6.3 Latest Technologies in Reel Maintenance Beyond physical tools and materials, advancements in chemical formulations and mechanical design are also impacting fishing reel maintenance
Quick Picks: Best Weedless Lures by Cover Type At a Glance Matted vegetation / slop: Hollow-body frog or punch rig Lily pads: Hollow-body frog (walking cadence) Submerged grass: Texas rig, weedless swimbait, swim jig Laydowns / wood: Flipping jig or Texas rig (creature bait) Dock pilings: Flipping jig, Texas rig Flooded timber: Swim jig, spinnerbait, Texas rig Sparse pads / open pockets: Toad, soft jerkbait (weedless) Grass lanes: Swim jig, bladed jig Cover Type Comparison What Makes a Lure Truly Weedless
This is a topic of debate for bass fishing no matter the season, but for winter bass fishing, we recommend keeping the fishing electronics off in 6ft or less of water
It can be used as a topwater, just swam back to you, wormed on the bottom, or you can even flip it with a heavy weight into cover
The Daiwa Tatula Elite was designed and engineered with distance casting as a focus, with features to complement that objective