Steveo-1969

Also check out "Fishing with Johnny Johnson". He is a fishing pro with a TV show and a Youtube channel and all of his shows are in AZ.

I started slowly working my way through this show on Hulu about 6 months ago and this was the latest episode I watched last weekend. Love it!!

My closest Bass Pro Shop is 90 minutes away so no shopping trip for me. But I had a couple gift cards from Xmas that I hadn't used so I made an online order instead. I bought SK Bitsy Bug jigs, SK Menace Grubs, SK Baby Rage Craws and some Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon (BOGO). Everything I bought was on sale, I saved over $60 from normal retail, and only paid $5 out-of-pocket. Win!

Beautiful jigs! They look similar to Strike King Bitsy Bug jigs, but with better hook, skirt and weed guard. Does your friend use them for smallies in the Upper Potomac? 3/16 ounce is my go to weight for the river in 6 feet of water or less.

Sorry I'm late to the party, I just saw this thread. I agree with RW. I have an NRX MBR 842C that I use for bottom contact jigs and t-rigs and I don't like the soft tip. DVT is building me a custom right now for jigs and my MBR will be repurposed for small swimbaits, spinnerbaits, etc.

3 or 4 summers ago the 3" YUM Mighty Bug was my best river smallmouth producer. Either T-rigged or on a jig head. I have a couple bags of larger Bugs but I haven't fished one in a couple years. Loved that 3" bait though!

IMO you shouldn't keep a fish if you don't know what kind of fish it is. In this case there probably isn't a bag limit/size limit/closed season on freshwater drum (sheepshead) but the next unknown fish you catch might be illegal to keep.

I just borrow my pothead brother-in-law's scale.

Welcome to Bass Resource Mark! Another Upper Potomac fisherman here. I'm usually wade fishing when the water level is low/safe enough. Bank fishing the rest of the time.

I fish the same local river every time I go fishing, though where I fish on the river will change. March - November I fish about once a week, either Saturday or Sunday. Sometimes I can get out on both days. December - February it really depends on the weather and the water temp. Last fish I caught was December 24th and I've only been fishing twice since then.

I have nothing technical to add, the above members have you covered and it sounds like your uncle knows how to catch them. I've only fished the Susquehanna once (in April 2016) and the first smallie I caught is still my PB at 19". It's the fish in my avatar.

If you can spend another $20 I'd seriously look at a BPS Carbonlite combo. $120 for the combo during the spring sale. Great combo for that price!

Welcome to Bass Resource! I don't really have a rod recommendation. Just thought I'd welcome you to the Forum, ask a couple questions and get your question bumped up all at the same time! What type and size of line are you using? What type of jig? Shakey head? Skirted jig? Does 3/16 oz jig mean the head weight of the jig? Or the total weight? (I recently discovered the 3/16 ounce skirted jigs I use actually weigh 3/8 ounce with skirt, hook and trailer!) Are you fishing open water, moderate cover, heavy cover? Weeds? Wood? Rock? The more information you can give, the better suggestions you will get from members. Good luck on your rod search!

@Burro I replied to this original post back in 2016 and my opinion of Red Label in 10# test still hasn't changed. For the Walmart price of $11/200yd spool it's the best economy FC out there. I can spool my small baitcasting reel twice and still have some line left over to use for leaders on my spinning rod. I use KVD L&L and have NEVER seen any memory issues or line management problems. However, I've never used 12# or 15#, only 10#. The only complaint I have is Red Label isn't very abrasion resistant so I check my line and retie often if necessary.

Yup. Or just spend hundreds of dollars at Tackle Warehouse and they will give you one of their shirts for (cough!) free.

X2 I buy them online for $1.79 so I can buy almost 2:1 to your $3.50 jig. They only go up to 1/4 ounce though so you are limited with jig weight.

Welcome to Bass Resource! This is the best bass fishing forum on the interwebs hands down... GO BEARS!!!

Crawfish for me. I met @Bobby Uhrig at a sports show a couple years ago and when I bought a tube of Crawfish from him he threw in a free tube. Woot woot!!!!!!

You make us West Virginians proud Nolan!!!

This is a family site, so I will just say "SCREW the Patriots!!!!!". Put me down for Eagles to win.

I'm going to take the Vikings and Jaguars to win also, just because that's the Superbowl I want to see.

Google is telling me that Knoxville, WV is near Wheeling, WV in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. That puts it about 4 hours away from Harpers Ferry, WV which is located in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

Yo BigTerp! I don't use a cloth when respooling. I fill the spool halfway and spray it with KVD L&L, then again at 3/4 full, and finally when it is completely full. The night before fishing trips I will spray the spool liberally and let it dry overnight.

Sorry to hear of your loss Tom.

I have 2 BPS stores about 90 minutes from me and I get to one of them about one time a year. I usually don't have anything specific to buy (though I usually buy something). I go because the sight of all that fishing stuff just makes me giggle like a kid on X-mas morning.