rgasr63

There is a old saying that states you can't get a hit unless you swing the bat. That Nessie bait or something like it is something that I personally didn't feel like it would produce for me but I was wrong. I wish to encourage you just to try. I can say that the Nessie works for me.

Pearl and chartreuse is my favorite.

Well shallow water is the condition for the question so I could go with a 7.5 Culprit grape worm 1/8-1/4 tungsten bullet weight 3/0 Owner worm hook. Mostly not pegged unless heavy vegetation then a peg and a 3/8 weight to start out with. There are so many different baits to be used according to what the area looks like that there will always be room to negotiate. I guess you got to start somewhere.

Great catch!!

I have thrown white when I sight fish beds. But I use 2 different colors otherwise. Carolina pumpkin/chartreuse and a BPS black light works most any other time.

Grape, junebug,redbug,Calif 420, and watermelon red make 70 percent of the time.

Send me a note on PM and I will send you some take offs most of them are #4 and #6

The Strike King Menace worm or the Zoom Z Craw were probably the most favored. I actually caught a bunch with a Berkley Choppo. When I couldn't get bit with one of those pot luck

I will always carry and fish a plastic worm. The Zoom Trick Worm is the decades top producer followed by a Culprit. People around me get hung up on the creature baits and the stick baits so much that a old school worm can be just as productive. It has been my go to lure for a lot longer than this thread started. I don't foresee a change in that for me.

I have a couple boogies in my Dad's old stuff. The rattle trap and the super spots were the big thing back when I was coming up. Somewhere along that time the diamond shad came out too. I really miss the Diamond shad it was a good lure for me also.

I have tried a bunch of lines..That suffix line did me ok but if it gets stretched it will get very curly. I used a red box that said elite on it. That I read is called rebound recovery. Big Game has better rebound so I get some longer service life IMHO. The other lines I tried were working with a thin diameter. They advertised a 15 lb line that had the diameter of a 10 lb line.knots and abrasion strength became a issue for me. Big Game from 8-20 lb test works best for me. Everyone has their favorite and that's a good thing. The old saying goes "One man's trash is another man's treasure"

The tug is the drug for me. I am excited on every catch. But ecstatic over the big fish.

I am going back to Big Game. I have been using some other brands and they don't work as good as Big Game.

This is really good advice for me. I have been in a slump with jigs for a while. I have caught a few but not as much as years before. I am going to tone down my hops and see what happens.

The Bomber next gen 4A is currently one of my faves. I also have a bunch of KVD 1.0 cranks I have been using for years. Bandit 100 has already been talked about. If I only could use 1 brand of shallow cranks Strike King KVD 1.0 would get my vote.