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Thanks everyone! I have Broken the barrier but. with Northers I have caught about 3 OK sized one in the last week. to the price of both of my hudds . I will try a get a picture off my phone of the first one I caught.

that's awesome! great tutorial! I'm always looking to pinch a few pennies.

what is the bass in the bottom corner of the last picture?

snooks have always interested me they look so fun to catch.

nice one!

I didn't get completely skunked. due to work I had to do my first night mission and had 3 bites and one fish on that came off when it jumped It easily felt like the biggest bass I have ever had on. well atlest now I some confidance that there are bass is the lake

aggressive little guys!

thanks guys. I have plans to fishing tomorrow. I will let you know how it goes. Weather has been really weird so Ill blame it on that

I fish in northwestern Wisconsin. There are alot of weeds. Lakes are medium/small with mostly muck/sand bottoms maybe a few gravel patches here and there. No trout stocking but lots of largemouth, muskies, and walleye stocking. The water level is somewhat unstable but not much +-2ft max. As the year progresses mostly boat but so far all bank except one time. I have been trying to keep the hudds slow as possible rolling along the bottom. I have taken time off of throwing swimbaits to fish jigs and worms. I have DNR maps and I have Navionics on my iPod. hopefully that answers all the questions.

I just started throwing swimbaits this year. I have put about 30+ hours into my small collection of 2 huddleston 6" baby bass and 2 Mattlures smallmouth tournament series. So far I have been skunked on every trip throwing them. So I'm turning to you guys. any advice is appreciated and will be taken with gratitude.

Nice one!

I have made a log sheet but I haven't got around to use it yet.

nice one! Theres plenty of those toothy critters up here.

Yep now to test it

I forgot to say that it snapped were the original blank and the small piece met. There was a space in between them. In the New handle the dowel and the blank piece extend to right below the reel.

The first day out actually throwing swimbaits (due to the upper Midwest's prolonged winter ) I broke my handle in two on the second cast. It was My own fault. When I made this rod my friend had put a handle on it but it wasn't long enough. So I boiled the rear grip off and put on a longer one. To fill the empty space I put in a small piece of rod blank and a generous amount of epoxy. well that didn't work... So back to the Drawing board. The old Handle still wasn't long enough and I had enough materials to make a split grip. With a longer piece of blank and a wooden dowel for reinforcement. I give you swimbait rod 2.0 Before After

sounds like you need to upgrade your tackle!

The beat drop and the hook set great idea!

welcome!

Thanks guys I ordered 2 mattlures tornament series off TW and im ordering from Huddleston in the near Future.

lipping a walleye those must be some pretty thick gloves

I have been researching what baits to get and from were, for my first swimbaits. I was thinking the other day that TWH supports the underground but do they support the makers of the baits. and if it would be more benefical to the makers to order off there websites or to order from TWH. any opinions?