Glaucus Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 It was a Daiwa Aird-X MH/F rod with 12LB Big Game, but that's changing tomorrow. I had a bad experience with a couple of Fury rods last year and sold them all out of frustration, but I have missed my 3 power. My awesome girlfriend, knowing this, ordered me one. I'm going to strip the 12LB Big Game and put 10LB YZH on my Speed Spool with the Fury 703C. So I'll list that and my best baits so far this year which haven't changed. Dobyns Fury 703C Lew's Speed Spool LFS 6.8:1 Yo-Zuri Hybrid 10LB Dirty Jigs Finesse Jig 5/16oz Strike King Baby Rage Craw Trailer Zoom Super Fluke (new confidence bait for me this season) 3/0 Gammy EWG 5" Senko T-Rig or Wacky (Yes, I've been throwing a Senko Wacky on casting gear this year with slightly heavier line than is used on spinning gear. I haven't noticed a difference in bites and it's more enjoyable.) 3/0 Gammy EWG - 1/0 Gammy Octopus Circle 1 Quote
FrankN209 Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 Shimano Antares 70 Dobyns Champion 702c 30lb PP to 10lb Yo-zuri leader I use this setup probably 95% of the time. Quote
DanielG Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 Dobyns 735 champion mh glass, Curado DC, 30 lb superslick braid, and these days some version of crank or glide bait I've made. Quote
fishindad Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 Right now, most often used setups are: Brown bass: tube with a 3/8th or 1/2 oz head, Falcon Cara Head Turner, 8:1 Concept A, 14lb Sniper. Green fish: 1/4th or 3/8th oz swim jig, Falcon Swim jig rod, 6:1 Curado 100, 30lb 832 or 15 lb Invisx. Quote
Super User new2BC4bass Posted June 18, 2020 Super User Posted June 18, 2020 8 hours ago, AmmoGuy said: So far, the 3 spots I'm fishing it's pretty much been a Tatula 6'10 MH/F and a Daiwa Coastal SV, with a 5" weightless Senko or Dinger. I keep a Carbonlite 2.0 with a Coastal SV rigged with a different color. I honestly kind of get annoyed that I'm not throwing anything else... but the darn things just produce so many hits, and seem to produce more quality fish. I've tried a few other lures over the last 6-8 weeks, but nothing puts as many fish in the boat as the Senkos/Dingers. Nice that you are getting to spend some time with your new gear. Locally I don't have a favorite. I like to rotate my gear. A lure that is often tied on is a spinnerbait because 1) I like them 2) Almost always use one to practice 3) May not want to tie on another lure 4) They catch fish (based on experience in other parts of the country...fishing sucks here). In Florida: 10" weightless ribbontail. Usually Junebug color, but black is good. 3/0-5/0 EWG. 40# braid. 7' MHF Daiwa Jupiter. but 7' MHF Falcon Original works fine. Reel is whichever one I take down that year. Blue Patriarch XT and STX Gen 1 have been used the most. BUT my 2 biggest Largemouth were caught on spinnerbaits. And the absolute biggest crappie I have ever seen. Quote
Super User dodgeguy Posted June 18, 2020 Super User Posted June 18, 2020 so far this year a wacky rig 5 inch senko on a 7 ft. BPS PATRIOT ROD medium action fast with 8lb test green sufix advance mon0 with a Lews tournament pro 7.5 /1 baitcaster or a 1/10 oz ned rig with a trd on a 6-6 Patriot with same action and rating and line and reel. that will change as the summer progresses. 1 Quote
MUSLENUTZ Posted June 19, 2020 Author Posted June 19, 2020 8 hours ago, Fishes in trees said: As far as fishing gear goes, I have more than I need but not nearly as many as I want. I like fishing reaction baits, like lipless cranks, square bills, spinnerbaits & so forth. These days though, and for the past few years I seems like I have a soft plastic or jig rod in my hands MUCH more often, probably 2 to 1. Twenty minutes of throwing a square bill or spinner bait and my wrists/elbow gets tired and I don't feel like throwing it any more - so I don't. I'm on some decent anti-inflammatory meds so I'm not afraid, pain wise, to throw reaction baits, but if they ain't working, they aren't a bait that I'm going to stick with for a long time. I'll go back to throwing some soft plastic at objects - mostly because I know that isn't going to bother my wrists as much. I get it and thanks. I’m taking off my glasses to tie knots and saying do I really want to go that much further At the reservoir lol Quote
YoTone Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 Ive been tossing my jackhammer on a dobyns fury 704 with a tatula 100h spooled with 30lbs suffix braid. ive pretty much only used this since march. even caught one last night with that. 1 Quote
Super User soflabasser Posted June 19, 2020 Super User Posted June 19, 2020 I often use a 6-7'0'' Heavy action spinning rod with a size 4000 reel for bass fishing. I fish areas with heavy aquatic vegetation and lots of structure so this setup works well in the places I fish. The extra line capacity of a size 4000 reel is useful since many of the places I fish have snook, tarpon, and other powerful fish. I got some light tackle gear I use for fishing in very clear bodies of water or when I want to fish light tackle for fun. Quote
