Strike King Bitsy Bug. If the water is clear you won't go wrong with any color, as long as it's Blue Craw

Crappie tubes are my go to for the most part unless I'm targetting really small stuff. A crappie tube on a 1/48oz jighead fished through shallow weeds can be absolutely lethal for crappie, otherwise I'm using a 1/16 or 1/8oz. I do like small swimbaits and spoons though especially when it's targettin...

Jointed Rapalas, Shad Raps, Tail Dancers, and any of the lipless cranks would likely work. I've had success jigging Rattlin' Raps for lakers, as well as using a yo-yo retrieve when they are "shallow" in the spring (in 10-20').

Jerkbaits are my top choice for post spawn smallies. Gear doesn't matter too much, for 3-4" jerkbaits I use a M spinning with 8lb mono and fish them about as fast as I can. 4-8' flats with some rocks/gravel and some weeds is about perfect, points and drops are also good areas to try.

Albino Shiner would be another good color. Silhouette wise I think a shadow rap shad would be a better choice to mimic Alewife (in terms of Rapala jerkbaits), but realistically if the fish are hitting one lure they'll hit the other

It's called the Shadow Rap Shad, MTBF described it perfectly. The SR Shad slowly floats with a nose up attitude compared to slowly sinking with a nose down attitude which is what the Shadow Rap does. It is a jerkbait, and it's made of plastic like the Shadow Raps are. Can't wait to fish them

I use a 6'8" ML Shimano Crucial Drop-Shot rod with a Shimano Symmetre (1000 size), along with 6lb Sunline FC Sniper. I only use Duo Realis Spinbait 80's (I've never tried any other spybaits), the set up seems good enough for smallies as well as splake

The Duo Realis Shinmushi is a fun little bait, perfect for matching a dragonfly (or cicada) hatch. Man is that little bugger light though, gotta be careful of rod movement even with a M spinning rod

I have fished them, and while I haven't caught anything yet on one, here are my thoughts so far which may help: - there's a certain retrieve speed needed to get the lure to wobble, which is about 2' per second to get a slight wobble. The faster you reel the more pronounced the wobble. I don't think ...

The Concept rods, as well as the previously reviewed Shift baitcaster reel (and the Shift spinning reel) are no longer just CDM. Rapala USA now offers them: http://www.rapala.com/rapala/rods-and-reels/?id=1

Patience is key. You'll get a lot of hits but you'll hook maybe 1 in 10. Baits that float or dive and suspend to the level of the gar are best, they will not hit baits that are beneath them. I've caught them on skitter walks, original floaters (05's and 11's), and x-rap 06's, but other body baits wi...

Smallies usually stay on their nests if they've been captured once or twice, however if they're really pounded they will leave. Fry predation is also a factor, on lakes that don't have many egg predators like gobies or sunfish, usually not many eggs/fry are lost while a fish is off it's nest provide...

Rapala Weedless Shad and most likely the Shadow Rap as well

Yes do not fish the canadian side for bass in early June, the bass season isn't open yet and even targetting them with the intention of releasing them is still illegal. Your best bet probably during that time of year would be to throw jerkbaits on shallow flats (4-10') for active bass that aren't be...

It's most likey a shad of some sort (or maybe an alewife)