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Have you read this yet? TONS of good information for beginners. I started out with a dobyns fury 806 and a lexa. Great combo to start off with. As for baits I wouldn't go crazy buying too many. Get 3 baits to start. One top water, middle water column and bottom. A slammer or bbz rat would be a good choice for top, triple trout/ hardgill or swaver for mid column, then maybe a hudd for the bottom. This website is a very valuable tool, just need to do some digging and read. Welcome & good luck.

Great way to start the weekend!

Guess you’ll be buying a few more! Hahah impressive work man

86 Baits Shad profile in bluegill, hyped on this one.

Brian, TK Lo float will crank about that depth with flouro & the standard lip. Typically I think of A mode as lip in (cranking), b mode, lip out (gliding). In my experience I found that the TK is a little more erratic with lip out than the K9. I like to add a weight to the either when gliding to help it stay down a little bit. - 1.8 g for tk 2.5 g for k9. My recommendation for you would be to get a TK & K9 both in low float. Hope this helps & Im sure others will add some useful info.

Sounds like an unreal time! Congrats on the giants!

Coming right along! I think scales could only improve the final product. Will you be carving them?

Moving forward I would avoid using Venmo for transactions like this. Although Venmo is owned by Paypal it does not offer the same protection a buyer is provided using Goods & Services on PP. Venmo is really designed for sending money between friends and family quickly from bank accounts. I hope that everything works out for you.

This was a good read at work, it's the best when it all comes together. The perch 178 is a perfect match the hatch for our area.

Well deserved, way to grind! GL in the battle man.

Over the weekend I was able to get out a couple times and had some productive outings. On Friday night I hit a couple places from shore. This fish missed the DRT Joker the first time, passed on it the second, and crushed it the third. She ended up going 5-13. The following morning I tried a new pond with a buddy on my boat. He missed a few on the frog in some pads so I figured they may hit a wake as well. Took a few casts around some offshore pad clusters and got crushed. This one was a bit shy of 5. Right now I am addicted to this bite. The Joker doesn't get bit everyday but when it does the bass want it dead.

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Wow! Great fish Brian! Is this the 3rd DD on the UFO gills?

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should be here today.

Sounds like a blast, glad the trip was a success!

Went out on the water w/ a couple friends after work yesterday. I was getting no love on the Rago two piece delta rat but was determined considering there has been an abundance of rodants this year in the area. Came across a new submerged tree and bombed a cast as close as I could to the tree & shore. Worked it as close as I could to the tree and kinda gave up as my bait made its way past the strike zone. To my surprise I saw a green blob dart out of the tree and pop on my bait. After seeing the size I desperately called for the net. She dove under the boat but my buddy intercepted her w/ the net. She weighed in at 6lbs 1oz making it my biggest of the year. My smile should show how excited I was.