DitchPanda

Ha the 2000 club...think you guys would have to let me add up 3 or 4 years to get in the club.

Well I tried a little experiment...took a kvd 1.5 heated the bill up and bent it with pliers. Took it out and it ran true...also stayed only 4 to 6 inches down and it was also easy to get it to wake by holding the rod tip up. Exactly what I wanted.

Today was really easy to keep track at my local lake..everybody can count to 0

True but i've got about 30 kvd 1.5s...half of them I've found so if I ruin one I'm not out much.

I lost a fish the other day at the shore on a jig...it happens from time to time. A jig can be an easy bait for them to throw because it has a large chunk of weight to use as leverage during head shakes and alot of people hit them super hard and create a large hole that makes throwing it easier. I often times reel down tight and lean into the fish very hard with a combination of pulling the rod and reeling at the same time. I use a much more hard hook set with a Texas rig because there is plastic to set thru. BTW I just watched a video on YouTube about slack line vs tight line jig hook sets in which Swindle takes the stance of slack line and Randall Tharp takes the tight line stance. Both guys are great jig fisherman and both have solid points. I'd recommend watching it.

I like a Christie craw in that situation...rage craw is also great

I've read that guys will heat the bill on a bomber long a or Cordell redfin to make it a wake bait...has anybody done this with a regular 1.5 size square bill?

My local lake has very few white bass so why some may be whites I suspect its mostly large mouth...maybe a few pike or smallies mixed in.

Shad rap shallow #5 and various lipless cranks do work for me when the water gets under 50

Mono because it floats so it slows the fall in shallow water?

Spinnerbaits Jigs- both swimming and flipping Senkos

So my local lake is very low right now...all my bites have been from 2ft or less...many in just inches of water. I've thrown chatterBait, spinner bait, shallow crank with no success the past few trips....only consistent bait has been a super fluke. Fish have been busting on shad. What else should I throw? Water temps in mid to upper 50s I'd guess.

I like stuff outside of that era but for sure 60s rock was special

What's your go to? Mine have been the super spook and super spook Jr...looking to expand

Yep it sounds like your having a rough go in an already dumpster fire of a year. Life has a way of piling it on...really kicking you when your down. Hang in there dude. In the words of red green...remember pullin for ya were all in this together!

If that's hip who would want to be? I didn't even listen to it but can tell by the picture I'd get more joy out of eating a handful of broken glass

Did book and movie back in 11th grade I think

Yep...pretty sure its for Takahiro Omori

Caught one last week that looked just like that...magic lure was...a spinner bait! Surprise surprise

What single tail do you prefer?

And this guy would be..Tom Monsoor?

I too am experiencing low water...lowest I've seen in 10+ years...maybe ever honestly. My numbers of bass have been down catching 2-3 most trips to my local haunt. Size however has made up for it...in the past week I've caught 2-2.5s,2-4s a 4.5 and a 6. Only 2 dinks in the mix.

Last week water was in the mid to high 60s here...had a cold snap at the end of the week and water dropped and hovered in the mid 50s. I caught 21 bass Friday...it was only 28 in the morning. Went out this evening for a few hours...it was tough but I caught a dink and one pushing 4.5 also missed another good bite.

I tend to throw rattles in restricted vision times like muddy water or cloudy/rainy conditions and silent on sunny days or cleaner water.

So I've used them in the past but have gotten away from them in favor of rage menaces and speed craws. Who still uses the old single grub on a swim jig? What determines when you throw one? What are your favorite grubs for this application?