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Essential Soft Plastics
1. 8-inch Zoom Lizard - green pumpkin/chartreuse 2. Brush hog - baby & mid size - green pumpkin magic 3. Tube bait - Strike King Watermelon Candy Green Pumpkin 4. Culprit 7.5 inch original worm - red shad 5. Senko - dark color black/blue
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Maryland's Who's who!
Tridelphia on Sunday, 6am - 12 noon trying to beat the heat. Was actually comfortable with light cloud cover till around 10:30/11:00. Surprised by all the surface fish activity but no takers on my top water selections. Started the day with an unexpected catch, 13inch crappie on a deep diver. Caught a couple 15-16 bass on some jigs and missed a few as well. The highlight of the trip was a 18 inch bass on a zoom lizard, my new PB on this lake.
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Mastercaster started following Piney Run - First trip in 2024
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Piney Run - First trip in 2024
My son and I hit Piney Run from 8:30 -1:30 and boated 12 fish, most in the 10-14 range with an 18" as the top bass. Great day to be on the water.
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Lizards
Always have a 8" zoom lizard rigged on MH baitcaster with 12lb invisx every trip spring, summer and fall...........Green pumpkin or black with tail dipped in chartreuse. Seems to catch better quality bass whereas my brush hog set up catches quantity.
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bare minimum. how FEW rods can you get away with?
My normal boat fishing set up is - 8 rods: 6 baitcasters (5 MH-mod fast to XF and 1 H-F) and 2 spinning set ups MLXF and MXF. But the majority of the time I am T-rigging with a 7'MH-F BC and when it is slow I fish a 6'-10"MLXF spinning setup for wacky worms (avoid the skunk) and I always bring those two when bank fishing. So 2 would work for me.
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What's a better knot for fluorocarbon?
double pitzen, Invisx on baitcasters and tatsu on spinning gear
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July now what's up with MD bass?
I had a decent day on Wednesday at Piney Run, fished 7:30 - 12:00, boated 6 fish, 18 incher, 2 16 inchers, 15 incher, 13 incher and a 10 incher. The majority caught off points on a t-rigged 8" zoom lizard.
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Medium for wacky/T rig?
Wacky rod - 6'10" LTB ML Fast spinning rod, T-rigged senko I use a 6'-8"Bass-X M Xfast baitcaster and for all other T-rigs various MH Fast baitcasters 7'.
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best casting flouro
For spinning reels - Tatsu, Baitcasters Invizx
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What line do you use for each technique?
Spinning reels on ML and M rods - 6lb and 8b Tatsu for wacky and dropshots Baitcasters on M and MH fast action rods - T-rigged plastics 12lb and 15lb Invisx Baitcaster on MH MF for crankbaits, spinnerbaits and topwater 14lb Suffix advanced mono Baitcaster on H F frog rod 50lb Suffix 832 braid No leaders on any just straight line
- A Lizards Reputation
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If you were limited to five soft plastic baits, what would you choose?
Zoom baby brush hog Zoom 8" Lizard Strike King 3.5" coffee tubes Culprit 7.5" original worm - red shad Yamamoto 5" wacky worm
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Dedicated Weightless Senko rod...what do you use?
I use a 6' 10" MLXF St. Croix LTB spinning rod with a Shimano Stradic 1000HG loaded with 6lb tatsu for my dedicated wacky set up.
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Current rod and reel grouping
I generally have 8 rods on the boat but these I use 90% of the time: Baitcaster St. Croix AvidX M Fast 7'-0" Diawa Tatula SV 103HF7.3.1 Invisx louro 12 Trig -BabyBrushhog Baitcaster St. Croix LTB MH Fast 7'-1" Diawa Tatula 150 7.3.1 Invisx louro 12 Trig - Lizard Baitcaster Falcon MH Fast 7'-0" Diawa Tatula 200 7.3.1 Invisx louro 15 Tube/Jig
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How many rods?
On the boat 8 - 5 BC and 3 Spinning pre rigged for the days lake. Bank fishing 3 - 2BC and 1 Spinning