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That's some nice size. We got them locally but not in numbers. Usually a bonus fish a couple times a year

Found a couple hundred jigs I poured with old Matzuo hooks. Will be fishing them until I run out

Even though I use ElaZtech, I still have a luv/hate relationship with it. I call days like that Cinderella sessions. Most of them come during prespawn.

Thx for sharing - been a while since I bought anything from Discount Tackle. Some good deals if you find what you want

Yes Same bait almost all day until I got hung up on a submerged log and broke off & had to tie a new one on

Breaking

(inside joke for RS'rs) Never leave fish to find fish. More on that later. Met up with a buddy at 7am at the take out. Sprinkled most of the drive to the river so was wondering what the weather's plans for us were. Good news is the rain stopped when I got to the take out so started getting...

Tried the VMC 9147 BN and they were more fragile than any other hooks I've fished with. Even lost a few medium sized smallies. I use to love the VMC barbarians but Barlows only sells them from 3/0 and up. I have a theory. If I get a bad pour, I'll melt the lead off the hook and re-pour using...

Nice work!

I saw Charlie Case invent the Jacks worm at a fishing rodeo. He took one of his stick baits, heated it in the middle with a bic lighters, then pulled slowly. The tapered tail had so much action in the water it became an instant hit

Fish'll like them

Line is six pound Mean Green or 12ish pound Tectan. Darts weigh between 1/16th and 1/8th oz depending on current. Sometimes use a spoon at the bottom. Darts just have a simple tie of a couple strands of flashapo, then trimmed 1/4" below the bend of the hook. Colors are yellow, orange...

I used to save all my old broken up used soft plastics then give them away to some entrepreneurial kid to make baits. Allot of his creations were done with a Bic lighter and a set of tweezers

You need to fish more

Can't reall call this salt but close Shad come from salt water and run up the fresh water creeks to spawn. When you are in the middle of a school spawning, fishing gets crazy. Had an early taste of the shad season on the east coast yesterday. Size was great. Most over 15". We boated 30...