll be hitting it early tomorrow.

It's a 6'10" bucoo, I will check out the rating when I get home from work. It seemed like the 1/4 oz was going pretty good. Going to try and sneak out tomorrow again so I'll try a 3/16 jig with a trailer. I'll make sure I pay more attention to those pesky interruptions and maybe land a fish too. The best interruption possible.

Thanks for the advice. I think I'm going to start with mono for now as suggested, the baitcaster was given to me with fresh 12lb mono on it and I'll load the spinning with 6lb. I need to really practice casting. On a related note, I was out yesterday at a nearby lake practicing with a 1/4 jig trying to get my accuracy better with the baitcaster, just casting and reeling it back it in, not even thinking about catching fish when a bass nailed it. He hit it so hard I forgot to set the hook, so he got off at the shoreline, but it sure livened up my half hour of casting.

Thanks. What size braid would you recommend?

Hello, I'm looking for suggestions on how to set up my two poles and which lures to cast from which. I'm pretty new to fishing and have been trying to soak up as much info as I can about it via YouTube, this forum, magazines, etc. I recently got my first spinning combo (a Lew's 7' with a tcs300) and a friend had given me a baitcaster setup (Falcon 6'10" and Shimano citica). I fishing mostly local small lakes and ponds. I use some topwater lures, crankbaits, chatter bait, and have recently starting learning soft plastics, whether they are t-rigged, c-rig or wacky rigs. Wondering if I should use braid, mono, fluoro for one, the other or both. Thanks