ww2farmer

There are at least 15 natural/dark colors!!! Dont get overwhelmed by color selection, it is a very small part of fishing. I simply throw a green pumpkin in clear/sunny days and blue/black on overcast days. They have so many colors so that they can trick people into buying them all Same here.............same colors as well.

Trust me, they run fine and catch fish with out the sure sets.

I hate them, first of all they are very light gauge wire and bend easy. Secondly, I crank alot of grass and wood and those darn things, contrary to Rapalas marketing claiming other wise, snag and grab any thing they come in conatact with. I have no doubt they are some fish sticking hooks, but in my applications they drive me nuts. I take them off and replace them with Mustad KVD's.

I am in the market for a longer crank bait rod for deeper diving cranks. I mostly toss SK Series 6XD's and Spro Little John DD's. Does any one own and/or use the Team All Star TAS-945CBX rod? It's listed as 7'10", M power, mod action, 8-17lb line, and 3/8's-1oz baits. TW shows it as having split EVA grips, while the rest of the rods in that line are full cork, All Stars web site shows full cork????? :-/ can any one clear that up? How does the rod handle those baits ,or something like a Bandit 700, DT-16, DD-22, or Fat Free Shad,basically any of the more popular, big deep divers?

DT Fat 3 , DT Thug, and DT Flat 3 are my favorites. The brown back, gold side, orange belly color Rapala calls "crawdad" is killer here in stained water, and the yellow perch is a great clear water color. On the Fat 3 I remove the sure sets and put a #2 Mustad KVD on the front and a #4 Mustad KVD on the rear. The Thug gets the same hooks but a #4 front and #6 rear, and the Flat 3 gets two #4's.

I toss my lipless cranks on a 6'9" MH fast Kistler Mag TS rod, a 6.2:1 reel w/30ln braid when I am fishing it over/through grass, and on a 7' M fast St Croix LT, same speed reel, and 12lb fluorocarbon in more open water areas. I never liked a slow speed reel for traps, it's easier for me to slow down a fast reel in cold water to keep the bait where I want it, than to speed up a slow one when it needs to be burned.

I also bought one last winter when they were on sale. I have not been all that impressed. It's light, smooth, well built, but I am not a fan of how finicky it is with lures under 1/2 oz. I am going to sell it and buy another curado or revo.

Yeah..............this has been the most interesting topic on here in a while, and not for fishing info.

I also like the Mustad KVD's, and Mustad also makes a short shank hook called the Elite with a round bend (the KVD has the triple grip bend) I like that hook too.

My boat is small, I only carry at most 8 rods at a time myself. I tell anyone who wants to fish with me to bring 4 or 5 max. Anymore than that makes moving around in the boat a pain. When I am a non-boater, I always ask the boater how many I can bring, that way there is no problem.

I don't mean to be jerk here AA...............but (yeah I know, I am going to be a jerk) you are going to go broke buying lures if thats what you think puts bass in the boat. Every other day (or so it seems) your buying this..........asking about that.......trying this or that, if I had to give you one word of advice it would be STOP!! Don't get me wrong, you have great entusiasm, and are asking, for the most part the right questions. But based on what you have claimed to have bought you have plenty.........PLENTY, of fish catching lures. Too many if you ask me (which you didn't). You would be better served to buy a few decent quality, known producing baits, insted of all these bargin basement, or "great deals" you find. And then take these baits and learn to fish them. LEarn them inside and out, learn the when/where/and why's of each lure. Filling the boat with lots of tackle just because is only going to lead to one thing.............and it's not a full live well, it's an empty wallet. I hope I am not sound too jerky............cause I am not trying to be, it's your money spend it any way you want, I am just trying to help.

There are alot of ignorant statements beeing thrown around in this thread. I live in the heart of WNY dairy land, and used to be a dairy farmer, before we sold the cows and became a crop only farm. My local lake has about dozens of large farms in it's watershed, with a 100,000+ cows making manure, and that manure applied to the land that drains into that watershed. Runoff is enevitable, farmers can't controll the weather. Manure needs to be applied to the land for fertilizer, and most farms do it in an environmentaly sound manner. They incorperate it in to the soil ASAP, the don't put it on heavy, if at all next to drains, ditchs, or feeder streams. And they are only allowed to put on a limited amount of manure as dictated by soil needs/run off potential set by there there KAFO plan. Yet runoff still happens. Since runoff is unavoidable, I would rather have manure, than comercial fert. Manure in the ammounts that runoff now, and now that farmers are educated, and concerned about, is doing little harm. The manure actualy gets used by the lakes biomass, plankton, vegetation, etc...

Lipless cranks are one of my favorite baits, and I have tried alot of them, but only a few are in my rotation. My #1 bait is the Strike King Red Eye Shad, this thing flat out catches fish. I also like the Lucky Craft LV300S, it's a silent bait and can very productive when rattiling baits haul water.

