Rocky998

These were the biggest catches (apx 4lbs). First two photos are the same bass. these were my smaller bass catches. They fought HARD though! Gotta love em

Oh really? That's pretty cool to know!! This has been my first year of targeting fish species. I've always been intrigued by bass fishing so I've learned so many things with where bass go during different parts of the year and how to "match the hatch" as well as TONS of other stuff which has proven to be very effective. I have yet to really dive into the identifying of certain features on bass... For now I've just been looking at the size of the bass I catch loll. Might have to do some more research on this topic!

Took me a while this time to figure out what the bass were biting... Thankfully didn't get skunked!

Elite Evo field test and tested my FG knot! Both work flawlessly! also I think i caught my PB in that top photo! Love how they fight

Alright. Bottles instead of the lifting weight. Got it. And don't lift with the rod at and angle, just bring the whole rod up? Or am I not supposed be lifting the bag of the ground at all? Just setting the drag to a specific weight?

@WRB I tried doing the thing with the bag and the weight, but I think my rod will snap if I try lifting it off the floor...

Oh wow, thank you for replying! So out of the 3, you'd recommend the original fogy for the best action rather than the bubble blade, then? Or should I do the tremor for the best of two worlds? I'm looking to mostly use paddletails on the back for red drum and bass

I'm hoping to get some stuff from Siebert Outdoors, but I'm on a tight budget so I want to make sure that what I'm getting counts. I'm well assured it's all quality products, I'd just like to know the difference between some things. I see that on his site he only has one color option for the bubble blade but then he has other colors for the "normal" blades and Tremor blades. I always hear that the bubble blade is the best, but what about the Tremor bladed jig? I'm asking because I'm hoping I can have a gold-colored one for stained and muddy water fishing, as well as for red drum as they like the color gold and I feel like it would be a "new" presentation for them that they haven't seen. So what are the differences between these 3 blades exactly? (PS: I know I've recently been asking a lot of questions in here, so I apologize. I just want to so the best I can with the limited resources I've got)

Thanks man! Really appreciate it!! 👊

I'm a bank/dock fisherman so I don't normally get the boat angle

So we don't have a boat, we fish the shores and banks of wherever we can find, which can be hard at times. Especially when I want to catch bass. The main areas we fish include Martin Marietta, Lawson's Creek, a certain kayak/boat launch and small dock in Pollocksville that I can't remember the name of. I'd like to keep the driving distances about 35 minutes or less from Havelock/New Bern area. I've only caught one bass from the rivers. Most of my catches come from ponds or lakes such as Martin Marietta. So does anyone have any recommendations on where to go? Any lakes or ponds would be really nice to find. I would like to find more access points to the rivers near me as well where bass might be. Btw, please don't recommend catfish lake. We avoid that place due to the crazy drivers on that road to get back there

So basically it can dig a little, but don't let it go to far? Yup, me too. I keep it to where there has to be a fair amount of pull before it comes off, but just doesn't let the braid dig. If I was to do a hookset, I'd put my thumb over the spool anyways to brace it. Alright! That seems logical! I have had to tighten and loosen my drag before while fighting a fish. So shouldnt be anything too new for me to handle that way. That's a good thing to know! Thanks Do you think I need to think out the weed guards on them? I'm gonna be using it in THICK lake vegetation. I want to rip it right through and get the large fish hiding in there. My heavy cover jigs are 3/8oz and my rod is rated for anything up to 1oz. So I don't know if that's even a problem at all. I'm just not setting hooks hard enough from what I've gathered loll. This is really good to know! Thanks! I'll try that. I'll just use a 5lb weight in a doubled over grocery bag. This is my first time getting actual HC swim jigs, having jackhammers, and other quality stuff, so I feel like for a first bunch of stuff, this is pretty good. I might get some of those strike king swim jigs in the future, but I can't get a lot right now. I purchased things that I did research on and that would pair well together and have multiple purposes. I also love the colors of these jigs a lot more than the SK ones. I know what it is, I just wasn't sure what you meant by saying: "Ya ain't sticking with the weed guard!" ALR! I'll cross their eyes then! 🫡

Usually I have it set so line starts to pull out RIGHT as the braided line starts to dig in on itself so I don't have anything bad happen to my spool. I use my thumb when pulling so line doesn't dig and drag doesn't pull out

Lol. Sorry, my brain is running slow today. What do you mean? My set up is a daiwa coastal 150 sv tws 7.1 on an abu garcia vengeance pro series 7ft MH fast action. It's spoiled with 50lb braided line and has a 20lb mono leader (Sorry the quality on some photos are bad, they were really clear, but if im being honest the file size here really limits quality photos from being posted)

This video was extremely informative for me! Thank you! Awesome! I'll definitely be trying to set the hooks like this then and remember that! Thank you! I appreciate all the help! I'll keep that in mind! Thanks!! I have the mono to act as, 1 a shock absorber for my chatterbaits and hard blows, but also as a form of line s.tealth so the fish don't see it as well. I'll try to shorten my casts, but I love sending it way out there so I can cover lots of water. I don't have a boat, so I like to make sure I'm getting the best use of the water available. Yeah sorry, no. I just got these and spent some nice money on some stuff, finally. The last thing I'm doing is just ditching them without giving them a chance. I have the dirty jigs no-jack and finesse swim jigs. I've seen the Hack Attack jigs and they kinda look the same as far as the weed guard goes, but I'm fairly certain the dirty jigs just have a better build to them. Oops, missed this reply lol. Yup, I was using the bitsy flip jig when the fish came off. I just didn't set it right lol. Thanks for the info! I'll keep in mind next time I'm out! 🫡