cat buster combo fishing rod Lew's Smash Spinning Reel and Combo, 7-Foot 2-Inch 1-Piece IM6 Graphite Fishing Rod, Right or Left-Hand Retrieve, Red : Sports & Outdoors way clutch bearing and a lightweight graphite body and side plates Zebco Big Cat Conventional Reel

While I think the Battle III is an excellent reel in that $100 category, the BG MQ is still in a league of its own

Bass Dont Bite Right Away One of the biggest things that new anglers need to learn when fishing frogs is that bass dont typically strike these lures in the same way that they will other lures

It doesnt have dividers, though, so everything can get a bit jumbled in there

If youre fishing the shallow flats or shallow creeks with little to no current, I would use a weedless weighted hook

Use hooks and lures that encourage shallow hooking, can be removed quickly, and cause the least damage possible

At Cavy Fishing, we call it "Matching the Hatch," but it goes far beyond just color and size