Pickle is giving you some of the best advice you will ever get about line twist.
If you are using bait & bobbers fish an area for 20 min if no bites move. I you want to cast I used to catch a lot of largemouths on number 2 thru 5 Mepps bucktail spinners in brass or silver.
Most of the time nothing beats live bait.
Don't give up. Like the old saying goes different strokes for different folks. Different kinds of fish and different kinds of water require different techniques and bait or lures
I like to use an egg sinker with about a 6 ft leader and a swivel. That way you can have some slack in your line, but when the fish picks up the bait the line pulls thru the weight and they don't feel any resistance as far as hooks a circle hook as large as the bait allows. Flatheads seem to prefer cut bait, while channel cats will eat most anything. I've caught them on crawlers, minnows, stink bait, bait shrimp, chicken guts, blood bait, sponge bait, you name it.
One way to stop line breakage is to use braided line with a fluorocarbon leader.
depends on what kind of walleye fishing you do. Trolling, Jigging, Bottom bouncing, live bait fishing, or casting lures. Different types reqire different tackle.
uncut6 wrote:
Invest in Power Pro braid. It lasts for years and I have never had breakage. If you use it, the palomar knot works best.
Have to agree with some of the comments from above about your drag being set to heavy. If your drag is set right about the only reason to lose a fish is if it gets into some brush or rocks.
The part that is circled is a snap. I use braided line with a ball bearing swivel followed by a 5" Florocarbon leader with a snap on the end , that way I don't have to worry about line twist and I can change lures easily.
Quik note to Debbie Pickens. You don't lip walleyes , they have a whole mouth full of teeth.
Go to the April 10th issue of FishingStage and you will find how to tie 10 different fishing knots.
Kathleendiaz wrote:
small mouth bass
Looks like about a 2# Largemouth to me. Smallies have red eyes.
Here in Nebraska some people refer to large crappies as slabs, but like Slayer says there is a jig that looks like a flat weight. It's about 1.5 inches long 3/4 inch wide and about 1/8 th inches thick with a treble hook on the bottom, most have a small willow leaf blade between the weight and the hook. You fish them verticlely just like a jig. Up here guys use them for white bass and crappies.
I run a 17.5 ft. aluminum Lund with a 24 volt system and an 80 horse MinnKota Terova. You will need to use series 31 batteries I don't usually troll much above 2.5 mph. I use mine on lakes and don't have any problems.
You don't mention if you are fishing by yourself or with someone. A boat that size is limited to about 2 people. In small ponds it should work great, and the price does not seem out of line.