The great day is when your rod is all done and you take it off the rack, and pop your reel on there, now its official
Standout fish included a 5- to 6-pound northern pike caught on the Shimano Vanford, a 4-pound walleye caught on the Penn Clash II, a 10-pound carp caught on the Abu Garcia Max Pro, and a 4-pound walleye caught on the Daiwa Tatula
Choose longer worms for murky water and active fish
To spice it up, though, on every second or third crank, I give it just a little twitch. Size and Colors : 6-inch in bronze or bone, or, at times, holographic pink When to Switch : When Im up the rivers, in calmer conditions with less current, I can throw the 5-inch Mag Minnow like a dart, he says, to more accurately target specific points and pockets of marsh grass where striped bass might lie
The braid is really fine - the idea is to keep the loaded spool mass and inertia as small as possible