I go with 4 colors. Keeps things simple. Black w/blue flake- dirty water, low light conditions June bug- dirty water, sunny conditions Green pumpkin-clear/stained water, sunny Watermelon red flake- clear/stained water, low light. And those conditions are by no means hard rules. I have used black and blue in ultra clear water w/ success, and GP in really dirty water. Basicly I don't think it matters. But having a few differant options gives me more confidence, and some times you could be wearing them out on one color, stop getting bit, switch to another and pick up a few more.

You can drop shot with any soft plastic. That beeing said, I do have a few favorites. Zoom tiny fluke, gulp 3" fry, 3" senkos,and 2.5" yum baby craw bugs are the small baits I like. And the will catch just about everything, anytime, anywhere, as long as fish are in the area. When I upsize the baits a little I go to a Zoom finesse or trick worm, a GYCB shad shape worm, a 4" or 5" Senko, and stuff like that. For bubba shotting..........I have used stuff as small as 3" senkos, to 10" worms, and everything inbetween.

Dingers for me

Until I get a bite I very my retrieve and let the bass tell me what they want that day.

If I had to choose one, it would be the tandem, it may not be the ideal bait for every situation, but it's more than adequate for most.

I tried Vanish 5 or 6 years ago and hated it. I didn't try Fluorocarbon again untill Berkley came out with the Trilene 100% stuff, I liked it better than Vanish, but I found it to be a little stiff, a little tough to manage on spinning gear, and I was not fond of the price, so I went back to Vanish and honestly......it's not the same line it was 6 years ago, I have had ZERO..............yes ZERO issues with it. I use 8lb on my spinning rods, 17lb on my C-rig/jig rod, 12lb on my cranking rod, and 14lb on my senko rod. Infact I think it is more managable in the same lb test rating than the Trilene stuff. Breaking strength is lower than Trilene in the same LB tests, but so is diameter, which IMHO leads to easier handling. Knowing that I use the line properly, I don't flip jigs into nasty thick cover with 12lb test, or bubba shot with 8lb test on a MH powered rod. I also tie good knots and lube them with spit, and have no knot issues with this line. And I keep my reels drags in good working order...............I know......... so many things you have to do right : I will say one thing bad about it, it's not Idiot proof line, if you can't tie a good knot, determine the proper line wt./rod power combo for the cover and/or fish your angling for than buy another line.

There must be no fish where your fishing, a 4" Senko rigged wacky on a flick it head will catch TONS of fish. I am not beeing a wise guy either............you must be fishing in a totaly fishless area, or fishing the thing way too fast or something. when I have a guy in my boat that has never caught fish, been fishing, or even what a bass is I give him that rig w/either a small senko, or finesse worm and they put fish in the boat. If your using a senko, I just cast it out, let it sink on slack line. DON"T move it for a few seconds after it hits the bottom, then lift the bait of the bottom shake it a time ot two, then let it sit again for a few seconds. No bite, reel it in and cast it some where else. With a straight tailed finesse or trick style worm I do the same, but I usually give a shake or 2 on the the way down.

Huh........must be we fish the same types of baits in the same types of places , cause that pretty much looks like my selection too.

I use your scent and like it. I tried your Evoulution jigs and did not care for them. If you want an honest opinion...........I did not like the way they came through the weedy, and/or wood cover I fish. Also no rattle band. There are times I like to fish a jig with a rattle, and times I don't, but I want the opition to add/remove them. I have a lot of confidence in the jigs I fish, and yours just didn't do it for me.

I have been replacing every thing with the Mustad KVD's latley. The seem to stick and hold just about anything that even looks at your bait, they stay sharp, don't bend or flex, and I the shorter shank so I can upsize hooks on baits. As far as what size's I use, it varies by bait here are a few examples: Bandit's or Strike King series 1's or 3's #6's Strike King series 4 or 4S, Red Eye Shads or Rapala DT Fat 3's #2 on the front, #4 on the back SK Series 5,6, or 6XD get a#2's both on the back and a 1/0 on the front

Skip Abu Garcia and Shimano and go straight to Quantum Naw, I might go buy a Kinetic or Accurist if I want something cheap, this post was not a comparison thread I was just wondering why nobody talked about these brands. Ok I have seen ALOT of talk about daiwa and I have seen that I like the way Feugos look, how much are these reels and what Daiwa reel is comparable to a Revo or Curado? I got a Fuego from some dude for a steal. It beats my Revo STX hands down. Brand new they run around $210. As some one who owns a Fuego, Curados, and most of the Revo's.................the Fuego is for sale, the others are not. And to the original ?, I would take the 2010 DBS Revo STX's and Premiers over ther Curado, but the Curado over the SX, or the S

WW2- because both my grandfathers are World War 2 combat vets, my little tribute to both of them. And farmer, well becuase I am a farmer.