Walking style topwater Walking style topwaters like an Xcite Baits Heckler work really well in several different situations during the summer
Look for sealed bearings, corrosion-resistant materials, and features that shed salt and debris
"A typical Jomon tool kit (Japan, 9,000 to 10,000 years ago), related to food-getting activities, included notched sinkers made of small stones or pottery sherds, perforated net floats of pumice, antler fishhooks and fish-spear points and flaked stone arrowpoints."---1982, C
I set the tension so the lure just barely dropped from the end of the rod, then set the drag to 5/10
Everybody that gets in my boat says, Why do you have so many? Well, I go out intending to catch as many fish as I can, especially when I was tournament fishing, but even if Im just going out to catch dinner