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Alot of people ask question about what reel and rod to use, there's alot of pro and cons on this. I have tried 6' to 7'8" and settled on 7' rod and the reels I personlly like 6.4 to 1 but some prefer 7 to 1 especially in shallow like Flippin. On the rods it really depends on your height and how you set the hook. Like Ryan said if your fishing deep or even shallow for that matter, a longer rod helps in setting the hook.Generally you'll want a heavy action rod ,you don 't want to have alot of give in your rod otherwise you will have a bad or poor hook set.If your just starting out don't go out and spend alot of money on a rod and reel unless you got alot of money.take your time on fish with this lure you can catch some of the biggest bass of your life with jig and frog.

I use them all the time and actually everything you wrote you can do. I personally beak it down to 3 ways 3/8 oz--0 to 5 fow, 1/2 oz-- 0 to 15 fow, 3/4 oz --0 to 20 + . this is just a basic guide line, a good friend uses 1/2 oz for everything. Color is really personal preference. the most 2 popular colors are Green Pumpkin and Black and Blue flake. I generally match the trailer and for me I always use the critter craw by Berkley. You can use this year around because it always produces but more people generally use it in the spriing and summer Pros like Denny Brauer had made a very good living using the the JIG. I could go on for hours talking about using this. Maybe I can come to the event in July give you more info

I saw one today just two point down from Mutton Creek around 7:30 this morning

That makes 2 of us, I wasn't sure what it was at first I've never seen a otter at stockton before

Well I learned something new today, The said part is I was told by a Game Warden that what I wrote was correct otherwise I would have never wrote it down The discussion over several hooks has been crazy sometimes

I've used this before and it is a blast to use this time of the year but with all the talk of the A-rig about hooks and everything I believe you will need to drop one of the treble hooks, Technically you have 4 hooks

I agree, I think checking you line often is the more important factor. I for one on a average fishing trip I will retie several time through the day ( 15 to 20 ) I was reading about I believe Edwin Evers and he retie's after catching every fish caught just my 2 cents

youve got that KVD Tournament this weekend and the fish had a meeting and decided to take off this weekend LOL

I'll go 8.57

I couldn't agree more with Bill this website will help you in more ways than you can imagine years ago,information was mostly word of mouth and a magazine here and there but with this website you get up to the date information and years of knowledge amoung all the different members.

The weather suppose to be alittle better tomorrow so hopefully Kelly can bring it home

wiggle wart

Green Crawdad

I took the family today tried to get some sunfish/bluegill but we didn't catch any went after some bass cought 23 mostly LM 7 keepers biggest a little over 3 lbs got everything on WW fished from 12 to 5. all around Aunts Creek

Senkos Lime green wacky style 6 to 12 FOW on wind blown points Crankbaits Strike King 5 Sexy Shad 6 to 12 FOW rock chunk banks with transistion

Thanks for the report, I went out in the rain right around 7 to 4. I fished mainly the kimberling area and caught close to fifty fish.Most of them were Smallies and some good quality LM I only caught 1 Kentucky. I got most of my fish on the main lake had around 15 keepers. Biggest being about 7 lbs. Senkos and crankbaits

Anybody know how they did today?

Thanks for the report, nice bunch of fish

Thought I would share my fishing report for this past weekend, Friday, I started down by the dam along with several FLW Pro's and never really could get it going caught a few shorts but nothing to get me excited about. So the wife and heading up the James River Arm we ended up catching 37 fish all large mouth with 4 Keeper's biggest 3.4 lbs we fished from 7:45 to 2:30.all fish were caught on a WW Saturday I fished the team AIA and finished 2nd with 19.67 lbs, we ran all the way to Cape Fair we caught roughly 20 to 25 fish on a WW and a Jig, Overall a good day, we caught fish all day and culled twice all large mouth. Sunday I fished the Solo Pro AIA and I finished 6th with 12.97 lbs had 5 keepers and culled 3 times all large mouth, all on WW Overall I had 3 days of decent fishing but the only way I could get on fish was 45 degres banks in about 12 feet of water and it had to be stained otherwise I couldn't catchem. I tryed to do some flipping but never could get a good bite going.

Nice report, good to here somebody is catching fish, I will be out there all day Friday and I will let you know how good or bad I did

I want to play, I'm going say there will be 23.75 lbs today If I could only catch them as easy as it was to guess

I'm going down there tomorrow and friday to do some pre-fishin before the AIA"s this weekend,hopefully I'll get on some fish that the FLW guys don't know about and maybe have a good showing this weekend

nice smallie's, definately a day to remember

I'm still fairly new to forum but I for one enjoy reading all the information I can get ahold of and appreciate everyone that contribute, I truly believe the fisheries are getting better, We had some truly great hatches over the last few years. Congrats again Loving and Dishman for a great bag. I hope more Pro's and Guide continue contribute to this forum. People will believe want they will

Phenomial Fishing, Great job, It's amazing how the Rock continues to produce quality fish Who know maybe it will be 30lbs plus someday