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I just fished a pond that sounds just like this. I caught fish on a fat ika rigged skirt up (weightless of course) along the edge of lily pads. I guess the ika was light enough to stay on top of the weeds.

I want to try using the drop shot from the bank(which is how I fish %99 of the time), but I'm having trouble having any confidence in fishing it due to the way I'm picturing its action when the line is at such a horizontal angle when casted out a good ways. I'm picturing the line almost horizontal and the hook hanging down with the worm hanging straight down below the line due to gravity. Now I'm not doubting that people use it effectively but it just doesn't sound like a very realistic looking presentation. Like when you shake it does it just shake the tail of the vertical hanging worm? Has anyone ever gotten an underwater video of the drop shot fished this way? More vertically fishing a drop shot makes perfect sense cause it seems like the worm and hook would stick out horizontally and have a much more natural action. As much as I want to try fishing a drop shot this way(and I'm still gonna try it) I keep feeling that a split shot or some other finesse presentation gives a much more natural looking presentation. Can anyone explain this to me or is that just why a drop shot works so good casting it out because the vertical hanging worm is just something the bass don't see. It's just hard for me to fish a new technique without being able to picture what action I'm imparting on the lure or what it's supposed to be doing.

awesome video i watched about not missing fish on jigs and the hook set.

To me, the bass resource videos are great when you want to learn to fish a new technique. They are short and straight to the point. They show basic rigging and retrieval and give some info about where to fish them and stuff. A lot of videos on youtube will be titled something like "how to fish a texas rig", for example, but upon watching said video you realize that it's only a video about how to rig a texas rig and nothing showing how to fish it or it's a guy sitting there at a table talking about where and when to fish a texas rig but not actually showing you how to fish it like the bass resource videos do. Bass resource videos are some of the best to start with regarding a specific technique or lure and how to actually fish them.

I found an older thread about this but nothing too recent. Anyway, Walmart is carrying these Lew's Hank Parker Speed Stick rods-spinning and casting- for like $39.74 which is the same price as the Berkeley lightning rod shock at my Walmart. These Hank Parker speed stick rods are advertised as an im8 rod. Has anyone tried these out to see if they are any good? I can't seem to find any info whatsoever about these. None on lew's website or anywhere else online.

I'm hoping for similar results this week. I fish a public 84 acre lake and never catch more than one little one. Last week I ordered some zman trds with the shroomz heads and some Charlie Brewers slider worms. Can't wait to get out there and try them out.

Finally jumped on the ned rig bandwagon and ordered up some zman trds in green pumpkin, June bug, and mud minnow colors along with 3 different size finesse shroomz jig heads. And while I was on this finesse kick I got some Charlie brewer slider worms in green pumpkin and smoke glitter with some spider class pro heads and original slider heads. I want some of those 100 fish days that Ned talks about in his videos or even 40 fish days would be nice.

How have the rest of you guys been fishing it? I have two packs I've been dying to take out and use in the ponds around here.

These spacers were plastic and I believe one was missing because for the life of me I couldn't figure out how this knob tightened anything with the parts I found when I took the knob off. The way it was, the only thing being tightened was the knob itself.

I wound up taking the combo back and got the black max combo instead since they didn't have any more Brent Chapman combos. Too bad cause it seemed like a decent little combo for the budget restricted. Ive never thought about testing the spool tension knob in the store but did on the black max and it worked. Lesson learned. thanks for the input guys!

I recently bought the wright & McGill Brent chapman baitcaster combo from Walmart which retails for $60. I got it out to the water to try it out for the first time, and when I go to adjust the spool tension for the lure I had on(a 5/16th war eagle spinnerbait), the spool tension knob had no effect on how fast the lure fell. Loose or tight, the lure would basically just free fall to the ground. Well, telling my friend about my problem, he informed me that over time he had bought two other of the cheap Walmart baitcasters (both different brands) and had had the same problem. The spool tension knob was practically worthless on both of the reels he had bought. My question is..... how common is this problem? Have any of you guys who have bought cheaper reels had this problem? Is the knob just for looks on these cheap baitcasters? I have a couple of bps pro qualifiers that work flawlessly so please don't reply with just "buy better equipment" posts cause I have had and used half way decent stuff. But I am just wondering if it's this way with most of those cheap reels. This sucks if this is what companies are producing then marketing as workable equipment then people buy it and it's worthless. Thanks for the replies!

