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Thanks for the update. I've already got that tab open to check out.

An excellent post. Lots of insight to be gleaned from this. How about an update on fishing this pond after having saw all the details of the structure and cover.

Thank you for sharing. I'll definitely have to look a bit closer for minor changes. Thank you for sharing. I do use google earth to check out all the spots I fish. Sometimes you see some interesting stuff.

I guess it's not truly devoid of cover and uniform, in the literal sense. It has an occasional sparse bush in the place I'm thinking. It isn't laden with cover that I can see. Occasionally you'll feel a stick or see a stick sticking up out of the water. There isn't very much in the way of cover. There is one place I know there is a creek channel which produces good, but everyone else fishes that too. The structure doesn't have much in the way of contour or depth change. What it does have is sort of a short bluff wall, made of mud. It's about 2'-3' in that spot. There is a few minor scragly bushes and small amount of buckbrush there. I haven't been able to figure out how to fish that yet, but I have pulled a few fish by throwing parallel to it. Mostly nothing though. It's a clayish mud along that bank.

That was a lot of great info, thanks.

Great idea. I need to make up an emergency box for the car. I once forgot my fishing bag and ended up having to bum some lures from my buddy for the trip.

That was interesting, thanks.

Thanks @Team9nine. How best to handle shore that is void of cover and all looks the same? How best to handle a good long stretch of riprap? Thank you!

How long does it take hook holes to completely heal in a bass's mouth?

I see comments about covering water. I have a hard time with covering water. As primarily a shore angler, I don't cover a lot of water. I normally get to a spot, and try 3-4 lures, working the area pretty good before moving on. One reason is, I am trying to determine what the fish want that day. Would it be better to just take a lure that I think will work and just walk the shore? How far between stops, 25-30 yards? How many casts per stop? Do you just give it 4-5 casts to the prime spots, or do you fan cast each time?

No sir. The one I remember was solid white with vertical chartreuse stripes. That is a fine looking trap though.

Thank you very much for taking the time to share that information and the picture. I never would have though to run one on a football jighead. Thanks for sharing. I didn't know those existed.

Welp, that's a new one on me. I could see it being popular.

I am primarily a bank fisherman, but when I do boat, I don't have waterproof compartments. I use non-waterproof boxes. I don't see any benefit of waterproof boxes. If I'm fishing and it starts to rain, I'll most likely change lures to match that condition, thus my box gets wet. OR, I'll double down and refuse to change so my gear doesn't get wet. I've been in light rain before, and the contents of my boxes haven't gotten wet inside my fishing bag. I never put wet lures back in the box, unless, it's raining and the box is wet anyways. In that case, I open the box and dry the contents when I'm done.

Being primarily a bank fisherman, I use the same rod for crankbaits and most topwater. That is an Abu Black Max 6'6" M/M. If I was setting up in a boat, with as many rods as I'd like, I'd have 1 for buzzbaits, 1 for walking baits and poppers, 1 for frogs. I'd either just omit the plopper or use the buzzbait rod probably.

Thanks all. I've tried 20lb braid, just because it's what I had rigged and I can't say I liked it better or worse. I haven't caught a huge number of fish on a carolina rig yet to have an opinion.

Thank you for sharing. I've heard that a black jig with yellow frog was a killer secret weapon.

Is there any reason not to use braid for a Carolina rig main line?

It was in the 40's round here one of the nights after the cold front passed.

Alright, thanks yall.

I am new to paddletail swimbaits. I've used a few Keitec type, not sure the brand they are. And I've used the Big Bite Baits Suicide Shad. The first type appears to be made for a jighead. When you had a jig head, it looks complete, as if the jig head is the head of the fish. The second type, it looks weird, because it adds a second head. I has 2 sets of eyes, and the contours are wrong. So, with that second type, are you not supposed to use a jighead like that? Are you supposed to use a belly weighted hook? Are you supposed to cut the head off if you're going to use a jighead?

I've heard that color doesn't make a lot of difference, either use darker, lighter, or standout. So whites/bones, blacks/blues, or chartreuse. I've also heard, but to a lesser extent, that color is important and after you find what they are biting on any given day, you refine the color choices. So... I tend to go be in the first group. I have heard that adding chartreuse might be the stuff sometimes when they are turning down a regular bait, but is the obverse true? Does it ever hurt the bite? I was throwing a trap the other day with a chartreuse stripe that was pretty close to the chrome black back. I wonder if they saw that and said... nope! Not with a chartreuse stripe. Has anyone noticed a minor color change like this making a difference?

I always throw a black Jitterbug. It never occurred to me.

But are we still allowed to have tough fishing days?

Interesting discussion. I don't know of any famous bass anglers from Kentucky, yall wanna help me out with that one? @Team9nine taught Jacob Wheeler how to fish? I like Wheeler, I watch him on youtube and get tips... So does that mean, that Team9nine sorta is teaching me how to fish too?