10 ft baitcasting rod Savannah™ 723: 6 / Med. Heavy Power / Fast Action – Cajun Rods With its 6 Dreamcatcher CarboniteX One-Piece Baitcasting Rod

Key Features: Why we chose it: Swimbaits are jointed and hollow bodied to mimic the swimming motions of small fish and other prey animals

If Im tossing something less than 1/2 oz., I will back the magnetic brake off another click, or maybe even two

A flat-sided medium diver like the Strike King KVD 1.5 Flat here has a similar tight action but is a good bit easier to cast on a baitcaster, which is enough to sway me in its direction quite often

On this point, the Feed Popper is unbeatable at sea

In ponds, the odds of an interaction with bass usually are in your favor so this will help with confidenceand believingin cold larger waters

But every now and then I'd wake up early enough to tag along with the grownups to go smallmouth fishing