barbed wire fish hook Maruto Heavy Curved Hooks - Long Shank, - C40HW This exceptionally sharp high carbon fine wire treble has changed fishing for a growing number of anglers SURE SPIN: Pre-Rigged with BARBED

The biggest fish we caught on this was a 5.5 pound largemouth bass in Ohio

The standout reels, and my personal favorites, are the ones included in this guide

The shade of a dock makes life shallow so much more bearable, as opposed to roasting out in the open

Angler Insight: Silver and red spoons are killer in clear glacial lakes across northern Wisconsin

A good compromise is to use some sort of combi rig, which gives you the best of a stiffer boom type set up but with a supple section at the hook end so you get the mechanics that a braided hook link would give you, but in a form that is much more resistant to tangles and more likely to re-set after ejection