Hook2Jaw

In this episode of Bassresource.com, the thread starter complains about about the Stormwater Senko Sleuth and his excessive bragging before bragging about his own impressive bass snatching skills. I prescribe a Facebook argument followed by, "fite me tho bro!" before you both block each other.

Throwing topwater on this rod as well, and I was getting subsurface spook action. Didn't like it.

Went against most suggestions after receiving my jerkbait rod in the mail, was worried about pulling trebles with the XF tip. Went with Berkley Trilene XL monofilament, proceeded to catch quite a few bass on it and took it inshore yesterday. Smoked a 17" seatrout and an 18", but weirdly, on the first cast I caught... A d**n stingray. Second one ever on artificial.

I love Vanish. Yeah, it's cheap, and yeah, it coils a bit. I've landed my personal best bass on Vanish and with two fights with a pair of foul hooked 25ish pound carp, I have all the faith in the world in Berkley Vanish. The PB was on 17#, and the two carp were drug in on 12#. As for what everyone said, I'm going to try out copolymer and braid to fluoro. I'll figure out which I like from there. Thanks guys!

Crushed them on an h2o squarebill yesterday, those cheap suckers are absolutely legit. Nice fish, @LuffDaddy!

I've touched them up a tad with that retrieve before. They weren't having any of that yesterday, they wanted the whole world fast. Vicious strikes.

Finally got a dedicated jerkbait setup, suggest me a line, if you would. Once this fizzles down a tad I'll evaluate opinions fully to best present my rips! Thanks in advance! The setup: Daiwa Fuego 6.3:1, 6'7" Medium Fast Rod(banned brand, ***, if anyone has any opinions on the rod please PM me.) I've been jerking with the same geared Fuego with a 7' Medium Heavy Fast Daiwa Aird-X with 12# Berkley Vanish Fluoro, losing maybe 1 in 10 fish. Help me catch number 10!

They wanted the jerkbait ripped super aggressively with a constant reel accompanying it. The way the H2O Jerk Shad moves impresses me greatly, super erratic. I was slashing the water so hard you could hear the line whip through the air and bubbles would rise with every downward slash. I just won a new Fuego on eBay in 6.3:1 for 51 bucks, shipped, and scored an 80 dollar rod for 70 shipped. Ready to get my jerk on as it continues cooling. They would absolutely annihilate the squarebill on a deflection or on the pause. Five quick turns and a pause absolutely brutalized them. Good to see your Georgian ass back on here, @NittyGrittyBoy, how you been bro?

So, I've been at this bass fishing thing for about two years and my confidence started in Texas rigged worms, moving to weightless sticks and flukes, and then finally to jigs and smaller paddle tailed swimbaits. I've been a skeptic about power fishing for a while, but today I got on them and a combination of cooling temperatures and the H2O Xpress Ultimate Jerk Shad and H2O Xpress CRS Crankbait produced my first ever 30+ fish day. Nothing exceeded two pounds, but it was a great action packed afternoon from 5:15-6:30 PM. I caught 8 on 8 casts bouncing the squarebill off the bricks of the pond overflow drain, and also fired up a school with the jerk shad before that. I am now a believer in a jerkbait and the crankbait, and very happy to gain confidence in the lower priced academy brand.

On this week's episode of River Monsters... Nice fish, brohemius maximus!

@TnRiver46 Nice to know I'm not the only one. I've found slowing down really helps me catch fish on hard baits.

YUM Craw Chunk is my all time favorite, followed by the Christie Craw.

I can slay fish on a Texas rigged worm or creature. I can slay fish on a jig, casting it or pitching in the jungle. I can slay fish on small paddletails and swimbaits. I can slay fish on most finesse presentations; weightless plastics, wacky or Texas. Dropshot, shakyhead. I've been working very hard on learning to catch fish on crankbaits, jerkbaits, spinnerbaits, and chatterbaits. I've had moderate success, but I can always pick up a technique with a soft plastic and outfish myself. It annoys me. I badly want to be a better power fisherman.

I keep it as light as possible. Here in Georgia, we don't get super cold, but I was out last year in 30 degree temperatures in a constant but manageable rain. Rain pants and jacket atop a hoodie over a UPF shirt over a base layer, with my legs having a base layer and fishing pants. NRS boundary boots and NRS gloves. I keep a dry bag with a hoodie, shirt, pants, base layers, more socks and a set of neoprene booties. Basically less is more and I want to be outfitted in clothing that keeps me mobile in case **** goes south but also keeps me warm.

