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4" Paddle tail Roboworm in crawfish/black/crawfish color (splitshot or texas rig) * I went through four bags in one day * I needed a subscription to those things * I just happened to work near their manufacturing facility and they would sell to me directly BITD * If you got bit, you could easily see the teeth marks in the plastic and see how far apart they were for fish size * A little known or used bait and color and they were nothing short of amazing (no longer made) 1/4 or 3/8 oz jigging spoon in gold or silver * Fish finding MOFOs and I have caught bass up to 8.5 lbs on them Bill Norman Deep Little N * Hard to find a small profile crankbait that will dive that deep - killer in mid-summer /midday Roboworm Zipper (splitshot, weightless or texas rig) * Good all around bait * Good search bait Rat-L-Trap * Great search bait 10" PowerWorm or Zoom Culprit (Black, black/blue, black/red) * For night fishing * I L-O-V-E, L-O-V-E, L-O-V-E night fishing with giant plastic worms (lizards too)!!!

I haven't read all of the seven pages yet, so forgive me if this has been addressed earlier. I normally don't fish where I can see the fish other than bed fishing, and not usually gin clear either. However, I have been recently fishing where I can often see the bass (not bed fishing) come over to investigate the lure. I recently caught a 7+/- pounder on a Megabass Vission 110 Ito Wakasugi and got to watch the fish charge and crush the bait from about six feet away, which was AWESOME! However, I have also had some fish come up behind baits and just check them out, sometimes for what seems like an eternity. Maybe the fish could see me as I certainly could see them clearly. But wondering if folks have better luck just waiting to see if the fish will strike it, or trying to impart some action to trigger the strike when the fish is literally a few inches away?

12 lb - 14 oz: Poe's 400 cedar crankbait on 10lb mono.

Many of the suburban parks in your area have small lakes/ponds with bass in them. They may be tough to catch, especially during daylight hours (hint, hint) but some nightcrawlers can help as it's easier to feed em than it is to fool em.

Thank you all for the warm reception.

Thank you!

Hello, A little bit about me. I have been recently following some of the forums here after several years of far less fishing activity that I would prefer. I started fishing in the mid-60's. My family were all water skiers, but for some reason, I always wanted to fish instead. Took a fair bit of razzing for it over the years, but eventually my brothers eventually came over to spend some time on the dark side too. I loved to fish when we would vacation, but also learned to fish in park and golf course lakes in the suburb where I grew up. I have spent quite a bit of time on many of the SoCal lakes, and lived in Redondo Beach for a while (so I fished the local party boats quite often). I wrapped a set of Sabre and Truline boat rods for party boat fishing and I like to do crafty stuff like that. I eventually moved to Castaic in 1987. I had my own bass boat for several years, but eventually faded from my passion while raising kids and working a lot of hours. The kids are grown, and I now have some free time for myself and my desire to get back into fishing has resurfaced.

I have seen several reviews of the orange colored lightning rods with the clear plastic reel seats having the reel seat fail. For that reason alone, I will stay away from them as I have a history with reel seat failures over many years. And, most of my reel seat failures have happened with Berkeley rods. Partially because I have had a lot of them over the years, but they do seem to give me more problems. I generally really like their rods, just not the reel seats.