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Only post worthy fish of June.One of those bites you don't hear. She slurpped it down next to a large patch of isolated pads. Thought for sure it went over seven. Weighed in at 6-12 at 22.5" long. Special fish because it was caught with a crawlerbait turned on a lathe by an old timer for me.

I am having a good time. 6.2 lb 22” x 16.5” clickbait mini sonar

C2C on a 23” 5-3 string bean. Wish I caught this fish during prespawn. A few others to go with it.

The Murray cod guys fish some massive chatterbaits for those fish. I'd like to try chucking some of those at big bass!

20lb FC sniper for baits under 6oz. San Diego Jam knot.

The Expride 8 XXH is one of the rods I use for beast hooks and it is not parabolic at all. It has a soft enough tip to sling baits a long way but it shuts off quickly. I like a really stiff rod for these hooks. Many times I'm fishing them in deep water and on long casts. That's when you need a lot of power and a fast rod to move the big chunk of plastic and get that thick gauge hook to penetrate the fishes mouth.

The Mark 56 is an awesome glide rod. I actually prefer the shorter handle when making precision casts. Rod will easily do 4 oz and is super light.

See what y’all think. Swimbait fish or not? Not a big one by any means, but caught it on a chatter bait big blade with a 6” mag freestyle trailer. Y’all countin it?

Buy it. It’s the best rod I’ve ever owned. It balances perfectly with 300 size reels and can throw just abt any bait in my bag. Durability is incredible too, double footed guides all the way up and a high quantity reel seat. Doesn’t feel like a 4 piece rod either

That’s awesome, nice work!

crazy good rod indeed, i go often out with only the 77hsc and trow from swimbait to medium light soft bait. incredibly versatile as rod.

Incredible season you’re having. Congratulations.

Very nice!

Slayyyyyyymmerzzzz No, really, slammers

Tk hi float seems to always get the job done! Or a crawler in super low light conditions

Stray rats mouse and bass brains outsider wake have been good to me.

For jig hooks, after trial and error, I find , I appreciate a fast tip, with straight Flourocarbon. - want as little stretch as possible for driving them thick, oversized hooks in during the hookset. - I feel the zero / minimal stretch of Flourocarbon,combined with a faster tip aids in feeling what the bait is doing, especially creeping it along. This is a question you will definitely get different opinions on. Gotta find a system that works best for you and your style of fishing.

I find that the Jackall Pompadour works well for smallies. They just love the clack and clang it makes.

Another phenomenal catch and solid submission. Well done Brent.

MDC gill

crawlers and small, mid size rats.

I use Izor XXX 20# for baits under 5oz, 25# for baits 5+oz

20 lb izorline xxx for me

Flash union 155 is good for fishing upper column and has a much more robust hook keeping system. Could try nail weighting but haven’t played around with that option.

The Cull Shad has been recalled by Berkley. You can have them replace it.

Best bet is to buy second hand. If you do prepay through Hinkle expect at least a year wait. Everyone I know of that has ordered directly has received a bait, “eventually”. Also there will be very little communication, the bait just basically shows up when it shows up. I personally don’t know anyone who has never received a bait or at worst a refund but I’m not a seasoned veteran, only been in the game for a short while. Hope you find what you’re looking for Good luck & Tight lines !

I’m not a Hinkle owner myself, but from everything I’ve seen here, it seems like the people that do manage to give Mr. Hinkle money, they wait for YEARS to MAYBE end up with the bait they paid for. If that has changed, those in the know can correct me and I will gladly retract that statement with an apology.

I got it on pre-order back when they first shipped and ended up selling it. It's an absolutely amazing rod but I much prefer 8ft rods now. It's perfect for shorter, accurate casts. In reality it can easily handle 5oz with little effort. It has a deep bend perfect for trebles or even braid on topwater swimbaits. My only complaint on it was the shorter handle. But on a 7' 6" rod it makes since. I don't think you'll be disappointed. TT did a great review on it and even gave it the editors choice award. http://www.tackletour.com/reviewmegabassusp5f7576xmark56.html

How do you like the new 77 HSC? I have it as well and absolutely love it for nearly every hardbait I have thrown on it.

I assume you're talking to me? LOL. I'm not Butch Brown or Josh Jones, but I've caught a few... Here's a little sample sir: - 12lb 8oz - 10lb 12oz - 10lb 4oz - 10lb I plan on putting the Andromeda's to work also...