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I have no luck with Senkos in rivers, but in ponds I don't even need to tie anything else on. They just produce over and over and over again. I think this is because it is a sight bait. Rivers are generally big bodies of water. If you're not throwing them right on them, you're wasting your time. Ponds are much smaller and it's infinitely easier to locate the fish. I also have zero confidence in Senkos in rivers because in my mind I can never fish them right because of the current.

I've returned. No luck at the river today. It is high, too high for a kayak, and I couldn't get to any good spots. Moves fast. Found a few decent spots where the water was still, but the fish weren't there. Still a good trip because I got to experiment with the Ned Rig and learned a lot about how it works. Eventually I gave up on fishing and watched the way the Ned Rig works in the water with different techniques.

Bout to head out with the Ned. Side note: threading these TRD plastics is the worst. Going light. Taking 2 rigged up Neds and 2 3/16oz Spinnerbaits.

Same here unless you're hunting. But spiders need to die just because. With napalm.

I'm almost positive I've seen a guy decapitate a goose with a golf club somewhere on the internet. Here https://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2017/09/29/graphic-video-angry-golfer-lashes-decapitates-goose/

Stop it

Definitely go Spinnerbait in your case. I gave up on lipped cranks in most of my waters. Snag upon snag. Spinners go right through.

If you insist on fishing flooded waters, look for the areas of new water, where there wouldn't normally be water. Lots of cover, vegetation, trees, bushes, etc, and it's out of the current. That's where they'll be.

I brought home a couple of new Whopper Ploppers about a week ago, thinking the wife would probably beat me. Instead she asked if they were the colors I had been waiting to find in stock, and they were, so she said she would have been mad at me if I *didn't* get them. And now today, the highlight of her day was finding out I put fluorocarbon on one of her reels. #Winning Married fishing buddies.

1/6 and 1/5 too. The 1/10 is the lightest they have in weedless. So that makes sense. My local little mom and pop farming and outdoors store only had the 1/10oz and 1/5oz, period, and both weedless. These must be what the other locals are using because they take input from the customers on what to stock. I have to have weedless in my river. Lots of wood and things to snag on. Looks like the 1/10 will suit me fine for now. Good to know I don't have to use that heavier size.

Yeah, I'm still going with the old boot. It's free and more enjoyable.

The water is muddy and moves so I got some 1/10oz heads and Junebug color in the 2.5in size. We don't see monster bass. Went with what I thought would be light enough and yet heavy enough, small enough, not huge, and a color good for the water.

So, I'm getting more into the river SMB scene rather than being exclusively a pond and lake LMB guy. I mostly throw Topwaters and small Spinnerbaits. I inquired about inline spinners. Now the Ned Rig... is a 1/10oz head enough to keep bottom contact in a moderately fast flowing river? I'm not fishing in white water rapids, but it also isn't still. The river just moves as a river does. Do I need to get some 1/5oz heads? The river also isn't big.

At Wally World, it's usually Abu Garcia _____ Max reels. Those aren't causing him to backlash. He's causing him to backlash. Unless he's getting something else that's completely horrible.

Deer carcass.

Nothing a good boot can't fix.

Good stuff, everyone! The 3 outfits I use 90% of the time are: 6'6" Lightning Shock Rod (Casting - MH/F) paired with an Abu Garcia Silver Max. 6'6" Lightning Rod [Original] (Casting - M/F) paired with an Abu Garcia Black Max. 6'6" Abu Garcia Vengeance Rod (Spinning - M/F) paired with an Abu Garcia Cardinal SX20. Nothing fancy. I really like Lightning rods and Abu Garcia as a company. Gets the job done just fine, and for a good price.

Ponds: Wacky Rigged 5" Senko in Green Pumpkin with Black Flake, followed by a Texas Rigged Original Trick Worm in Watermelon with Red Flake weighted with a 1/16oz bullet weight. Rivers: Lil' Mr. Money 3/16oz Strike King Spinnerbait, followed by the Whopper Plopper 90 and 110 in Bone. That little Spinnerbait always does me well, and it also landed me my PB LMB, weighing in at 7lbs.

I'm in Central Illinois. Our river doesn't see monster SMB, but they can be big. Our river also doesn't have a ton of heavy cover, but it does have some cover. We have a lot of wood and rocks, though, and getting snagged is to be expected as much as any other river. It's also not extremely deep. 4-8 feet usually, with a lot of 3 feet and less areas, and some areas upwards of 12 to 15 feet deep. Pike and Muskie isn't a problem, not that I would truly consider them a problem. I decided on a 6'6" M/F spinning outfit with 8lb mono and 8lb fluoro leader. I picked up a bunch of 1/4oz Rooster Tails in white with a silver blade as well as Fire Tiger. Wish me luck!

Kinda want the glove for battle effects now

I would take one for the team and commit a domestic with Mother Nature right now. Just saying.

I'm getting more and more into the River Smallies scene, whereas I've almost always been exclusively a pond and lake LMB guy. Inline Spinners are something I want to do more of. So, what equipment and what size spinners? Does a ML/F spinning setup with 6lb line sound good? And what size spinners for both numbers and quality?

What about Bama Bass and his pet bass and bluegill???

Yep, that's the one. Really like it for putting a quick Senko right where I want it.

I didn't put much into my spincast setup. It's a Berkley Cherry Rod and a New Zebco 33 Platinum. Good enough for what it's used for. The New 33s are pretty well made and durable. For what it's used for I wasn't going to go all out, but it is a quality setup. Something like $55. I've just recently gotten into Kayaking so I am considering getting all of these setups for that purpose at 6 inches shorter each.