Columbia Craw

My picks are Ghost Bone Minnow, Wabi Sabi and Yellow Perch. I’ve had success with Jaint Juice in more of a slightly stained water. Throw in a pearl pattern and go for it.

I admire your approach to buying the right bait the first time and not falling into the rabbit hole of color options. As a shore fisherman two issues stick out. First is buoyancy and second is cast ability. The ability to reach out and not loose a bait that’s snagged would determine size and brand. After that some color pattern. I have a few Provokes. I have had success with them. They float up at a rate of an inch per second depending on water temperature. They do not cast quite as well as some baits but angle and action are good. It’s a well built bait. When it comes to color patterns, A Jay and Dwight Hottle would be my go to guys. They have it dialed.

Never limit your options.

They have a double dip color called Buzzard Snot that is really good on the upper Columbia River.

Dry Creek Outfitters is a super product

That makes me an exception birds nest.

I received mine today. They work extremely well. I’m a believer in the Xuron.

Nice A Jay! You can have any color you want as long as it’s black.

Number 1 cause of blank failure.

I’m giving it up. I hang a tiny white curly tail crappie grub on the rear treble of my smaller shallow crankbaits. This goes back to the 70’s when I hung em a Spence Scout in black.

May I ask the handle length?

I have three Diawa casting reels that have “mini” handles. That’s 80 mm for me. Two are JDM and the third a Zillion HD with the mongo handle swapped for a Tatula handle. I just hate short handles. It feels like turning the handle on those old wall mount pencil sharpeners we had in school many years ago. I wanted to get longer handles. Big Bass turned me on to a company who had a quality carbon fiber handle option at a very affordable price. So three handles later I upgraded the JDM models to 90 and the Zillion to a 100 . It’s much more relaxing. My buddy thought I wasted my money and was anal and would have fished the reels as is. I’m I over the top? It’s only 10 mm but I like the additional length.

Well the Lews for larger rings/hooks has worked really well but are too bit large for small stuff. My old set flexes sooooooo i ordered a set of Xurans.

Robo Worm Fat Neon bluegill Yamamoto Hula Grub 176 Tube in green ugly I can fish these at any depth; drop shot, hop or drag. Megabass Vision 110 Yellow Perch Normans Deep Little N in Columbia Craw Dobyns Beast spinnerbait in chartreuse/lt glimmer-double silver willows Reaction baits that cover aggressive fish looking up or down to twelve feet deep.

Lunker Punker

I have this reel and they are tanks! It’s probably one of the finest reel platforms ever.

Wake boarders. I’ve learned to live with kayakers. The scuffs buff right out.

Have you ruled out a composite rod?

I can’t quite make out the color selection of your tubes Glenn. Maybe a photo of how the lid looks when it’s open to feature the bullet proof hinge design? Yea, that’s it..show the hinges.????

As much as I used to fish Lamiglas and loved the old Excel, XMG50 and Certified Pro series, the company lost interest in bass rods when Skeet Reese left. The designer was in the middle of developing a promising series at that time. He’s a great guy who is now with Okuma US. Enough rambling. The XP series have old technology blanks and are not balanced. The actions are not progressive and take their actions from steelhead models. Strangely. The model in the XP casting is the 703. You would be better served with other options out their. Just being honest.

If you read the facts you’ll find cringing is not allowed on this forum. Years ago it was common to have to add a shim to fill gaps in an aluminum reel set to get the nut to lock tight.

Seaguar Invizex Seaguar Red Label but in the heavier tests which I change out often. I wouldn’t hang a bird feeder with Vanish.

Bone and Bluegill. Done.

I’m pretty sure the right angle lip design goes back to the Creek Chub Minnow era. Regardless, it’s a different action for sure.

I agree with a crisp or quick reacting tip but still moderate enough to address the bait having smaller, generally finer wire hooks.