best floating fishing lures Ripper Series Stickbaits – Oceandevil Get your hands on this iCast 2026 Best in Show Category Winner for Novelties and Wellness Topwater Frog Lure Bass Trout

These are designed to handle casting out dead baits, from small smelt, roach, or half to whole mackerel in search of pike

Flipping a tube around is a pretty slept on technique that Ive had a lot of success with too

Its always been a problem trying to find a reel that turns free enough for Perch, Crappie and Walleye but will not backlash when a larger more aggressive fish such as a Northern takes the bait

Swim jigs are a standby Built for covering water in and around vegetation, swim jigs are another staple of the Florida tacklebox

For a reel it is worth the money to get a high quality reel, like the Shimano Tekota