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That's real interesting. I generally try what others say you should at any given conditions, but I also try other stuff too, knowing it's not the norm. I often throw a chrome trap in dirty water and in low light. And I get bit on it. My theory is, shad don't change color with the conditions, so a natural pattern will work all the time.

I use the bandit 100. It has a distict wobble that other squarebills do not. I don't "prefer" it. But I use it for a change when they have seen a lot of KVD1.5s. It seems to work well at the river spot I fish. It comes through turbid water well, and the smallmouth seem to like its action better than some other squarebills.

Some of the places I fish are muck bottoms, some are more sandy/clean. That makes a lot of sense @webertime, thanks.

How fast do you typically drag a carolina rig? I assume a creep for cold water? I assume faster in warmer water. How fast is too fast for warm water?

I blew what little fishing budget I had on these reels. $82 shipped. A BPS Tourney Special, a Diawa CR80, and a BPS Pro Qualifier. I really needed another rod, but I thought, well, this deal won't be there later and you can't really find good deals on used rods nearly as easy. Ebay picture.

I've had some other problems as well, now that I think of it. If I try to link to a youtube video, it will not auto embed. It then says... you can't do that and bam the forum locks up and redirects and says "something went wrong." If I go back to the page, the auto save will have the video and it'll then post.

I think the big takeaway for me is, that I wouldn't throw red except in the winter and spring normally. So, at the very least I will try it in dirty water, if not all the time now.

They said that red, because it's the most visible to bass, would be better in dirty water than other colors normally associated with dirty water like chartreuse or black.

I am listening/watching a podcast from Science of the strike, and they are saying that red works the best in very dirty water. Has anyone else found this to be true?

My issue is local. But it only happens on BR. Refreshing the page doesn't help, and the corrupts chrome so that when closing the tab, the other tabs are affected. I will try clearing my cookies for BR. I have experienced the Cloudflare issue as well, but rarely. I figured that the server is probably so busy with requests that it can't handle it.

Multiple times today, I've had the forum start glitching and then it locks up google chrome. It has only happened using bassresource. Anyone else experiencing problems? Here's a screenshot of it. It starts with a thick line like this and then the whole window goes black within a few seconds.

I like that I can get so many different sizes of hooks on the same head size though.

Ah okay, thanks. That's good info. Not a bad way for them to do it either.

I just scored a CR80 for a real nice price. I know nothing about Diawa or this model. Anyone advise?

I don't have the extra cash to order but a pack or two right now, so shipping would negate the deal. Free shipping from TW or BPS lures me in to buy more at once.

Interesting @RRocket I never saw those before.

I've had a few things of theirs. I didn't really like the squarebill. Their jerkbait though, the scout, I liked the one I had until I broke the lip, and it has good reviews. I'm planning on picking up another, or a couple, to try. I have used an occasional bandito bug, but I don't buy them. I don't fish that many creature baits. I like their spinnerbait. I forget what it's called, but it was a fine spinnerbait until I lost it.

I am a mix of other anglers. I learn by watching others. I take note of the fine movements others make, so the way KVD whips his rod when he moves a jerkbait, the way Bill Dance lightly moves his jig when pulling over cover, the way Ott Defoe pulls a shad rap with the rod and not the reel in cold water are all techniques that I've integrated into my fishing. I not only emulate the movements of those great anglers and others, but I study the why. I am learning their decision making process, how to change gears on the water. Along with my assimilation of other's information, I build my own subtle technique as I gain experience and time on the water. My goal is simple: To become the best bass angler in the world. This includes being the best bank angler, which I am primarily working towards currently. Then it will be boats of various sizes. I am learning things about boats now that I can't use yet, but that will be helpful when I do get my boats working, or get the chance to backseat on a bassboat. I couple this all with a love of nature. I love watching a dragonfly land on my rod tip, a bat run into my line, or a bass grab my lure before it hits the water. Would the experience be lessened by the presence of a boat around me? Yes, I think it would, to some degree. But, I will never be the type of angler who eschews bank angling for the complexity of boat angling. I will do both, the same as I still occasionally sit on shore and watch a bobber dance above a drowning worm amid the swirl of a pack of ferocious bluegill.

I am using Mustads mostly as replacement on traps, crankbaits, and lures I find. For me, cost is a concern, and being able to get these hooks for .50 each, that's a deciding factor. If I was fishing for world class bass, I'd probably invest in the best of everything. Since I'm fishing for fun/numbers/learning/occasional big one, I compromise.

I've been replacing hooks with Mustad Triple Grips.

Got this one at the city lake yesterday. Got these 2 today at the pond, but then I switched to other things, mostly jerkbaits and flukes. These 2 were reaction bites, and I wasn't able to elicit any further bites.

Thanks @herder. I looked at them and they look like a good option. Very reasonably priced. Some of the pictures show some flashing on the jigheads, can you attest to this? Is there a lot with flashing or are they mostly clean? Looks like for a quality hook it'll be around $.60 each, which is a great price.

Awesome!

Found them, they do offer a lot of options. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Mustad_Ultrapoint_Ball_Jig_Head/descpage-MUBH.html

@JIGMAN I get them with the baitkeeper molded in. I've used a few that had a wire keeper, and I liked them okay. I have only used one that didn't have a keeper a handful of times. ----------- @WRB-2.0 They only offer 2/0 and 3/0 best I can tell. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Owner_Ultrahead_Round_Jig_Head_5pk/descpage-OURH.html