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That will keep it from touching the braid and give you a little shock absorber on short-striking blow-ups

I fish it with a 5/16-ounce mushroom head custom-poured by our friend Gregg Kizewski of 3G Smallmouth Solutions in St

The reel has intuitive controls that are easy to adjust, allowing me to dial it in perfectly

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Not surprisingly, the term for these baits is ploppers, with the Whopper Plopper likely the best known bait in the category

Instead, its a hybrid lure that blends the best features from various animal parts like the legs of a centipede, the feel of a worm, the claws of a crawfish, and the long tail of a lizard into one freaky design