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both baits are great, one is better for "this" .. the other is better for "that" i don't believe one will be superior to the other though.

can't judge a book by it's cover dude once people are willing to try the TRD, they will find out why it's called "the real deal" with the help of a friend we made an underwater lake video fishing the zinker z and the trd on a jig head, they are different as day and night. Not only does the TRD shine on a finesse jig head, I've figured out 5 diff. ways to rig one and catch fish on it..

what? no TRD's ??

yes, a bunch, and it works, stick with the same colors you use during the day, they work just fine in the dark bama bug is a very good color at night

rigged a certain way the TRD will outfish the zinker z, those suspended fish just gobble it up I think I've said too much already haha somebody will figure this out eventually

better get both, trust me

great day troutgnat, thanks for posting ! was the bite better early or late, or off and on all day?

good luck, catch a big one !

10' vertex rod Lew's tournament high speed spin reel spooled w/ 12lb nano modified float 10' leader of 4lb fluoro. homemade fly 1/16oz. catch and release Personal best spot on the F&F!

12-4pm wt 43 depth 8-16' stained,visibility 3' 3/8 and 1/2 oz biffle head/ craw Looking for those fish that are starting to move up, I positioned the boat in 25-30 throwing into 5' on gravel points adjacent to creek flats. The first point I worked thoroughly with the biffle head ,and went w/o a bite for a long time. When I figured out how they wanted it presented there, I caught 8 bass in a row on it- 4 small keeper spots, 4 short largemouth. Had that school fired up now. Stuck around for a little while, ended up catching a few more small keeper spots ,and more short bass, then nothing for quite a while. Tried other craw colors, even a ww ... nadda. Made a couple of moves, and it was a little while before the bite picked up again on another point. The results where the same, more short largemouth and small keeper spots. Most of my bites came in 8-16'. Everything was put back. It was a fun day for numbers! I caught a bunch, had right at a dozen keeper kentuckies 12-14". No keeper largemouth but caught a lot of 13-14 1/2" fish. I didn't count every fish caught, but I almost went through a 25pk. of craws today, had 1 left. A little ice in the guides reminded me how cold it was too..

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in 2012 I saw a guy with a 6' stringer full of bluegill. Every one was at least a 1/2 lb, or bigger!

noon-5pm wt 45 visibility 12' coves in big creek 8' rogue 6 nice keepers, 2 shorts all released

while fishing yesterday I noticed that areas of the lake that are entirely covered in a "carpet" of bottom algae out to about 10' did not have any mussels. A month ago they were so thick there, and the bottom was sand and rocky..clean I saw a few dead open shells. Maybe they died off from the lake bottom being covered with it or they moved deeeep?

no, it sux to be me, just be happy you have a boat that can handle 20+ mph winds,lol

see that kentucky he's looking down !!

he(Russ) has some pretty wild ideas for sure when I fished T's fishing for bass on beds i could see, aka sight fishing, was sometimes a must do in order to get a check many times if I'd set the hook on a bedding fish immediately after the strike , they would rocket into the air and spit the bait because they are hooked in the lips,and lost fish wont get you a trophy at the end of the day once I figured this out when a fish would grab the bait off the bed I would never set the hook right away I would always wait until the fish either moved with the bait in it's mouth, or made a second "chomp" down on the lure, making sure his mouth (tongue) was on the bait. It sounds weird , but it worked well for me. a vast majority of those fish would be hooked IN the tongue or deep in the roof of the mouth and could not spit it out if they jumped

I'll text him and tell him you said that,lol it would sound like bs to someone who doesn't understand it

these fish were 35+ and came up to hit the stick in 5-10' that rogue has an awesome tungsten rattle in it, calls em up

all I took with me was an empty prune container with perfect tens in it. , that was my tackle box I was committed to 4 hours of deadsticking

anybody else get salt in their eyes while stretching out zinkers,lol ?

i've used those Zman heads, the little bait keeper tends to rust and break off after just a few uses. If you leave a salted bait on it, will rust even quicker.

WT low 40's 10:30-2:30 10' visibility It's been 25 days since my last fishing trip. This one was long overdue ! Fished the Pontiac/Spring creek areas. Game plan was to catch them with a perfect 10 rogue , and I did. Bites came in about 5-10' over 50+ fow. deadsticking the bait. Boat was sitting in 3-5' up near the bank all day while casting out to deeper water. Had 10 bites that I know of, ended up catching 8. 7 decent lmb's,and 1 kentucky , No short fish today. All released.

because your hook was probably kirbed more than 3 degrees You can sometimes bend an exposed hook point a few degrees up, down, left or right to assist with the hook set. Start out with a straight point. Keep mental notes about which part of the mouth you are hooking fish in when you land a few. If you are mostly hooking fish in the right jaw, bend or "kirb" the hook a few degrees right. Kirb the hook a few degrees left for the left jaw, and a few degrees up if you are hooking them in the roof of the mouth or the upper lip. If you are encountering problems with snags, bend the hook a few degrees down which will make it more snagless, but you also have to be slightly more deliberate when you set a down-turned hook. What do I mean? Often you can swing and set instantly or with only a slight hesitation when you have a straight hook, bent up or kirbed hook. When you have the point bent down, you should get some deliberate extra tension in the line for an instant before swinging on the hookset. The deliberate extra tension will cause the fish to close its mouth cavity more tightly to grip the bait by compressing its tongue (which is raspy like sandpaper) against the roof of its mouth. So, that deliberate extra deliberate pause to "load" a little tension on the line is often necessary when an exposed point is bent down a few degrees. - Russ Bassdozer

put the hook between your fingers and pull straight up? ouch!