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Tough to take a good pic of these boogers 😆. Using a 843 MBR and braid to leader fished like a jerkbait around cover.

Bkk heavy cover flipping hook has a little wire keeper, i bend it back away from the line tie (red line in pic), then I use one of the little black rubber gamakatsu keepers (XL size) on the end of the hook after putting on the bait (I'm on a hags prickly pear budget). I hook through maybe 1/3 of the bait and put the nail weight in the center. I've not lost a bait other than 1 break off under a dock since switching to this, hookup is so much better than the treble hook. The bait will run up your line sometimes but that's not a big deal. I'll post a pic when I get home.

3/0 flipping hook and a nail weight. I think there is something to the back and forth rocking secondary movement when twitched. Dont think you would get that with a bullet weight out front. Going to try Christie's frog hook rigging method with the split ring and dropshot weight.

No idea but it moves water and recoils unlike anything else after its twitched. I watched a small bass follow it up to the side of the boat, take a nibble of a single tentacle, then inhale the whole thing, so there is something enticing there. I've also seen fish turn tail and run as soon as they see it 🤷‍♂️

Tried it on a few lakes, only real success was on a grass lake, fished with a 3/0 flipping hook, 3/32oz tungsten nail, baitcaster, retrieved like a jerkbait or soft fluke. Jerk.... jerk jerk..... jerk. Fish around docks or other hard structure seems to be key as well.

My last Digitaka order showed "Signature Required" from fedex. Of course they just throw it on the doorstep and marked that I signed for it. I don't mind in this case because porch pirates aren't an issue in my area but ya gotta love fedex. Also fedex customs had me verify the value for that order, it was a Metanium and I told them the purchase price and it got sent through to me 🤷‍♂️

72MH

I don't have the Poison Adrena but I just picked up the 7'4" M+ Expride solid tip and got to take it out this past weekend. I've had the 6'10" M Expride solid tip for most of last year. Under 3/16oz with sub 4" baits for sure the 610 M... above that the M+ feels better to me. Weights above 1/4oz on the 610M felt like they overpowered the tip, especially the 5-6" baits or the heavyweight sakamata which felt like it was going to snap the tip on casting. I have not tried lower than 3/16oz on the M+ yet but I feel like it would be fine with 1/8oz. Going forward the 610M is gonna be used with 1/8-3/16 with a mooch minnow or baby z-too, everything else will be on the 74M+ I know the length is different but if the Poison Adrena 610M+ is anything like the M+ Expride is the power is a sweet spot for shakin' a minnow. *disclaimer: I suck at fishing and only had 1 bite on a minnow all day.... but I'm trying to learn 😁.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-Large-File-Crate-Available-in-Multiple-Colors/11014785 These Sterilite file crates for $5 a piece at Walmart fit 3700s nicely and can be stacked both vertically and horizontally (like a book case). I'll try to snap a picture when I get home.

Another vote for the Northland Smeltinator but 1/4 oz 2/0 with a 3" Crush City Mayor. Superglue helps (Loctite control gel). I had previously used the Dirty Jigs TB mini underspin but something changed about a year ago and hookup ratio went waaaay down. I read they changed the hooks possibly. Switched to the smeltinator underspin with the gamakatsu hooks and I was back in business. I've not tried the larger underspins yet but I did pick up some 1/2oz 4/0 smeltinators on amazon haul to try next year.

I also have the glass 76mh expride which is what I use to bottom hop lipless, with fluoro though. Drastically different rod than the non glass but the length really helps for those bomb casts.

I think it would work fine but the length might bother me with how I work topwater. Mine is used for spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, swim jigs, swimbaits (swag LT), and sometimes carolina rig. Its a really versatile rod that I'm sure would be good with chatterbaits, t-rig soft plastics, and jigs but I have other rods for those things. Recently switched from braid-leader to straight fluoro, which I'm liking for spinnerbaits and the 4-6" soft swimbaits.

I think you are probably right about going to heavier. There is also the 610MH solid tip to consider. I do wonder if solid tip is even the right choice when you get to 3/8+oz. The 7ft M expride (normal tip) or even the 72ML (which I own but only use for dropshot, it fishes like a medium) might be good picks.

3/16oz 90% of the time. 1/4oz works but that solid tip is LIMBER and the weight starts to overpower it IMO. Have not gone below 1/8oz but I'm sure it would have no trouble casting lighter stuff. Mostly Owner range rollers and the Queen Tackle rollin strollin or their normal tungsten ball head. 4 or 5" Raid super fish rollers, Z-too and baby Z-too, really like the new 4.5" mooch minnow that I just got. Thinking about getting the 7'4" M+ solid tip for the heavier/bigger weights. Still trying to figure it all out, its not nearly as easy as the pro's make it look. Some days they follow every cast but you can't get them to bite, other days they come out of nowhere and smoke your bait 🤷‍♂️

I made two combos for my son using Daiwa Aird-X rods (6-6M and 7ftM) with Daiwa Revros reels. ~$100 combos at the time. They work shockingly well for shaking a minnow. The 6-6M for up to 1/4oz and the 7ft for 3/8oz or bigger minnows. I also have the 610M solid tip Expride with a Vanford 3000 which is great if its in your budget. Expride setup is obviously better but that Aird-X/Revros combo is an insane value.