Manifestgtr Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 11 hours ago, Pogues2300 said: Currently its probably 7'3" mh moderate poison adrena, 8:1 chronarch. Mgl. 30lb suffix 832 to 12lb Seaguar fluoro leader. 3/8 oz. 6th sense bluegill or green pumpkin divine swim jig with a rage craw or swimmer trailer. Wow, your swim jig choices are precisely identical to mine. Down to the size, colors and trailer choices. That’s eerie... At any rate, onto the question at hand...it’s almost an exact split for me 844 conquest/metanium, braid to leader with the EXACT 6th sense jig setup described above or 68mxf legend x/aldebaran 50hg, braid to leader with zoom sungill flukes 1 Quote
Super User MIbassyaker Posted June 19, 2020 Super User Posted June 19, 2020 6'8" M-XF St. Croix Avid X Pflueger Supreme XT 15lb power pro super slick to 8# Yo-Zuri Hybrid 3/0 Gamakatsu EWG 5" GYCB Senko, Green Pumpkin, chartreuse tip Quote
SJex Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 Megabass Destroyer Addermine 6'11" Daiwa Exist 2510 Power Pro 15lb with a 7lb Sunline Sniper leader Gammy #1 Splitshot hook with a 3/16oz. Quickdrop Dropshot weight 5" Watermelon/Red Zoom Shakey Head worm 1 Quote
Super User Cgolf Posted June 19, 2020 Super User Posted June 19, 2020 Ugly stick med spinning rod with a Shakespeare reel of some kind. I mostly river fish and keep this combo in the truck at all times during the season. Don't keep the high dollar rods in the truck for obvious reasons. Quote
evo2s197 Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 St. Croix Legend X 6ft10 ML xtra fast 2015 Daiwa Exist JDM 1025 6lb suffix 832 braid 5lb maxima ultragreen leader Used for split shotting. St. Croix Legend Xtreme AGS 7ft4 Heavy Fast Daiwa Steez A 14blb sunline structure flourocarbon Used for 1/2-3/4 football jigs. Those two setups are what I primarily use or at least start with. Quote
NOC 1 Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 I guess the rigs that I like best, that I use and enjoy the most are: FIRST: Megabass F3-1/2 6'3" Xti Evolution Super Griffon, Daiwa TD-Z fitted with a ZPI-PG-1 spool. 12lb P-Line Floroclear. I'm probably using either a Bomber "A" or larger Texas rig. It just feels great. Runner up: 6'9" ML Regular Daiwa Black Label with a Daiwa PX-68R (stock spool). I run 8lb Floroclear. I've probably got a small Texas Rig Lizard, A Yozuri-3D, or a Rapala 1/4 jointed shad. THIRD: Megabass 5'10" F5 MH Jig Special rod with a Daiwa TD-Z with a stock spool, 12 Lb Floroclear, and using either a Cotton Cordell silver jig or a 1oz lead vertical jig. 1 Quote
Steelhead Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 Loomis IMX PRO 901 SJR Shimano Sahara 3000 HGFl #10 PP Superslick v2 blue #8 Sunline Sniper Z-Man Pro Shroomz 1/15oz. in red & chartreuse Z-Man Finesse TRD/Zinkerz/Ticklerz Quote
Super User Columbia Craw Posted June 19, 2020 Super User Posted June 19, 2020 Largemouth Dobyns Xtasy 755C, Diawa Zillion 8.1, Seguar Red Label #20, Gammy 4/0 EWG, 1/4-3/8 Tungsten with a SK Rage BUG or Missle Baits D-Bomb Smallmouth Dobyns Xtreme 702SF, Daiwa Ballistc LT 3000, #12 Nanofil to #8 Floro, Gammi #1 Dropshot, 1/4-3/8 cylinder wieight and a Missile Bait drop shot worm ( to start ) or other assorted baits by SK, Robo WOrm or Venture. Quote
Super User FishTank Posted June 19, 2020 Super User Posted June 19, 2020 It's a tie between the Daiwa Steez SV TWS on a St. Croix Legend Elite 6'8'' M Fast and a Shimano Antares 70A on a G. Loomis 853C. I use 12lb Invizx on the 70A and on the Steez is 10lb Tatsu. Baits.... 5in senko Black with blue flake t-rigged with a 1/8oz bullet weight and the Megabass Dark Sleeper. Quote
Throwafrog Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 Honestly.. 7ft medium two piece lightning rod and shimano sienna fg with 15 lb yellow braid 10 lb mono leader. Usually has a weightless super fluke tied on Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted June 19, 2020 Super User Posted June 19, 2020 What’s in your hands and in the water most of the time? When I'm doing it right, My Frabil . . . A-Jay 2 2 Quote
Bandersnatch Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 7'3 MH Posion Adrena with a Metanium B, 40lb smackdown to 16-20lb fc100 leader. Lethal weapon Iv 1/4oz swim jig with a craw trailer. I can work it like a jig, throw it at docks, burn it over grass, wherever Quote
Super User RoLo Posted June 19, 2020 Super User Posted June 19, 2020 27 minutes ago, A-Jay said: What’s in your hands and in the water most of the time? When I'm doing it right, My Frabil I'm hoping that 'Frabil' isn't a pseudonym ? Roger 1 Quote
Shimano_1 Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 7'6 cabelas tournament zx rod and lews tournament pro lfs reel, 15 or 20 lb red label and a 3/8 d&l jig Quote
DougHall_NY Posted June 20, 2020 Posted June 20, 2020 Daiwa Fuego CT 8.1:1 Dobyns Fury 663C Siebert Swim Jig with Rage Tail Menace Trailer 12 lb Stren Quote
Kevhead19 Posted June 20, 2020 Posted June 20, 2020 Currently: Rod - Dobyns Champion XP 736C FH Reel - JM Platinum 8.3:1 Line - Sufix 832 50lb Lure - Live Target Frog in the largest size, usually white or black Quote
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