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Man do I miss John! Too bad we didn't live closer. He was always welcome on my boat,

That's the beauty of fishing: the only thing that matters is casting something with a hook. I look at all the beautiful paint jobs on crankbaits, the perfectly tied fly patterns, my own creations using a candle flame and a bit of imagination, believing that fish prefer what we created. Fact is...

BTW, was it a Chiquita or Dole banana. 🍌🍌? Details matter.:giggle: All kidding aside, but something similar happened me this summer: A fish bit off the tail from my curl tail grub. I cast the body on a jig, twitched the rod to make the lure waddle & dart and caught a doz. fish on it. It's...

Given that 10 other lurs weren't tried, I'd say the question is unanswerable. No one can say with absolute certainty that fish have motives for strikes such as hunger, snacking or anger. IMO, simply stated, fish are bullies that naturally bully anything they can when in the mood (higher activity...

Couldn't agree more! Many anglers give reasons for their choice in lures using pseudo logic to justify such, such as: "I use this lure because fish think this lure is this or that (baring any proof it is so)." In my case)," fish bite certain soft and hard plastic designs because of the...

The large lake I usually fish has open water even though nighttime temps have been in the upper 20's and snow is on the ground. Rain and air temps 40 and above expected Tues - Wed (at 54 degrees!) Fishing is done for the year and not again until April.

One definition of superstition: a false conception of causation One of definition of prejudice: an adverse opinion formed without sufficient knowledge Not all superstitions or prejudices regarding lure fishing are problematic when you still catch fish consistently based on those misconceptions...

IMO fish don't know eyes on a lure are supposed to be eyes. But consider this: Fisheyes anatomically very large in proportion to head size are excellent for seeing details the same as the swim bladder and lateral line are superb vibration/motion detectors. All fish and wild land animals in...

My experience - especially with bass - is no, not ever unless by some strange coincidence. Once fish are located in a location pattern (concentrations of fish that bite in certain areas at a certain depth range), then all bets are off where "ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. You know what I mean, watching...

As everyone has gathered from my posts, soft plastics have caught hundreds of fish this year and in previous years. Crankbaits, skirted jigs with trailers, blade baits (spinnerbaits, Mepps, tail spins, etc.) not so much. It's not that they don't catch fish but that my addiction-to-the-strike...

Thanks I'll store that on my computer.

Some sites sell jigheads but only list metric wights - grams. Would like some help matching these sizes to weight in grams so I know what to order: 1/32 1/24 1/16 1/8 Thanx

90 fish caught yesterday from 1:30 pm - 6:30 pm. Anchored in 8 FOW near pads but caught fish near the surface or midway down. Some are hand poured, others are hybrids (candle flame melt-together).

Funny you should ask. The primary reason I fish is to find new soft plastic shapes and actions that provoke strikes from all freshwater species. I'm not concerned with size as much as how many fish are consistently caught on the same lure design. Examples of what my lures have caught: catfish...

Used my method today and each small soft plastic caught 8 fish each - all still reusable.

Sounds like a very long process.

To each his own.....

Glad glue works for all of you. The nice thing about fishing are the alternatives that work for each of us. In fact most forums where I suggested the grub grip, no one has said they've tried it - glue being mentioned the most.

Wish you had a picture! Nice!

Hey, sunfish go crazy for little bits of bread thrown to them in my pond. May one can be called a 'flour child'. : -)