What is your ideal number of bearings inside your spinning reel?

Louisiana 

I’m still fishing for largemouth in Northern Virginia but not much happening for me so far. 

Excellent information Brian. I fish the Potomac River in Virginia so it’s usually under 5 feet with grass. Would you recommend the same weight or lighter? 

I have a kayak and a small tracker boat. I prefer to fish out of the boat for comfort and higher sight line for casting. I do see the advantage such as stealthiness, skinny water ability. Lost two rods already due to low hanging trees taking the rods while they were in the rod holder behind me. The wind also pushing the kayaks around too easily. I would probably enjoy it more if I had an actual fishing kayak with pedals therefore leaving me hands free. However, by the time you pay for one of those, it’s closer to my small bass boat cost. 

Brian, I like how you teach techniques directly and step by step. Then you simplify the technique such as trailer recommendations, hook size and colors.

When catching undersize bass do you change the lure or the area?

What was your go to technique this year on the Potomac River?