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This is a dangerous request, lol....

You're likely to get a lot of different opinions on this, so I'd just suggest you pop into one of the local shops around Santee and Lakeside and you'll get a wealth of knowledge and grab "the bait/s" you need to get you some green bass.

Need expert advice to buy best tackle for bass fishing!
Expert opinion needed.


"Best" is relative.

Perhaps providing details as to the type of bass fishing you'll be doing, and what your budget is, people may be able to give their 2 cents?

(Altho this post smells spammy to me)


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Last Monday when I was at Miramar I saw a few rumbles on the surface but had no topwater baits with me as I packed mostly worms and craw baits. A buddy also recently told me he caught a few on top this trip I packed a few topwater baits in my kayak. It was a little foggy when I arrived and headed ...

I had epic night sessions there thru the 80s, one 7 trip run with at least one over 10 each trip until it just got too hot. All on the Float Tube.

Took a little trip down to my favorite body of water this morning, 9/10.

The conditions were kind of uncanny when I arrived at first light. Dead calm, overcast. Seems like an invitation to throw topwater, right? Wrong! Threw a variety of topwater baits and a few subsurface options with nary a bite ...

With my favorite local body of water holding a two day tourney for the weekend I decided to change up the routine and forego my normal Sunday AM trip in favor of hitting the desert canals.

Day started off great with my first Smallie catch ever on a crankbait. Got two dink largies on the same crank ...

Pretty sure those are all smallmouth. Even better!

Different spot today, different species (all largies - for sure this time lol), but same pattern - chuck, wind, catch, rinse and repeat..

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I’ll chime in here, my PB caught at the lower river. 10.2 LBS

professionull wrote: Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:02 pm

bigbassin wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 11:11 am I’ll chime in here, my PB caught at the lower river. 10.2 LBS

Damn I need to start fishing SD river!

Pretty sure he's talking about Lower Colorado. That's a really good LCR fish!

My Dad circa. 1988

postspawn...what it could of been?

Had a great time on Lake Murray today. The big schools of bass are starting to break up. I caught 6 like this working the edges of tullies with jigs and Senkos.

There is a rumor of a guy named JIMBO that consistently pulls 10+ pounders from shore at Murray on home poured black plastics. True story

There is a rumor of a guy named JIMBO that consistently pulls 10+ pounders from shore at Murray on home poured black plastics. True story


Sadly after fishing Murray even back then very very often, I just never ran into (the "Man, the Myth") JIMBO. I even asked about him and told guys have they ...

Took a little trip out East to the land of the Canals today for an afternoon session.

Had a blast! When it’s good out there, it’s just so much fun.

Managed 10 or so largemouth and a couple smallmouth, including my first 2+ (don’t laugh, I’d never caught a Smallie until a few months ago lol) and ...

Oxbow near palo verde.

Splitshot reaper, smoke salt and pepper.

It's too bad the senko's and ika's are made with a lesser quality plastic yet you still have to pay more. One little dink bass seems to destroy a senko when before you could normally catch 3-4 on the one plastic.


It's not so much that the quality of the plastic is lower. Yamamoto baits have a ...

Been focusing my efforts east of SD recently since the bite from shore locally has been pretty tough. A short Cap trip on Saturday that produced one clone bass reinforced that point for me.

With my brother back in town permanently we decided to hit the desert Friday and Sunday to see what we could ...