If I'm bored enough to go fishing, I dont want anything that requires 2 hands. One hand is for holding my beer, the other is for my telescopic pole

Tom Mann? Thats all you got Goober? Out of a thousand Pros, you come up with one. That was when Pro fishing was starting. I think John Powell only used spinning tackle too. Each to his own, but nobody uses spinning tackle primarily these days.

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Larry, do you let the uniformed yups tell you how
to fish?
Dance used a medium size Daiwa spinning to crank big,
uh, Power?, lures.
Why not try a Lazy Ike or River Runt, and use
an Alcedo, Airex, or Horricks and Ibbotson reel?
Things change. Most of it is because some doodah
told folks, to do it.
Can't wait to get you in the boat and I'll whip that azz
with some vintage tackle.

Crankbaits. My hatred for them has lessoned over the past few years since I actually started throwing them, but it’s still my least favorite thing to throw.

My dads go to is a shaky head on light line with a spinning reel. And he will flat wear you out with it.

Anytime I’m fishing I have at least 2 baitcasters and 2 spinning reels on the deck. From now through October I’ll have a fluke and lucky craft jerk bait tied on. I’ve loaded the boat with both. Caught several 16”+ fish on smith Tuesday on the jerk bait. Had 2 get off tha5 were 5+.

Josh, when you rig a fluke does it need a small weight? I’m learning smith lake how do you fish it there? I put in at smith lake park or the dam. Any suggestions ? Tks

Nope. Never fished one with a weight. I’ve literally been fishing a fluke since the late 90s. You have to rig it weed less and dead straight. Rod tip down and use a jerk, jerk, jerk and 1-3 second pause. Time of pause depends on water temp. I’ve got a certain rhythm I use and a wrist motion where my rod hand does most of the work. It’s really hard to explain and I’ll outfish most people head to head fishing a fluke. Not trying to brag at all but it’s all in the presentation and most folks can’t keep a steady retrieve.

I also do much better in 5-30’ of water. And you have to have the willpower to pause the bait when one rolls on it then set the hook. Otherwise you will miss a vast majority.

Am I the only one reading this who thinks how many fish you catch on one of the lures others mentioned as hating? I mean, I said "jigs", but I'm sure more fishermen than not catch a ton of fish on jigs. Several folks said "spinnerbaits" or "Alabama rigs" or "hollow frogs", and I catch a BAZILLION fish on all of those. I suspect the truth is fish will bite whatever you throw as long you have confidence in it yourself.

Tks Josh