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Please post a review some time on those! Huge fan of the sleepers! Add in some pauses as well and it'll get crushed. Burn burn burn, pause is killer.

Thought I send these in as they’re pretty cool pics in my opinion. First BFL of the year on Dale Hollow a week ago! Tough day but managed 2 decent ones for 31st out of 170ish. Also won the first Club derb of the year with 14lbs on a clear water lake in northern Indiana. Partner caught the 5.3lb kicker and got my new favorite fishing pic! Great last two weeks all around! I’ll try to keep active but between school and running two tournament trails haven’t had a lot of time

Finally got this beauty to show up!

Monkey got me good. Got a Tactical Wake coming soon(they sent the wrong color) which I am stoked about! Some flipping baits for spring, Bull shad 6”, and terminal stuff. Oh and a reel that I don’t have a rod for ?‍♂️. Soooo guess I gotta get a legend extreme now??

Don’t tell me that ? Now I gotta go get some! Any favorite colors? I would be using them on NC/Tennessee mountain highland reservoirs for all three species

How do you like the iovinos?? I’m interested in trying them

I need to hold myself accountable and start posting on this again. But if I don’t I feel less guilty so… But just snagged a 2019 Antares on eBay to put on my old Dobyns. Now I gotta spend more and upgrade the rod to make it feel worthy of such a reel. Pray that I can hold out until summer!

My friend just found a basically new zillion on eBay listed for $16”. Offered $120 and the seller took it!

Those wakes should get CRUSHED!! Also those neds are sweet!

Can confirm those are money!

Thanks! Changing gear is something I am playing around with this winter to try and eliminate those so hopefully it works! I don’t think we’re going to be any good this year so you will likely have an easy win if we meet in March!

Last club tourney before the snowball fundraiser. 29 degrees at launch and even snowed a bit. Never got above 35 degrees all day but the water was 49°. Finished 4th with 8.3lbs. Could’ve had a lot more and won easily if we hadn’t lost about 15 fish ?. It’s a bad theme the last few tourneys. I am consistently on winning fish so I’m confident wins will start coming again. Not too concerned I fish these to get a break from class ?. Anyway it was a blast and finally got to fish with my friend who I consider the best boater on the team. We’re fishing together on Geist on December 18th which will be as cold as this one.

Oh yes. And when you get bit swing hard. No windup just tick and swing. Let me know how you do this winter. If I were you I’d go to the clearest water near you (I like 5+ ft vis). Quarry lakes are great for A rigging.

Not if your hooks are good. I use Matt Allen heads and my 12lb drag will slip before those bend out

Your best window is 100% going to be January and February. Id guess you’re still in early fall where you’re at. Prime time will be coldest time of the year for you. I don’t even bother throwing it when waters above 50. Wait another month or two and you will be set. How is the clarity and depth at lakes you’d be fishing?

I am with some of the guys here too. Wait until it gets colder! It’s still a little too warm for prime time a rigs. Some of the best a rig days are the ones where your fingers are freezing off and your guides are icing up. Don’t give up I’m a bank guy as well and it can be so worth it! Where are you located in the country? Sorry if it’s already been asked.

A yum flash mob will work fine. I replace the snaps with hyper wire split rings but it’s really not needed. Once you catch a few like @king fisher said you will be hooked. My biggest bag ever came on one in early spring and I have been hooked ever since.

I fish rigs all the time. Best time is deeper water around rock if you can in 50-32 degree water. Clear water is also better. I have lost many in the last few years and best advice is fish it higher in the water column. Close enough that fish on bottom can find it and come up and eat it but not close enough that you get it stuck. I still have 5 unrigged in case I loose a couple this winter so it may happen. A deep diving Jerkbait is a great alternative for clear deeper rocky water but doesn’t have the same pull. For comparison I fish mine from the bank on steep drops and banks. Less likely to get stuck. I do have a dedicated setup for it however: 7’5 H zodias. 65lb braid to 20lb shock leader which I retie every other trip to avoid a break at the knots.

I thought the same thing and was throwing glides behind him. The water was lower and clearer than usual and I think we really only got one chance at em that day. If I went back to that day I would have definitely put a glide in his hands since he was at the front.

MLF Lake of the Ozarks College Event Recap. Long story short, my partner and I had 4 days of practice and boy we found the winning fish. We were fishing specific docks in the back of skinnier long pockets. They were in about 15-10ft of water. I turned him on to the swimbaits in practice and we got on em. Was able to catch my new PB at 5-8 on a burrito which beat my old PB by 2oz. He absolutely choked it on the first cast. Needless to say we left that pocket quickly. Day before the tourney we would have had close to 20lbs which would be enough for a win, so we were feeling great. Tourney day we faced the same conditions as the day before, but these fish were following his mag draft out from docks and not committing. We could see winning fish follow out eat 3 times and not hook up. I didn’t even get a chance because by the time my glide or swimbait went past they had seen enough. It was disappointing to only bring 3 fish in after watching 10-15 winning fish go crazy on his swimbait and not hook up. Ended up with 7 and change for 55th out of 180 which isn’t bad. It only took 17 and change to win and 12 to qualify for the national championship which hurts a little bit. I haven’t felt this upset about a tourney since loosing the BFL on Cherokee. This keeps me motivated though and I know I am doing the right things to win. Lessons learned: this was the first tourney I really controlled the boat which was awesome. I think he knew I was on to something and I was able to make decisions which was really cool. I also glued a swimbait into his hand and mine which gave us a legit shot to run away with it. Swimbaits catch giants and little fish. He was shocked at the amount of 12-14 inches that ate his magdraft in practice and the tourney. Anyway thanks for reading. Next tourney is in three weeks which I hope to win as I’m fishing with my friend and we got some great info and experience on this lake.

They removed the NRX line before they came in stock so I was never able to get one. Got a p5 destroyer through our megabass partnership instead. We had a great discount on loomis would have gotten it for a little over $300. I’ll let you do the math on that but it’s was a great discount until they pulled all but the gcx from their program and those are sold out in minutes.

I always use a floro leader for bottom baits. I have had to use straight braid and still got bites though so it may depend on your fish.

Honestly not really. I think the biggest thing I have found is that since they face upstream, they are more likely to see you upstream of them. A swimbait can be killer retrieved upstream due to the ability to work it real slowly with the current “working” it for you. I have smashed some fish doing that.

LONG cast. Like cant see the fish casts. Every friend I’ve gone with gets too close and casts right on their head. You must lead them to catch them.

I am braid to leader so 40lb braid to 16lb mono leader.