Davis

I'm at the burnout point. Mainly because the smallmouth fishing is pretty dead right now and I don't feel like wasting gas to go catch 16" largemouth. Been pretty busy lately so fishing is on the back burner. Lucky if I have made it out for 3 hours in a total of three weeks.

18 inches is a dink? I say that's a nice smallmouth.

Love my Shimano baitcasters. My Pfleuger President is already failing me after only owning it since the fall. The bail keeps closing on me during the cast. So....once the funds come in...I'm moving to Shimano for my spinning reels as well.

Fish mine on 30lb power pro so I can feel it's doing down there. Best fish have come on swimming them through the grass and jerking them like a jerkbait. With a 5/0 Gammy 1/8 weighted hook. When you kill the bait using the weighted hook it shimmies on down with the tail still moving. Keep experimenting. Not too many people use them in my parts. None actually that I know of. Try to match up your swimbait colors with the forage in your area.

Ah the stupid things drinking can make you do. I'm sure none of us has never done anything stupid while being drunk as a teen. : Kid is lucky to be alive.

What did you expect lol?

Downsize and go with grubs or shakey worms.

Agreed..... This product sounds a bit "out there".

Gone to mainly an old backback for right now.....because I'm moving down creek banks for most of my fishing. But I have the red Okee bag as well for when I take my inflatable out later on this summer. I use the one side pocket for hooks and the other for my weights/snaps/beads and other misc tackle. Works pretty good and they all fit pretty snug in there.

Good luck Burley. Had a small taste of your luck yesterday. Skunked for the first time since the beginning of May. Everyone around me was bringing in nice sized LM and I ended up being skunked. I don't mind getting skunked by myself.....but when others are slaying them and I end up with zero..... :-[ >

Every single picture I cringed and said "oh man". That is brutal. Almost happened to me last week crankbait fishin. I usually always lip my fish but with trebles I hold the fish by it's belly and use the other hand for my needle nose. Accidents still happen though. Man what a gash! :'(

Or some people just love to fish different kinds of baits. Nothing wrong with buying higher end baits. Part of the fun if you ask me.

I don't. So far I have been catching fish just fine without one. Most ponds that I fish are pretty clear.

Amen to that. Was skunked for the first time since the beginning of May yesterday afternoon.

Been having pretty good success on a certain 5" bait. Believe me....I have had 7" bass hit this thing and get stuck. Your numbers will not go down and the chances of a larger fish go way up. Pulled a nice 3.8 out of my dads pond the other day with mine.