paynefish

If you're still down here I'll be at Town Lake (LBL) tomorrow. Putting in at AHS around 8AM.

white, shad or light trout. slow sink. spring to fall.

I'm up for whatever reduces the number of guys getting ripped off. Good ideas.

Carry a can of Mt Dew or Sprite with you. If the fish starts to bleed pour the soda on the area. The citric acid with cause the capillaries to shrink and stop bleeding.

and one more thing DJ, I didn't learn any of this overnight and it is sure not original to me. There are some ridiculously good swimbait gurus here that have been more than willing to help those of us newbies when we are new and when we slump. The important thing is to listen to guys like Darth, Marbles, Mickey, Ali, Don, Speedbead, JT, swimbaitrookie, Buttaluns, Top Ramen, and a host of others. Ask questions you are willing to listen to the answers given and try it out without going back to worm fishing for that trip. It's hard at first but you have to commit. Spend less money on gear and more time on the water. I should have. You can get gear crazy real quick. And the last thing, always try to give credit where credit is due. These guys are awesome and deserve credit for teaching others so much.

I said the same thing less than a year ago. Now I have way too much stuff. a $6 bait is strangely cheap now. All a matter of confidence and then breaking that price ceiling. Once it produces, or just throwing it, you can tell the difference. How many of those h2o swimbaits do you think bass see vs a Rising Son or 6" Hudd? They swim better and aren't common. Start with some 3:16 softs and hudds. Also, don't sleep on the Mission Fish from 3:16. You can fish a 6" MF on the gear you have. Fish it like a jig. Try not to get too caught up on finding a Falcon sb rod. Falcon focuses on a different segment. You are moving from sub compact cars to heavy duty trucks. Different makes or at least models. If you want to throw the bigger cheaper baits first and need a different setup, look at the Okuma 7'11" sb rod and a 400 series cardiff. Less than $200 and pretty decent to get going. If you really love the Curados, look at a 300 series with a low crank ratio. Patience is a virtue. Take your time learning one bait. It takes time to readjust for getting one bite every five trips. Look at it as training and education. Learn to read maps well, understand weather, water column, biology of fish and you will become dialed in. It's hard and I am still working and grinding every trip but once you lock in things get better in a hurry. I am no monster slayer like some of the guys on here but I rarely leave home with anything but a handful of swimbaits. If I were to reco three baits to you I would say a 7" MS Slammer in white or shad (this will build confidence to go to the 9". ) a 6 or 7" Mission Fish in bluegill a 6" Weedless Hudd in Greenback/Silver. ROF depends on how deep but 12 will cover more water than 5. Just my 2 cents.

Joshua is legit. Buy trade or sell with no worries. Appreciate it brother.

nice fish!

plano makes a box that half of it has no dividers. I rigged that up and carry it in a backpack when I am shore hopping. In the yak I have a milk crate I keep the boxes in and then in the boat it's boxes in boxes.

garage, desk, kayaks, shelves, rod racks, boxes.

very nice!

In the Belton Temple Killeen area here. Tell us where you're at in Texas and we can get you with the right guys. Also good to read all the different reports from different areas. Marbles in Colorado fishes a lot of stuff that works here as well as some of the Georgia gangs and even a lot of the Cali stuff. Point is, keep learning, throwing and you'll eventually lock in.