AggieBassin10

Amen to that one! Once the Bait Monkey starts, it's hard to stop him

Hey don't count anything out! My buddy caught a five pounder on a skirtless spinnerbait with a 12" bubble gum worm trailer on a day when nothing would work The rig was officially named the spinnerworm

Well I can't be a ton of help to you in the realm of Smallmouth, but I know from personal experience that both of those cranking rods can be effective for either type of cranking. While they each will excel better for what they have been designed for, they can both crank shallow and deep. Personally I've caught a lot more bass on cranks in water less than 12 feet but I'm a largemouth guy, and we don't have too many brownies here in Texas

I've seen the trail before, was gonna try to fish it this year but then life happened... Hopeing to get on it next year though!

Southwest of Houston! Gig'em Ags all the way man!! "I will cut the horns off all the wicked" Psalms 75:10. But in all seriousness I don't judge a man by the school he reps. I judge him on his character and his ability to stick a big fat largemouth!

Thanks for all the input, I was looking at the Hook 4x and saw two different ones: one that said W/Mid/Hi XDCR (much cheaper) and one that said W/Mid/Hi/DownScan XDCR. My question is a.) can someone translate that I'm new to the world of electronics and b.) is the DownScan really worth the extra money? Thanks guys

Thanks guys!!!

I usually buy from Academy but that's cause it's close to home. I prefer Bass Pro. I tend to favor brick and mortar over online as well

I'll dig a poboy

Sweet!

Looks awesome!

An eyeball but other than that I like it

My go to for high pressured ponds is a shaky head. It's small, natural, and can be used in all structure and cover. Since the water is still cold, I would attempt to locate structure in the middle of the pond and work the heck out of it. When the water warms up the fish will probably move to the edges of the bank because it will provide them with adequate structure. Those fish have probably seen a zillion senkos and pretty much any other traditional bait so try varying it up. Also fish right at the crack of dawn and right before dusk, the fish tend to be more aggressive at those times

Love my crocs but I half to admit they start to stink on the way home. Also have a pair of Keens that I absolutely love

Hey BR, looking for a depth finder for my kayak (12 ft Manta Ray) and was curious what opinions you guys had for something relatively user friendly but effective. I've read good reports about the Garmin Chirp but wanted to know what you guys think. Thanks!

Green pumpkin is my favorite. Seems to work in any senario

Strike King Rage Swimmers are my favorite but Big Bite Baits Cane Thumpers are cheaper and effective for learning how to fish swimbaits. I love white and green pumpkin colors. As for hard swimbaits I can't really help you. I don't even own one but my brother has an H2O Express bluegill and he loves it

Still gman, just had to change my screen name. Sorry about that

Thanks so much for the code! Much appreciated My dad has a Lew's inshore series and he loves it. I figured more Lew's fans would show up but apparently Diawa seems to be taking the cake

Seems to be all of them but I would say that bluegill squarebills seem to have caught the most for me personally

Bull Shoals but haven't fished a ton of waters

Thanks! That was my biggest fear with a reel in the 7.x-8.x range- cranks. Glad to know a faster reel can still be effective. My current reel is 7.1:1 and it's been successful with cranks, but I don't have enough experience to know if I'm getting the most out of my cranks.

Thanks but the 8.1:1 is a little bit fast than what I'm looking for right now

I catch catfish more on crankbaits than any other bass lure and I can't recall ever snagging a cat with one. They always smoke it

I've been a Curado guy too. I have two relativley newer models but they just haven't held up like the old tank Curados. Pretty sure those work better than the newer models. Being in south Texas, I'm a saltwater angler also. So I always bought Curados because they were pitched as being durable in saltwater. I'm really looking for something that's a fresh start and I don't care if it doesn't work for saltwater, I'll just use it for freshwater only. I'm relativley new to bass fishing (within the last 3 years), and I'm still trying to figure this world out. I got most of the fishing tactics down, but gotta work on the gear. Especially a reliable arsenal