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7.3:1 and 8.1:1 available, comes with braid and a hard bait. 79.99. https://north40.com/daiwa-fuego-ct-bait-casting-reel

Bring it I say, 114° today and tomorrow and the next day............... Might get a break after that though, we'll be down to a comfortable 109°. I see the Bass in the shallows, with their Evil lockjaw grin. I'm beginning to think I'd be better of jumping in and grabbing the taunting bleepers.

The environment we are fishing tells us a lot of what we need to know to start catching, including the quoted text above. What baits were they fishing? What structure and or cover were they fishing. Depth? What presentations? So on and so forth. There were definitely bass where these others were fishing, considering the hours you spent likely no bass where you were. Why? If I'm soaking a wacky rigged worm and the guy down the bank is reeling them in on a jerkbait, I'm switching baits. Don't be afraid to ask, the worst that will happen is maybe a dumb look. I also come from saltwater, I never had the feeling that I was hunting Yellowtail, Albacore, dodo's, Bonito, Sand or Calico bass, ect. Bass fishing is more like Bass Hunting, this mind set has me catching a lot more bass.

Baby Bull Shad comes in shiner.

Dobyns SA 703c and a Tatula SV been getting the job done here. Light enough tip to sling weightless stick worm, plenty of backbone to set hook. About 350.00 Budget option, Fury 703 and a Feugo CT. Under two bills.

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Esox, Glen the Admin of this site has really put out some outstanding instructional videos. If one where to follow these and only these video's they would be far better of then getting the opinion of thousands. https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/rods-reels-videos I spent countless hours watching these video's and reading the articles of BR. Many of them over and over. I am a much better fisherman for doing so. As to your question, I create tension with my thumb and index finger. When it starts burning then I have it tight enough.

Does your line feel rough? Looks like your spool may be tearing your line up, get new spool. Likely need a new bail also.

Will hold Lots of Salmon eggs, but a 2/0 will hold more!

These look the part, https://www.amazon.com/Amarine-made-Stainless-Tournament-Fishing-Holder/dp/B00BJ2FQPC/ref=psdc_13362821011_t4_B083DVJV8B

https://www.bassresource.com/fishing/hooked-on-bass.html

I use braid, most of my casts are along tullie choked bank. Don't think I'd get many baits back using Mono.

I hate candy corn, now I really, really hate candy corn.

When every trick in the book has been tried, I down size. I also keep a jerkbait ready as a follow up bait.

Not a classic, but.

Somebody had too,

Random pic, I love'em all.

As has been said Rocks and wood, really any feature that you can bounce them off of is the ticket. I rarely get bit on a straight retrieve with crankbait.

I like these baits, the two I have hunt pretty well. Nice erratic action on a straight retrieve.

There is no one size fits all hook. "A carpenter has more than one saw or hammer to do his job. So it is that a fisherman needs more than one hook to catch bass. All sorts of specialized hooks have come out in recent years to match every type of fishing situation a bass angler could possibly be confronted with. Do we need them all? No. But there are a handful of essential hooks that every bass angler needs to have in his tackle box." https://www.bassresource.com/fishing/hooked-on-bass.html

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