AlabamaSpothunter

Digitaka man myself, however I'd have no problems going with JLS given how many stellar reviews I hear about them as well. The most recent one I've found is jpnfishingtackle.com Love the website, you learn as much as you shop on there. Will be giving them business at some point.

Great to see Tim and his magical trapper hat posting a Bass, I'm afraid one of these days we're going to lose him to the dark side.....the Muskie side 😁

^^^ Reward the true innovators, not the scummy rip off artists ^^^ Very sad to see what the industry has become......all these small companies, many JDM invent these awesome baits only for big corporate conglomerates like Pure Fishing, or Rapala to rip them off, and to throw salt in the wounds, rig the voting at ICast so that the Nessie won best "NEW" bait of show. What a joke. If anglers keep rewarding Pure Fishing/Rapala by buying blatant copies, innovation will continue to take a nose dive. Companies can do this a right way.....just look at what SPRO did with the Chad Shad, they got together with Kevin from KGB and they created a mass production version of the resin Chad Shad. Look at what Missile Baits did when they wanted a Spunk Shad, they contacted Hog Farmer and licensed the bait from them.

Out of the box they're a nose down bait. Something like the Shimano World Minnow is a perfectly horizontal Jerkbait

Awesome, so happy for you! You're so deserving of that piece of paradise and I know you'll enjoy every red penny's worth. They just shoot Beavers down here, we ain't fancy enough for that trapping stuff 🤣

ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE FISHING UNIVERSE.....atlast the queen is back on her canoe throne 😎 I'd be so sore fishing the way you do after taking a several month break, your brand of fishing is far more physical than most anglers. Is that your new home lake, the one you bought property on?

I finally had my first blow up on the Rat 50 this morning, massive explosion......NO HOOKUP 😭 ETA: The stupid tail/rear hook design is a fatal flaw.....the back treble catches the tail 2/10 casts and then you're fishing a bait with only one hook essentially, almost positive that's why I missed the fish.

GIDDY LIKE A KITTY FOR KATIE 😁 Stay safe and dry and look forward to seeing your results!

We still green lite for operation green fish 😎

The Shimano World Minnow and the 110/110jr in the Fall 110/110jr in the winter 110 slowly transitioning into the Jackall Rerange in the Spring early Summer To me the 110 represents the 110, 110 Jr, 110+1, 110 Jr +1. I want to the try the jr Shimano but haven't gotten around to it. Shimano flashboost is legit, I got the big swimbait, the popper, and the world minnow for over a year, and they all flat out catch fish.

That's a real by product of the 110's lip, the 110 bill is actually made to flex on hard twitches to dampen the action. The 110 is a "tap the slack" style colder/cold water jerkbait........compare that with a much more violent Jackall Rerange that excels in warmer waters, or even the Shimano World Minnow that is kind of a blend b/t the two. All three are similar sized/depth ranges, all three have different thickness lips, and the 110 is easily, and noticeably smallest/thinnest, and can even flex by hard human touch. It's made thin by design. The 110 for all its faults, is the most engineered and perfected jerkbait I've seen to date. eta: read your second reply about not contacting MB

His dad caught a 17+ from Ivie two years ago, and he netted that fish for his dad. Kid has never known anything but monster Bass. Kudos to a wonderful father, we all should be so lucky and blessed. @Pat Brown Does an exceptional job with Jake in this regard.

Awesome fish Woody, chatterbaits and buzzbaits.....the soul of Bass fishing

I couldn't live in a cold climate, not tough enough, and don't have enough meat on my bones. Honestly though both are brutal, it's hard to stay outside in both conditions imo.

@txchaser Brother from another mother, great minds think alike. Bob Lusk is the end all for small pond management. Steven Bardain is the same for big lake management. Study those two dudes, and you'll learn a ton about Bass. ETA: If algae becomes a concern there are products that you can buy that help, but good water quality goes a long ways. I wouldn't ever resort to putting Cats or Carps, or even Crappie in a small pond being managed for big Bass. That's a hard and fast rule.

