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There some walleye sinkers made by lindy and others that are basically a long tube filled with lead or shot. I dont fish a carolina rig a lot but ive use these with success in rocky areas and didnt get hung near as much as i did with bullet or egg style sinkers

I use black, black and blue, and black and red spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, jigs, and 8+ inch worms and lizards most of the time at night. The only time i use other colors is when i use white and bone minnow and wakebaits on bright moonlit nights. i reel them slowly and make them wake. Jitterbugs catch a lot of big ones too from what i hear but i always catch more on the baits i mentioned above. Invest in a headlamp as well. It makes it much easier to tie lures and unhook fish. I have a friend that uses black hudds and other big swimbaits at nite. Sometimes we go and i catch 10 and he gets skunked but there have been nights where he caught 3-4 bass over 6 lbs and all i got was a few dinks so experiment and if u know there are big ones try a swimbait too

Pflueger purist and trion, shimano sonora, abu cardinal, and mitchel avocet all get good reviews in that price range. I bought 3 daiwa ss tournament 700 size reels for 40 each used and they aren't the prettiest to look at but are built like tanks. Theres a reason daiwa has been making them so long design unchanged. If you might consider used id definitely take a look at these

Big game on casting reels and trilene xl on spinning. Sunline supernatural works great when using heavier pound test because it has a lower diameter

I also tie my own on scrounger heads and underspins like the sworming hornet and have caught good numbers of stripers and wipers when nothing else worked

I use 1/4-1 ounce white, chartruese, white with red head head, and white with blue or black hair on top. Most of the time i use no trailer but if i do its either a grub or small paddletail swimbait.

Should work great! Ive been wanting to modify a mold to make jigs like that but didnt know how to start. What attachment did you use on your dremel

There is a lew's combo for around 100 bucks that my buddy uses and really likes but its a graphite frame reel on a budget rod. Id try to save a little more and get the pq/carbonlite combo reccomended above or for just a little more get a lews speed spool reel with aluminum frame(normally 99 but can be had for 65 right now in some places with with their regular price and discounts and a rebate) and and an *** black rod(100 or so) or a veritas rod for around 65-70 if you look around. Id reccomend shopping around and looking at reviews as when i started using baitcast i got really frustrated trying to use cheap combos and almost gave it up but when i saved and spent more and practiced i love them now for all lures over 1/4 ounce. Thats my opinion anyway

With spinning equipment your rod will help you cast further more than the reel. Id look into getting a longer 7 ft + rod and save some to get a better reel later. TW is having a sale right now and you can get a rod already on sale for another 15 percent off that would be longer to aid in casting distance and also more sensitive than what you already have. Thats what i would do but its also just my opinion so take it with a grain of salt lol

What exactly do you consider light baits? Im not doubting you but i agree that the abu rods are stiffer than most other manufacturers and i can cast a weightless bait or anything under 1/4 ounce twice as far with a spinning rod as any of the MH or H rods i own and have baitcast reels that cost me a pretty penny on almost all of them. I might have to try a black max if they are that good with lighter stuff

I live in near an awesome smallmouth fishery and use both often. Tubes are more of a finesse bait to me that i can catch fish on when i can't get bit on anything else. Jigs are usually my first choice but often i can't get bites when fish are finicky and can fish a tube with a jighead in the same area and catch smallies. I also use them for largemouth i clear water. Most of the time its targeting smallmouth and popping or stroking them off the bottom and letting them fall. They imitate baitfish and crawfish depending on how hard i pop them up and what colors i use. i use a milky white color tube and stroke higher when i think they are feeding on baitfish and a pumpkinseed or green pumpkin with the tails dipped in orange(all the crawfish i see in my area have orange claws) and drag or pop them up a few inches. Try them more and use colors that imitate baitfish/crawfish in your area and experiment with retrieves. You might be suprised at what you can catch

Depends on what you are wanting to use the rod for. Since you akready know how to use baitcast you could use a glass rod and another speed spool for cranks and other treble hooked lures. Or get a spinning rod and reel snd use for finesse baits that you would have a hard time throwing with baitcast. Or you could get a mh or h rod and another baitcast to throw heavy lures. It all depends on cover and what lures you want to fish. If i was in your situation id go with the spinning rod but if you are comfortable s with baitcast reels and dont want to finesse fish id get a glass or composite rod for reaction baits or a heavier action graphite rod for single hook lures like t rigs or jigs and uae the combo you already have for reactio baits

I could use a medium or mh spinning rod and a good spinning reel for almost everything i throw. I like fishing swimbaits and other big baits like magnum cranks and spinnerbaits though for.big bass and stripers but if i could only afford one rod it would definitelty be a m spinning rod with a durable reel. I could catch a ton of fish of all species but as ive gotten more experience id rather go after 1 or 2 huge fish a day than 20 2 lbers. Id say yes though imo you can definitely use only one rod in a pinch and have fun fishing

