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Well tell that to the bass I spent 2 seasons with a jig fishing a lake with silty bottoms and they only bit it a dozen times.

My experience, theres levels of silty bottom. The more silt, the less attractive/effective a jig is. Throwing a jig on hard bottom and/or targets vs large areas is better. A jig can practically disappear in the silt pending silt thickness.

My partner fishes the NEKO 95% of the time and always does ok to solid, but never puts big fish in boat with neko. I have used shakey a fair amount and do ok and it also seems to never put bigger fish in boat either....but most those times weren't on docks nor extreme heat. Thanks.

I'm able to go out this Friday and it's going to be one of the hottest days of the year so far. I dont really dock fish much but want to keep learning. Thinking about fishing shade and starting on docks. I feel like they won't be very aggressive but will strike if it's close and looks good. Would you fish a jig? And with a heavy action trailer that falls slowly or slower action trailer that sinks faster? What's the deepest dock ends you fish with a jig? What do you recommend to use with deepest docks like 10-20' dock ends? I have more questions than time to fish... Thanks.

When majority of the lake has a silty bottom, how much "disturbing" the silt via heavy weights for C-rig, etc. is ideal? I found I can't effectively fish any weight jig in it, but yet I know certain people use heavy weight C-rig and do ok which would disturb alot, while others including me use NEKO which is a minimal disturbance of the silt....I knownim comparing apples to cabbages, but I would think silt disturbance plays a part...thoughts?

Don't forget studies shown certain bass move alot (chasing bait), while other bass have smaller home range (location has yearly adequate food and shelter). If fish disappeared, they might have left chasing bait, think where did wind/current push them since you last caught them. If you see the fish there and they are not biting, go to another spot and try and then come back. And most importantly as others stated....SLOW DOWN. Good luck.

If you are fishing an area at sunrise, and you decide to throw topwater first, do you think you decrease your chances of catching fish that are not into topwater at the moment? Vs starting with someone stealthy and subtle like a wacky rig before launching a "loud" topwater? Curious on your experiences. I feel like it does "spook" the area a little bit. Thanks

Yellow with 10' fluro leader. I do alot of weightless line watching.

Well gentleman, after some swing oil and the wife encouraging me to start working on a new "list" instead of going out with my buddy in the morning...I bought the 99$ XML combo deal...I will keep you posted. Thanks all.

Nothing to be sorry about. Thanks for your time and info.

I can't find much info on the "xml"...thanks for your input. I know it's not top tier, but I'm very pleased with lots of my mid 100$ equipment.

They on sale for 99...never bought any BP stuff. Only have lews stuff. Any info on these "XML" ?

Same formula?

These are new at our local Walmart. These Yamamoto baits are half the price of Gary Yamamoto baits and say they are made in the US. Anyone know the story?

Curious what everyones opinion is on how much distance do you give another angler at a "spot" during a tournament? Lets just say this is an "example".....guy with fastest boat goes to a single location EVERY SINGLE TOURNAMENT and stays in there the entire time and finishes in top 3 almost every time. This "hypothetical examples" spot is 9 acres of stumps with one boat path through the center of the stumps with only half the perimeter travelable..... "hypothetically" this good fisherman has cut infront of most others at least once in the past 10 years when he super rarely came out of the stumps..... no one else goes back in there out of courtesy...but he has taken thousands of dollars...... thoughts?