No cats, no carp.....cats aren't actually bottom eaters in the hierarchy of the foodchain, they are competing directly with Bass for forage. Carp on the other hand can out breed Bass which destroys a small pond's carrying capacity, and equally as bad feed on the lake's best Bass habitat, the aquatic grasses. This is a rabbit hole if you really want to grow huge Bass which in your rare case, actually can due to the your climate. Bob Lusk the Pond Boss is beyond reproach, he is the man to learn from. You need three things to grow big Bass Water quality You need to check the PH and adjust if need be and then "fertilize" yearly for the plankton and zooplankton blooms that occur in the spring each year. The micro organisms are the building block of all life in your fishery. Forage base....since you got your quality right, you can stock Threadfins which feed on the phytoplankton, along with your Bluegill. Habitat.....Both Big Bass and their prey/offspring needs good habitat in order to thrive, this can be a mix of natural aquatic grasses native to your area, or manmade cover, wood laydowns you might create, fish caves, etc. Let the forage base establish for a few months, then add F1/Tiger/Gorilla/Lonestar Bass fingerlings into the pond. Don't stock anything but the above! Lastly wait about 5-6yrs and start catching homemade DD Bass

That's what I'm talking about, A TRUE GREENPIG, let's gooooooo! 😎 Awesome day!

I wouldn't unless your water temps get cold enough in the winter to kill them. They're prolific breeders and will take over a small body of water in no time in warm climates. Imho get those Catfish out if Bass are the primary focus as well. You just want the Bass, Bluegills, and in terms of supplemental forage stocking, you can't go wrong with dumping a ton of Threadfins in there.

I can't get fish to bite them on a steady retrieve, but they become magic on a Yo Yo. Ultimately if you want to learn about them, Matt Allen at Tactical Bassin is about as good of a teacher of all things blade bait as you can find. Lots of content.

Thanks Katie! I fish the Vault two ways, and while I have the 3/8th and 3/4th models, the 1/2oz is the deal for me regardless of depth. 1.) Deep fish in 15-30fow that I find using 2D Sonar, then I back off and make bomb casts with it, let it completely touch the bottom, then Yo Yo it a few feet off the bottom, and repeat. True winter pattern usage. 2.) Shallow fish and fish visually blowing up bait on the surface.... I make my cast to them or where I think they are, and upon touching the water I start a frantic Yo Yo retrieve. That fish above came from less 3fow. If you go fast enough you can Yo Yo a 1/2oz in the skinniest of waters I've found. I read your thread about when to start.......once that water gets 40d I'd give this bait a shot. It keeps you moving and a bit warmer, you're going for a reaction bite with it instead of dragging around something slowly on the bottom so it makes fishing in those cold temps feel a bit more like warm weather fishing.

For the last week, plus last Spring I've been trying to learn how to sight fish......last 5 outings, at least 15-20hrs dedicated to visually looking for fish and beds, and occasionally pitching on them......lots of fish pitched at, every single fish wouldn't even so much as look at my bait. Finally had my breakthrough thanks in part to being stubborn. After pitching and spooking fish after fish it happened, and it was one of the most exciting catches I've ever had. Absolutely mind blowing watching her immediately spin on a dime the moment my bait hit the bottom, suck my bait in, lay the hammer down on her and watch her leap clear out of the water. Managed to repeat it one more time visually, and then caught two in the blind(casted to areas I knew fish were likely spawning at but couldn't see) which were vastly easier to catch then the ones I could see. Has to be one of the most thrilling ways I've caught a Bass. I make a couple of pitches and move on, I'm not a fan of pestering them or "bumping" the fish with baits. Ethically speaking I don't see anything wrong with the practice in terms of catch and immediate release. I'm really glad I got to see what it's all about, Bass fishing is endless and the wonderment is still just as good as it was when I was a little boy. My first sight fish Forgot to post up a 5.14 from two days ago......on the Damiki Vault. I'm just going to start fishing the Vault year round.

Daiwa with an SV spool.....look for a Tatula SV on sale. Shimanos are fantastic, but way less user friendly imho.

That fish is crazy Bob, it has to be almost a year old and still that size. Should have thrown him in your slice of heaven pond 😁 I always look at catches in terms of odds.....obviously a DD is like a lotto ticket win, but catching that fish had some extreme odds as well. Outliers are the most fascinating fish to me.

I can't deny the fact that I owe a huge bit of success I've had over the winter from watching countless hours of FFS footage. Specifically strolling minnows. At the same time I've developed a sub addiction to catching good ones on those pixie wands out in the open water where you can truly appreciate their fight. I have little doubts I'd be addicted to scoping within a week of usage. It suits perfectly for the type of fishing I do, I prefer to fish off the banks, and bait chasers. A GLS10 is Pandora's Box in real life.

I've was so close to fishing the dark side for the first time last week......met up with the friend who has a 4-5k setup never used, installed by a low IQ person and it didn't work. We all have darkness in our hearts 😂