HoosierHawgs

I get it, but I don't buy everything I can afford is my point. Sometimes, its worth passing up. If I find proof that this bait works (ie... I watch my fishing buddy catch fish on it in our local waters better than my frogs) than sure, I'll pick one up...

If that caused a bunch of vegetation in the water, and it lowered water clarity my advice would be to fish shallow. Squarebill Crankbaits, Spinnerbaits, and Pitching or Flippin' a plastic are all good techniques.

Are you fishing from shore? Work shouldn't mean you only fish twice in the last 7 months... Fishing can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it, but if this place is close to where you work or live, you should get out on it at least weekly. Keep SOME (not all) gear in the car, go before work, after work, on your days off, rain, shine, any time! As long as conditions aren't dangerous you should be fishing. Period.

I'm not saying go cheap, I'm saying go with good value. It's like working hard vs working smart and efficient. You can drive an overpriced car, or you can buy one that does the same thing with similar amenities for cheaper... But if you like to burn thousands of dollars for the fun of it, you can do just that.

I just think I can find a bait that can do that job at a lesser price, maybe not so much with a swimbait. For $4 on sale at DSG I got a bunch of Booyah Pad Crashers and Poppin Pad Crashers. IMO, they really don't look at a frog bait and say, hey, that's a frog! They look at it and say, hey, I can eat that! They see the colors, but they don't see a frog. Most frogs can imitate any number of things, including Bluegill. The Booyah frogs have great soft yet durable bodies, awesome colors, and premium hooks. I've never had a problem getting hook ups with them. No need to pay $13.50, when I can get the job done for 4 bones.

Ok, thanks for the heads up.

Probably the most logical thing to come out of this thread. Good thought.

Price?

Aaron Martens said he also does this a lot too.

The #1 Panfish is the one that's in my frying pan.

Looks like the Pro Magnesium will be $249. That is very good for a magnesium framed reel. We shall see.

This is the facts. Sad (not really) but true. Getting new tackle is probably as much fun as fishing itself.

Those aware some footballs.

Eat a sandwich

Nice fish. Dolphin's can be nonstop action when found on some floating debris or some other thing the school can relate too. Make sure to clean that gear out, don't want corrosion!

I'm buying one for "My outside me, the .e that finds my dinner by finding my dinner's dinner." Lol. Seriously though, I'm contemplating between Yeti, Engel, and K2. I'm taking a nice long camping trip, and it would be nice to have for that, while canoeing, and taking next year. I only need a really small one though, so shouldn't be that bad money wise.

He asked about durability, and the Rage baits are great baits, but aren't my number 1 choice for durability. Havoc plastic is pretty stiff, gives it lots of action though and they hold up great! So my recommendation for you is the Pit Boss. They are also about as cheap as Zoom. Not supposed to be scented, some bags have a kind of scent to them that's not the typical plasticy smell of Zoom, so I don't know whether or not they are scented.

Nice fish! What tackle do you fish then on?

Squarebill Crankbait , followed closely by a 5/16 ounce War Eagle Mike McClelland Finesse Spinnerbait. I find that if I had to have one bait in all conditions it would probably be the War Eagle. It's setup lends itself to versatility.

I think waters smallmouth are caught in are populated with smaller forage rather than they can't eat large forage. They are also are generally thought to be spookier, lot of the reason most guys target them with spinning gear a lot.

Are they following size regs and limits?

Also coming in a "Two Tone" sound. I'm assuming this is a "two knocker" bait with two ball bearings, but not sure.

I'll also add my uncle as a mentor. He knows a lot more about the technical tackle stuff than my dad does. He also taught mw to fish saltwater.

Aren't C-Rigs and Shaky Heads kinda slow and methodical? Just trying to understand what you mean by Anything else slow'

I would probably start with a Squarebill on the rock bank. Start searching, moving from spot to spit, and then maybe slow down with some of the plastics you mentioned after you find fish. Parallel the bank anytime you can, and see if you can reach the creek channel with a lipless or crankbait of some sort, along with the plastics. Fish a Cr rig through those brushpiles, with a monofilament leader long enough for the bass to see your lure.