Airman4754

Well they are for different applications. One is for open water fishing and the other is for fishing in cover. If you're in a canyon reservoir or open water with a rocky bottom the jig head will be easier to fish and the hookup percentage is obviously better with an exposed hook. If you're in wood, grass, etc the weighted hook will give it a weedless presentation. Your favorite should match the water you are fishing as they are tailored for those situations.

I have eight of them between the SX and Winch models. I've made thousands of casts on all of them and tens of thousands of casts on a couple of them and have never had the slightest issue.

You might have already went but a lipless in the north end hopping it off bottom at Clearlake is really good and you can find schools twenty feet off the bank, especially the west bank near Lakeport. You have to let it hit bottom every time. I can't stress that enough.

I wish we would get to pre-spawn. I went out yesterday. Chocolate milk and 50 degree water. Yuck.

I'm not sure if it's neoprene but there are internal cuffs (elastic banded) inside of the sleeve arms where your hands come out. It also has velcro adjusters on the outside to sinch the sleeves around your wrists. I've been fishing in the PNW in the rain my whole life and I've never had water go up my sleeve. I'm not sure how that would happen anyway unless you're sticking your arm in the water.

I fished Clearlake in November for two full days and didn't catch one fish. I hooked one in the double digits on an S-Waver but it threw it on the first jump. One of the top lakes in the world, lost what was easily my PB, and got skunked twice. Yeah, pathetic.

Think about it as bass look up at frogs. If it's overcast/cloudy how easy is it to see a white belly on a frog? Black for cloudy, chart for stained water, white for everything else is how I fish them. I try to be as efficient as possible so I can fish more and think less.

Black, white, and chart belly. Match it to the conditions.

I spend way more on rods than reels. I don't think I've ever spent more than $200 on a reel. Your rod is your cast, presentation, angle, hook set, landing, etc. Your reel is just matching the ratio you need for the retrieve.

I have the black & yellow Huk All-Weather bibs and jacket. I absolutely love it. It's light enough that you can wear it in warm rainy conditions and just a good base layer will work for winter conditions. The biggest thing is it doesn't restrict my movement in any way.

My go-to would change with conditions and species but if I had to pick one for everything it would be a lipless crank.

The Shasta fill up is incredible. It was 23% when we fished it on New Years Day and our last tourney there last month was 48% full. It's at 67% now which is the average fill. The snow pack up high is almost record level. We are good on water now.

Agreed there. The price jump to the 200 S-Waver is highway robbery compared to the 168, but they are awesome!

I put 5" Keitech, Speed Shad, and the Kicker Fish version on a big zip-loc over the winter. Earlier this month I got them out and couldn't tell any difference in any way. I don't know which is which. I think they're all pretty good at what they do.

After Gery Loopis sold out to Shishamo I couldnt take them seriously anymore.

My Triton has a tiny little screw in plug. I dont think I have ever removed it.

You would have a lot more luck on westernbass.com

So you throw this out there, then catch fish 20 to 30 feet away from it? So this is a less useful marker buoy?

I wasted an entire summer of my youth fishing the Helicopter. Never again...

I only drop shot or shakey head finess worms.

I've never even heard of this. Other than being pretty does it actually do anything beneficial?

I don't T-rig finess worms, but my faves for 4" are Net Bait Finesse Worms and 7" are Kicker Fish Hightale Holeshot. I have a trust fund worth of Roboworms like everyone else on here and they work.

Reaction Innovations have them in 3.5" and 5". The people that make Gitzit make huge Tora Tubes in the 8" and 10" variety if you want to hog chase.

You caught fish on a slow day on a Senko? You don't say...

http://www.gamefishin.com/wa/features/linetest.php Not really. Scroll down to the P-Line CXX part. 8lb has a 21lb break strength. Pound for pound there isn't much out there lamer than bass on the end of your line, especially largemouth. If the rocks aren't getting it (which they won't) the fish most certainly aren't breaking it.