100 drag fishing reel PENN Special Senator Star Conventional Nearshore/Offshore Reel, HT-100 Star Drag, Max of 22lb a large drag surface and your choice of lever drag on the Charter Special or star drag on the TRN DAIWA 24 Tatula SV TW

Riprap and Hard Banks Rain washing over riprap and concrete banks creates miniature current seams that concentrate crawfish and baitfish

With slate, Elephant, or Dragon rocks, you can create a unique underwater landscape

Around the time I bought my blue box, a real game changer hit the market when Shakespeare released their blue moulded plastic seatbox, they must have shifted hundreds of thousands of them as every man and his dog had one and they could be seen on river banks and towpaths all over the country

Jarnagin and I never dabbled with the method, but the biggest fish caught by our group, a 22-pounder, ate a trolled jig