Sharkicane

It’s a 6’10 MH xf with a kast king assassin.

Yeah it is. For now though it will have to do lol. It’s cheaper to buy line than a 2nd rod/reel combo.

Hey BR, The time is coming soon when I will need to rebuy line. Now that I have some experience under my belt I’m curious to see what y’all say. I’ve got 1 rod 1 reel I’m going to be throwing everything on it (except for finesse stuff) from top water to Carolina rigging. I’m going to be throwing into all sorts of cover, brush, grass mats, lay downs you name it. What line are you going to spool up and why?

so stiffer meaning wont get hung up as bad but also makes it harder for hook sets?

Hey Br, In terms of trimming your weedguard, what do yall tend to do with it, thin it out? fan it out? cut it shorter? What is the standard for trimming up a weedguard right out of the pack? I fish a lot of little/new ponds so I never know what I will be throwing into so I am always afraid to mess with the weedguard. However I noticed yesterday I was getting hook ups like I should so I am thinking maybe the weedguard does need to be trimmed some. Should I trim it at all or should I leave it? I don't want to trim it to much and risk it getting hung up, jigs dont grow on trees :p

Before I knew any better I bought a big spool of trilene xl smooth cast in #12. I’ve only used it to fill up one reel. I mainly use 15lb pline cxx and I don’t see me changing anytime soon. If I do I’d probably move to another copoly, braid or flouro. What do y’all do with spools you don’t plan to use? Sell it? Give it away?

I assume this is a kayak/boat solution? Id love for someone to have a solution for getting unsnagged when fishing from the bank.

Hey BR, I have only been bass fishing for a few months I am not sure what it is in me but every time I go to my local lake I feel like I have to catch some. I treat it like its a tournament ( I know its silly) even though I never even been in one. I get so honed in on what I have to do to catch some that sometimes its not as fun as I would like it to be. However it isn't something I feel I can help all the time like I know there are bass there I have a rough idea of where there at I should be able to catch them any given day. At least that is what I think, then Ill get a lure hung up on top of not catching any or getting any bites and its just a bad time all around. What are some of the things that yall do to take the pressure off of having to catch them or just tips to focus on having more fun despite how many bites I get or the lack of bites.

what about pouring your own plastics? Im afraid I dont have the space or anything to get into pouring my own jig heads but i figure pouring plastics might be doable in the kitchen lol?

One day lol. I have a daiwa Alexa rod and I love it. I’d like to get a tatula but can’t afford one at the moment. So till then i just gotta work with what I’ve got lol I cleaned up the line guide I noticed the pawl is kinda loose is it suppose to be that way? I tried to tighten it some but it didn’t seem to want to tighten up all the way. I’m going to respool and grease the worm gear tomorrow hopefully that will help

I have only had it for a few months and I am probably a little to hard on it but all things considered I still really like it for the $$$ I paid. However I am having a few issues with my KastKing Assassin I do not think it is anything major probably something more experienced people have had issues with and know simple fixes for. My first issue is line tends to spool up more on one side then the other, even if I respool it only fixes it temporarily. My other issue just happened recently but the little metal insert in the line guide has come loose and sometimes if I pull my line or cast to hard it pops out and hits the first eye on my rod. I am thinking some super glue will fix this? However I wanted to get some feedback before I played doctor on my reel.

Nice I really like there prices. If my math is on it’d cost ~ 2.50 per jig with shipping. That would make dealing with getting one snagged much easier than 5-7 dollars per jig lol.

so TW is where you mainly get your jig heads?

@A-Jay @Munkin @cgolf if I start to try to make my own where do I start from, like where do y’all buy the skirts/jig heads at?

Do you find it cheaper to make your own jigs?

Hey all, I am just curious because the local lake I fish has yellow perch as the main forage (or so I think it’s at least the bait fish I can see close to the bank) not sure if any blue gill are in this lake or not. Now if im trying to match the hatch to yellow perch can I use some bluegill imitators? I know they don’t really look a like to me but to a bass idk. I’m asking primarily because while some baits/lures do have perch patterns some do not. Yet they have bluegill. For example would something like this with a green pumpkin trailer work? To match a yellow perch?

I am just learning about swim baits mostly the smaller ones 4 inches and less. What are some of yalls favorite swim baits and hooks in weedless and exposed hook?

I don’t even know if I should throw crank baits in gin clear water but I’d like to try lol

If the water is gin clear does my retrieve need to be faster than normal? How do I match the proper speed with not getting hung up in cover in gin clear water?

In that style the Siebert Arky head?

Its a solid mix of brush, lay downs, and grass. Fishing from the bank so from I think about 10' - 15' up to 2'. It gets deep pretty quickly I think. I am using casting gear on 6'5 MH rod. I plan on doing a little bit of everything pitching it here and there and then maybe casting it and swimming it back/dragging it on the bottom in other places. Where I fish you will have a laydown here then 10 yards down the bank youll have a wad of grass, 20 yards after that you'll have just big rocks and other stuff with submerged grass. It really is all over the place lol

Hey BR, I am looking to get into and learn how to fish with jigs. I know there are a ton out there and a type for every situation. Grass jigs, swim jigs, flipping jigs, football jigs, and the list goes on. I had planned on ordering a few swim jigs here soon and I figured I might as well get some other jigs while I am at it. I know there is no "one size fits all" jig nor is there a "beginner" jig lol however are there any jigs out there that yall would recommend that are fairly versatile and that you can throw into pretty much any piece of cover? Tackle Warehous has one I was looking at the Ballin out jig by Buckeye Lures but idk if that really is a good versatile jig or not. The reviews say it is but there just arnt that many.

Awesome. I will give those a shot. I see they have a yellow perch color which is the bait I see the most where I go. So easy enough to match the hatch which is nice.

Recommendations on a good crankbait or two? The water is gin clear and I’ve only ever caught them on soft plastics dragging it on the bottom. So I don’t know if a crankbait will even work but I’d like to give it a shot.

What type of swim jig do you use? Where I fish there is some pretty thick stuff and some not so thick stuff. I’m thinking about going with a strike king hack attack heavy cover swim jig. I know there are a lot of good ones out there. I’d feel better about throwing a a swim jig that won’t get hung up easily.