If you were at DVL, that fish is probably from an early spawner this year. Some fish will spawn in early February. It doesn't take long for them to get a few inches in length. They grow much slower once they get closer to 12 inches. The back of coves and the shallows will be loaded with fingerlings...

Yozuri has nice quality, except for the hooks. I like all the 3DB topwater baits, popper, walker and pencil popper. The last Yozuri jerkbait I bought was over 25 years ago. I should buy the floating one, if I can find them. BTW, I received some jerkbaits and poppers from Japan. It took less than 3 d...

BTW, I fished again this morning, because fish were biting yesterday (see above post). It was totally different. Caught one on a jerkbait. Had 5 or 6 more bites on jerkbaits, but didn't catch any of them. I don't think I've ever missed that many bites in like 1 hour. I mean my jerkbaits had at least...

If you can find them - A super shallow, super erratic floater that smallies will absolutely smack when they're on... The River2Sea Humbug minnow. I've never caught so many post spawn fish on a hardbait before. Wild and aggressive, smallmouth can't resist. I actually need to find a couple more come ...

I fished this morning, and the floating jerkbait bites were still happening. I just made a short cast, and I was like "man, this jerkbait, Bassday Sugar Minnow moves really good." And, a bass hit it. Caught about 10 in the next 45min, but they were small (up to 2lbs). So, I switched to Vision 110 Hi...

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Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:02 am

Did everybody forget the Bagley's Bang-O and Spintail ???

Yeah, I forgot about the Bang-O. I still have a few from the 80s. Haven't used them for very long time. Maybe, I should try again.

Grab a couple of those Nishine 95s. Such a great jerkbait, and one of my most productive floaters. The other being the Imakatsu Gekiasa alive roller floating jerkbait. This one runs a little more shallow, but smallies love it with the natural patterns. I rarely fish any other floaters anymore. Very...

A few days ago, I saw an 8 pounder swimming close to the bank. About 10min later, she followed my jerkbait, but didn't hit it. About 15min later, I saw hundreds of 3" bass swimming in the same area. What I was wondering is this. They're too small to be 1yr old, but too big to be a few weeks old. How...

These floating jerkbaits have worked very well in this month. - Rapala F11 - Megabass Vision 110 Hi Float, FX9 - OSP Asura F (just lost it in a tree ](*,) ) - Daiwa TD Minnow F (which I bought in Japan 30 years ago) - BassDay Sugar Minnow F (which I bought in Japan 30 years ago) Other floating jerkb...

I bought a pack of Flick Shake about 15 years ago, and had never used it, until 2 years ago, when the water level was super low, and the fishing was really tough. I don't like finesse fishing, but I had to try some. It was that tough. ](*,) That's when I found the 15 years old Flick Shake. I caught ...

I've used the following rods, and I still don't know what my favorite company is. Always looking for something better. :lol: - Daiwa - Shimano - G Loomis - Dobyns - Powell - Kistler - Lamiglass - Fenwick - Abu Garcia - Phoenix - Quantum - All Star - Edge - Impulse - Ark Lately, I've been using mostl...

Like ONE/"1" only for the rest of our lives? We'd be HOSED...that lure would likely be lost in one outing. Lol. Or do you mean as many of ONE lure type or ONE EXACT lure model/weight/variations? :lol: I'm sure the YouTuber didn't mean ONE lure. otherwise, he wouldn't pick a jig, which could be lost...

I just watched a YouTube video with this topic. He said a jig, but he showed a jig and a trailer. I thought that's not one lure, a jig + a trailer. I also thought I would lose a jig easily, and I wouldn't have any more lure to use for the rest of my life. :lol: Anyway, I thought about it. I knew the...

I used it every once in a while in the last 15 years or so. To me, Rapala DT16 is way better.

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Sun Dec 24, 2023 7:14 am

For me, the Frittside 5 has been a pleasant surprise.

Very cool. I just bought two of those, and am looking forward to catching some bass.