DCGravity, yeh, at Mogadore if the bass runs under the weeds, there is no pulling it up with 10 pound monofilament. I just crank the bass into the weeds, kayak over to where the fishing line comes out of the weeds, then gingerly pull the weeds away and hope I find the bass still hooked in there somewhere.

Lockman54. Last evening, Mogadore, this 19” plus a 17” and a 16”. Same green pumpkin worm.

Lockman54, I’ve caught 113 bass so far this year on lures I’ve designed and made myself based on the bass’s 6th sense of “echolocation”, not the 5 human senses fish also have of sight/sound/smell/taste/touch like all the other lures. Catching most on plastic worms (Amazon search “echolocation”) and the others on my crankbaits and surface lures as shown on www.raynovation.net. The plastic worm is shown in the photo, weightless and Texas rigged.

Gordon, Mogadore Reservoir is very weedy between Congress Lake Road and Route 43, the area where I kayak fished twice in the last 2 weeks, catching a total of 9 bass, all keeper size, with the 3 biggest at 19", 18" and 17", in 5.4 hours. Too weedy for electric motors, unless you are prepared to get your prop clogged with weeds often, carry a paddle, or you stick to the open water. All my catches were within a couple/few feet of the shore or lily pads, so the kayak got me to the open areas easily.

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Landed this handful of an 18 incher Wednesday morning, along with at 17", 14", 13"and 12". Very weedy, but the bigger bass are active.

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Bottomcoon, then you are well my friend.

Yep, that's how I feel about my area ... organized, chaotic, experienced and really good lures, which is the end that catches the fish.

You're so right about the drain stopper with the loop on the end. It has the right weight, thinness and loop to use as a weight connected to a short band with hooks on both ends to pull the lure eyelet in place downward while the glue is drying and being held the vise.

Some people may call this pic of my lure-making area "a hurricane of fishing junk", others as "not enough lure-making supplies within arms reach".