MichaelCopeland

Hello and welcome aboard! Can't believe I forgot to say that in my earlier comment. @Darren. knows what he's talking about. The articles and Glenn's videos have helped me quite a bit. I still have lots more to read, watch and learn though.

Thank you sir! Glad to be here.

You should be ok with the 6# line. Wouldn't hurt to have some 8# and 10# though. Texas and Carolina rigs have worked for me. I use a heavy braid, however the diameter of it is of 12# test. So it's stronger but thinner for the poundage. I'm still new to this though. Hopefully will gain some more knowledge, I can contribute, this coming week while on vacation. Good luck!

Amen! Totally agreed. I have been trying to use a solunar table app I have on my phone. However the only times I really get a chance to test it is either after work during the week or on weekends. I'm on vacation this week so I'll get a chance to test it a little better. Regardless though I will feel Blessed by just being on the water and getting an opportunity to further my bass fishing skills, what little I have. This Wednesday coming up a friend and me are going fishing and with any luck it will at least be in a John boat or possibly even his dad's bass boat. Will be my first boating trip for bass. I'm at my limit for likes today. That being said...?! Lmbo! ?

Hello and welcome aboard!

Hello and welcome aboard!

Hello and welcome aboard!

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Hello and welcome aboard! I'm still fairly new to bass fishing myself and don't really know that much about all the different equipment used just yet, but of the three rod and reel combos I have my favorite is my 6'6" MF Lew's Carbon Speed Stick spinning combo. It's a great rod to me and may be a great one for you to pair with your Abu Garcia spinning reel. When I have the extra cash I'm definitely going to be getting me a MHF rod and reel combo if I can find one that way. A MF rod is a good start though. You can fish just about anything on one of those.

RT820. Is this the one you caught your PB on?

Thank you very much! It has been an awesome learning experience thus far. I'm confident it will only get better. Truly glad to be here.

The one small pond I have access to, I haven't caught anything in yet. Not even sure if there's any bass in it. Just will have to fish them a little more often to see. I'm gonna have to try the wacky wig again, only tried it once and not really sure I was doing it right. Couldn't find any wacky rig hooks, the day I was thinking about them, but I did see some weedless bait holder hooks and bought some to try the wacky rig. Don't know if those hooks will really work for that or not, haven't given it a proper go just yet. Gotta look into the local forage colors also, but the color worms I've had success with are tequila sunrise and junebug red for u tail worms and watermelon red black for senko style worms. I've gotten bit on green pumpkin with chartreuse tipped tail but no catch yet.

I've only been living here for about 3 yrs now and only been back into fishing since late March early April this year. I'm originally from Shreveport. What exactly are sac-a-lait? Can't say I've ever heard of them. Do you remember the name of that oxbow lake by the Red River? The only lake I know of in Pineville by the Red River is Buhlow. Buhlow had a fish kill a couple years ago, not sure why, that's what I was told anyways. There's fish there now. Bass don't seem to be very abundant there, it's not too bad for catfish though.

Thank you very much! I appreciate that. I'm on vacation next week and I plan on doing as much experimenting as possible. Hopefully catching a new PB, but at least catching. That technique is definitely a new confidence one for me. Bass Resource has really helped me get this far and I'm confident it will get me even further.

The temp where you live is 75F or the water temp? Just curious, because I'd love it to be 75F here in Louisiana. We've been hitting some 90F+ temps here. The water temp has been around 75F though. Only thing I've been able to catch any bass on, so far in this heat are plastic worms (senko style worms and u tail worms) rigged either Carolina(1/4oz weighted) or Texas(weightless and weedless). Fishing them really slow. Worm colors range from tequila sunrise, junebug red and watermelon red black.

@road warrior yesterday I bought some 2/O and 3/O Gammy EWG offset hooks(red) and some Strike King Watermelon Red Black Shim E Sticks. This morning I went to Indian Creek Reservoir in Woodworth, Louisiana. First time I've ever been there. I used my 3/O Gammy EWG and one of the SK Shim E Sticks along with my 6'6" Lew's Carbon MF Speed Stick spinning rod with straight 50lb Power Pro Spectra braid. First cast, reeled up my slack waited 30 secs, drug it about a foot and a half or so. Let it sit for 15 secs and went to drag it again and felt weight(never felt a bite) and started reeling in. I want to thank you for the advice. I now have a new PB! My scale wasn't working right, so I have to guess, but it's at least 2lbs or so. It's twice the size or so of my first two bass that were roughly a lb or so. That technique definitely works. Only caught one today, still a lot more bank areas to fish from out there. Didn't have enough time, with all the people that were there to do much more fishing before it started to rain a little. Thanks again, you're the man!

Cool deal, thank you. I'm on vacation next week, unfortunately it'll be spent in my area of Louisiana. Gonna have to try it out with my Yum Dingers. Can't really afford real senkos. Thank you for the advice. What exactly is the magic lure?

I don't have any flourocarbon line, however I do have Trilene XT green low vis mono in 14lb and 20lb. Will either of those work well for a leader?

Is this being Texas rigged weightless or with a bullet type weight? Or is it rigged a different way? Also I use 50lb Power Pro Spectra braid, should I use a leader? If so how long should it be? The water I fish is pretty murky. I have a 6'6" MF spinning rod with 6.2:1 gear ratio. I don't have real senkos but I have Yum Dingers, will those work?

Hello and welcome aboard!

Hello and welcome aboard!

Hello and welcome aboard!

Hello and welcome aboard!