CombatWombat

Congrats Chuckee! Way to go!

Welcome!

Glad to see people catching em! Keep them coming!

Congrats dude!

Nice dude!!! What a bag!

Congrats!!!

Nice fish Evan! That bait is sick!

This.

It could be a virus. The Speed Virus.

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Wang Chung!!!!

Nice fish Matt!!!

lol exactly my thought. Sorry Casey, I got nothing.

Yeah buddy!

I've had the 807 and it's not optimal for the 10 in freestyle. I'm not sure about the other Dobyns but I throw it with the LDC XXH. It throws it like a champ and you also need the power to rip the bait to get bit. If you are talking about the 10 in freestyle sport model, then the LDC XH is perfect for it. My experience with Dobyns , Powell, Shimano and GLoomis swimbait rods are they over rate their ratings. The worst offender is Powell. They rate their heaviest rod up to 1 pound and it can barely throw the 10 in freestyle! But don't take my word for it. Try all the rods and decide for yourself.

LOL. So to answer your question, my approach to deep water is to throw top water!!!! Kidding aside, it just depends on what their forage is doing. If the forage is deep, then go deep, if they are suspended, then go mid depth or top water.

The most effective presentation would be whatever they are keying on. I've seen bass suspend 10 ft above a structure. The structure is 20ft deep. If they are trapping prey up top, they will hit top water. Also, a big bait floating (especially on less pressured lakes) just means easy prey. 15 ft is really not that far for a bass to go grab a big meal. Is that the most effective presentation though? That's the thing. 15 FOW is "deep" for a lot of us in the east. This one was caught on a PB rat over 35 FOW but it doesn't have me out in the middle of the lake bombing rats. [attachment=0]79pb.jpg[/attachment]

Is that the most effective presentation though? That's the thing. 15 FOW is "deep" for a lot of us in the east. With all due respect, Womfather, the question wasn't "what constitutes deep water" but rather "what is your approach to fishing deep water." LOL. So to answer your question, my approach to deep water is to throw top water!!!!

That is soooo sick dude!

15 ft is not deep (at least here in SoCal). I can throw top water and still get bit.

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booyah!

Congrats Don!!!!

Woo! Nice fish dude!