PressuredFishing

This ^^^ my dad loves their spinningreel series because it's a all metal reel so if he drops it it won't Crack, he gets the small 2000 saltwater rated ones for freshwater, they are still all metal he likes that

Yes we use these too, dollar tree beach balls have also been working very well about the size of a smaller cantaloupe.

^^^^^^ this is 100% for the west coast, east coast is a hole nother animal. Makos blues, and threshers are accasionally taken off of piers and jetty, I have seen it, but most likely it's easier to catch then on a boat offshore and visually look for them. I run a huge Penn 14/00 with 100lb braid to a steel wire leader, it's a must. Live bait and a huge bobber like bobber fishing for bluegill but it ain't no bluegill

^^^^^^^^^ this is true, here in socal one of the water districts is even completely draining one of my favorite lakes behind closed doors because they are not getting enough rainwater and have to keep relocating pumps and boat ramps Lower and lower. Other lakes are only a shadow of their former self. Agricultural prosperity in bakersfield has become ever increasingly expensive being in the Agricultural field, now relying on plastic mulches and drip systems to produce some form of produce, even if water was not the issue the hybrid plants we use are not surviving the hot summer days and are taking tremendous damage, now having to switch to more heat and drought resistant variants that yield less produce.

Honestly in winter I have more options for lures than in summer just because grass gets insane here in the southwest, so in the late spring (late April early may) any exposed hook bait except a chatterbait is pretty much out of the game including grass jigs. (Punch skirts and trashmasters still work tho) but nonetheless, I like throwing arkie/football head jigs, big soft plastic trouts, jerkbaits if we get a warm front, dropshot trick worms, and ned rigs. Bladebaits aren't the hottest because there is always a little bit of lively grass on the bottom ranging from 6" to a foot. However they can be fished in higher altitude lakes.

It provides a challenge, being in socal its sometimes incredibly frustrating having 30 people walking the bank on small resavoirs, crossing your line, etc, not to mention the people that live in socal can behave worse than my untrained dog. With all of this being said, if you are even slightly experienced as a fisherman you will catch fish because a lot of the crowds are throwing bobber rigs for panfish, or getting their lures stuck in trees behind them 60% of the time, the other 40% provides fishing pressure that makes the fish more challenging to catch, but are still catchable

Yes anything less than 200$ in my experience is a terrible experience for warranty, you either buy high end gear the the warranty, or you buy super cheap and take good care of it. On most rod warranty you the buyer usually have to pay 60$ or something unless it's a manufacturer defect which will show on first 2-3 casts. 100$ will get you fantastic tapers and blanks that are even technique specific, the higher end blanks in that 200-400$ range are just more refined tapers, sensitive, and have a better fit and finish. $60 now days will get you a solid im6 or im7 blank with a standard fast taper and aluminum oxide guides, which is really good in my opinion.

Oh no I have never fished these before

Honestly bass fishing is overthought, a medium/med light spinning rod+mh casting rod with 12-15 lb line will do almost everything, depending on your fishery if you have heavy cover go with a heavy rod but if you have clear open water maybe invest in a good finesse rod upgrade

I think you are talking about the ones made for trout? They float by the way but do catch trout, probably could hook a few bass as well but they are super skinny

Huh, interesting for only a john boat, maybe I'll look into it, just maybe

This is me, yes I spent quite a bit of money in the beginning, but now I mostly find myself just buying more terminal tackle, jigs, plastics,, and very rarely hard baits if I loose them.

At this point the insurance may be more expensive than my boat after a year, yknow... one of the tin can aluminum boats ?

