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Awesome thanks for the responses. I'm tempted to buy my first shimano and get the curado dc. going to decide today. Winter will be here in Minnesota soon enough if i want some weeks on the water with it i need to get it now.

Does anyone own one? Curious how it handles lighter weights as well as if you can cast a jig a decent distance in between pitches. Not looking for bomb casts with it obviously, but a medium cast would be nice. Thanks.

Thanks for the replies. I guess as long as it will do the job well, ill give it a couple days to get dialed in and hopefully the noise won't bother me.

Year 2 of getting into bass fishing. I haven't done much skipping. I own a couple other tatulas but the salesman pushed me to the slx dc and now i have buyers remorse lol.

Which reel for Texas rig and jigs mostly 1/4 to 1/2 oz ? Any input is appreciated.

Thanks for the suggestions, ill keep digging on the interwebs and see what i can find for lakes. I did watch a video on rum river kayak fishing near Anoka and the current doesn't look too bad, thanks for pointing out the rum river.

Personal preference with my current kayak setup. Could bank fish or wade but i was just curious about lake options.

Was afraid of that but thanks for the response.

Tried googling my answer but I'm looking for a lake with decent smallmouth population relatively close to Bloomington. I just keep seeing rivers as suggestions but I'm looking for lakes. Thanks folks.

I actually went there this morning and saw several bass on beds. Got a 3.5 lber under an overhanging tree near the boat launch but other than that maybe 2 light bites. I could see it being decent after spawn though

Hi guys, I was just curious if anyone bass fishes on lake Nokomis.i live really close to it but for some reason never fished it. I've had limited success fishing spring for my first time this year, 4lber on tiny Bush lake in Bloomington my only little highlight so far. Crystal lake in Burnsville has been pretty slow for people I know who fish it, myself included. Just curious what numbers and potential size exists in Nokomis. Thanks guys, and looks like a nice day to fish!

Well its starting to look like ill maybe learn to trout fish for weekdays, which will be part of the adventure of a new state. And an hour or so drive on the weekend isn't bad to get my bass fix in. I really appreciate the info. I've learned many things on here so I figured I better actually join finally.

Thanks for the info, maybe we will look for similar weather town more east lol. We aren't moving for about a year so ill keep researching.

Cool thanks. Life long Minnesota resident so walleye will be nice. Those are both an hour away correct? Fine for the weekend but is that the closest for any bass at all?

Looking to move to the Los Alamos area and I was wondering if there are some bass fishing options closer than the bigger reservoirs which look about an hour away. Thank you very much in advance for any help. Looking to catch large and smallmouth.