Not sure if this info has been covered in the thread, but I was reading through some old jig threads and found this post by WRB which I thought was awesome and would help the new jig fisherman. "The mistakes most new jig anglers make that normally T-rig a soft plastic worm is use too heavy weight jig with a compact hook/ head design and create too much uncontrolled slack during the retrieve. Without knowing what type of jig you are fishing with, my suggestion for a casting jig is a football head design that has more distance between the hook point and jig head than a flipping/pitching type (Arkie) style jig. The next item is the jig hook; use jigs with premium sharp hooks with standard wire, not a heavy wire hook when using lighter line. Always use a trailer when casting and retrieving a jig. The trailer should be a high floating or not a soft plastic with heavy salt added. Trailers with good swimming action at slow retrieve speed or falling down through the water on controlled slack line is important. I am not familiar with RageTails, they look great, GY twin tail grubs work good. When I teach new jig anglers to cast and retrieve a jig, my suggestion is a 3/8 oz plain GY wire guard football head with GY 4" twin tail Hula grub, color similar to what the T-rig worm is that works for you. You can make up a similar jig using sponsored components. Bass tend to hold onto a T-rigged worm longer than they will with a jig, so you needed to detect the strike and set the hook instantly. The bite is quicker so concentrate on the jig and don't loose contact with it always feeling some slight weight. The classic tick bite is easy to detect, all other bite not so easy. Fishing jigs we have a saying "swings are free" so set the hook when you feel anything odd with the jig, vibration, getting lighter, sudden stop, the line move. Hook sets; when casting a jig over 30' away, I use the reel set with rod sweep, keeping the rod tip lower than a T-rig so I can sweep the rod back firmly. When the jig is closer or more vertical I use the snap set, whipping the rod into the controlled slack line. Never lower the rod and take up slack with a jig, you will miss 90% or more of the jig strikes. Good fishing. Tom"

So when you guys say you fish the chatterbaits in cold water......Do they work in clear to lightly stained cold water? or are you guys fishing more heavily stained to muddy water? Also, if you are fishing them in clear to lightly stained.....are you still using the white chatterbaits?

I bought a white zman chatterbait. It has a few little black streaks down a handful of the strands and I'm going to pair it with a baitfish colored swimming super fluke Jr. Hopefully that will be enough of a shiner imitator for this weekend until I can order some actual shiner colored swim jigs from siebert. It's supposed to be overcast and I'm fishing in a very old blackwater pond with lots of submerged millfoil and stumps so maybe it'll work.

https://www.google.com/search?q=shiner+fish+pictures&prmd=ismvn&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&fir=_ZFWgbPm8InpfM%253A%252CxNKm4UpQ5kLPIM%252C_%253BwZLQnrPnGYG6aM%253A%252Cnxfz3VDXuqiHtM%252C_%253Bb__ncBRpo18-uM%253A%252CSk0PCxOEj6XYZM%252C_%253BOtYRt_FVBQXeMM%253A%252CkqsvKDcxkZEaIM%252C_%253Bev90KHPEmVflRM%253A%252C_hGrMnBRQ-dnlM%252C_%253BaR5poxmUVXxNVM%253A%252CuhrFUnrhcc91ZM%252C_&sa=X&ved=0CCsQ7AlqFQoTCO7O293EjcgCFQN-kgod69QCNQ&biw=360&bih=511&dpr=3&usg=__JKwMkDxpG_OqxNKwQHiEgmqUvWw%3D#imgrc=DNHYOdMYxWzDnM%3A&usg=__JKwMkDxpG_OqxNKwQHiEgmqUvWw%3D Idk how to post pics. This is a link to a pic. I think this is how the majority of our shiners look. I'm terrible at matching bait/baitfish colors to lure colors.