Robinhood21

Love power fishing and using Heavy powered rods to horse fish but I equally love finesse fishing. Micro jigs have become one of my favorites. Neds, shakeyheads, and small t-rigged baits are a lot of fun. I’ve caught a lot of big bass the last few years finesse fishing, especially a Ned

I do 16 wraps on all sizes. Lube up before cinching down and never have a problem with slippage if I do everything right on my end .

My favorite combo, hands down, is a Shimano Expride 7'2" ML paired with a Calcutta Shallow Edition reel. I use a shakeyhead a lot and I feel it's perfect. 1/8-1/4oz Owner Ultrahead and a Netbait T-Mac. Spooled with 20lb 832 with a 10-12lb Fluoro leader. I've also used it for Zman Gobius & Dark Sleeper, 1/8-3/16 T-Rigged ribbontails & baby DBombs & smaller topwaters. Seriously an awesome rod. I like it so much I'm contemplating getting another.

Thanks for the tip! I just ordered the Kaden 713C since the majority of the fishing will be walleye.

Shoot me a message on what you’ve got and price. Thanks

I’ve been using a Dobyns Champ Extreme 703 for those exact applications. Caught my PB smallie just a couple days ago dragging a 1/4oz microjig with a baby dbomb trailer. Works great for lighter TRigs & weightless senkos as well. Nice rod

Headed to Ontario in a couple of weeks for a black bear hunt but we will be doing a lot of fishing in the mornings. I believe the lakes we're fishing have mostly walleye & pike. I think the smallmouth are more south of where we are going to be which is a bummer. Anyways, I'm most likely going to be targeting walleye as pike don't interest me much. I'm bringing my Phenix Feather ML 2 piece rod but am looking to add another casting travel rod to the mix. Currently looking at the Dobyns Kaden 713C 3 piece... Are there other rods that I should be looking at? The Kaden is as much as I want to spend so around $200 and below is my budget right now.

Zoom Ol Monster or 10" Berkley Power Worm have been good to me.

Yes the tip is very alive on this rod

I'm using an Orochi X10 Kirasame for that.. MEGABASS OROCHI X10 F2.1/2st-67XTMEGABASS OROCHI X10 F2.1/2st-67XT "KIRISAME bait finesse" is a special model that implements a long distance approach with bait finesse. Equipped with Megabass' unique solid tip with a spe

Bumping this back up… What weight is everyone liking the most? I was thinking about going 1/4oz. All my jackhammers are 1/2oz but it seems the lighter weight ones are preferred for this bait?.. maybe Let me know

I smashed them on Cedar Valley last year on your 1/4oz micro football jigs!.. That's why I just ordered another batch from ya ;)

Keep picking up new techniques and be more proficient at them. This year I will focus on med sized swimbaits & drop shot. Also hoping to catch a 7+ largie or 5+ smallie.

Right on, thanks! I've got a rod coming that I think would work great for something like this. Appreciate the response

Clayton, What's your rod and reel setup here?