thought i'd post this here.

[bgreen82]

gonna be taking my mom out friday, and she is interested in pannies and bass. i'd also like to hit some bass and maybe some pike. problem is i only have 6 rods that arent catting rods, and only 1 is a baitcaster. so i got a couple designated pannie rods, 1 with a fixed float and one with a slip float. then i have 3 medium action spinning and a mh baitcaster for the slop. if i wanna try and get my mom into some decent fish of any of these species(preferably a variety) what would the best route be to set up these combos, and what kind of areas of the lake should i be fishing this time of year? thanks guys.

[st.crioxfishin]

bgreen,

I'm still a rook when it comes to this but have you tried a drop shot before? Thanks to Deitz I'm starting to get some confidence in this presentation. You should be able to catch a variety of different species with this (at least some bass and sunfish). I think the hardest part about making this technique work, as with any type of presentation, is finding a good concentration of fish. Using 4-6 inch worms can work for bass and smaller plastics with smaller hooks can work for pannies. There was also a very good article written by Wayne Ek a little while ago about how versatile this rig can be for all species, I would check it out if you haven't already. It was posted on the main page of fm.com. For an area that could hold both pannies and bass I would look for a deeper weedline or rocks. You can almost gaurantee some pannies will be hanging out on a weed edge.

[EBass]

Put on a gulp sinking minnow and rig it texas style so it's weedless. Then she can cast and SLOWLY reel it in.

Or rig up anything like a tube or fluke on a 2/0 EWG hook with a lil split shot for weight texas style and she can just drag it while you troll around casting.

Or the good ol bobber and lil jig like a flu-flu tipped with a waxie or leech. For sure she'll put a hurtn' on dem sunnies. Crappies I assume are suspending over deep water, but I'm no crappie guy, or sunnie guy for that matter.