TriStateBassin106

I wouldn't call it cheating, but it's more fun to fool a fish into biting artificial lures. I can't remember the last time I used a nightcrawler or shiner which is sad because those fat walmart brand nightcrawlers were basically my fishing childhood.

You can never go wrong in colder water with a 2inch keitech on a 1/4 to 1/8oz ballhead jig that's usually my alternative.

Berkley stunna warpig, that new zoom topwater swimbait toad and the megabass sleeper gill and sv3 spinnerbait. I already caught a 3lber the other day on the sv3..

1. Berkley powerbait pitboss 2. Zoom baby brush hog 3. Reaction innovations sweet beaver 4. Strike king rage menace 5. Strike king rage bug

I don't throw rage swimmers so whatever is the equivalent to a 3.8 keitech.

Considering I have a bunch of stuff I have no business throwing probably a year? I quickly run out of soft plastics like senkos and some Berkley stuff so probably a year if I only used the stuff I didn't use regularly.

I always hated winter since I live in NJ but I what I hate even more is the time right now in my neck of the woods.. (late winter) with the mildness we had everyone jumped the gun for spring a few weeks back when we had a few 60+ days (myself included) and now we're all stuck in this purgatory of 45 to 49 degree weather with no end in sight for now. I got all my gear ready for spring now i'm stuck with constant 40 degree weather and water temps plus possible late snow storms.... This is my forecast for the next two weeks.... d**n you winter!

How do they work for you? I have two medium lights in my arsenal and I noticed the 13fishing rod I mentioned has a more stiffness than the other, my other rod is a daiwa and it's the same length and everything but feels more like a noodle.

Yozuri 3dbs in 7/16oz size

At the moment I throw my normal 110 sized jerkbaits on a Dobyns fury medium heavy moderate crankbait rod and have success with it, but I have a bunch of Rapala HJ 10s and smaller sized yozuri jerkbaits I plan to throw but I feel like they're to small to throw on the dobyns casting setup. Would I be able to throw these on my medium light fast action rod? It's a 13 fishing Fate Black 7'0 ML Fast action series. I would use a "medium" spinning rod like most jerkbait anglers recommend but at the moment I don't have any in my inventory.

Yes, and it's always in the colder weather for me, I tried my pond today and didn't catch anything for 3 hours, but then again it's the middle of February here in NJ the water temps I took read 43 degrees in the most shallow part of the lake. So imagine how cold it is out in deeper water? Those fish are glued to the bottom lol.

Texas rigged with a 3/16oz tungsten weight, absolute summertime killer up here. I will switch up the weight size occasionally between 1/4oz and 3/16oz. 12lb Flourocarbon.

I throw 3.8 keitechs on the owner flashy swimmer 3/16oz size I believe. Anything smaller is usually on a 1/8oz ballhead jig.

Crazy to see how many have called this place home over that long of a timespan and have come and gone. What's even more crazy is how long this forum has been up and running. It started before I was even born lol. (Late 90s kid here). Love this place. So much knowledge!

Recieved mine the other day, always a great read on what's available and new.

I use the xzone lures muscle back craw in the 3.25 size, great colors and the claws float "upwards" like a natural crawfish defense position.

I would love to catch a 10lb+ Florida largemouth one day but I feel like catching a massive smallmouth like that guy did this past year on Lake Erie would be more rewarding.

I absolutely love the Rage Menace and KVD 1.5s. They're a staple in my tackle boxes. Also can never go wrong with some good old rage bugs.

Also picked up a few stunnas this past month to try them out in 2023, looking foward to throwing them up here in the Northeast, I have the sliver and yellow perch patterns.

I primarily fish for largemouth but I remember this one time a friend and me were fishing a creek and we asked this rude shady guy with long hair who was fishing it also what would be a good lure imitation for creek chubs and he got kinda hostile and passive agressive about it, he basically told us that it doesn't matter what color it is or we need to just put a black line on it, we ended up doing that and we caught no fish, next outing we got a hardbait with a similar color pattern to creek chubs and killed it. Friend caught a 2.3lb smallmouth in a deep pool.

Yozuri 3db 110 and the 90 size are great options, Rapala X rap is also good.

Mind me asking the lake? I live in Passaic County and probably fish it or know it. I fish most lakes/ponds in the Bergen/Passaic/Sussex. Also glad to see another Jersey guy on Here.

This season was definitely a slight regression from the amazing season I had last year. 2022 I started off hot with a great spring/spawn bite in April and May but as the summer began it got tough and I had to slow down/finesse them 70% of the time with worms jigs texas rigs etc, it was the same way heading into to the fall. One thing I can't complain about though is I caught a bunch of nice size fish this year, In my neck of the woods that's 3 to 5lbers. but yeah I just couldn't get on that good reaction bite like I always seem to do years before, especially during the spring and fall which was non existent this year. I probably only caught a handful of fish on moving baits this fall. New Jersey also suffered a pretty bad drought this summer which probably had some effect on the fish. I guess overall I had high expectations going into the season based on last year but one thing I learned over the years is that in bass fishing nothing ever really goes to plan and you have to fall back on what you know works. if I had to count I probably caught 35 fish less than my final number from last year, which was close to 180 bass, it's not a lot compared to some other anglers on here but I mostly fish public ponds and lakes that are extremely pressured. So I'll take it but I am glad the season is over, I also got better at new techniques like jerkbaits and drop shots. Plan on restocking my arsenal this winter for 2023!

I live in New Jersey so when it starts to get really cold out or the water temps reach the lower 50s upper 40s, which is right around now.. Based on the forecast we're supposed to get a very cold and possible heavy snow filled winter this year, so i wouldn't be surprised if the water freezes over soon.

Xzone lures muscle back craw 3.25.