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I have been fishing quite a bit with these toads since they hit the market and just love them. No matter what body of water I fish I am able to catch bass with them. It doesn't matter if I am fishing from shore, canoe or bass boat these baits always catch fish. This is the most fun you can have with your pants on. I have turned on some friends to these and they now feel the same way as I do about this product. Big O you guys hit one out of the park with these toads, keep the great products coming. I am attaching a couple of pictures of some of the bass I have caught recently using these toads.

Nice hawg you got there.

Dark colored spinnerbaits with a large colorado blade, chatterbaits, buzzbaits and ragetail baits should produce. You want to be either making some noise on the water or vibrations in the water, just my opinion. to the forum

Congrats on some nice hawgs.

Congrats on the nice smallie.

Congrats

I would say it is a combination of my grandfather, my son and members of this forum. As for a pro that I like to learn from, I would say Scott Martin. I never miss his show.

Nice Smallie

Congrats on figuring out the pond. Nice fish!

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x2 LBH said it best. I would be careful proceeding on this plan without investigating the licensing, insurance etc.

Those are pretty funny Sam, thanks for posting them.

Micro, thanks for the feedback. The tide will be high and on its way out when I get there so I think I am just going to fish about the last half to a mile of the creek. The back end off the creek has a large cove/bay with a small creek feeding it. The creek also has some good structure (downed trees) and grass. I will remember to keep things separate and to wash my gear (lures, rods & reels) off after I get back, I didn't even think of that until I read your post.

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Nice job Paul, I am jealous. Those are some sweet looking bass.

You may want to try using some Gitzit tubes. You can by a box kit for under $10 from Walmart. I usually have great luck using them for smallies. I have also had recent luck with Joes flies, they are an inline spinnerbait that can be purchased at Walmart for about $2.50 a piece.

It's unfortunate that this happened but don't let it bother you.

I regret not fishing the New River while my daughter attended Radford University. There are some nice smallies in there. I need to plan a weekend trip down ther and fish that river soon.

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x3 It's the person not the reel that causes the backlashes. I bought a KVD signature series baitcaster and for a while I was backlashing like crazy. Then I read how to adjust the brake and practiced casting with it. I do not have nearly as many backlashes now since the adjustment and the practice These reels take some practice to master and I know I still have a lot more practice ahead of me to master mine. If I were you I would pick a reel that you like so it will make it easier for you to help him out.

NEWS From BoatU.S. Boat Owners Association of The United States 880 S. Pickett St., Alexandria, VA 22304 BoatU.S. News Room at http://www.BoatUS.com/news/releases.asp FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Margaret Podlich, 703-461-2878 x8355, MPodlich@BoatUS.com CONGRESS RESTORES 35-YEAR EXEMPTION FOR RECREATIONAL BOATS FROM PROPOSED EPA PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS NO NEW PERMIT FOR BOATS REQUIRED ALEXANDRIA, VA, July 22, 2008 - In a remarkable display of bipartisan support for recreational boating, both the House and Senate today passed S. 2766, "The Clean Boating Act of 2008" which will permanently restore a long-standing exemption for recreational boats from permitting requirements under the Clean Water Act. The legislation now goes to the White House for the President's signature. Congressional action was spawned by a U.S. District Court decision in September 2006 under which an estimated 17 million recreational boats would have fallen under Clean Water Act permit requirements effective September 30, 2008. The permit would have dictated maintenance and operation procedures and potentially subjected boaters to citizen lawsuits as well as a penalty system designed for industrial polluters. "This is a fabulous victory for common sense and it just goes to show what can be done when the boating public, the marine industry and its representatives in Congress row together in a bipartisan way," said BoatU.S. President Nancy Michelman. BoatU.S. Government Affairs Director Margaret Podlich was quick to shower praise on a boatload of legislators who did much of the heavy lifting including Sens. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representatives Jim Oberstar (D-MN), Steve LaTourette (R-OH), Candice Miller (R-MI) and Gene Taylor (D-MS). A complete listing of all legislators involved will be available at http://www.BoatUS.com/gov soon. BoatU.S. has worked for more than a year with the National Marine Manufacturers Association and a broad coalition of stakeholders to resolve the problem before the permitting deadline. "One of the real keys to success here was our collective ability to activate the grassroots," said Podlich, noting that tens of thousands of letters and e-mails were generated by boaters and anglers over the course of the past 12 months. BoatU.S. is the nation's leading advocate for recreational boat owners with over 650,000 members.

From what I was told the rope should be no more than 5 or 6 inches long and you don't want the rope to be to thick either. I would say rope about as thick as a clothes line. I can tell you that the gar fight extremely well for there size. The one caught fought really hard for about 5 minutes before I pulled him into the boat.

I wouldn't waste your money on it. There is only a small percentage of people chosen to do the actual testing of products. The books are not worth the money either. I got a similar offer and threw it in the garbage.

Storm baits

You need to make a rope lure if you want to catch gar. Take a piece of rope and undo the strands on one end so it is fanned out. Then you need to tie your line to the other end of the rope. The gar will hit this and their teeth will get stuck in the rope. The reason for fishing this way is that their mouth is all bone so setting a hook is extremly difficult. I was lucky enough to catch one last year on a booyah boogie bait but I have been told the rope is the way to go.