PressuredFishing

Most knots are stronger than the tier and failure comes usually from the person tying a bad knot or getting snagged and pulling, not the knot itself.

Yes it's possible

Bluegill and crappie do the same thing, they go to backs of coves to school. There are also perhaps glass minnows or small forage you don't notice other than shad, they school those up too

Most non gimic lures on the market catch fish, I wouldn't say I wasted money, some lures I have not caught a fish on yet, but it's usually more of an over spending fishing issue

When buying fishing gear thats of higher quality, I go by two rules, 1. What do YOU want in your rod (more sensitivity, more durability, lighter in the hand, etc) 2. whats on sale (*cough cough black cough Friday cough cough around corner save money cough*)

So you can take one clariton/zertec a day, but you can stack Benedrylls on top of that, they make you tired but it pretty much knocks the allergies out completley for me, Id rather be a little tired while fishing than miserable, but thats just me. (P.S im not a doctor, far from it, so talk to your pharmacist or doctor before taking recommendations from somebody on the internet)

Free weight almost always unless punching, less leverage the fish can throw, higher hoomset ratio due to fish not swallowing a weight, and a more natural fall.

If you like langleys, just two weeks ago I found a real nice older couple in their seventies at a garage sale that had two langley spinning reels (one a spin Flo, and a spinator+boxes and schematics) looked up the history of them and its a very cool company located out of Sandiego, they are hanging up on my wall

This is one of the few scenarios I use bfs, actually the only scenario for bass. Get a high gear ratio bfs reel and it will solve this issue, if you are using poppers a spinning reel will work fine, but small whopper ploppers buzzbaits, and pencil/cigar walking baits really benefit from a fast gear ratio reel, and this technology doesn't exist in reliable spinning reels quite yet Personal preference, I'm a lefty as well and fish RH as well, many of the older guys that are right handed fish RH retrieve as well because they grew up on it. Some RH guys are switching to LH retrieve.

Have not had this happen to me

I prefer casting, but 70% of the fish I catch are on spinning, simply because my fisheries are clear water. I only use the casting reels when throwing bigger baits and flipping and pitching, my lakes don't require those lure styles as much, so I simply don't throw them as much.

I don't know much about smb, but I think it's just genetics, some of my lmb have bright red eyes similar to this, others are just pure black. Nice catch nonetheless

Some guys are saying you aren't tying it right, personally I'm not wanting to be a perfectionist in knot tying, and take the extra 10 minutes to make the knot perfect when I could be fishing. I want to tie a lure on with a simple clinch not and get my line in the water. Go copolymer or floro and leave braid in the dust. Use it for flipping and pitching, or frogs, but it's more or a hassle for me

It adjusts the fall rate

Maybe I'll try a sweeping hookset, worth a shot

Yes many of my lakes are like this

Wow thankyou for this information, I will avoid the savage gear swimbaits and get some more Hudds with top hooks. I never thought of going out on the weeks the plant, I will try that, I never have.

Savage gear pulse tail rtf swimbait (top hook jighead with stinger) vs savage gear pulse tail 4d line thru swimbait.

Those will work just fine for all crankbait techniques, you don't need a slower gear ratio, only if you really want to specialize. You can also put half the line you normally put on your casting reel to get 22-24 ipt.

Thanks for the input ?

What rig do you guys perfer for soft trout swimbaits, exposed jig hook, line thru, or stinger treble hook style. I have two of the three but have not caught enough fish on either to make a confirmation on what hookup ratio is better

Ive done so much trout fishing on the west coast be it be stockers or wild, and even native trout, I can give you the scoop. Braid isnt an ideal line for trout. I use 2lb izorline to a 2lb florocarbon leader with water visibility 12 inches. Berkley xl casting monofilament is an okay alternative and will cast farther than izorline because of a thinner diameter, but is weaker and you will have to set your drag looser. Muddy water trout you can get away with normal coplymers and heavier line diameters. 2lb line isnt weak by any means and will teach you how to approprietley fight fish, my biggest trout was 9lbs on 2lb gear and took 4 minutes getting it in, It teaches you how to back reel or set drag, I have caught multiple 6+ pound trout on 2lb line. Get the right rod and reel for this line.

welcome, I hope you enjoy your stay

this weekend I went out with "prime" pre frontal windy conditions with complete cloud coverage, sounds good for them schooling right? I guess not because the weather wasn't stable, after looking back on the weather I realized weather was dipping down to 30 at night and it has been 60 compared to the average 80, and after questioning why they where not eating, ive concluded this is my answer.

Anything with orange, orange and black, or peanut butter jelly