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Sounds like you’re due for a fish or two! I fish predominantly from a raft but techniques and gear are similar. You can try downsizing on your drop shot set up to a 2.5” curly tail grub. If you’re missing fish you may be getting short bit. A smaller presentation can get them all the way on the hook ...

I posted this a while ago, has tips that should help: https://www.sdfish.org/viewtopic.php?p=18882&hilit=spotted#p18882

You are probably fishing too fast, you want the lure to touch bottom often for maximum effectiveness. If you are not feeling the line, you may be missing bites. Hopefully you are ...

Getting a bass out of (or through) the grass when fishing from shore can be a challenge.

You might try going with thinner baits, and smaller hooks.

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Even a small spotty can totally inhale a lure on a 3/0 hook, but sometimes if they don't grab it just right, that hook's too ...

A implied message from Carpkiller's post and my post is that the bass like grass. You might be tempted to fish off the rocks in grass free water but there will be a lot more bass in weedy areas. In some spots, you might even want to wade out to fish.

In terms of the Rage Swimmer, I'd never throw bigger than the 3.25 from shore. In fact it's the only size I'd throw. My primary texas rig bay bait is the 3" Zman Minnowz just because they last forever, nothing special about the bait otherwise. I use a 3/16oz weight the vast majority of the time. I ...

so its been a week. curious, have things gotten better for you?


I managed to get 1 small halibut to bite. I think I found out a possible reason why I've been missing out on bites. Whenever I cast out my lure, I noticed I had a hard time keeping tension. I had a big backlash on braid and ended ...

This is the bay fishing forum, so I hope I am not stepping out of line with my post, but I have found during summer months that surf fishing from the beach is quite productive. I get more action on the beach than I do in the bay, but I am mainly a surf fisher. From your post, it sounds like you have ...