DougHall_NY

SK Rage Menace SK Rage Space Monkey SK Rage Bug Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craw Use all in either black/blue flake or green pumpkin

Green Pumpkin Purple Flake Black/Blue I use both interchangeably with a great deal of success.

Been a decent year so far. Two baits for smallies have been home wreckers for me. 1. Rage Tail Menace on a 1/4 Ball Head Jig 2. Strike King Baby Z Too on a Ned Head Largies have been the same story as in years past. 1. 1/4 Swim Jig with a Rage Tail Menace Trailer 2. Rage Tail Space Monkey-Rage Rigged

Absolutely! @Catt Trick worms @roadwarrior Senko and Rage Tail Space Monkey Other notables from the forum: Dobyns Rods, Daiwa Fuego baitcaster, Sufix Advance Mono and @Siebert Outdoors products

Wow! This is amazing! Thank you so much for taking time to help! I greatly appreciate it!

My son and I are taking a trip to Owasco and Cayuga Lakes in a couple of weeks and need help. We're bank fisherman. I looked at the maps and found the inlet and Emerson Park for Owasco. It appears Harris Park and a Frontenac Park are the options for Cayuga. We've wanted to fish the Finger Lakes for years and finally are able to go. Are there any other public places that we should be looking at?

Black/Blue Swim Jig - matching Rage Menace Keitech 3.8” Swing Impact-1/4 oz jig head Senko Black/Blue flake Black/Blue Rage Space Monkey-Rage rigged Strike King The Deal Baby Z Too-1/8 oz Ned head

The Space Monkey and a keel weighted hook are deadly. The way it flutters on the fall, it gets crushed.

Rage Tail Space Monkey, Texas rigged with a keel weighted hook. Catches fish for me anywhere. It's so versatile.

Spot-on for me as well @Catt. Plain green pumpkin doesn't work well for me. Use green pumpkin with blue or green pumpkin with purple and they both produce.

If you were limited to five soft plastic baits to fish for smallmouth and largemouth bass year-round, what five would you choose? I would choose: Yamamoto 5" Senko Strike King Caffeine Shad Strike King Rage Tail Menace Strike King Rage Tail Space Monkey Strike King Rage Tail Craw

Swim jig with a Rage Tail Menace Football jig with a Zoom Super Chunk Zoom Super Fluke on an EWG Wacky rigged senko

Use both interchangeably with no difference in hook up percentage. Love these hooks for wacky rigs.

My Grandpa and Bill Dance inspired me to fish. No one will ever top either of them in my world. As I've gotten older, others have inspired me at different times for different reasons. KVD, Gerald Swindle, Greg Hackney and Jacob Wheeler.

Welcome to the Bass Resource community!

5" Yamamoto Senko, Rage Tail Space Monkey Keitech Swing Impact Fat 3.8" Rage Tail Menace Yamamoto Fat Ika BPS River Bug Rage Tail Craw

I have Merrells as well and really like them.

5" Senko Rage Tail Space Monkey Fat Ika Keitech Swing Impact Fat Rage Tail Craw 6'6" MHF Spinning 7' MHF Baitcasting

Rage Tail Space Monkey on a keel weighted hook.

Bass Pro Toyota Strike King

Nice fish!

The latter, imo. The biggest factors are technique and confidence. Black with blue flake is the same thing for me @Catt Every once in a while, I've seen color matter. In one private body of water I fish, the color does seem to matter. That color, cinnamon purple.

I was given a cinnamon purple to try on a pond with a sandy bottom as it blends in. Tried it and it has been successful for me in those waters ever since. Watermelon/Red has always served me well for the same reason in grassy waters.

I carry three colors and granted I fish mostly clear to stained waters. I carry black with blue (confidence color), Watermelon with Red flake (throw it in grassy waters) and cinnamon with purple flake (sandy bottom).

In no particular order: Keitech Swing Impact Fat 3.8" Yamamoto 5" Senko Yamamoto Fat Ika Rage Tail Space Monkey Rage Tail Menace Rage Tail Craw BPS River Bug Zoom Salty Pro Chunk Zoom Trick Worm