I used a 6'6" medium action berkley tgs rod(no longer made and hard to find as ive been looking firever and a day l) and a daiwa ss 1300 exclusively for several years (from when i was 12 years old to 17 years old). Even then i was learning baitcasting reels and would backlash and get frustrated and end up going back to my trusty spinning rod every trip for at least a couple years. I threw everyrhing you could think of from weightless worms to 5 inch swimbaits until i got better with baitcast and fell in love due to control of my casting and retrieve feel. I now use 4-6 combos even bank fishing but there is a small overgrown pond near my house that i only carry one combo to and its a medium spinning rod. Short answer is i personally could use only one rod if its all i could afford for almost every lure i use but i like certain action s and lengths for certain techniques so i dont anymore. You can use a medium spinning rod and reel with 10 lb trilene xl for everything from 1/8 ounce to 3/4 ounce weight or so imho if you get the right rod and a durable reel like the daiwa tournament ss

Depends on the rod but are more durable in my experience. What is the other combo you have?

10 inch+ worms, big jigs with trailers, 1 ounce plus spinnerbaits on deeper structure, big cranks like 10xd s, and other larger than average baits are what i use. If im really after big fish i throw hudds and other swimbaits

Hit the billed cranks off the rocks and burn and stop them if the water is too deep to hit the rocks. Retrieve the minnowbaits with erratic jerking and reeling and burn the lipless baits or rip them up with your rod and let them fall while reeling in the slack. My two favorite spots to fish cranks are tailwaters below dams with big rocks and a lot of current at times. You will lose some baits but i catch way more bass by hitting cover and making my baits act wounded and erratic than by swimming them steadily along.

It isnt absolutely necessary i used spinning only growing up and didnt own a baitcast reel until i was 17. In a lot of the small lakes i fish a spinning combo is still what i use most. If you are just learning to catch bass my advice would be to invest in a more sensitive graphite rod and better spinning reel and try fishing small baits until you get confidence and learn where bass are located in the lakes you fish. Then step it up to bigger stuff for bigger fish. Try smaller worms and other plastics and small cranks with bluegill patterns in ponds and small lakes as most dont have shad or minnows so bluegill and frogs are the main forage. During the summer try fishing at night if its really hot during the day and use black spinnerbaits with a colorado(round) blade. Cast out and retrieve it slowly and you will be suprised how many you catch. Go to a fishing or sports store and handle some rods and see what feels good to you in hand and check around online for prices if you have paypal or a credit or debit card. Good luck learning to catch bass and if you have any questions pm me and ill try to help if i can

Id try a buzzbait or spinnerbait and if no bites on those baits id try a t-rigged creature bait. Id also try a bluegill swimbait as there are huge bass in some small ponds and their main forage is usually some type of panfish

Id say it probably wouldnt hurt unless they are fiberglass. Id take them out or roll the windows down if it was hot out though just in case. I inherited some old fiberglass rods that were my grandpas when he passed away and they all have a slight bend to them that wont go away from sitting propped against the tip in a storage building for a couple years

Tatula frog rod or *** black h or mh depending on cover thickness Tatula type r reel off the auction site for around 140 Leaves you money for braid and some frogs

id go with the daiwa t rod mentioned above as an all purpose rod but as your wanting a dedicated cranking rod id pick up a lightning rod shock. Its technically not a cranking rod but has a softer tip for braid and works darn good with mono for cranks. Ive got a skeet reese 6'6" mag crank rod that im pretty happy with too. It was 65 shipped when i bought it from TW around christmas and came with a 25 gift card. Its rated from 1/8 to 3/4 and can for sure handle 1/4 plus but i havent tried throwing smaller as i use a spinning rod for that. You can find them for around 60 if you look around online but the yellow is pretty ugly. great cheap cranking rod though. The lightning rid shock is at every walmart ive been too though so should be easier to find and handle in person. Bps cranking sticks go on sale pretty often for around 60 but not sure if they are right now

All i know is ive caught a ton of big fish on my ugly atick and no its not super sensitive but i dont know of any other rod you can go in any walmart and get for forty bucks that is sensitive either and i sure dont know of one that you can bend the tip to the butt then toss in your car and your son shut the door on it, drive to the lake and fall on it on wet rip rap, cast out and hang a 20 pound striper and horse it in. Call it gimmicky and unsensitive or whatever you want ive been using the same one for a long time and its still as strong as the day i bought it. I also own a bunch of nice super sensitive graphite rods but theres not a better rod out there for the same price as an ugly stick. Yes you can buy a cheap graphite rod for not much more but it wont take much abuse and sure isn't much more sensitive.

I use 5.3:1 reels for cranks over 10 foot depth and slow rolling spinnerbaits. 6.3:1 for almost everything else except lipless cranks and buzzbaits which i use a 7.1:1