BrianMDTX

Asking questions is what this site is all about. I would focus on one or two things at a time, as you cannot adequately address 10-12 things at once. Everyone is here to help!

I’ve heard of a basshead. But bass no head? That’s a new one!

Sounds like I may have to try it. And try RoboWorms, too.

Sorry about the rig, but that’s a real tank!!

Anyone ever try #325 Oxblood? That color intrigues me.

#956. Watermelon with Copper Flake/Orange with Red Flake. Hand's down my top producer.

Entered! I've never tried fluoro before. Who knows lol!

Well, looking at my history, I’d say about every 35 to 40 years!

To be honest, yes. Although one can fish with one rig only, most find it better to have two or more rigged for certain baits. It's gets old retying hooks and lures on to one rig lol.

Ain’t that the truth. I always wondered how a nightcrawler would do on a weighted EWG hook. Rig it just like a TR.

Absolutely. In fact, “Texpose” a Senko on a 3/0 EWG hook. That means when the hook point comes back out the bait after rigging the worm on the hook, you stick the hook point back in the worm just enough to keep it from being exposed. I’ve <ahem> cast a Senko TR into enough branches of trees hanging just above the water to know if I take my time, they will normally slither up and through until the Senko falls in the water and I keep the bait. Believe it or not, sometimes that gets a fish lol. Cast it out. Let it sink. Slowly crawl it on the bottom. You can also raise the rod tip to lift it back up to fall again. It’s a proven fish getter. So is a Senko WR, but they will snag more than a Texas rig. Good luck and don’t get discouraged. The bass will come.

Congrats! That’s a lotta bassheads!

Congrats. Have to say this is the first time for a new PB I’ve seen a pic of the bait but not the bass! ?

Not a bad morning. Started at 8:00 with a Whopper Plopper. Nothing doing on top so I switched to a Zoom Trick. Nothing there either. Went to ol’ reliable #956 Senko WR and caught this guy. But the bite was slow. And I looked in the tackle box and decided to break out a jerkbait my daughter gifted me for Father’s Day last year, which I believe is a Googan Scout. Tried a few times before with zero action. Tied it on (I will say it has sharp hooks!) and on the second cast it got hammered as I was jerking it. Just a hair under 3 lbs. Cast it out a few more times in the same spot and it got hammered again. Threw it out a few more times (same spot) and this time it got whacked as it was floating back up. The jerkbait bite seemed to stop so I switched to a paddletail swimbait (I think it’s a Keitech Swing Impact in green pumpkin but not 100% on that) and it got hammered as well. Now it gets a little strange. So as I’m reeling this bass in, a teen (maybe from 14 to 17) walks up and asks what I caught, so I show him. As I’m talking to him I see he has some sort of plastic-bodied spincast reel and what looks like a new rod. It was, as he told me he just bought it for $4.00. He asked if I minded if he fished close to me, as he likes to talk while fishing and many others have told him no. So I kinda felt sorry for the kid, so I said ok. So he’s got some type of orangish stick bait on a “not a TR hook” rigged TR, and I have to admit, that little plastic spincast rig was getting him 3/4 of the way across the pond. I’m not sure what he was doing, but it looked like he was swimming it more than anything. He kept saying he was getting strikes, which I’m sure were just snags. Then that $4.00 rod bent. And he had a good one. I know it was at least 5 lbs, maybe 6, right out of the spot I caught all my earlier bass from lol. When it got close I tried to get him to work it my way so I could grab it with my fish grippers, but he tried pulling it out by the line and bloop! It threw the hook. I was crushed. He wasn’t lol. He asked if I thought he could catch it again and said likely not after all that action. He re-rigged a Zoom Trick (I picked out a 3/0 round offset hook for him) and he left to try elsewhere. That was enough for me, so I packed up and headed home. But hey, a great day! Never caught three bass on a jerkbait before so another notch in the bedpost.

I use O rings all the time. No tool. I just start at the narrow end, slide it up as far as it can go easily, then pull the narrow end which stretches the body and allows the O ring to slide up into the mid-position. It takes five seconds max. And no skin hooking. Which will cause a Senko to rip, so no thank you.

I have a Revros LT 2000 and 2500. Like them both very much, but they are a bit heavier than what the OP is asking for.

Let’s put it this way. If King Kong was the Bait Monkey, Godzilla wouldn’t stand a chance!

Not a lot of time on my Lowrider All ‘Round Fast MHF yet. Only a few short trips. But it is a great rod for soft plastics (mostly TR’s) which is what I bought it for.

I sit in a treestand 99% of the time bowhunting, and stand to shoot if the opportunity to stand without spooking the deer is there. It’s a sport. So is fishing...while sitting. Guess what? Race car drivers and jockeys sit, too!

Oh man, yes they are! Wow!

Definitely one of my favorites. I like Zoom Mag 2 worms as well.

I tried the Floroclear. To be frank, I never had a knot simply fail at the hook like I did with this. I believe it was 8 lb. I had two Palomars and one IC break at the hook in a few hours, and only one bass was truly good sized. I’ll take a hard pass.

I have a Shimano Sienna 2500 on a Daiwa Procyon 6’6” MXF rod. Got them free with points in a work contest. I have little complaints about either (except the AR switch on the Sienna is hard to find lol). The Procyon is actually a decent rod. It’s a great WR and weightless TR rod.

I have to sit as much as possible any more. I bring a chair when fishing from the bank.

I’ve thrown lipless cranks with it. To be honest, I just set this rig up a couple of weeks ago. I fish a lot of shallow ponds so most of my baits are lightweight. Maybe 1/16 or 1/8 oz bullet weight on a TR (or no weight on a 5” Senko TR). If it’s a lengthy cast and the bait gets hit quick, I want the slack in quick to prevent the bass from getting hooked deep. But once on the bottom I can work it slow. Which I can do with any bait.