Hook2Jaw

I would fish the 9 rigs that I stole from @MN Fisher while he threw his swimjig. However, if @J Francho stole 8 from me, I'd hopefully be left with a medium power spinning rod and a green pumpkin stick worm.

One goes to sleep at night and is incredibly easy to gig. They're also illegal to gig. He looked like a flounder, officer!

Like most here, I like them for bottom contact baits targeting high percentage areas. Unlike most here, I prefer a slower gear ratio when reducing the size and weight of my bottom contact baits. Offerings with a half ounce of lead or tungsten get high speed reels, but I often drag a smaller Texas rig with less IPT to aid with bottom contact when I'm slow reeling and fast shaking -- which I do a lot of.

Recently, a squarebill crankbait has become one of my go-to presentations around hard cover. If I see something to deflect one off of, it's getting thrown. I'm still working on my medium and deep diving game, but have a few spots in mind to give them a try real soon.

Went river bassing in the kayak, my brother and buddies got skunked having to paddle in the current. I managed to land 3 from a landing I've never hit, caught some pickerel and an 8" warmouth. 6th Sense Crush 50x fish. Was bouncing it through the large roots of a fallen tree, this dude smoked it and immediately helped himself to some afterburner with the current behind him.

I use a mixture of braid to leader, straight fluorocarbon, and straight monofilament to accomplish presenting a bait in what I attempt to make the most appealing showing to a bass. I also keep in mind what hook is at the end of my line to best connect with fish. I think matching the line to the bait, rod, and reel is one of the most important aspects of fishing. I also think one can adjust their gear to accommodate many variations in line choice. There are many ways to skin a cat.

I'm hoping to try a Provoke as well. I'm really curious as to how they perform in the water.

I came here to see your cheap boat and you're doing useful stuff. Bah!

Oh, and one more thing. After talking to the owner and getting a new Quake 70 headed my way, I asked him what hooks they're using on their hard baits. They're Mustad. That makes me like them even more. I've driven a Mustad Ultra Point through the roof of a mouth and back in. Mighty fine hooks!

It looks good, Glenn. My caveman brain fears change, but I'm sure I will come to love it as much as I did yesterday's forums.

What clarity of water are you throwing this guy in, Catt? Conventional wisdom tells me I need to work it in stained and dirty water, but I'm sure your experience and knowledge trumps my own. Teach me, I am but the padawan.

I just wanted to say some good things about the two baits from their line I've put in my boxes and also say their customer service is 2nd to none! The Quake 70 is awesome. You know when a bait has the juice? This lipless crankbait has it. Chuck, wind, and those hooks are gonna bind up a bass. Oh, and the stock hooks need no changing. The Crush 50 has also been amazing. It comes through cover well, but when it doesn't it floats up akin to a balsa bait. Bang and burn it around shallow cover and hold on. Once again, the stock hooks are great. Most importantly, I called 6th Sense this morning and the boss, Tyler, picked up. 5 minutes later a new Quake 70 in Shad Burst was on the way to my door after a few fish knocked the eye out of the one I had. I'll definitely be picking up some new eyes to make the repair, but in the mean time 6th Sense has me covered. I'll be a customer as long as these folks are making baits.

I'm a Daiwa fan, but I will say don't buy the Tatula 100 based on the two I own. The heavy spool of that reel performs much better with baits heavier than half an ounce. I like my 150, but I tuned it a tad before it truly pleased me. I also throw heavy crankbaits on it. My 100s backlash and backlash, again and again. My Daiwa Tatula 100 owes me a Jackall Rerange 110 in Hasu. Garbage reel. Daiwa Fuego CTs and Tatula CTs are where my money heads for Daiwa reels around that price point.

My first good fish of Sunday had the 6th Sense Quake 70 sideways in the jaws. She was just skin hooked, but the Daiwa Tatula XT 7' MHR loaded smoothly and I kayak flipped this one right in the boat. The best fish of Sunday came off the YUM Killshot in Green Pumpkin. 6# fluorocarbon on a ML was one heck of a good time and made the day worthwhile. The Lunkerhunt Dropshot hook is probably the cheapest good dropshot hook around and it pinned her perfectly in the roof of the mouth.

The Drop Ded Weight.

Big heads unite. I can't even wear a large Columbia hat without getting a headache.

Down here in these parts most folks are decent enough to not wake you to death and they'll also give you space if you do the same for them. Most. That's freshwater, in the salt the trash comes to play and will park their charter boat right beside your kayak.

The H2O Xpress CRS has served me well, the VMC hooks stick fish and these bad boys work wood over like a sawmill. They absolutely do not stop for any hard cover and on the off chance you manage to lose one, you're out four dollars. On the other end of my cranking is the 6th Sense Crush 50. I like how quickly these float. While the H2O comes through most all cover, these will float up and out of whatever stops them.

It appears you're trying to cover every single aspect of bassing with spinning tackle, so I'll play along! I would have... 1. 6'10" MLF with a size 2500 high speed spinning reel. I would use it for small baits, things with a 2/0 hook or less. Dropshot, mostly, but it can do a plethora of small hook and bait tasks. Close range Ned rigging comes to mind. 2. 7' MF with a size 2500 high speed reel. I would use this for wacky rigging, weightless Texas rigging, flukes, shakyheads, and Neko rigging. It'll also throw a jerkbait. 3. 7' MHF with a size 2500 high speed reel. I would use this for weighted Texas rigs and jigs, and other bottom contact presentations. 4. 7' MHM with a size 2000 reel with somewhere around 25-28 IPT. I'd throw a high stretch fluorocarbon or monofilament and use it for moving baits up to ½ ounce like paddletails, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, and crankbaits of the squarebilled, mid-diving, and lipless variety. 5. 7' MHXF with a size 2500 high speed reel. This is a specific rod I had to look up, but it's a Daiwa Aird Coastal. It's rated up to 1.5 ounces and this handles flogging, punching, and pitching. I'm not sure how accurate pitching with a spinning setup is. 6. 7'6" MHR with a size 2000 spinning reel between 25-28 IPT. I had to look up another rod to fit the bill, the Daiwa Procyon inshore. This one handles offshore working and deep cranking. The single hook applications will probably have to be straight braid to set the hook. In the time I took to type that out, you could have learned to use a baitcaster.

I would say if my woman is okay with this 12#bass just jealous! ?

Got a safety bonus at work, treated myself a little bit. Excited to have these rigged up for this Saturday. Went ahead with next day air because I'm getting married in a few weeks and I've gotta get ready for that day instead of fishing.

@OCdockskipper @gimruis I can respect your opinions, but my skipping technique with a spinning rod and casting rod are entirely different, and I guess that's because I'm normally skipping a fairly light bait with my spinning rods and don't need as much velocity on my lures. While I roll my cast with casting gear, I simply sidearm at a diagonal with a spinning rod. I imagine your advice works for most folks, though.

The worst part of skipping for me has been finding a rod that fit ME for the technique from the platform I fish from. I actually bought a 6'9" Tatula Elite Skippin' Jig, and I can skip a frog alright on it, but for me the best skipping rod I have is a 7'1" St. Croix LTB and I absolutely hate that rod. I'm currently on the hunt for a 7'1" Medium Heavy Fast that I like for skipping a jig.

I love spots! Man, those suckers are sure hard to find sometimes on Lake Juliette but when I'm on them I can't keep them off my line and that's the way I like it.

I've found better cranks for deflection, but those little guys deflect well but most importantly float insanely fast. I've found a couple laydowns where that fast float was absolutely crucial and I bet they're amazing for backing out of riprap rock. They also flat get bit.