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A 4-strand braid will be more abrasion-resistant and a great option to fish around structure, heavy cover, and kelp when you might need your line to cut through underwater vegetation

The Yamamoto Senko is the iconic soft-plastic stick bait for largemouth and smallmouth bass

You can mess with jerkbaits and get them to run and suspend just the way you do crankbaits: in a swimming pool, or if youve got a pond where you can see down four or five feet

Its a bait that is easy to learn to use and has a lot of versatility all year long

The barrel swivel connections are key to this setup, as you will not get line memory which is common if you hook up with unwanted species such as sheepshead or silver bass