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What beetlespin size is appropriate for Crappie and BlueGill? 1 or 1/2? (those are the sizes I see on amazon)

I'd love to see that article too

since im starting with cranks now can you give me a ideia of brands and models KVD 1.5 maybe ? Or anything from Rapala?

I’m looking to buy some Shad Raps to start using crank baits more and im not sure what size i should get to fish in Channels/ lakes / ponds in Florida I think #5 is too small im thinking about #7 or #9 what size should use for a baitcaster?

Not sure if I’m going to make myself clear here but I will try… Usually when and try 2,3 different soft plastics changing colors type etc and if I see that they don’t bite I will try something else, like a lipless crank etc… in my mind if they don’t get those soft plastics is because they don’t want soft plastic at all. Today I faced a situation like that in my neighborhood pond tried Senkos, Ol Monster, different Yum Dinger colors etc and nothing instead moving out from soft plastics decided to use some Creme Scoundrel that was forgotten in my tackle bag, to my surprise 3 casts = 3 catches. My question is Bass can be picky like that regarding soft plastics? Maybe I should try different kinds of soft plastics before trying another bait? Is that possible that they can notice difference on worms that look almost the same but have a preference for a specific worm like that?

Awesome thank you, never used the churro before since has a weird shape was not so sure if i could use with regular swimbait hooks

I Have some Churros swimbaits from 13 Fishing but no so sure what hook to use or how to rig it, anybody with some experience with those baits?

is it safe do buy on tacklewarehouse now? just did a purchase yesterday and saw this topic today, they fixed the issue?

What hook size to use on a crawbug (texas rig)?

My only concern targeting panfish here in Florida with small hooks and gulp worms is gut hooking a bass or getting a turtle , those turtles here run after any bait we throw on lakes

Here in Florida Bass are acting lazy some days they turn complete off... been lucky catching some on flukes

My friend kids wants to learn fishing, and i want to introduce them to the art, now i really want them to catch some fish so they don't get too annoyed, i know that bass could be hard for them at the beginning specially now (summer), I'm thinking about panshish or catching anything on the lake, what kind of bait i can use to achieve that? (we do not want to use live bait)

Thank you for the excellent posts here, im using silvermax and Daiwa on similar equipment , medium heavy rods (Bionic Blade) and using texas rigs with weight, and sometimes flukes (no weight) with flukes the situation is much worse, silvermax cast without any issues

Just got a Daiwa Fuego baitcaster saw good reviews on this one, and I only have issues with it can't cast far enough and no matter how i put the brakes this thing wants to backlash all the time tried to put on max and happened too, have 2 Abu Garcia Silvermax that i love it way less expensive than the Daiwa, and can cast far with them than with the Fuego, got a defective reel on this one is complicated like that?

It's not that clear to me the difference between the 2 rigs, and the action, tried both and noticed that on both cases the worm stays up underwater What exactly is the advantage to use one or another rig? they look and feel the same to me

Nothing new from ZOOM baits on ICAST?

Here in South Florida looks like Bass completely shut down with the heat, they are hard to catch nowadays, and they stopped biting any kind of worm, got 2 on a Rat L Trap trying for peacock and that was it for the day

Do bass shutdown in Florida in July? Went to 2 different lakes and 3 different ponds in 3 days and no bites at all, was shocked.. don’t remember this happening last year on summertime, what happens in summer that bass act like that here?

Always saw recommendations to use heavy wire hooks with zoom flukes that is what I'm using for a long time a 4/0 EWG, until I decided to change to a light wire 2 days ago, the number of bites was higher, I assume is because the bait is lighter with a light wire hook and takes more time to reach the bottom? Also notices that I need to work the bait less with a light wire hook, now this makes sense? its a good a idea to switch to light wire hook after all?

Thank you for the great advice, yes that is my idea on upsizing the hook too, to avoid this... my hook for general use is 3/0 I will change to 4/0 now

This video is really good, and trust me I tried that to remove the hook, the problem is the fish already came to the shore bleeding, and I started to freak out I know that we have little time out of the water to do the "surgery" and the fact that he came already bleeding and I took some time to try to remove the hook caused the inevitable, like I said I blame the wind entirely for that, that is the first bass that died with me... and I'm the kind of guy that remove all the barbs from the hooks

Zoom is a strong brand in fishing universe I don't think they will go away

Thanks for the advice , checking the line according to a stationary object is a good idea So getting a bigger hook makes no difference them or maybe using a heavy wire? (sometimes a believe heavy wire hooks damages the fish more than regular hooks)

That is what I usually do, and without any issues, the problem here is the wind just too much, as soon as you reel to have a straight line , a huge belly on the line shows up again, and that is exactly what happened with this fish, reeled to make the line straight a wind gust came and at the exact time the fish got the bait, felt anything, just started to feel something when I tried to adjust the line again.

Here in South Florida we are having an annoying wind, kind of wind that mess with fishing, went to my local pond yesterday and due to the wind I was unable to feel the bite, and sadly the bass was gut hooked tried everything to save him with no success, this ruined my day, first time that this happens to me and I blame the wind entirely, was using braid with Fluro leader Now I was using a 3/0 on a texas rigged Senko, going bigger like 4/0 or 5/0 - (maybe heavy wire) to avoid gut hooking is a good idea?