A lot of good suggestions here for baits as they cover what I use. I would like to add that the 4/0 Owner weighted hook below works great for these baits. The weight is just enough to keel the bait and if you need more weight just use a bullet sinker.
Allen
You need to catch a few spots before they are recognizable. The craziest one I have caught was a meanmouth bass which is a spot/smallmouth hybrid.
Allen
Borrow someone else's Kayak and try it out first to see if it will work for you. I have a back injury from a parachute jump in the Army that still gives me problems. My wife bought me a Kayak and it is painful to sit in after about 15 minutes.
Allen
Here is one of the jigheads I made for flick shakes.
Allen
I had problems with the original Do-It molds where the hooks bent out and the wire guatds broke using a ml rod and a 6lb line.
Allen
Those are my favorite as well but they are not cheap. I have started making some from a modified Do-It mold that look promising. Using a size 1 or 1/0 5318 Owner lite wire hook with 17lb titanium leader wire as the weedguard.
Allen
Bands for jigs I don't expect to last beyond one trip and wire for things like swim jigs. Now I have been using those turbo style skirts and there are two bands which hold up a lot better. The amber bands are the worst at dry rotting and falling off.
Allen
For crankbaits anything more than 8 FOW SK outfishes everything I have including LC and Megabass. The best lipless baits in my box were bought for $0.99 out of the bargin bin.
Allen
There is a sad update to my post from a decade ago. My favorite Lunker Lure buzzbait fell victim to a savage Tiger Musky attack and was destroyed.
Allen
That bait I made the hook hangers myself except for the belly weight which is a BPS tube weight. I use the screw in eyes to create the holes then epoxy in the hook hangers with Devcon 2 Ton. Nothing has came apart so far but then again I haven't caught anything of size on them either.
Allen
I have some 30 degree Mustad 91762 1/0 BLN hooks that are straight eyed sproat hooks.
Let me take a pic of one I get home from work and I will post.
Allen
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