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yeah im usually looking for structure or cover around the point.is there a rockpile on the point? does the channel sweep in next to a grass line? that type of thing if it looks good and is at the depth that fish seem to be using i fish it.

like others have said use hiviz flouro and watch your line.

some baits it doesnt really matter. a ribbontail worm , tube etc to me the house brand at bps works fine. when you get into things like a kietech or hard baits to me the originals just out perform the knock offs.

i would use a medium heavy. the most important thing is it needs to be long 7foot minimum. 76 even better.

im with you everything bps gets near they turn into a crappy knock off product.i dont buy alot of stuff from the anymore because instead of the name brand they wanna sell me their low quality knock off. there are exceptions, the sticko is a pretty good bait and the xps grubs are good.

i cant afford live right now anyway so it doesnt matter to me. i just wish i could get my 9 inch mega di for my bow. been waitng 3 months now.

i love tackle warehouse but have stopped ordering from them unless i cant get it anywhere else. i dont hold it against them i dont know what covid issues their state has put on them. i have apretty good tackle shop about 40 minutes from my house. i order from them if at all possible. works out good, i support a local small buisness ang get my stuff in 2 days.

bass dont all spawn at once. its natures way of protecting the spawn.at 63 i doubt the spawn is over probably more fish to come. i would continue to concentrte on shallow water as even the post spawn fish will hang around a little while before moving to deeper water.

you can use them year round but for me they shine in the dog days. july and august when its hot and the weeds are thick.

exactly. thats one of the things feider goes over in the video. you still fish the structure the grass is the bonus sweet spot. you still look for high spots, drains, sharp breaks right outside the grass. the look fot the thickest greenest grass in that area. and dont expext to load the boat right away. you may have to flip for 3 hours with nothing, then you hit that one little spot the size of a bathtub and catch 4 or 5 good ones in 6 casts.

all 5 of the lakes i fish have alot of milfoil. it basicly controls a75% of our patterns. the edeges can be good as you know. points turns cuts in the wedline. but learn to punch and flip it. seth feider has a great youtube video on punching and flipping milfoil.for me the more sun and hotter the better the flipping bite is.

there is no substitute.lol seriously though the xzone slammer and finesse have been good baits for me. as well the power bait twitchtail minnow.

the transdeucer will not fry. i use my unit to look at mapping mess with weigh points etc while the boat is in the garage. it wont hurt it. yes the boat needs to be moving about 3mph or so for the si to be most accurate.

prespawn with spawn starting any day if these god forsaken cold fronts would stop.spinnerbait wacky senko and t rigged lizzard

the vmc neko and weedless neko are great wacky rig hooks.you cant set them wrong.you can swing for the fences.( incorrect and unneccesary) or lift and sweep. ( correct and all thats needed) either way will work.

gamakatsu and owner anywhere from1/0 to 5/0 depending on the bait

exactly. if most of us could travel into the water with our lures and look around i think we would be amazed at the amout of time we spend fishing where there are no bass. ive read where rick clunn kvd and many of the other best fisherman in the world have said anyone can catch bass if you put them on the fish, the truly hard part of catching bass cosistently is finding them.this is especially true when the fish are not shallow on or near the bank. bingo. one of my fishing partners always says when were struggling, somewhere on this lake somebody is having the best day of their life. we need to figure out what pattern they are on and replicate it. me too the more i fish the more i find that one of the biggest keys is just grinding it out.last week i thought the fish were gonna be on fire. they werent. we fish our tails off for 6 hours and had 3 nice fish. so we kept fishing. we tried different thing different areas and different ideas. after 11 hours of hard fishing and thinking we ended up with 15 fish and 10 over 3 pounds. for no other reason than we refused to accept defeat.

if you read some of neds stuff he says the exact same thing.its not new he didnt invent it.its very similar to slider fishing etc. the only really new thing is the zman material and he used a mushroom head exclusively.we used those sting ray grubs by the basket full especially in cold water or after a cold front back in the 90s. some of us who are old and wiley still use them and the fish arent used to seeing them.

i love shooter and invisx but i wouldnt put either one on a spinning rod over 10 pound.i like flouro on casting reels but prefer braid to flouro on spinning rods.

it will work fished like a shakey head but the swimming techniques give fish a different look. just think about how a minnow kind of hovers and glides.. try to make the bait act like that. also google ned kedhe 5 different ned retrieves. he goes into great detail.

listen whipper snapper.lol. they were the fluke and the senko before the fluke and the senko. when they first came out they absolutely mauled fish. they still work. use them like a fluke but maybe a little more subtle action. the dart , stop . sink, glide , dart. killer bait. the pink works really good spawn and post spawn.

lifted jigs ewg ned head. and use the lightest ones possible. also dont fish it like a shakey head. its more of a swimming gliding bait.

calm down. think about losing your brother. life is short dont let fear take the joy out of it. its a boat a material possesion. anything you do to it can be fixed. get a push pole or similar you will get out of weeds. use a gps with maps. most shallow water will be marked. just go slow take your time and RELAX. the boat id gonna get scratches dings etc. that doesnt make it unusable etc. if im afraid to use something i bought i may as well just not buy it, remember theres a huge difference between used and abused. use your boat , try not to beat it up. stay on top of your maintenance take care of your outboard , trolling motor etc but dont be afraid to use and enjoy it.

yeah im saving mine for when the bite gets tough. i can get them to eat other stuff on the drop shot for now. when things get shakey aroind june hopefully i can get more.

depends on water temp and where but usually if itts windy you can get them to hit a moving bait. bladed jig, jerk bait crankbait etc.