OntarioFishingGuy

Straight tail, I fish most of my plastics weightless now and I prefer the straight tail worm's action when rigged weightless.

111 degrees Fahrenheit here, bought 2 new air conditioners and the house is like a freezer.

Bank: Rod, assorted tackle, forceps/scissors, leader material, license, hat. Boat: PFD(!!!!!), necessary safety equipment, depth finder, net, boating license, boat documents, everything above.

Geez, 58 fish is more like an entire week of fishing for me. I should really get some of these grubs.

They are great baits, but they really are not durable. There are better options for the price. Glad you found something that works for you.

They might be baitrunner reels. Or someone really wants to lose a rod.

St Croix Avid 7' M/F with a Chronarch 51e and 20lb braid. St Croix Premier 6'6'' L/F with a Symetre 1000 and 4lb braid.

Gary Klein fished with a Zebco 33 in the 2014 Bassmaster Classic.

Double Uni. I have never had one fail and am able to tie it very fast.

Glad you're ok, a buddy of mine needed stitches after being bitten by a pike. Walleye don't hurt as much, but they will draw blood easily. Have fun in Michigan!

Why did you lip a pike man... Yes walleye have teeth too.

If you don't have downriggers, you can jig for them using large lipless crankbaits, bucktail jigs or jigs with 4-5" plastic baits. Find the thermocline and fish 5-10 feet above it. Any anomalies in the bottom will attract trout and they will suspend over/in it. I caught a nice one the other day on a tube jig in a 50 foot hole on a 26 foot deep flat. Put in the time to find them and you'll be rewarded with some exciting fishing.

Accept it and go home.

How large are the trout you are targeting? If they are smaller trout, an ultralight rod and reel ( very light in action and designed for smaller fish ) would work well for them, as well as for bass if you are not fishing in heavy vegetation where you need a more powerful rod to pull the fish out. The only problem with this is that an ultralight rod is not suitable for salmon. If the trout you are targeting are larger fish, like sea or lake run rainbow trout (steelhead) or large lake trout, you will want a heavier rod. You do have to take into consideration what lure and baits you want to use with this rod. Something like a 7' Medium (lighter) or 7' Medium heavy (heavier) can be used for steelhead and salmon if you want to cast lures, and for bass if you want to fish in heavier vegetation, although in more open water, is is honestly overkill.

Weightless plastics and small crankbaits/spinners are my favorite, big lures and heavy rods are my least favorite.

I hope they're going to, I've been looking at a *** for a while now...

Pretty flat calm water.. then BOOM! Gotta love it.

I carry a 6'8" Fenwick River Runner light power rod with either a Shimano Symetre 1000 and 5lb Power pro or a Daiwa Procyon 2000 and 6lb Fireline. I generally bring a small Plano box with a couple small topwater poppers and some small crankbaits that imitate crawfish, frogs, insects and bait fish. I also really like using inline spinners, so I bring a wide variety of spinners from #00 or #0 to #2. Some small (1/32-1/8) bucktail jigs and jigheads with small crawfish and insect imitating plastics round off what I bring.

Beauties!

Sharks, topwaters, light tackle, pretty much everything awesome. It almost seems like more fun without hooks, during the whole fight I would be worried about getting the hooks out of the fish. Those teeth are scary.

Yup, sounds perfect

Whatever I can get my hands on... So hungry....that's pretty much how it goes.

You need a few moving baits (spinners, crankbaits, spoons) and maybe a topwater (popper, walking bait) in order to cover the entire water column.

Google 'hair rig' and bait the hook with corn. I will assume you are fishing for common carp, if you are fishing for grass carp I would assume you would use different techniques, as grass carp eat aquatic vegetation.

The 6' UL Panfish series is not whippy at all. I use it for trout, bass and Panfish and it works great for all three.