Gone_Phishin

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You can replace the skirt with Terminator's quick change spinnerbait skirts. Lots of colors to pick from. Northland tackle makes them as well.

Trailer hooks are a must if the fish are throwing your bait. I believe some of the Booyah spinnerbaits have the Leverage hooks previously used by McGuinness. The wire cable connecting the frame and hook flexes and moves with the fish. Quite genius really.

Heck Yes! The hooks on a lot of these baits are an absolute joke. I've seen better hooks at rummage sales. I bet you get a free bowl of soup with hooks like this... If the bait has screw-in anchors for the hooks, just snip the old hooks off, and add a split-ring with new hooks. The split-ring will take some of the leverage away from the fish.

How about some topwater baits? LC's Sammy and Gunfish are great walking baits. Add some poppers too. The Lobina Rico, Xcalibur's Zell Pop, and Storm's Chug-Bug are some options. Spring is here, and so is jerkbait time. LC's Pointer is a staple. I also have a lot of confidence in Rapala's Husky Jerk, and Smithwick's Rouges.

I've been fishing Power Pro on Stradics for years, and I'm very happy with the line's performance. Very supple, and it only gets better with time. It covers all spectrums of weight ranges too. It can handle larger baits, as well as ity-bity jigs. I fish a lot for walleye, and I cast small, 1/8oz leadheads and live-bait combos a ton. I have 20lb on my walleye jigs/rigs rods, and it does a fantastic job. If the cover your speaking of isn't too thick, 20lb should be fine. Otherwise bump-up to at least 30lb.

St. Croix has a skippin' rod in their LT series. It's 5'10", medium powered, and has an extra-fast action. http://www.stcroixrods.com/rods/default2.asp?rodname=52

Are they that soft? I've been eyeing them for some time, never got to see them in person though. Are they more of a flippin' style tube?

The Silver Minnow, with a pork strip, is still a staple for pike in these parts. And I will not go pike fishing without a one ounce Daredevle.

I recently bought my first two spools of 100% and am really excited to try this stuff out. As for the Vanish, yup, garbage. Even as leader material it's garbage. I used quite a bit of the stuff years back to tie my rigs for walleye fishing....big mistake. That was a lot of money down the pisser.

The 3X plastic can be difficult to work with. Try a dab of super glue.

You shouldn't drink so much CJ, it's not healthy. ;D

I'm a huge fan of Gambler's floating worms. There have been many years where my first bass of the season has come on an unweighted, t-rigged Gambler floating worm. A swivel and leader help with the line twist.

Some of their ratings have thrown me for a loop. In the LTX line, the 7'2" med, mod casting rod is 3/8-3/4oz, but the 7' med, mod casting rod is rated at 1/4-5/8oz...that's a big difference on the low end of the ratings. I'm not sure if the 7'2" rod loads as well with small-med cranks, as the 7' rod does, though they are labeled as having the same action and power, and this has kept me from pulling the trigger until I can figure it out.

We are no longer rotating closers. Franklin is 7 for 7. I need a second closer baaad on my fantasy team, as the Huston Street experiment didn't quite work out. Franklin was a free agent for weeks until someone else picked him up...I'm still kicking myself.

Finish the regular season well, but that's as far as that one goes. ;D Heck, even Milwaukee one a post-season game last year...and that was against the champs.

Yup. Try sitting between turns three and four at Indy for the Brickyard, hungover nonetheless. Water is your only friend.

Deal. Rotating closers is going to kill the Cards. Though I must admit, it's good to have another Chi-town hater on the board. Here's to 102 years. ;D

No prob CJ. If you want to make things interesting, I'll go double or nuthin'. I can't think of any good guidelines right now, maybe the Crew vs the Cards for the season?

Nice bird. How are you going to prepare it for the table?

Speaking of the cards...I believe someone owes me a crankbait from last year's wager....... ;D

About a month or so back I purchased several packs of Roboworm 4.5" straight tail worms off of Ebay. The guy I bought these from is evidently a HEAVY smoker. Not only do the plastic bags reek of stale smoke, but even the plastic worms smell a bit...and all the packs were unopened. I'm just wondering how stench will affect the fish. I have a tube of the old formula of Megastrike ready to go. I was even thinking of purchasing a tube of the new formula, with the garlic-like scent, and coating each worm before putting them in new bags. Am I going overboard here? Has anyone fished plastics that reek of stale cigs? I used to be a smoker, and puffed while I fished. But I would always wash my hands after each cig. Sometimes I'd even rub a scented plastic between my hands if I was still sketchy.

Spring is here, and it's grub time. I was wondering what's everyone's favorite single-tail grubs? What do ya'll like for three, four, and five inchers? I'm partial to Berkley Powerbait in the three inch model. For four inchers, I like Berkley and Yum Muy Grubs. And Kalin's grubs are tuff to beat in the five inch model.

I've not fished these baits, but I've had my eyes on the eight inch model. It looks promising, fished weightless, for shallow spring pike.

....what time ya due back in Boys' Town?