thinkingredneck

All of these ideas work. Have tried them and found that for my kayak bag I just put a few in the square compartment of my plano box and put other baits in the long narrow compartments. For storage I use a plano box made for spinnerbaits.

The closer to the fish, the better quality your gear needs to be. Terminal tackle is more important than line, line more important than rod, rod more than reel. IMHO. But don't equate price with quality. You have to spend a lot more to get that last 10 per cent in quality.

Should be fine. To be totally safe, become vegan and starve. I use a lot of lead and brass. Some tungsten in smaller sizes.

I would agree. A few plastics such as senkos and trick worms or 6 inch worms. I think ewg hooks are easier to learn on,. And a weight assortment. A couple spinner baits, a popper, Rattle trap, square bill. If you are gonna include a jig, maybe a bitsy bug. You might do better to downsize at first, which should get more bites. You can always go with a Ned rig. I like the pond king kits that was mentioned by Choporoz. May be confising to him, though.

I have seen fish leave bubbles. I figure it could be any critter or swamp gas.

The best way to ruin a hobby is to try to make money with it. Not trying to be a downer. I quit tying flies for a while because I hated making the same flies over and over, even though I made some spending money.

We all have some redneck engineering that we do, also called "hacks." For instance, I replaced my sprung out worm binder clips with shower rod clips. The old safety pin through hooks and small parts trick, to organize them. What have y'all come up with?

I keep the ones that I use a lot in plano 3700 boxes (trickworms) I keep elaztec in its own binder and my other finesse in its own binder. Back ups in a double bps bag. I feed my kayak bag from those, for what I want that day. Garlic scented stuff is kept sealed in original bags. I may have too many soft plastics---said no one who fishes.

Get some 4 to 6 inch worms. Walmart. Black, watermelon red flake, green pumpkin and June bug are very popular. Straight tail is fine. Grubs and in line spinners are great.

Zoom has the same color, or very similar, with the same name. If that is particular bait killing it for you, don't change anything! You don't know exactly what it is about that worm that they are keying on. May be some subtle aspect of it.

What will they think of next?

A work in progress. Elaztec has its own binder. Finesse has a binder. I have a bass pro double binder full of worms. My trickworms and creature baits are in plano boxes. So are my hard baits. All stored on shelves and labeled by type of bait: fluke, jerkbait, jig and pig, crankbait, etc. I have a "Feel Free" bag by bass pro that is my "boat bag." Holds three plano boxes. I take it on my kayak. I have one box labeled "topwater", one labeled "middle" and one labeled "bottom baits". I fill these as needed from my storage bags or boxes, depending on season, my mood or if I get a wild hair to try something. I try to always have something new or different to try in each box, along with confidence baits. I can't carry a lot in my kayak as a milk crate doesn't fit, and I have a bad back that makes twisting around to get stuff more difficult. The boat bag has a front pocket for leader line, hook box, sunscreen and bug spray. Has two holders for pliers, and side pockets. I currently have jars of pork frogs in one, Megastrike scent in the other with first aid kit. Boomerang tool goes on the clip. Forceps (surgical needle driver with cutting blade) and whistle on lanyard around my neck. The only problem with my system is that the boxes can be hard to remove from the bag. I also have a plano bag but it has fewer pockets. I like that it has no zippers. Hate zippers! Work in progress. Sorry for the crap photos.

I t rig in thick stuff. Not quite on the shaky train yet. The swimjig idea is cool. The old jigworm.

Spoons. Can I suggest that you edit the title to say "for salt"? I probably use more salt water lures for fresh than vice versa. Swimbaits are interchangeable.

Exactly. You can use this technique with your hand fish grip or net. I usually just lip em by hand. But I seldom use trebles.

I am impressed by those midwest finesse guys. They have a system and don't wonder, "what should I try today?"

When I was a kid, everyone rgrew a "purple worm." Usually Mann's or Creme.

Hands down, t rig trickworm in junebug, candy bug or green pumpkin. Second is a white and chartreuse spinnerbait.

Zoom chunk, any grub or zoom fluke for chatterbait, or as stated above, yum products, or pit boss. All standard and relatively cheap.

I don't, but the only down side would be extra knots, and different type of cast. I use a BC, though. I do use them with spoons and in line spinners.

Try the "Bubba shot." Glen has a video on it. I usē it when the bottom is mucky.

Try a worm, like a trick worm, swamp crawler or ribbon tail. Weightless or up to 1/4 oz wt. Drag, deadstick, hop, etc. Try different speeds. Try adding a glass bead between wt and hook. Last, experiment with color.

Point your rod tip toward the opposite side of the yak to where the line is a cross you. Lip them by hand or with a fish gripper.

Los Angeles Louisiana, and Lower Alabama all go by LA. Lol

Fly fishermen have dark, light, natural and gaudy flies. Probably a good way to look at it.