{"product_id":"creek-and-pond-kit","title":"Creek \u0026 Pond Kit — 15 Lures, 3 Boxes","description":"\u003cp\u003eFifteen small baits that cover a creek or a farm pond top to bottom — surface, middle and bottom, all on one light spinning rod.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree sets of five: floating poppers on top, sinking minnows you count down through the middle, lipless cranks along the bottom. Each set comes in its own 5-compartment box. Everything here is 1\/8 to 3\/8 oz, so one rod fishes all of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the hooks — before you ask\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese come with plain, unbranded light-wire trebles. Not VMC, not Gamakatsu, not Mustad, and we're not going to print those names on this page to make the kit sound like something it isn't. They're sharp out of the package and they're plenty for what this kit is for: bluegill, perch, creek smallmouth, white bass, crappie and average pond largemouth. They are not enough for a five-pounder. If you hook one, back the drag off and don't horse it. If you fish water that grows big fish, put four dollars of replacement trebles in the five lipless baits and fish the rest as they come. That's the honest version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSet 1 — 1.5-inch floating micro popper\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.57 in \/ 4 cm · 3.3 g (about 1\/8 oz) · floating · 5 colors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall enough that a hand-size bluegill can actually eat it, big enough that a pond bass will commit. Spits and chugs on a twitch. Best the first and last hour of light, over pond edges, creek pools and bank grass. Bluegill, redear, rock bass and yellow perch first; creek and river smallmouth second; pond and pressured largemouth after that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSet 2 — 2-inch lipless sinking minnow\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.09 in \/ 5.3 cm · 3 g (about 1\/10 oz) · sinking · 5 colors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead this before you buy it.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is not a topwater. It has no lip, it does not float, and it will not walk the dog. It is a slim 2-inch bait that sinks — cast it, count it down, reel it slow. It tracks just under the surface at speed and fades deeper as you slow down. Most bites come on the pause, as it falls. The Japanese-style sinking pencil, if you know the type.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSet 3 — 3\/8 oz lipless crankbait\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.56 in \/ 6.5 cm · 11 g (3\/8 oz) · sinking · 5 colors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe searching bait of the three. Burn it over shallow grass and flats in one to four feet with the rod tip high, rip it free of grass edges, or yo-yo it in four to ten feet — snap it up, drop the rod, let it fall on slack line. The bite comes on the fall. Sized for fall shad, when the bait in the backs of the creeks is small and a full-size lipless gets ignored. This is a 3\/8 oz bait, so it belongs in less than 12 feet. Past that you want 1\/2 oz or heavier — that's not what this is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat rod this needs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe popper and the sinking minnow weigh about 3 grams. That's roughly half what most bass gear is built to throw. They need a light or medium-light spinning rod with 4–8 lb mono or a light braid-to-leader. On a medium-heavy rod with 30 lb braid you'll get fifteen-yard casts and hate them. The lipless at 3\/8 oz throws fine on anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eShipping and guarantee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree U.S. shipping, no minimum. All duties prepaid — the price at checkout is the final price, nothing to pay at your door. Ships from Türkiye in 7–12 days, tracked the whole way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e30 days: if you're not happy, send us a photo. Refund or replacement, and you keep the lures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arkhelais Fishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46434034352162,"sku":null,"price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0899\/1001\/8082\/files\/creek-pond-kit-2-specs.jpg?v=1787036783","url":"https:\/\/arkhelaisfishing.shop\/products\/creek-and-pond-kit","provider":"Arkhelais Fishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}