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suspending jerkbaits shallow crankbaits jigs

yeah roostertails idea is pretty plausable. i wouldnt have thought of that one myself. i'd have to fish with the shallow shad rap and see how it swims, maybe then i can come up with an answer...

i was looking for a spinning rod in that range too and i think im gonna have to go with a $128 avid from reeds. and get 10% off a shimano symetre from reeds too.

you have nothing to worry about. no bass will do any harm to any of that gear.

i have used the procaster and it is a pretty nice reel considering the price of it. some of the components are cheap, made of plastic, but over all its a nice reel. i can cast VERY far with it.

wow thats some good info right there! lots of effort and money in that one. good job the quality of the videos will decrease no matter where you upload them.

i really like redceckriots "bullet bug" very catchy name and it rolls off the tongue ;D

nothin a pair of dikes cant fix

i casted my pointer out and it hit a dock and the lip split clean off at the base. sent it back to lucky craft and they gave me a new one free of charge.

no they dive progressivley deeper the bigger they are. like a SR05 will dive about 4-6 feet and the SR07 dives about 6-9 feet and the SR08 dives about 9-12 feet. you get the picture.

the other day i was showing my dad my new shallow shad rap and he asked me why the bill was bent at the 90° angle like that. honestly i didnt know the answer to this question besides that it makes the lure go shallow. so i told him it was to make the lure run shallow. then he asked why they didnt just give it a short straight lip but at a steep angle like most shallow diving baits. i had no idea. so, WHY DO THE SUPER SHAD RAPS AND SHALLOW SHAD RAPS HAVE BENT BILLS INSTEAD OF SHORT STRAIGHT ONES?

shad raps run 4 to 15 foot range and no they most definitley do not have rattles. maybe you are thinking of the glass shad rap, which is made of clear plastic and rattles.

i conside a cast to be accurate when it goes exactly where i want it to go. if i want to land my lure in a pocket of lily pads and i land it in the pocket, its accurate. if i want to land the lure just next to a stump and it lands 5 yards to the lft that is not accurate. sometimes i will want the lure to land 5 yards to the left of a stump, in that case its accurate. so if my lure goes where i want it to then its accurate.

vertical presentations (drop shot, wacky rig, etc.) dont seem to work as well from the bank, although they still work. dont be afraid to throw cranks either, just dont get upset if you lose a few. weedless lures like texas rigged soft stick baits and texas rigged worms are probably your best bet from shore, at least thats what i do well with.

i TOTALLY agree with micro on this one. with crankbait rods i need my sensativity so i can feel what the crank is doing down there. i can feel if i get some weeds stuck on it and the action stops, then i know that i can just burn the lure back in instead of continuing fishing it when i dont know its not working. with spinnerbaits i can feel the blades moving, and if some weeds get on em then they will stop and i can feel it. sensativity is great in all situations, but there is no reason to pay over 150 for a cranking/spinnerbait rod.

cool thanks. im excited to try this in deep water in the heat of summer.

oh yeah i ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS have my tan adidas hat when i fish and i try so hard to always wear my OG bass fishing t-shirt every time i fish (sometimes its in the wash though >) even if its winter and i have 3 jackets on i will still have that t-shirt on somewhere in the mix....just see my pictures, i have a pretty standard outfit: http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/davidsaavedra/peteys10807008.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/davidsaavedra/pond38-12-07006.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/davidsaavedra/scbass001.jpg

fishing is always better when the gas light is on in my dads truck! ;D also ALWAYS must have some sort of metal/hard rock playing on the way to the fishin trip, can never be silent. on the way home its a different story, music is optional. me n' my dad usually hit up the nearest burger king after a fishin' trip too, no matter what time of day it is! when im fishin w/ mah friend travis on weekday mornings during the summer his dad takes us on his way to work and we always stop at 7-11 for frappuccinos and donuts and usually dont eat the donuts cuz we forget about them cuz we've already started fishing. ;D

that looks nice. also looks matte.....do you have a clear coat on them? those could pass for a smallmouth pattern too

classy color chart you have there ;D : ;D

lol i will definitley be giving that one a shot. how, where, and when do you fish it?

i voted yes a high frequency ticking is great for me, but obnoxious clacking is not good. the lakes i fish just a small amount of noise is all you need for fish to locate the bait cuz the water is heavily stained.

Metal, Hard Rock, and some Orchestra, if its played right *cough* Metallica S&M *cough* AC/DC Black Sabbath Deep Purple Dio Ennio Morricone Guns N' Roses Led Zeppelin Metallica Motorhead The Offspring Ozzy Rammstein Ted Nugent Tony Iommi Twisted Sister Van Halen

well i'll be dead anyway so whats it matter to me where it goes right? lol ;D j/k well i dont have a wife or kids (thank gawd! last thing i need right now is to be a teenage father) so im not sure where it would all go. i guess my dad would keep it all since he fishes too...but he never fishes on his own. oh well, i'd still want him to have it.

lol get a huge LP (curado 300) and you should be good!