Huckfinn38

Hawg I snagged a big channel 2-3 weeks ago in the tail on a medium crankbait rod. He gave me all i could handle

Is this common for anyone else? 6 in the last few weeks. Crankbaits, blade baits, and flutter spoons.

I wouldnt buy the St Croix Rods because of those ugly grips even if the rod was sweet.

I have been building rods for over 10 year. The last 2 years I have been trying to find a blank that would be the ultimate jerkbait rod and I have come close but nothing compares to the Shimano Expride EX610MB. Its the third factory rod I have bought in the last 5 years. It sure is sweet especially paired with a Metanium 100 HG. Also bought a Zodias ZDC70MHA from Sportsman Guide for the $109.99. Its a nice rod but doesnt impress me like these Exprides do. Ill have to buy 2 more of them at some point.

I know its stupid but I wouldnt buy them because they look like crap...No matter how sweet the rod is. With that being said I like the Expride grips. You could work with a rod builder and get all of those regripped with full cork. Ill be honest...I still favor split grips but now really only like cork, winn, and maybe some eva.

I thought Fenwick was doing it too but St Croix is the only one I can find. I hate how it looks.

Im the only one that hates these angled end grips that some of these rod companies are using? Specifically St Croix Phyzyx, & St Croix Mojo Bass Trigon,

I typically have about 6 ft of fluro leader on my spinning/braid rig. However in an effort to keep it that length at all times since i also use this rod for shaky heads and wacky rigs, I pre-tie my drop shot rigs using a tiny spro swivel and +-24 inches of 10 lb fluro. I need to play around of doing this without a swivel to see if I get more bites but it didint seem to affect me that much this summer.

1. Bantam 2. Daiwa Tatula Elite 3. Curado M

Just found 4 spools of 11 lb. Lake Pro Tackle has 4 spools of 11 lb left as well.

I have had a lot of luck this last 45 days vertically dropping the drop shot. I have had way more success doing this than casting out and bouncing back. I have had the most luck with a Roboworm 4.5 straight fat worm in Prism Shad, Keitech Impact Shad in Electric Shad or TW Pro Blue, and Cast Fishing Co Echo in Blue Herring Back. I fish in a kayak and the crazy thing is I have gotten almost half my bites when I set my drop shot down in the kayak and pick up the crankbait rod. I small waves of the lake creates a better presentation than I can. As for hook I have settled on two. One is the Gamakatsu 1/0 drop shot hook and the second is #1 EWG Gamakatsu hook. Both have proven to keep fish buckled in the best with a good hook set. I had a lot of fish came unbuckled the first day and went through a plethora of hooks only to come back to these two.

It appears to be discontinued. Cant find it at digitaka or even Sunline's website. I wanted some more 11 lb.

1. Rapala DT 10 Green Gizzard Shad 2. Rapala DT 16 Citrus Shad 3. 3/8 oz Jackal Super Eruption Jr Ayu with Keitech 3.3 inch Impact 4. Senko 5 inch Green Pumpkin/White Belly 5. Zman Jack Hammer 3/8 oz Blue Back Herring or Green Pumpkin Shad with Hog Farmer Spunk Shad Trailer 6. Drop Shot with a 4.5 Roboworm Fat Straight Tail in Prism Shad 7. Buzzbait 8. Damiki Vault 3/8 oz Holo Real Shad 9. MegaBass 110 Jr +1 Megabass Sexy Shad 10. Whopper Plopper

Oh and anything chartreuse is becoming that way. Almost like the bass have seen the color so much that they know not to touch it.

Red crankbaits for sure... Over the years probably have $100 spent on red baits and can only remember 2 fish I caught on them.

Out of curiosity why not snaps on cranks?

Which so you prefer on crankbaits, jerkbaits, and walking baits?

In addition on this underwater railroad track I have been fish I have caught +- 50 fish the month of July. One was caught on a carolina rig, three were caught vertically jigging a damiki vault, +- 20 were caught on dropshots, and the rest were caught on crankbaits. I havent gotten a bite on a jig, a texas rig, a ned rig, nor a neko/wacky rig. To me this tells me they are foraging on shad/bait fish. My point is that the area you are fishing may not be a place where their primary forage is bait fish.

Try a bluegill pattern. If that doesn’t work might just not be the pattern for Couple more from yesterday Dt16 and a SK 6XD Try a bluegill pattern. If that doesn’t work might just not be the pattern for…started a reply here What im saying is a crankbait may not be a good pattern for that location. I would think a bluegill pattern would work best but maybe not. I tend to do better with crankbaits when it is banging into something like rock, hard ground, stumps, and laydowns. There are places on Shearon Harris where crankbaits/squarebills dont work but wacky rigs, chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, and texas rigs/jigs do.

Wow. At times six drive me insane. Are you in a Hobie Pro Angler with tons of room and storage?

I also think their color patterns are so far from realistic. I do like their size though and I think the translucent ones should catch fish even with the loud rattle.

Current im carrying 6 on my kayak. Two upfront and 4 behind in rod holders that are attached to yakattack crate. Some of the rods change based on the season we are in. Right now im carrying the following Casting-RodGeeks Bass 3 Series C372MH (built by me) Moderate Action Heavy Power crankbait rod. Paired with Daiwa Tatula Elite 6.3:1 that is loaded with 12 lb Sunline Sniper FC. Throws Dt 10-Dt20 Casting-RodGeeks Carbon 4 Series C470MHF (built by me) Fast Action Medium Heavy Power used for jigs/texas rigs/carolina rigs. Paired with Daiwa Tatula SV TW 103 XS 8.1:1 that is loaded with 14 lb Sunline Sniper FC. Casting-RodGeeks Bass 4 Series B473MM (built by me) Medium Power Moderate Action used for smaller cranks up to Dt10s. Paired with Shimano Batam 6.3:1 that is loaded with 10 lb Sunline Sniper FC. Casting-RodGeeks Bass 3 Series C371MF (built by me) Medium Power Fast Action used for wacky rigs, blade baits, shaky heads, small texas rigs and walking baits. Paired with Daiwa Tatula 70XH 7.4:1 with 30lb Power Pro braid installed. Rainshadow Eternity ETEC72MH-SS (built by me) used for walking baits, buzzbaits, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, and chatterbaits. Can also use for jigs and texas rigs. Paired with a Lews Hypermag with 40 lb Power Pro braid installed. Rainshadow Immortal IMMP70M-TC (built by me) used for drop shots, wack rigs, blade baits, flukes/hover, and shaky head. Paired with a Daiwa BG 2000 with 15 lb Power Pro braid installed with a 10lb flurocarbon leader.

I dont know if its their colors or the loud rattle but i just cant get on a good bite with them. I love the sizes of the 14.5-20.5 but right now i cant justify buying anymore.

Anyone had consistent success with these? I have caught a few fish over the last couple years but not consistent like my Rapala Dts.

Find structure in 10-20 ft depths. My water is 88-91 degrees now and these fish have all be caught in 14-20 ft