NittyGrittyBoy

Not me current temp @9:15pm is 55°, planning on a trip Tuesday after work to a local deep Clearwater pond!! My condolences to you folks who have to wait till spring 2019...

I personally throw the unmentionable brand of reels and flat enjoy them. I was a Lew's guy and had a couple revo's, but I'm sold on the concept line... 22lbs of drag, and throws smooth as silk!

Have you checked out Diawa? Alot of guys on here push Diawa or Shimano for upper end reels.

Quick search turned up https://m.tackledirect.com/shop-pinnacle.html

Nice fluke fish! Glad you got that topwater bite figured out!

Thanks everyone, there's some great suggestions here! I can already see the tackle warehouse bill getting longer!

I have plenty of trailers, I'm just looking for Swimbaits. How weedless/stumpless are actual jig heads? In open water I'd like to use a jighead with exposed hook, but far as weedless I know my options are limited. Man I'm excited to get back on the water and get my swimbait game on! I was able to fish multiple depths, very versatile bait, skid across pads, drop into coontail and drag through stumps all in one cast!

Everybody mentions keitechs, so I figure there's got to be something to them. The rage swimmers worked good seemed somewhat durable. What size is most people's favorite, the 4.75" seemed like a good all round size to me?

I've been throwing cinnamon blue/purple flake, I really like em. They've been catching fish for me so I'm gonna keep using them. $2.50 to catch fish!? Yes please... Yeah temps are supposed to get on down in a couple days been 80 high 60 low. No rain for us been dry

Today was my first time using soft plastic Swimbaits. I was using a 4.75" rage swimmer on a 5/0 ewg trokar, with a small split shot at the nose. I was fishing around Lily pads and through coontail in tannic water. Beings it was my first time I kinda just used a slow reel with a pause technique. I had it rigged weedless but man I had some huge bites. Missed several nice bass. I really enjoyed fishing them and want to do it more. My setup was a ***** reel with a MH/fast dobyns 6'6. I have a 7'3 H duckett I'm gonna use next time 2 questions, what's the best Swimbaits? The rage swimmers worked great, but is there better? And what hooks do most of y'all use? I usually fish around alot of wood/stumps/grass so weedless is probably a must. I'm interested to hear more about the swimbait game!

I'm also an owner of a shacket... Still shorts and flip flop weather here though

They've been 2.59 Everytime I go, I usually buy 2-3 packs Everytime. GY's are still 8$. Just can't do it...

Not my thread but really good info guys! Thanks, I wanna try that owner st36 and gama ss magic eye

Your on the right track, I like a size 6 mustad with a rear feather treble as well. My problem was bending out and and breaking trebles. Nothing will make you more angry when the bite is hot and you have to sit down and change out bent/broke trebles...

Rootin for Micah Frasier, only Ga boy on there!!

And don't get discouraged, we all go through lulls where we can't get the skunk off our back! Just be patient and persistent! I went twice couple months ago and fished all day without so much as a bite. It's tough sometimes

When my reel and rod guides get ice caught in them. @J.Vincent good read!!

I like winter fishing, hate being cold. There lies the problem. South Ga I fish year round, I actually enjoy fall and winter the best despite the cold, most guys hunt around here, and fortunately for me, I don't. So I enjoy fresh unfished water more frequently. Plus the cold keeps most Sissy's off the water so again more fishable water. So I vote Yes, I do enjoy winter bass fishing ?

I find it sometimes I want to make the bass bite what I want to fish with. As an angler, it's our goal to give the bass what they want instead of what we want. So if they want jigs instead of topwater, well jigs it is. Maybe try to find a different pond or lake for a better topwater bite?

I do like the theory of the bass holding on longer, it gives the angler a greater window to detect a sometimes subtle bite. But the cons; what if the bass don't like the flavor, like I don't like sardines and just spits the bait out instead of holding on to it? The whole "what if" theory! Thanks for the input guys it does give me things to chew on. Pun intended

I've fished in tenoroc several times, pit B had a huge shad population, literally have 100 fish days on topwater poppers all throughout the day. This was 10yrs ago though...

My go to rig is 1/32nd jig head, grub body, under a small bobber. I like that weight best because I feel it's sinks just fast enough for specks. Also use the smallest bobber you can, I feel that plays into the action of the grub. -this is my crappie setup 90% of the time And congratulations on your catch! Get the grease hot!

Since nobody has mentioned the elephant in the room, I'm just gonna state the obvious. It was a Manatee bro.

Wow what a great idea inserting ear plugs foam into the belly!!! I am one of the few who still use a lizard. Flip them in the spring tight into cover. Bass hate em. I use zoom so I'm no help on the Biffle ?

Have you tried various topwater lures other than hardbaits? Sometimes I have better luck with a fluke or a paddletail softbait like a toad. Just a thought, also have you tried various sizes? Sometimes a smaller bait on top can be key.