>>2073662>are just nice because they're abundant everywhere.So are carp
Smallmouth are awesome though
>>20736637 foot medium heavy rod with a 3000 size reel and #20 braid
>>2073611Similar for me, I was using a 1 inch rapala original and a bass I could put my first in its mouth grabbed it. He ran straight for the lilly pads, barely pulled drag, and I wound up just wading over to it and grabbing it to land it. The fish wouldn't have broken my line, I would have on 12 pounds of lilly pads.
