gallowaypt

Care to expand on the differences?

Kevin, those are some monster whites! On first glance, I thought they were all hybrid.

Going into a snake infested creek after a $3 crabkbOt

Awesome. I was thinking the constant movement when trolling would mane it hard to effectively present a suspending jerk. So francho, you would prefer to troll a floating jerkbait?

Have any of y'all found that trolling suspending jerkbaits for black bass is effective, particularly out of the kayak? What are your favorite trolling lures for black bass? So far, I have had success trolling from one spot to another using a mid diving rapala crankbait, but I'm looking to expand my trolling repertoire.

I had a water mocassin inhale a jig a few weeks back. He saw the jig hit the water and attacked! Thank goodness he unhooked himself after a minute.

That's awesome! I really want to get into some stripers from the kayak.

Smallies

I use em for catfish bait. There's a trash filled city creek around here that I can pull 100 bluegill out of with a handful I worms.

When is it opportune to use the dredge style with the owner deep throat hook over the regular hook style?

It's usually how long my wife lasts before she's calling telling me to come home. With a 4 month though, I can't complain if I'm out for 30 minutes.

I used to have a pet bass in my aquarium. When he would eat the feeder fish off the bottom, he would suck in several of the small rocks layering the bottom of my tank. Immediately after sucking in the prey, the bass would expel all of the rocks from his mouth. I can only assume it does the same thing with a big ball of weeds.

The hooks are pretty decent. I've had a few rolled points but not too many.

An 11/0 hook!! I would think a 5/0 or 6/0 would suffice.