txchaser

6" line-through swimbait 1/2 oz bladed jig, fished slow slither rig with an 8" lizard or big yamamoto ichi worm. Those take the cake for the numbers of "get the net!" fish. Don't be afraid of the 6-7in swimbaits, 3lbs fish are happy to eat it too.

I'm probably not the right guy to read your map, but I can offer a couple of things I learned, mostly from here. 1) pretend like there's no grass - what structure would you fish? 2) look for structure transition spots - like a nice feeding flat next to some deep water. Doesn't matter that it's covered up with grass. Or look for composition changes - dirt to rock, gravel to dirt, etc. Might carry out to inside the grass. Or look for grass type transitions. As an example the last two weekends I found isolated pockets of a different kind of grass and there were nice fish there. 3) Fish a frog until you get a strike, or go to places where you know a frog would produce, and punch there. This is what changed things for me.

No but I use a jethro rubber bead in the same spot and roughly the same since and it works great. I use it because I don't snell now that I use owner's twistlock flipping hooks, and I think the knot needs some protection with a heavy weight and a punching hookset.

Great news is that if you don't have a co-angler you can get another five or six in that spot. I feel your pain. I'm often toggling back and forth between outside weed edge and true offshore. 2x big swimbait (hard and soft, or diff sizes of soft) 2x hover/minnow/damiki a-rig jerkbait jig t rig bladed jig (sometimes x2) swimjig long crank rod (usually for mid or deep cranks, scrounger) shorter crank rod (sqbill, flatsides) neko frog sometimes a drop shot but I'm trying to lean into the neko given recent "FFS in texas" results I'm sure I forgot one. It's too much, but I'm also messing around a lot learning what I can get the offshore fish to bite. Mostly I'd catch more fish if I just use FFS like 360 and cover good water. I'm betting that won't always be the case though.

not my pic but looks like the super combat stick 7'3" heavy, mod-slow

If you are ligit going to spend a lot of time on sidescan you'd probably notice the difference with humminbird. I decided to go all garmin to share waypoints, same interface on every unit, etc. Sidescan seems fine to me, but it's not as nice as the humminbird I had before. And on a 360, this is just personal, but I can't see a reason to have it - livescope gives me the same info. I've occassionally threatened to put another transducer on for perspective mode (eg live 360) but it hasn't gotten to the 'oh that's a serious plan' level yet, and might not ever. I can't speak to the map difference though. I fished with someone that ran garmin for ffs, hbird at the console, and lowrance for mapping.

Biospawn is my go-to for swim jigs - decently durable, and stiffer plastic than a keitech; wag is much more tight too. For an even tighter wag the 6th sense divine, but they aren't very durable as the plastic splits at some point.

While I don't have experience with your specific application, this might help some, as a rolled-up line-through swinghead as they won't get leverage on the shake. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Reins_Tungsten_Sliding_Football_Heads/descpage-RTSFH.html

Tight lines, @Catt.

Evergreen super combat stick on sale at TW for 40% off during the last sale was just too good to pass on. Fished someone elses in-person, so that helped me be confident I'd like it. For the way I fish it's got a lot of options - lighter end of swimbaits (eg 1.5oz), I know it throws the 1/2 bladed jig well, and will still do great with the 1.25 bladed jig or a big deep crank.

Gotta eat lunch sometime.

No idea. Will probably toss one in the cart to see though.

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Pulse_Fish_Lures_Side_Piece/descpage-PFSP.html On the clone side, these are on TW now.

Followup from another day on this line/bait: Bottom line: Zero breakoffs. IMO both the Hangover Fast Sink and the Daingerous 7" Fast Sink line-through are a little rough somewhere in the tube, and relentlessly checking that part of the line made it really obvious when it was time to re-tie. If I had to guess the front of the tube needs to be chamfered or rounded more than it is.

Caught a rod under a boat cleat this weekend and snapped it right in two. It was a gift and I don't think made anymore anyway, so I need some advice on another rod. some details: Actual bait weight 2-3oz line-through big Treble hook usually 22lb flouro if it matters most common bait depth is 6-10, sometimes a good bit deeper on specific targeted fish (not sure this matters?) strikes on these baits are not in any way subtle mostly long casts covering a weed edge or a feeding flat/dropoff intersection. also gets used when throwing at scoped fish, but those are usually a good bit closer So I'm looking for a rod that is very good at casting, especially the 3oz (I can fish the 2oz on other stuff). But at the same time, it's a big treble, not an owner beast, so I'd prefer it to load deep into the rod. I have one rated up to 6oz (Daiwa) and it'll cast the bait a long way, but it's awfully stiff for this single treble hook on a line through. This isn't a casual bait for me anymore - it was probably 60% of what I fished last weekend. Any advice?

I think @Pat Brown makes a really important point. In what way are gills, threadfin, gizzard, craws, etc likely to do similar things at similar times? ----------- My own experience is that bite windows are real, and the -minor- times on solunar matter more than the major. No idea on why the minors seem to be better, and it could all be in my head too.

If you set your split screen for 2d/DI to be left and right, you won't miss much, but you'll get better separation and what you see on the screen will look more like images you see on the internet. Doesn't answer your question, but it might make things easier for you to pattern-match.

@Swamp Girl I think you would have a good shot in weeds. Steady pressure can break the stems little by little, unless it's real nasty like pondweed or you are on lighter spinning tackle. Running at wood and you are in a canoe? Eh, good luck and enjoy the ride. My most epic fights have been in the 8+ range, seems like they get big enough that it's just too much work for them to really fight hard for a while. More like a powerlifter when they are giants (over 10, same for teeners) - there are a couple of really dangerous moments but in general not that scary. All bets are off with an offshore LMB though - the ones that just chase bait all day - I think they are just built different because they swim around all day gorging vs sitting and waiting for ambush. Can't prove it, no data, but I have a little stack of experiences that are pretty consistent.

Appears you need pro for the navionics and c-map layers. There's constantly deals for the app like "buy the app and get $50 credit" so it's been an easy yes for me to keep pro.

Omnia's app has maps.

Same here, in no-chip.

I leave a lot of replenishment gear in the truck and haven't had a problem left. It's all in bins though, so no direct light on the bags.

Mustad has a bunch of rods on sale and this stacks. I really don't need any, so I'm out, but it is worth taking a look if you are in the market for a great deal on a rod or a boat bag.

I'm curious how close they were scattering? ------------- My experience so far is that livescope can go from amazing to maddening very quickly. At the moment my fish per cast is probably lower than just fishing traditionally. Between followers, rejectors, carp, gar, stuff on the bottom that looks like it might be a fish, missed casts (too long, too short, too left, boat in the wrong spot for the blob I happened to see, it's tough. I can't do it all day in the summer. Winter is a little different story for a bunch of reasons. Anyway it is just hard and needs a lot of skill that I don't have yet. Full attention every moment, constantly watching the intersection of wind/boat/fish movement etc. I get better every trip I hope, and part of that is knowing when to stop trying to target fish and just fish. I do think it is consistently responsible for at least one top 5 of the day fish (and usually top 3) for me though. With all the complaining out of the way, using it like a 360 to see weed lines, cover, fish positioning etc is really amazing. I can tell pretty fast now if I'm somewhere likely to have fish and do it without driving over them. "Oh look there's a bunch of gills in this stretch, and blobs are setting up at the base of the weedline" is worth a lot vs "this spot looks good"

Congrats on the pond prowler!