thinkingredneck

Worms, spinnerbaits, jig and pig.

Don't put wet baits up. Once dry, put them up. I keep pharmacy Silica packs in my boxes.

You done good

I fish some muddy reservoirs and stained lakes. I like Junebug, Candy Bug, Merthiolate, and various purple with contrasting tails. Black, too. I have caught my biggest on Purple with red flake and Junebug. I like Zoom, Yum, and Culprit in ribbon tail.

Wind rippled water, sun. When plastics don't work is when I use them.

Other than trickworms I use Creme Scoundrels in every color, Luck E Strike worms, beetle spins, H & H spinners, Rebel poppers, Hula poppers, balsa Rapalas, generic jigs I put together with pork frogs or zoom chunks, Jitterbugs, and Devil's horse and spoons.. I also have a few more modern spinners by Strike King. I generally catch fish with those old baits. I also catch them with fly rod poppers. I have a bunch of creatures, frogs, Senkos, and various plastics, swimbaits and crankbaits that don't work as well for me. Maybe it takes an old guy to fish old baits, or vice-versa. Maybe our bass just have poor taste.

No matter which lure you use, some Jackass will have some BS comment about it. Beetle spins work. That makes them popular. Jitterbugs and other Arbogast baits work, and are fun. What is not to like? To each his own.

Where I fish you got to go weedless.

Tom, I googled your article. Very informative. It is the way I fish a worm, turning the handle. It works for me, but I thought I was doing it wrong. Thanks

I like Tru turn hooks for worms, and they have to be sharpened. For this reason, I use Gamakatsu most of the time now.

Ijust leave my wet lures on a pool noodle until dry.

Braid with a leader? If the water is tannin stained, the leader may be superfluous.

I got nostalgic recently and bought a bunch of Creme scoundrels. Did amazing. Mostly I fish Zoom products, but a little of everything, Yum, Yamamoto, Rage tail, Grande Bass,...

Some days they want something different. Who knows why. I start with Candybug or Junebug. I carry a variety. And then there are shapes, sizes, presentations. ...

3:16 swimbaits

I keep frequently used baits in Plano boxes, one each for swimbaits, creatures, jig trailers, trickworm, giant worms. I keep elastec in their original bags in their own, separate binder. I have a double binder for odd ball plastics and another single binder for finesse worms.

Man, I hope you have a better year this year! I don't think I caught them on anything but T rigged plastic worms. I tried some paddle tail swim baits with no success. Life intervened a lot.

Check out Pfluger reels, St Croix rods. Med The rods made for women might be a good choice as they are smaller in diameter. Buying without holding it is a risk to me.

Seagar red label was fine. Mostly I use braid to leader, but honestly I agree with the above posts. I can't tell a lot of difference and may go back to mono when I change lines.

I usually fish for a few hrs after work in my kayak. I usually fish soft plastics and take 2 rods. Can carry up to 6. Sometimes, for long days I take 4,. Less is more. Fly fishing, I take 2. if it can catch or tangle, it will.

I think plastics with salt will rust hooks eventually. I leave plastics on a good bit, though, with no rust issues. Hang wet lures in a piece of pool noodle or in a side pocket of my bag until dry. Use desiccant packs from pharmacies in all my boxes. I use wd 40 sometimes. I live down here where the air sweats, and this works. You could use stainless hooks, but I worry about them getting broken off and staying in the fish for ever.

Depends on water clarity, I think. In murky water I do better with Junebug or Candybug. Green Pumpkin is "fair" for me. I think the greens and earth tones do better in clear water. A couple weeks ago I caught them every cast nearly with white , yellow, Merthiolate and purple with flame tail. Would not touch junebug or candybug. Go figure. Makes it fun.

As one fly fishing guide said, use any leader material as long as it is Maxima.

Sometimes I just take a couple packs of worms and terminal tackle.

Also, Pm me with your parent's contact info and I will send some plastics, both of you kids. I vaguely remember being young. I am still broke, just at a higher level. Check out fishing tackle outlet and another site.com. zoom, yum, beetle spins, etc plus house brands at Academy, or Dicks, Walmart bargain bins. All great sources.