Bluebasser86

9/10, the 50 just doesn't feel right in my hands fishing plastics and jigs. Rod:6'8" M Legend Tournament Bass spinning Reel:Pfluegar Supreme XT 30 size Line:8lb InvizX

I have the Bazooka Pro case, it is telescopic and fits rods from 73" up to 102". It's easy to adjust and I've had 7 1/2' one piece rods in it with no problem. It got my rods back and forth to Mexico twice with no problems.

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That's a rough deal, request done.

I remember how excited when I taught myself how to fish a jig and finally caught a fish. Once I learned how to fish one the number of big fish I caught went way up!

If it's too thick to fish through it you'll have to just fish over or around it. Spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, chatterbaits, wakebaits, flukes, frogs, etc over the top. T-rigs, rattletraps, squarebills, etc along the sides.

If you can look at a topo map do that. Find areas that look good on that map and then look at Google Earth or Bing and see if those areas have docks. If an area will already hold fish than a dock is just a bonus. I don't know if the fish are back in the coves yet at Lake of the Ozarks. They were still in the mainlake at Table Rock and Pomme De Terre a couple weekends ago and were still in the mainlake at a smaller lake near KC last week. I would probably hit some points, secondary points, and the backs of some coves and see if one proves to produce better than others. Jigs and shakeyheads pitched around docks along with spinnerbaits, swimjigs, wakebaits, and swimbaits fished down the sides of the docks can be good. One of the best baits I've found for suspended fish on LOZ is a wacky rigged senko. Let it sink a few feet, give it a couple twitches, reel in and repeat. Works well between the boat stalls or around the edges. Don't get completely hung up on fishing docks though. A friend of mine caught an 8 pounder from 40' of water on a 1oz football jig a couple years ago in October around the PB2 area. It was no where near a dock either.

Look for the areas that you might normally expect to hold fish, rockpiles, standing timber, ledges, ect. If there is baitfish on or close to those areas then there is probably going to be some bass there too.

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I like the Pit Boss in the Texas Craw color pegged on a texas rig and flipped into the weeds. It also works well rigged the same and pitched into cover or fished along rocks. I want to like the bottom hopper but it is almost too thin to rig on the shakeyheads I use.

That is a good looking bait but if a M.S. Slammer is among the "cheaper" baits I'd hate to know how much that one costs!

I'm going to say the second one, looks the the first one is closer to the camera.

We're still catching most of our fish on mainlakes up here in Kansas and Missouri too. Some fish are starting to work back towards secondary points in larger coves but most of the bigger fish are still in the mainlake with water temps around 70. The main difference is we're starting to get a lot more spinnerbait and crankbait fish now than we were a month ago. The shad are starting to school and head for the shallows also so be on the lookout for them because they bass will be close by.

Keep the e7 and buy an e5 for cranks. I like the 7.1 for everything but cranks, it wears me out alot less to reel slow all day than having to crank like crazy all day just fishing a bait.

I don't know about the Dobyn's but I've only ever broke 2 St.Croix rods. One was a Triumph light action spinning rod that broke for no apparent reason. The other was a 6'8" M Mojo spinning rod that my friend tried to lift in about a 3lb bass by holding the last foot of the rod and lifting, not many rods wouldn't have broke in that situation. I have Premiers that are over 10 years old and still going strong. My oldest LTB rod is probably 6 or 7 years old and still works like new.

I just attach it to a big cheap snap or a paper clip and slide it down the line. The important thing is to be as directly about the lure as possible and keep the line tight while it's sliding. If the initial fall doesn't knock it loose you can lift and drop the line and that will pull it loose pretty often.

I catch most of my fish out of Perry up really shallow on riprap or around docks on dark colored plastics, mainly a baby brush hog. I've had spotty success on a spinnerbait, mainly in the spring though. Shad colored squarebills and rattletraps have done well for me also. Perry is pretty consistant for me during the warmer months. It has a pretty high population of quality fish and some big fish also. A friend of mine won a buddy bass tournament a few years ago out there with 3 fish that weighed over 21 pounds combined. He did that with the techniques I described.

I like some of them, not a fan of others. They take a beating, so if you're hard on your rods they are a good option. They aren't the lightest offering at that price range. Just because they're labeled for a technique doesn't mean they can't be used for something else. I have the 7' MH "spinnerbait" rod, I've never thrown a spinnerbait on it but it does work pretty well for a pitching rod. If you like the feel of them I'd go for it.

I've got a couple Legend Tournaments and they are really great rods. Never used a Dobyns but I'm sure they're as good as they say they are.

I know they were painting them in the Southern Trout Eaters video but I think it was just generic spray paint. They were just getting a piece of cardboard and putting the eye of the hook through the cardboard to hold it in place and then spraying it. They were doing a few dozen at a time like that.

I've had good success for smallmouth in faster water with a Lucky Craft Sammy and a shakeyhead with a finesse worm. The Sammy catches fish in the shallow, fast water and the shakeyhead is better in the eddies and areas near cover that breaks the current.

I don't panic

As long as the temps don't drop too much I'd still be looking for fish to be fairly shallow and feeding heavy before winter. I'd start at the same areas you were catching fish at with the same baits, maybe a spinnerbait, chatterbait, fluke, or wakebait thrown into the mix also. If they aren't there then run a rattletrap or squarebill through the deeper water near the reeds. If they aren't there then try the large flat. Get out and start fancasting with a rattletrap, chatterbait, or spinnerbait. If you can see clumps of weeds, stumps, rocks, any cover make sure to run the bait close to it. They might be scattered along the flat and chasing shad or bluegills.