CrashVector

What? I fished my whole life up until 3 years ago using nothing but mono...including offshore saltwater. Mono doesn't stretch as much as you are making it sound like it does. You most certainly can generate plenty enough force to set a hook on 10lb mono...even on a light power rod.

Revo sx.

I'm a huge advocate of light wire hooks for multiple reasons, but one of em is this situation. Lighter gauge hook = just lift the rod tip and you get a good hookup.

Are you leaving the hook tip exposed? Alternatively, the fish might be grabbing the end of your stick worm, and not actually getting the hook.

Thats pretty much what I'm saying. A huge bass is 13-15 lbs tops. There's no need to jack them like you're setting the hook into a whale...especially if you plan to release them, you'll be releasing them injured from unnecessarily forceful hook setting. I'm not an peta advocate, but I DO believe in being as humane as possible. These are beautiful animals that you, and I, are poking holes in for entertainment. I'd prefer to cause them as little injury and trauma as possible...that's all I'm saying. I'm just a careful guy when it comes to the animals I harvest. I hunt too, and I'm just as careful to ensure the animals suffer the least possible amount...it's why I don't bow hunt. Fishing, that bass has to eat once you put it back. Can't feel too great to have a 1/4" hole in the roof his mouth or through his tongue or gill plate bc somebody was showing off for a yt video and tried to rip his head off on the hookset to try and make it look good. I'm a hop-HOP guy. Small hop...big hop. It's how I fish my pit boss lures too.

Toledo bend.

This thread is the devil lol

I second this.

In summer, I drop it through, bounce it once or twice, then move on. It'll usually get hit on the fall. In cooler months, I'll hop it a few times, wait, hop it again, then move out.

Only if it's fishing for money. I fish for fun, and it's rare when I need to try 15-20 different lures to catch fish

I mean, to each his own, but I'd laugh at someone I saw putting a hundred pounds of fishing equipment in their kayak. I've been fishing my entire life and I've never found a situation that required 40-50lbs of lures and baits...not even fishing offshore much less bass fishing from a kayak. In my experience, and I've been guilty of it myself, it's the newbies that load themselves down. I used to bring 6-7 rods. Now I bring three. As I got more experienced, I started bringing less stuff.

I've never been in a situation where I wished I had more equipment in my kayak. I can fit everything I need for literally any situation I encounter in one box.

Green pumpkin magic. I had never had much luck on lures with glitter/metallic flakes in it. People here swear by the watermelon green with red flakes, and I've never done well on it. However, green pumpkin magic colored senkos/stickbaits have done well for me.

He said his budget is under $60

That's almost 2x as expensive as his budget.

When I run co-poly, it's hands down Berkley Trilene sensation. Too many downfalls to fc, and the lie that it's not visible in water is just that.

H2O express from academy

I fish with just two lures 90% of the time: a powerbait pit boss or a Ned rig. I've experimented a LOT with Ned rigs and have found these things to be true: 1. Clear Berkley Trilene sensation in 8lb is THE best mono for Ned rigs. XL is too limp. Flouro is...well...garbage anyhow. Sensation is muuuch more sensitive AND has high knot strength and shock strength when you hook into a 7-10lb fish. 2. Braid: I use Sufix ProMix 10lb braid tied directly to the Ned head. Bass don't seem to care. I can sit there and sight fish them in 2' of water like this. Zero need for a leader. Either braid or mono: you'll catch em with either, but braid is more sensitive. 3. Use the Z-Man finesse TRD lures. Get some procure gel and add 4-5 drops to the bag and let it sit. The lures soak up the scent and cover any human scent left from handling them. 4. The PB&J color looks like it would work, but I easily catch 5:1 on green pumpkin goby. Rod: I use an Abu Garcia veritas PLX rod, medium/fast, with a Revo S reel. Yes to both. 10lb braid on a spinning reel handles better, you get more line on the spool, and is more sensitive.

There's no need to set the hook like you just got tased by the cops. If you are swinging for the fences with your rod to set a hook on a bass, you're doing it wrong.

Go with the veritas...trust me All of abu's rods are fairly stiff. Medium should be good...it's all I use in spinning rods

Just got mine too. It's amazing for the price. Suuuuper sensitive.

Abu Garcia veritas tournament edition

Yep..I've done that before

Make sure you didn't lose any parts. There's a metal part that has to be in the right way or it won't click. It will still work though. That knob is the "Spool tension" knob. It will still function without clicking

I wouldn't worry about it. I'm a finesse guy, and use soft plastics 99% of the time. I've never used most of the stuff you listed, and still catch plenty of fish. Use what works for you and be happy.