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Doesn't @Bluebasser86 use a Spartacus with a Seaknight? spool for casting really light baits? Edit: Found it, baitcasting set up for casting 1/8 oz jigs.

I remembered something I do last night when loading my tackle bag that I don't think anyone else does. I store crankbaits I frequently use in a empty coffee can. Gives them a nice coffee scent if you leave them in there long enough. Hey if the coffee scent works for Strike King why not for me?

I will try the #4 and if it doesn't work I will move up to a #3 Thanks.

What??!!?? My friend you haven't lived until you tried getting both set of crankbait trebles from one of these beasts toothy maws!! Caught this week, pliers needed:

I agree but he did say he was a crazy person though...

The Bass are starting to bed in my area. For the last few days I have seen shallow bass over the telltale circular patterns. First day was easy I was able to cast a floating crankbait past the bed and retrieve it through to get a Bass to swipe at it. Second day not so easy. Crank didn't work, Wacky rigged Dinger didn't work, weightless Fluke didn't work. Last thing I tried was a Berkley powerbait Pogy Swimbait firetiger color. When I swam that past the bed the Bass would grab the tail then spit it out. There is an exposed hook near the head of the bait but the Bass wasn't choking it. I stayed at it, casting and retrieving over that bed for an hour with swipes but no hookups. Finally I changed my angle and casting from the side rather than straight out and the Bass choked it! all in all I worked this fish for about 1 and a half hours with different baits before landing it.

Me too! Both poor and curious!

Here are my favorites and the way I like to use them: GYBC Senkos for deeper water, t-rigs, weightless t-rigs and wacky rigs Yum Dingers for shallower water, weightless t-rigs and wacky rigs Biospawn Exosticks for football head jigs Zoom Trick Worms for Shaky head jigs and Carolina rigs Missile Baits 48 worm for Neko rig, wacky rigs, cut them in half and use the halves for Ned rigs.

I broke out my Arbogast Buzz Plug Jr last night for some pond fishing. I had a blow-up under some low hanging tree branches but failed to hook up. Next cast my line got fouled up in those branches and pulling it free I somehow lost the double hooks that the Buzz Plug came with. I am looking at the loss as a gift as I didn't like the stock hooks it came with. I am thinking of adding a split ring and a treble hook. I have a size 4 treble hook do you guys think that will suffice for the Jr. Buzz Plug? Will a treble even work as the lure was designed with the double hook in mind?

Flukes. I have only caught 1 fish on them and it was a Pickerel. Those dang things will bite anything that crosses their mouth. I want to like them but I can't master them. I have tried T-rig, T-rig weightless and hooking them upside down. Nothing works.

I am glad your son is feeling better.

I started using P-Line Floroclear 4# line this year. I have tied on inline spinners small swimbaits, small crankbaits, jigs and baitholder hooks using a palomar knot. No issues so far. I caught Trout, Largemouth Bass and toothy Pickerel. I lost a weightless plastic on a cast because I didn't retie my lure after catching 2 Pickerel. I also lost a small crankbait that I could not get unsnagged. Line snapped while trying to work it free. I expected it might as it was only 4# line

It depends on what you think is in the pond and what you are going for. My local ponds have everything from Trout, sunfish, perch, carp, bass and bullhead. I go for trout and bass when I am there. I down size from my kayak gear when fishing for Bass out of the pond as the biggest I have seen come out of there was less than 3lbs.

I have 8lb Kastking Fluorokote on most of my size 2000 and 3000 spinning reels. It is one of my favorite lines. I have recently purchased some 12lb for my Baitcasters.

For that size reel and finesse style fishing I would go with 6lb P-Line Floroclear or 6lb Kastking Fluorokote line. That should be all you need for weightless plastics, small cranks and dropshots.

Pros: They are fun to catch. They hit Crankbaits and topwaters like a freight train. They bite when nothing else is. Cons: Teeth. Slimy as hell. They are delicate, get them back in the water as soon as possible.

Didn't know that!

I own the 6'6" light version and I love it. Purchased it for Trout fishing but it has been handling Bass and Pickerel as well. It has become one of my favorite rods. If only they sold a one piece medium action version!!

I love my new Denali AttaX 7' Medium spinning rod. Paired it with a size 2000 reel for Ned Rigs. I also love my Kastking Calamus 6,10' Light spinning rod. Paired it with a size 1000 reel for Trout fishing. Last week I started using it while pond fishing for Bass and it has been great!

Funny but it was the exact opposite for me. I grew up fishing for Bass with live Nightcrawlers, Shiners and Crawfish exclusively. Back then I dabbled with lures here and there. It wasn't until I picked up a Senko that I started using artificial baits with any frequency. I have been using 100% artificial baits for the last 3 years.

When it comes to Buzz Baits I like the Arbogast Buzz Plug. It was the Whopper Plopper before there was a Whopper Plopper. I haven't used the one you mentioned.

That is the worst case of Bass thumb I have ever seen! Worst and best can be used interchangeable here.

That sucks. You never think these things will happen to you, until they do. 2 weeks ago, while kayaking the current and wind carried me into some low hanging trees. In my haste to grab my paddle I knocked my $200 rod and reel combo into the water. I was lucky in the fact that it went in at about 5 feet of clear water and the reel was white so I could clearly see it. The problem was the river water was in the high 40's and I was in a sit-in kayak so jumping out was not a nice option. I tried hooking in with my other rod to no avail. I was eventually able to get my paddle under it and raise it to the surface, then slowly work it towards me without it slipping off the paddle. If it had went in any deeper it would have been lost for good. As soon as I got home I ordered paddle and rod leashes.

It was probably in the tree because the owner misjudged how heavy it was when he or she cast. Or it could have been in the tree because they threw it there in frustration at not catching anything...

If they don't eat them they do take swipes at them for sure. I observed a male Bass on a bed yesterday chasing away a Perch that swam by. I tied on a firetiger colored floating crank, cast it out and swam it through the bed. On the third pass the Bass swiped at it and I landed him.