Anything in the medium heavy fast or moderate range works well with me, I use mono which also has because you don't really need to feel a moving bait bite they just slam it, then by using mono you also don't usually need a glass/composite rod, maybe carry two spools for your mh trig/jig rod or two reels, one with mono, and one with floro/braid2leader whichever you prefer. I carry two reels and one rod, always a mh fast with a 7:6:1 with mono for moving baits and a 6:6:6 with floro for anything else really. Of corse this is if you don't have alot of room to carry a bunch of technique specific rods on your boat/yak. Long story short mono is a very good moving bait line on a standards jig rod from topwater to spinnerbaits but is a no go for fishing the heavy gage hooks on a swimjig in cover r something. Then you can just keep another reel with your favorite slowdown style line and gear ratio in your pack and throw it back on your jig rod

^^^ this, not that fish don't hit reaction baits effectivley, just that the bite windows for reaction baits are tiny in comparison to the plastic bite.

Anything molded with plastisol

Whatever you got will work, in my experience you don't work a frog over grass too terribly quick, the line and rod type is most important imo to get the big hook in their mouth. I don't care for braid but this is that one instance where I use braid.

It's carp, they also got perch, but alot of people out there that don't want to fish for carp saltwater fish

Yes, other notable mentions (for the tiny side of the spectrum include crappie grubs and flat tail crappie baits, no trimming nessesary and small profile that's cheap) These include Mister twister micro crayfish Strike king snapjack Any double tail grub Kalins scrub grubs The list goes on and on

Oh right, yeah personally I like oversized reels, I feel like the smaller ones get stressed, but your right alot of guys like the smaller reels and just throw em away at the end of a season

Bigger as in spool capacity and gear size, a size 100 diawa is roughly the same as a size 100 shimano.

100 150 200, and 300 CT are IN A NUTSHELL (I understand there are slight differences lol) the same reel but different sizes. 100 is a great standard jack of all trades baitcast reel. the 150 holds a tad extra line and is meant for bigger lures or lures that have resistance like DD cranks, big squarebills, A rigs, tiny swimbaits like a s waver 120, frogging, and pitching/flipping. The size 200 and 300 are ideal for smaller swimbaits, the 200 handles smaller 2-4 oz swimbaits and the 300 is a more well rounded one for swimbaits, similar to a lexa 300 but not as big These are also ideal for inshore saltwater and can cast heavier weights off the beach effectivley. Yes they make it complicated but it is a nice feature that diawa offers so you can choose the best sized reel. As for SV and TW or SV TW reels, its an upgrade or a more beefed up version of the tatulas. TW stands for T wing, and SV is in a nutshell a upgraded spool, on a short shaft that is effective at throwing lighter lures beecause the spool is lighter.

Yes they do tear a little bit with softer plastics, so sense im not sure what plastics you are fishing, any standard EWG darter head works GREAT for lizards, craws, worms, what have you. (This is just a image, you dont have to buy owners if you dont want to, eagle claw makes a great budget option) https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Owner_Darter_Head_Offset_Jig_Head/descpage-DGT.html You could also peg a bullet weight if you want to save money. If you are fishing swimbaits like a keitech on the other hand, you will be better off with a belly weighted hook like this. This is a eagle claw version, while you cannot buy them on tackle warehouse, I find them quite often at walmart

In my experience its easier to figure out not what the bass wants, but what the weather conditions and water clarity want. I only really care what the bass wants when sight is playing a really big deal in their feeding. As for a chatterbait fished down a laydown, I hope it isnt my only jackhammer. and squarebills somewhat usable around wood but its skating on thin ice and it requires alot of finesse to work through. When fishing wood depending on water clarity I have found swimjigs, weedless swimbaits, and spinnerbaits to come through it the best. other notable winners would be a popper because they can sit over submerged wood effectivley.

Fair enough, which reel models diawa makes are not made in their factories anymore, just curious? I agree there are not Japanese people assembling the reels, but I would think shimano may train their employees better than doyo, and have more advanced technology to assembling their reels which lowers defect rate. The lews stuff is really good, I like alot of their reels, they are in the same field as abu garcia if you have owned one of them, I just feel better about buying a Shimano or diawa because they may train their factory workers better than doyo/banax and their reel manufacturing technology may be newer and create tighter tolerances.