I've since got it down pretty well, fishing weightless senkos and watching braid all day really helped me out with visually identifying bites. Pitching to cover and setting a hook before the bait ever touches bottom is one of my favorite ways to fish now.

1. The incident that truly proved how effective the jig and trailer is, to me, catching my personal best and only double digit I've ever caught. 2. My own personal aha moment was my first time trying a jig, and it came while I was pitching. I practiced pitching sidearm all night so I would be able to do it from my kayak. Slung it close to some reeds, let it fall relatively controlled, felt the bite and saw the line move. I was so surprised I missed the fish, as I had yet to gain confidence in the lure. 3. In both instances I was using a Booyah Bankroll Jig. The first instance was casting and hopping it along the bottom. They second was pitching. I normally have a YUM Craw Chunk on the back of the jigs I throw, and it is still my favorite trailer.

I just really want to be able to finely tune my presentation. Adding more baits isn't an option, as I have a kid on the way and need to save money. I already have cranks from 3'-22'. Braid to leader seems to be the best way to attempt this, thanks guys! Though most of you just questioned the madness. Rightfully so, I suppose.

Thanks for the insight. I've always been a rip it and in the trash it goes kinda guy when switching lines, but I've wasted a lot of line doing this and therefore a lot of money. Yes. Exactly that. Stepping up in line size will decrease the depth a crankbait dives to by adding more resistance to the lure, effectively allowing me to make a 3-5' squarebill on 10# fluorocarbon into a 2-4' squarebill on 12 or 14# fluorocarbon. There's also the need to upsize line for bottom presentations if I'm fishing a lot of cover, or have the ability to step down in line size for a more finesse approach in clear water or with finicky fish. I am planning on carrying all 7 setups at once during tournaments. They're all located hours away from me and besides any advice I can get from locals at the lake, I'm effectively going in blind. No pre-fishing, just roll up that morning and get to competing. All of them fish multiple presentations except for my swimbait rod. The reason I'm doing this is being in a kayak, all of my tackle rides in a crate behind me stuffed with plano boxes. My front hatch holds the stuff I don't need access to all that often, which is where the extra line will be located.

I'm on a kayak. I plan on fishing kayak tournaments. I have seven dedicated setups. I'm not all that wealthy. I want to be able to switch out my fluoro and mono poundages with the knowledge that cover could call for heavier line and a slow bite could call for smaller. I also want to be able to decrease the diving ability of plugs for fishing crankbaits over grass and whatnot, rather than buying a huge excess of baits. I don't have the ability to carry an excess of lures on a kayak. So... I was gonna get a dremel and stab it into empty spools to remove say, 10# fluoro, and then put on 14# fluoro. So on and so forth. Will that 10# fluoro be ruined or could I effectively have a multi line system by doing this? Also, @Bait Monkey, you're not welcome here. I ain't buying no more squarebills. Please, just let me be.

Since you're primarily using it for the Ned rig with weightless sticks being the secondary purpose, I would go with a 2500, but that's strictly because when I'm throwing the Ned I'm trying to cover a good bit of water with sparse cover at best. The 2500 size is going to cast farther, which you already knew. That's just my two cents.

I spend a good amount of time inshore fishing as well as bass fishing and the Daiwa BG 2500 is a smooth, exceptional spinner that can handle abuse and will last you for years. They can be had for under 100 bucks. The 2500 puts out 13.2# of drag, the 2000 puts out 4#. With a light fluoro leader, I don't see why you couldn't crank the drag down on a 2000 and not worry about it again.

Jig pitcher powers activate!

Welcome, fellow Georgian! Tight lines.

Thanks man! She definitely felt heavy in hand, so I'll just keep in mind I need to beat 6.5 or so to have a new PB crank fish.

So I set out Saturday morning to beat my PB crankbait fish, that fish being about 3 pounds and get some crankbait practice in general. I was making good casts and bumping bottom, occasional pausing, constant retrieve, you name it. No fish. Then this girl cruises up to me looking for food so I made a short cast with the Berkley Squarebull and reel it right by her, get a follow, stop the bait, twitch it once and she slams the front door on it. Took the bait beautifully. What do y'all reckon she weighed? Sorry about putting her on the ground, but at 6'1" and 200 I don't really do the fish justice when I pose with them.