r/BFSfishing

The Jackall Timon Deka Bung is freaking.... I dunno what to say... I'm imitating trout pellet feed that the trout eat at the hatchery! And it catches em!

mine right now is this micro blade jig i made with a chatter blade

Reel wall in rv

Ik I talked about dmk with some of u guys trying to help me get best bang for buck but I just couldn’t help it lol…i do appreciate all the input tho definitely might be a next pickup but I ended up getting this beauty for 170$ which imo was an ok price because its the upgraded version outside and in…and most that I found that would deliver to my location were 300$+ sadly or not upgraded but ended up finding this beauty for id say ok price !

Original at top left ali bottom more home made micro with jigs I got

20” tank of a smallmouth on my Dobyns Sierra 701c / Curado BFS combo. Hell of a fight in the current

Been bass fishing for a bit now using BFS. Love the finesse bulletz and the EWG Ned lockz but they seem to get hung up often and occasionally I’ll have bad hook ups on those/ fish get off. In walks these…

The #6 fits micro lures wonderfully. I’ve been rigging 2” zman grubz, baby craws and mini chunk trailers on those. Typically with a 1/16 bullet. The #4 is a great weedless presentation for Ned’s of all kinds for a weedless presentation.

I’ve even started using their 2/0 for kayak fishing on my medium size craws and bugs. 10/10 hooks. The square shape works but seems to help the bait stay in place/ remain weedless causing fewer snags and hang ups.

No luck. Only saw 2 bass, just not a good day i guess. Anyway, what lures would you cast?

First bfs setup and first baitcaster. Loving it so far.

So I got one of these Pflueger Monarch combos from Scheel’s for like $80. I got a medium heavy 7.5’ pole with 10lb braid and it’s hard to enjoy. I mostly fish bank fish small urban (featureless) ponds. To cast with it at all I’m fairly large plastics on 1/4 or 3/8 weights, or decently hefty spinners, rooster tails, and occasionally bait fish. I’m not going to bother with talking about bird nests as that is just a skill issue I’m working on. I’ve never gotten a bite. I think it’s just overkill for the bodies of water I fish. I know people pull decent bass out of these ponds, they are in there, I just think I’m trying to hunt deer with a howitzer.

Separately on my spinning rods I catch pan fish for days, but that’s easy enough. I haven’t found a bass, but I’m not really aiming for them with that set up. It’s most always a panfish set up with a small hook for worms and corn. So it’s not weird to me I haven’t gotten a bass there. I don’t think baitcastser=bad and that’s why I am here. It seems like BFS has much lighter rods, tackle, and reels. However when I look around I’m seeing $300 reels on $200 rods with $7 baits and I’m really hoping I’m not just too poor for this style of fishing.

Any budget friendly beginner set ups out there? I don’t really understand how baitcaster+lightweight works, either? My bait caster if I put anything with a total weight of less than 1oz it’s basically impossible for me to successfully cast it any distance at all.

Any advice would help, thanks!