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how do you guys fish a weightless trickworm? i love fishing the fluke, and i have a few packs of trickworms and have tried to fish them weightless but not sure if im doin it right. do i use just a standard weightless texas rig and a slow twitch method?

I picked up some spike-it today and tried it out on a few fluke tails, it seemed to melt the fork in the tails together? is this normal, and does it do it to all plastics?

She sure gave my ole medium spinning combo and 10lb test a run for its money!

Caught 2 nice ones this morning on a weightless fluke, pushed my 10lb line as far as I wanted it to.

setyourhookbaits.com has some amazing stuff. i am in no way affiliated with them, but i was at a local fleamarket and seen their booth so i picked up some swimmin' craws, finesse worms, and some of their swimbaits just to check them out and support a local hand poured bait guy. man am i impressed, the action is unbelievable, and to top it off i caught 12 fish on 1 swimin craw and it was not even torn at all, on a jig the craw stood straight up just like i want one to. also they all float better than any i have used, really provides a slow fall on a jig like the bass around here love. now im off to place my next order or some 13in worms. can not wait to get em.

Good news guys, i went out today and didn't miss even one hookset. looks like i was setting the hook way too early. thanks for all the help! it helped me land a couple of nice fat ones today.

i fish a rock quarry that sounds alot like this spot, i fished it for 2 years and just watched the lunkers stare at anything i would throw at them. i finally got fed up last year and was determined i was catching one of them. went to the bait shop and got 2 dozen fat shiners and caught several 5-10lb bass. As you can see by my PB i did not count them, because i really hate using live bait and that was the one occasion that i did. but sometimes you gotta cheat a little haha.

My favorites are the cricket hopper, smallest floating rapala, a rooster tail, and my favorite is the beetle spin. i also have a tiny hula popper, i didnt even know they made them that small so when i seen it i had to buy it.

Glad too see I'm not the only one lured in.. No pun intended

haha yea when my lady goes with me i get a non-stop eyeroll until we leave. i have a basspro, academy, and dicks within 20 mins of my house and she hates every second of it. academy seems to have way better prices from what i have seen. i bought a new tackle bag this year at academy for 55 dollars and the same one at bass pro was 99. it seems to be a trend, although bass pro has a wider selection,academy has everything i could ever need.

haha its fun to see what everyone else is catching on accident. last year i caught a 5 pound catfish on a paca craw and thought i had a record bass on the hook, man was i disappointed.made for a nice meal though!

i make a weekly trip to academy sports and it seems the sales never end, and every time pulls the plug on my wallet. last week it was xcaliber crankbaits regular 6.99 for 1.99.i bought them out.and big bite bait soft plastics for 1.79 a pack, now its zoom super flukes and lizards for 1.99 and i am running out of places to put them. i just don't think 60 packs of pearl white flukes and 30 packs of junebug lizards is enough. LOL. what will it be next week?

they work fine in all water for me, the colder the water the slower i fish them,and only weightless. in water that is 44 degrees i would let it fall 10-15 seconds at a time and then give it a light twitch or two. i have also found that in cold water i can simply use a very slow steady retrieve and lethargic fish love the slow back and forth motion (if it is rigged properly, perfectly straight on the hook). And they also work great with smallies, especially the Jr's. good luck to ya! the fluke is my number one favorite softplastic to fish, and i fish it year round.

wow guys thanks for all the advice! sorry it took a while for me to respond, i had to work a long day today. I'm almost positive i am setting the hook too early now, and i will try the one onethousand count to help me out. i do not have a dedicated frog rod but, i will soon be investing in one because the fish around here seem to love it if i can get the hook in em i will be in business. Also i may have been setting the hook to far to the side in the past, i will switch to an over the shoulder hook set. once again thanks for the advice! much appreciated!

i'm using a M/H rod, should i be using a heavy? also i know that some of the strikes i'm setting the hook too early, but i have tried waiting too. is there a general rule of how much time to wait? it's not nice to have large hooks flying at you at 70mph. On a side note i have the same issue with the jig as you, i have several but just can't get bit to save my life. Thanks for the reply!

indeed. everyone who i fish with or around thinks i'm an idiot for throwing big buzzbaits in small local lakes and ponds, that is until i start pulling fish in. Then they want one of mine because they didn't bring any haha too bad. don't call me an idiot and then ask me to help you out.

I was fishing in a local lake today that i knew had some monster bass in it so i was throwing a Zoom Magnum Fluke. Out of nowhere i felt something i thought was weeds on my line. i pulled up a crappie that was a good 1 1/2 inches shorter than my fluke. all alone in my kayak i found myself cracking up laughing. What a brave little fish.

i have fished frogs for a pretty long time but have no confidence in it. I also have hook setting issues. i generally throw a SK KVD Sexy Frog early and late. I always get atleast a couple of strikes but i never get the hook set, and i have tried about everything i can and always end up throwing my rod down and picking up something else. any advice or tips for me?

Learned my lesson sunday after casting out a spinning reel that i didn't check the drag on that day. it somehow got tightened down all the way and i lost a very nice fish and a 10 dollar lure right at the boat when it made a final run.

Haha don't worry i'm not, the people around here eat EVERYTHING they catch, so i am not telling anyone.All they will see is a bigger fillet.

Today i was desperate to get some fishing in,and due to flooding and rain for the past week i have been pretty depressed about it. i decided today i was going no matter what, there is a small local lake that i have fished only once and i decided since i knew my normal fishing spots were practically useless i gave it a shot. when i arrived i got my kayak out of my truck and put my rods in the rod holders,some of the things tied on were a 1/2oz jig a big spinner bait,frog etc. a guy fishing from the bank walks over and says " man i hope you arn't planning to use that here, i'm here about everyday and nobody fishes for bass in this lake there ain't any." i told him ah well i will give it a shot anyways. The whole time in the back of my head i was thinking if no one fishes for bass here these fish haven't seen many,if any lures at all! i paddled out and found the first weed bed i could. the water was about 4 foot higher than usual and water clarity was ZERO. i picked up one of my spinning reels spooled with 12lb tufline and tied on a black buzzbait. first cast it hit the water near the bank and a giant launched a foot at of the water and proceeded to run my drag out faster than any fish has before, i tightened it down a little bit and tried to play her out but the 12lb line just was not enough after about a 1 min of fighting her she jumped shook her head and my line snapped sounding like a 22 rifle, my PB is an 8.5 pound bass and i know for a fact that this fish was atleast a 10+. i screamed out loud in anger but time was ticking. i grabbed another rod from behind me spooled with 50lb powerpro and tied on another buzzbait and proceeded to catch a 7.5, 6.8, 5, and several i didn't weigh that were around 3-4 pounds each. i cannot wait to get off work tomorrow and head back. this is not a managed or private lake, just a 55 acre city lake that the locals think just to be a catfishin' hole. Boy am i stoaked.

In-fisherman has a book on largemouth bass. best book i have ever read.

Zoom Super Fluke, Pearl White.

Works great, i actually make my own spinner baits that way. i buy just the spinners at bass pro and attach all sorts of things.

I am somewhat of a collector of softplastics and tend to buy anything that catches my eye instead of catches fish. I have the most luck on Zoom Super Flukes ( pearl white, baby bass) Zoom 6" lizards ( June Bug, black, watermelon) paca craws( any of them) and yum dingers/senkos/ shimmy sicks etc. if i had to pick one it would be a super fluke, i catch fish year round and in all conditions just by slowing or speeding up how fast i work it. the pearl white can't be beat IMO.