Mobasser

Catt, I ordered two bags of Mag 12" Buzz worms earlier this year. I had planned on using them at night, but didn't get to go night fishing as much as I had planned this summer. I'll have them ready for next season. Looks like a good one. I just order direct from Mr Twister. I think they make a great electric fillet knife. I've used mine to fillet crappies, and the occasional bass I keep. It's true most of the shops stock all the newest baits, because those are what sell. They may or may not be the best. It's all opinion. I like Mr. Twister stuff, especially the 6" Phenom worm. One of the old favourites.

Mr. Twister has always made a good line of soft plastic baits. I don't see a lot of talk about them here on BR. This season, we did well on the 6" Phenom in grape and motoroil. The Sassy Shad is still a good one also, rigged on a good ball head jig. It catches not only bass, but multiple species of fish. In the 2020 catalog, they have a 4" ringworm, which looks good, and some other newer stuff. Mr. Twister has been around since the 1970s. Is anyone still using Mr. Twister product? I still think they make some very good soft plastics.

This one is older, maybe forgotten by many fisherman, but still very good.

Manuel for me.

Yes. And the open toolbar box. Type in "finesse worms". You'll be busy reading for a while....

I would suggest searching in the toolbar here on BR. Tons of info on all the topics you've posted about.

I plan on fishing until ice up this year. I usually do.

Finesse means different things to different folks these days. Some like lighter mono line, some braid/ leader combos. We even have light baitcast outfits to throw light line baits now. As for ribbon tail worms? Yes, I've used them. Culprit being an old favorite, t rigged, fished slowly on or near bottom.

Most guys pitch these days. I don't see many actually flipping like they did years ago. But, don't rule out flipping. Its still a killer way to fish heavy thick cover. It never was a gimmick. Too many guys won too much money with flipping. Flipping a gimmick? Tell Dee Thomas, Tommy Martin, or Larry Nixon. I'm sure they would tell you otherwise....

I like the Zara One Knocker Spook in bone color

Stout mono, high speed casting reel for Spook fishing. Short rods work well for a walk the dog bait

On our Ozark lakes in Missouri, guys have been fishing Rogues, Rapalas, Bombers and other long minnow baits this way for decades. Mostly in Spring, cast and let it sit, then a slight twitch, and repeat.

Light t rig, slow hops, or lift drop on the bottom.

Color matters at times, but confidence in a color is probably more important.

There have been lots of gimmicks over the years. In my opinion, flipping is no gimmick. In the right scenario, flipping can be deadly.

I've backreeled a lot over the years. I still do sometimes. I first got started on it after reading about Charlie Brewer and Billy Westmoreland, playing big fish this way. I picked up a new Shimano Sahara not long ago- with no AR switch. It works well with a smooth drag. I set my drag a little light, and apply extra pressure on the spool with my forefinger as I need to. Take up slack line as needed

By far it's a light T rig plastic worm. Various worms and weights up to 1/4 oz. Fished slow

If you keep getting skunked in the same areas, change your location. Location is such a huge part of bass fishing. Once you locate fish, slow down, and fish the area with different retrieves.

X fast med or med/hvy casting rod. T rig straight tail plastic worm. 12 to 15lb Big Game line

I KNOW I'm not hip.

I'm in Missouri. I usually try and fish until the lakes freeze over. Depending on our winter, it could be November or into December some years.

My grandson has been my main fishing partner for a few years now. We're both serious bass fisherman. He works part time now, and is busy with school also, so, I fish alone or with an older friend on weekends sometimes. We drink water in hot weather. Water and coffee in colder weather. We aim to catch bass, and always focus on the fishing first.

Agree Catt. Both go hand in hand. If you get a really nice rod, it only stands to reason you'll want a nice reel on it too. I have used some older reels on newer rods, and they've worked well, just a little heavy compared to newer reels.

The Charlie Brewer Company of TN, will soon be celebrating 50 yrs in the tackle business. Lots of baits and styles come and go, but the Slider has stood the test of time. A family run business, all the jigs and plastics for this light tackle bass fishing style are still manufactured in TN. Charlie Brewers Slider helped to popularize light tackle bass fishing, starting in 1970. Congratulations to the Slider Company.??

I well remember when electric, glitter worms first came to my area. At first, I didn't think they would work well. Electric blue, and electric purple/grape became really hot for a while.