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Shad raps rock in water up to 50-55 degrees. I only throw them on a spinning rod. been wanting to get some wiggle warts for 55-65 degree water edit: I forgot that I have had success with spro rk crawlers which, are similar. That was in the middle of summer though

Spro little John md. Both the silver olive and chartreuse blue back killed it all spring and summer last year. the kvd 1.5 flat sided crank bait would come in 2nd I’ve got some Frits flat sided cranks but, never used them ive got 6-7 DT 10 &15’s but, I don’t do well on them.

Brand doesn’t matter. I’ve used spro, eagle claw, and at one time I had 100’s of the kvd duo locks until I left my terminal tackle in my old boat while, I was outfitting my new boat at my grandpa’s marina. I think one of the teen age workers walked off with with my terminal box but, I can’t prove it. Even the eagle claw duo snaps ( not their snap swivels though) will work too. I usually use size 1 or 2

I was working a 7-8 ft flat. The OG balsa shad rap. I’ve got a couple glass and plastic shad raps but I never really get around to using them. Actually, the whole lake is kinda just one big flat. The smaller ish lake I was fishing is kinda just a bowl. There is a hole that gets to maybe 25 ft deep on the western shore. Other than that there are pads that ring the entire outside of the lake than it kinda just gradually gets deeper untill you hit the hole right off the western shore. usually a #5 shad rap will get down 6-8 ft depending on line. I usually throw them on my m/l spinning rod with 10 lbs flouro.

I don’t pull cranks baits out untill the water hits 50-55 degrees. Now #5 shad raps though are a great cold water bait. Caught my PB on march 26th 2020. Using a delta craw shad rap. Water was around 46-48 degrees. fishing lipless cranks are on my things to learn list this year

Might be some Steel head or walleye below the dam this time of year. Shoot this time next week we will be ice fishing most of mid and lower Michigan.

Thanks maybe I’ll shoot cadman a email and see if he has any available

The 1/8 thru 3/8 poison tail mold just arrived from lure parts online today. It will go with its bigger brother that makes the 1/2 oz through 1 oz poison tail jigs. The bigger molds serves as pretty good punching jig along with a swim bait mold . I bought the smaller one mainly to make 3/8 oz swim jigs. I also want to possibly mess around with making a swim jig with a light wire hook for the 1/8 and 1/4 sizes I noticed that it looks like the 1/8 size can’t be made weed less. At first I had thought that do-it had forgotten to machine the the pin slot. However, after looking at the stock photos on the net those molds also lack a machine notch to put a pin. 1/8 I guess would be tiny to try and put a weed guard in. only about 3 more months until the ice is gone. I have bass fishing in the brain bad

Nope. I tried it one time 2 years ago on a bedded smallie that I could visually see. Didn’t even know what I was doing technique wise but, Caught the bass, released it, and never thrown a shaken head since.

Are these new ? I want to get infatuated with the shakey head this summer. That’s the goal any how

The kvd’s are good jerk baits. Put a lot of fish in the boat this fall. Not saying they are as good or better than mega bass or lucky craft but, they do work. Some times less is more with the action. If I’m fishing a lake with a lot of northern pike I’m throwing the KVD’s first before the mega bass or LC’s jerk baits Only thing I don’t like about them is the hooks. I always swap them out for Mustad KVD-Classic TG76-BN Short-Shank 1X Triple-Grips. The th76-bns are a little bit cheaper than the th76np-bn’s which, are the kvd needle points

Black and blue chigger craw anything black and blue water melon pearl yum dingers summer craw with any type of plastic whether it’s a craw or worm has been a very good producer in the summer in clear water. berkly’s maxx scent baby bass color I can’t get straight green pumpkin to work up here in Michigan unless it is a tube. Seems like the green pumpkin has to be accented with another color to worm IE summer craw or 6th sense green pumpkin burst.

You could use this statement for those old round trolling reels. At one time in 60’s70’s and 80’s the penns were the standard trolling reel for Lake Michigan salmon and steel head. Than the Diawa sea lines came out and kinda knocked penn of their pedistool. Now it’s still diawa and you can add the okuma in the mix too. right now a penn round reel for big water trolling will cost you $60 bucks. However, for less money you can get a okuma convector with a line counter.

Maybe I start trying eagle claws again. I want to support them as they are made here. Seemed like the worm hooks rusted just mentioning the word water. I guess I never really had an issue using the jig hooks on round all walleye jigs.

We can fish it some time. Normal water I can get as far as state street. It hasn’t been the same since the dam blow outs though. Hopefully this summer it turns around as it’s only 25 minutes from my house. Good bass fishing if you go farther up the Shiawassee too from the confluence.

I’ve purchased the kast king pliers with the braid cutters on the side from kast king on eBay. This will be the 3rd summer I’ve had them. I like the pliers a lot and think they are good deal at $20ish. Next time I buy them I’d buy them with out the split ring remover at the end. I find it kinda annoying sometimes in un-hooking fish. I have another set of split ring pliers if I need to replace a split ring.

To date I’ve never caught anything on June bug or purple unless it’s pb&j. Cloudy, stained, or dirty water always black and blue followed by pb&j

Oh that’s cool. I see your in langsburgh. I graduated from Owosso live in Chesaning and work in St.John’s. The Shiawassee was the first river a ever fished. Fished it a lot until i bought my first tin can about 5 years ago. Well I’ve been fishing it a lot with my bigger boat up in the flats and the confluence with the Titt up near Saginaw. Haven’t really fished it around Corunna/Owosso/Chesaning since which, is a shame. I need to get the canoe out and give it a go again. yeah we should fish/hang/ build rods/ lures some time. What are intrested in learning?

Thanks I’ve been wanting one of the good made in Sweden ones for a while now

Yeah I figure I’ll start with one of the crb kits first. I need a 1/2-3/4 oz worm/jig rod. Like I said I have some guides I need fixing first on my current stuff. Eventually I want a deep cranking rod for 1oz cranks been looking at the rain shadow kit too . Not looking at turning cork yet

Picked this up off Facebook new in box for $75 bucks from a vendor. Looks like they retail between 165-200 bucks. I’m going to use it on my soon to be built deep cranking rod. Sigh springs only 3 months away

Took some stock profits and on impulse bought the starter kit with the rod dryer and manual wrapper from mud hole. Been wanting to do this for a bout 10 years. I needed to replace 2 guides on 2 of my rods any how . So those will get me started. Now that I’m working nights I’ve been watching YouTube videos all night on my day off. I’m pumped !!! I needed something to do with all my time off and model plain building wasn’t scratching the boredom itch enough. should be here in 3 days

I usually just sort mine by mfg than by depth. On the bottom side could be below the lip or the bottom side I’ll take a fine sharpie and write down according to the mfg what the jerk bait or crank bait dives to. I can never remember what they dive to off the top of my head Also next to each treble hook I put an x with fine sharpie. The X in sharpie tells me that I have swapped hooks out to a better hook. if a jerk bait doesn’t suspend it gets separated into the a walleye or trout trolling lure box

I’ve got one of those ayus but in a deep diver 500 kvd. Yeah the kvd jerk baits are pretty good considering the price this kvd 300 sugar daddy on the bottom of the picture did major work this fall. I like the one mega bass perch 110 I had however, as you know with an abundance of pike in our waters up here. I can’t justify almost $30 bucks a pop with so many toothy critters running around. All it takes is a pike hitting the lure, me lifting the rod tip up and there goes the jerk bait never to be seen again. one thing going forward I will be doing more fall fishing in Michigan. It was nice having the lake to my self and catching a lot of bass