CroakHunter

My "senko" setup is a duckett micro magic 7ft mh with a tatula sv on it and I absolutely love it. The castability and price of the sv makes it very nice for skipping light jigs and texas rigs akong with stickbaits.

I would go perfect pitch

Big fan of vortex scopes. 1x4 would be suitable amd help with moving targets.

I own 0 medium power casting rods. I have 1 that fishes close to that but it is labeled medium heavy. You'll be just fine.

Just a suggestion with no experience. But what about a daiwa dx swimbait rod. Heavy or xtra heavy.

#6 vmc round bend treble hooks.

Awesome pics! Way to figure out what they like and match the hatch.

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For the baits you listed I like a rod rated 1/4 up to 1 ounce with something like 20lb seaguar senshi, 15lb big game, or 40lb braid. Just with braid I set my drag a bit lighter and use a sweeping hook set instead of a cross their eyes hook set.

Awesome read.

Welcome from another hoosier. Be sure to check out the (un)official hoosiers thread.

Release the bait as Horizantal as possible amd practice on a concrete floor while standing on a step stool or chair to replace the deck of the boat. The biggest thing that helped me was buy a reel with the sv spool amd learning on it then taking what I learned to my other reels.

I am always trying to catch what i think is a "big" bass for whatever body of water I'm fishing. That ranges from 3-10lbs.

We were very cold riding the wheelers to our first pit. This fish was the first of the day. They were still hitting the whopper plopper fairly well before the sun fully came out.

10lb is too light. 12-15lb minimum. Spinnerbaits have heavy wire jig hooks that take a quality line to drive the hook into skin and bone.

Beautiful fish!

Oir biggest one of the morning. Hitting all moving baits. Cant get one to eat a jig! Cold 4 wheeler ride in 30 degree weather. But water temps are around 60 degrees

Big fan of seaguar senshi if you can find it.

I'll be the odd man out and say medium heavy.

Sunline assassin is a great fluoro. 12lb for finesse jigs and senkos. 17lb for skipping jigs and t-rigs/ light pitching, 20lb for pitching heavy wood cover. And it's a good price $20 for 225 yards which is 3 reels worth if you use backing

I also have struggled with this frog. I was disappointed they put trokar hooks on them. Maybe over the winter I will switch them out for regular frog hooks. I too habe had good blow ups with few fish landed.

Anybody have an idea on water temps? Or a website to check water temps near me? I tried to fins temps for patoka but they were from early october before the cold snap. Headed out Sunday to either bluegrass or an awesome private pit

Mine would be jerkbaits. Just because they are thrown a lot on windy days and cold temps meaning controlling your cast due to conditions and cold fingers may be more difficult.

3.5 inch swimbait. 2.5 inch craw, lizzard are some of my not so main stream favorites.