M Bruns

I just got back from a trip to northern Minnesota where the smallmouth were feeding on bugs on the surface. They were just sipping the bugs like stream trout would. I didn't have any conventional topwater lures that were finesse enough to get them to bite, so I created my own. I used a finesse TRD and the only weightless hook I had to rig it wacky style. Keeping my rod tip high and constantly twitching it, I could keep it on the surface and the smallies smashed it! Thought it'd share this technique as I can't find it anywhere else online. PS. The hook was from a slow death rip so that's why there's a bend in the shank.

I used to absolutely hate crankbaits. The places I fished had too much weeds and algae. I've since learned to really let the lure pause and float up so it stays in the top 1/3 of the water column. I haven't found it necessary to deflect it off cover to get bites like the pros tell you.

Caught this chunky guy on a jointed shad rap up shallow. When I went to unhook him, I saw the biggest tail I've ever seen in a fish's throat! The saugeye was 20 inches and the shad was 8 inches long WITHOUT it's head. Could've pushed 9-10 inches total.

I haven't found ANYTHING that keeps skeeters away when they're swarming. But it works well when the buffalo gnats get bad in the spring.

Depends on the bugs. No bugs - no buff but a wide-brimmed hat. Bugs - buff and a ball cap. Fingerless gloves are on either way.

Weightless fluke, gets a reaction out of them even if they don't want to eat

Could be too much slack line out and too short of rod (problems I've had float fishing with UL setup). I hammered the bluegill this weekend with a 1/32 oz white beetle spin. Caught fish on 9 consecutive casts in a row out one point, tons of fun on the UL.

Strike king lightning shad

Chatterbait

Just put an order in this evening. Email said it would ship on the 15th... It takes 10 days before they can ship three little items??

It freezes up here all the time. Duckweed still comes back.

It's pretty ugly but it works. Just used what I had on hand. The fish finder I can remove easy and use it ice fishing, or leave it off and use the dash as a rod/lure holder.

Love my F10. If you duck hunt, their blind is decent but a little pricey. For fishing, a small sonar unit is a big benefit.

Red eye shad and underspin

16 pound carp on UL rod, 6 lb mono, and Aberdeen hook out of a kayak. 30 minute fight with a lot of drag pulled and it dragged me at total of 200 yards.