Jason413

I've glued the lip of some Jabber Jaws so they don't swing side to side. Turns them into a silent squarebill and I've had good luck with them. I've also put all kinds of paint, glitter, holographic stickers on crankbaits over the years to add a little extra pizazz to them or completely change their look. Added the tail end of a curly tail worm to the back hook. It worked when it didn't get caught up in the other hook.

NRS has extra 25% off sale items. Looks like there's a lot of stuff in the sale.

Yeah they have the site set up weird. If you look at the Pro series rods, zoom in on the picture of the rod grip, it lists them there. Also, pretty sure the Pro series are the exact same as the non pro series, so better off just buying the pro series if you don't mind the custom paint job or whatever it is.

Lew's Custom Pro for $180 at BPS. Great deal if you like Lew's.

Big Bite Baits has a bunch of soft plastics on sale. Some at 50% off.

Could try a tiny bullet weight in front of the jig, or a little glue over the knot. Or just try to swim/bounce it on top of the grass.

I was recently thinking this myself. Been revamping some of my setups and was wondering what setups could pull double duty. Specifically crankbaits and bladed jigs. I don't fish either of those very often, so I didn't want to spend the money for a high end setup. I ended up getting 2 Abu Garcia Winch Crankbait rods on sale. MH-MF & M-MF. These 2 rods will cover most of my treble hook baits other than jerkbaits.

I'll say this, the kayak you start with might not be the one you end with lol. And no kayak is perfect for all situations, so try to match it to what you'll be fishing. I'm on my 5th. Started with an 11' kayak, too small. Moved up to a 13'5 Lure, great kayak, but too narrow (not stability wise, just not enough room to move around, felt constrained). Then bought a Hobie PA 14 360. Great kayak, but didn't feel it gave me much over some other options for 2x the price. I now fish out of 2 kayaks, Native Titan 12 (Not the X) and a Jackson Big Rig FD. Love both of them. Titan is much easier to maneuver so that's my small water kayak. Big Rig is my big/open water kayak. Coming from a boat you may find a 10' kayak doesn't have high enough capacity for all the gear you want to bring. No motor/battery will help with that though. Although I agree with others, I don't like fishing tournaments without one. Casual outings I just pedal. Both of my kayaks are big and heavy. It's a non issue though, get a good cart and balance the kayak on it correctly and you're lifting 40lbs tops. Depends on where and how you have to store them as well. My best advice, try to buy a good used one if you can. If you aren't happy with it you will be able to sell it for about what you paid for it.

Nice! The Plx Tournament rods for $84 are a great deal. I have several of them and I'm trying to convince myself I need a couple more lol

I peg a small bullet weight on them sometimes just to drag them through the grass better.

Storm 5" Rattlin tube. I have about 10 bags left from when I bought a bag full of them when they went on clearance years ago. Mann's Hardworm. Caught a few bass with it but tons of pickerel.

I know this is from a few months ago but if you're still looking, the Jackson Big Rig FD is on sale for $2700 (2024 leftovers). Great deal for this kayak if you are still looking.

And now Black Blue Flake is on sale too. Hoping the watermelon color is next.

The Yum Dinger 100 pack is 15% off on Amazon. $23 for 100. Green Pumpkin w Black Flake color only.

30% off Yamamoto baits at TW until 4/9.