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Regardles of the weight. Catching bass like that from the bank is such a treat !

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Plano_Guide_Series_Waterproof_Case_1450/descpage-PL1450.html This is actually the exact one! Price has gone up just like everything else. But what's your peace of mind worth !?

I have a water tight hard case, I believe it's Plano about 8"long I keep my phone wallet and keys in. Tether it to the kayak and it's good. I bought it off tackle warehouse years ago. I recommend packing light on the kayak! The less you bring the less you can lose.

Went to a pond I was told was filled with stunted bass and bluegill. And they were right! 12 or so bass about 12" long and rather skinny Think I found the culprit ! Bout to go back with a bucket of minnows and see if I can catch more of these crappie. Caught on a zoom super fluke

Not so sure the eyes made the difference even tho your test results say otherwise. I think it more has to do with a right place, right time kind of deal. And your improved confidence throwing the bait with the eyes. Regardless. They look good and you're catching bass. Nice job

If I could only have one lure in a situation where I had to feed myself. It would be a mepps. They catch everything and I've caught crappie, bass, bluegill, perch, pike and catfish on them. My grandfather used to take me wading in the creek and he would catch small mouth and rock bass using mepps. It's not talked about much on this forum because although it catches bass, I wouldn't say it's the best lure for big bass when compared to a jig, or top water lure, Senko etc

Wooooops. Happens tho. I've tried to repair rods and they never feel quite the same to me and end up breaking again eventually. If I broke something rather expensive (especially something I borrowed) I would maybe look into getting it professionally repaired. None of my stuff is super high end so I just end up with an excuse to buy more stuff ?

Cool stuff thanks for sharing

Not sure how big the "pond" is, but in some cases the bass become stunted due to lack of food. 6" is very small for a largemouth im talking about when they are all 8-12" and the fish of the day is a 14" 1lber. These are places I take my children with some bobbers. If I fish a pond and consistently catch small fish every time I go there and no big ones, I choose to spend my limited time to fish another place that will offer me a chance at bigger fish. Where 14" is on the smaller side and im looking for the 16-18" and up. Again not sure of the pond size but if this place is over fished with "bucket fisherman" go somewhere else.

@txchaser you using the 4/0 ewg ? I almost always manage to get 2-5 fish per bait

@fishballer06 hooked me up. Apparently I need to remove some of my content to upload some pictures but I will be using everything you sent me. Didn't know you made lures. The jig looks nice and the white spinner bait looks killer ! Appreciate it man

I don't think some of the man made farm ponds I fish have any crawfish in em. They could, but there are 3-4 i frequent and haven't seen any signs of crawfish in any of them in over 6 years. Just minnows , bluegill snakes and frogs. I've set traps in them to use live bait with my daughter or people who don't want to fish with artificial and never seen a crawfish.. 8/10 times I do this in a creek it has a crawfish in it gettin on them minnows. 90 percent sure there are no crawfish in them. Jig still works tho.

@skekoamyour pond doesn't need crawfish to catch bass at all with a jig ..A jig represents something that is alive and the size of something the bass can eat. That's all that matters.. I couldn't even count all the bass I've caught out of ponds swimming and hopping a finesse jig around that don't have any crawfish in them.

Reins bubbling shaker Keitech live impact 4" senko It comes down to what you spend the most time fishing .