dytmook

Became one of my main rigs last year in the river and weightless. Our rivers aren't very deep so that might help. Toss it out there, maybe an occasional twitch, and wait.

Well I wade a lot, I get wet often.

I like to make sure I really feel the weight of the fish then give a good hook set. Nothing crazy, but a solid hard sweep for sure. I only seem to have issues when I don't really feel the fish first.

While catching bigger fish would be nice, I think a nice numbers day is great, especially when you're trying to get out and beat weather. Thanks for sharing.

8lb Fluro or co poly on spinning rods. I'll use mono too. Doesn't seem to matter much to me. 12lb fluro on my baitcaster. Nothing fancy.

My go to baits are pretty simple: Neds, curly tail grubs, weightless flukes, and wacky worms. If I have two rods going from the bank I have one rigged for bottom contact and a more "suspending" bait.

Seems good to me. The fish I catch look healthy and while not exactly the same I have caught a ton of obese rock bass this year. Seems our system is pretty healthy

I've T-rigged ned baits with 1/16 bullet sinkers and 1/0 hooks and caught fish this year. Gives a nice flutter down. I usually fish weedless ned heads that I pour. The hook doesn't go too deep so I think there is still good secondary action. Also I let the river do a lot of the bait moving so I don't think it matters "as much". Then again I'm a ham and egger in terms of catching

I'd say around early April is when I would look to do it. Benefit of fishing smaller waters is I can use the wade to just get to spots and stay ankle deep so not too cold if the air is warm.