Leo Vann

Hi! Happy Monday. Seeing the results from Pickwick definitely don't have me in the greatest mood. I've been concerned about so much tournament pressure all across the country, and as I heard it put - "When you have 3-5 tournaments a week out of multiple ramps 12 months out of the year then host high school, college, and pro am tournaments on these lakes all year, they will never get better" This frightens me looking forward to the next generation of bass fishing, will it even exist? I'd love a discussion. I make a distinction regarding looking forward to the next generation. Pickwick is generally regarded as a good example of fishing significantly slowing after constant pounding. I'm younger, so the threat of such trends continuing over the next 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years matters. I do, however, understand that things will ebb and flow and are likely to sort themselves out. I do feel that restrictions on tournaments need to be priority for TPWD and other states, though.

Many people will tell you that grass isn’t a good place to drop shot, but that’s an incredibly ignorant thing to say. If you use a smaller EWG or worm hook, (2/0), you will do GREAT in grass. A texas rigged dropshot will catch you gobs and gobs of fish. If you worry about action, throw a slightly larger bait, (instead of a 4.5 inch bait, throw a 6.5 inch). If you really want to throw a drop shot in heavy cover, check out the Bubba Shot. Bassresource has a video on the Bubba Shot rig.

The Zoom Trick Worm and BioSpawn Plasma Tail (6.5 inch for most shakey applications) are both killer! The plasma tails also work great for dropshotting, both 4.5 and 6.5 work amazing.

Good deal. Just wanted to throw that out there so you wouldn’t make any mistakes. ?

All of us are here for you every step of the way. Hold on to that hope, Tom. Quite a few of us look up to you, all of our wishes are going out to y’all. -Leo V.

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Gary Yamamoto gave me a spool of YGK G-SoulSS112, he uses it quite a bit. I don’t use it, but I do still have the spool, the line does sink, but I’m sticking with 832! Also, as a WARNING, the YGK works best with spinning gear. It’s incredibly limp, and seems ( to me at least ) to be designed for spinning setups.

I figured. 10lb is strong enough to throw 3-16 oz t-rigs, 3/16 oz smaller spinnerbaits, and wacky senkos, right? I’d figure it’d be plenty in some average grass cover.

I own a 2500 Series Ci4+. Is 10# Tatsu Fluorocarbon good on this reel? It’s diameter is equivalent to 8# Trilene XL Mono. I could also go braid to leader, but if the original question’s answer is YES, then I would rather throw that. ( After reading replies to my other thread, I am asking a more specific question )

Tatsu sure is magical!

They both have very defined lateral lines, the THIN dark line starting about 1/4 down the body, almost even to the eye. The side blotches are often determined by where the fish lives ( shallow, deep, shallow in grass, shallow under thick slop ). Hope that helps!

I’m talking about fluoro. 15# braid is 100% the best. Is Tatsu any good in 10# on a spinning setup? It’s diameter is = 8# XL Mono I did purchase braid, ( 15# 832 ) with a spool of CXX for leader. I still can purchase a big spool of 10# Tatsu ( = 8# XL Mono ) and spool that. I just wonder what I should do IYO.

I just worry the 8# is too d**n light for 3/16 oz texas rigs, in average grass cover, and the 10# is too thick to manage! ( 2500 )

Is the 10# too thick to be manageable? Should I just throw braid to leader?

Hello! I am considering spooling up with straight fluorocarbon on my Shimano Ci4+ 2500. I am wondering if I will be good spooling straight 10lb Sniper/Tatsu. I would love if someone has done this and can give me insight as to whether or not that’s a good deal.