J Francho

If your not throwing them where there are active fish, then no, you'll never get bit. I have a half dozen rattlin' rapalas that are probably responsible for 500 fish or more, and not just bass. I clearly recall a day when I caught brown trout as frequently as bass with them. In some cases, I also think it's a rigging issue. When swim senkos first appeared, I rigged them weightless on a light wire hook - same way I'd rig a regular senko. Never got a bite, and couldn't really see why the tail was any better. Until I used a weighted hook, or jighead. By then, I was on to different baits though, and I still never caught on a swim senko - though I'm positive I could now. I just have no desire to.

Daiwa bearing retainer clips are the worst. So bad, I keep a dozen or so on hand. It's funny, I always find a couple after a thorough sweeping of the work area, LOL.

I have a harder time believing the nevers than the swearers. You can pretty much catch a bass on anything, given the right conditions. And in the right conditions, you'd have to try real hard not to get bit.

Scoutlook is in development with some of the HOOK1/KayakBassFishing pro staff developing a fishing app. it should have tons of cool features. The problem with a smartphone app is again data entry. We don't always fish in the nicest weather, and lets face it, you want to have your $300 iPhone out on a fishing boat? Well OK, I do it, LOL. But that's for video. I just have a hard time gathering all that data and tapping it in after catching a fish.

For square bills, traps, and shallow cranks I like a fast action. I use a Legend Tournament Bass LTB70MF. It's fast enough to snap off weeds, yet enough give to keep treble hooked baits pinned. If we're talking about tiny baits 3/8 oz. or less, then the Avid AVC70MM is a better choice for flinging distance.

The copoly type: P-Line CXX.

Why would anyone get out of their car while it was sliding? Do they think they're Fred Flinstone? Man, rookies. Typical conditions here, right off the lake:

I kept logs for years, but I don't anymore. More than trying to figure out what to throw on a particular day, what was interesting to me was how the records described a particular lake. Trends, rigs, baits, and gear change so much, that it's hard to compare throwing a Culprit worm in 1989 to picking from the multitudes of creatures out there now. But lakes change ever so slowly.

If I had only known, LOL. Your secret might work for a time, but it'll die out sooner or later. Each and every day out, you have to figure out the "secret" to continue catching.

Sensitive enough to feel fish. Sounded to me breakage was your #1 issue.

That's a fair price, depending on the condition.

I have a cheap one for you, Deep South. I have a XXXH Flipping Stick, and simply cannot break it. It can't be more than $150 new.

Now that's a moray!

No idea. I tried some Owners on a jigging spoon once. The line seemed too long. Nothing really too compelling to switch from my double split ring - trailer hook arrangement.

Bullhead: Rock Bass: Brown Trout, regular lake colors: King Salmon, female spawning colors: Juvenile Brown Trout: Bluegillius optimisticus Round Goby: Wannabe Hero: Here's a good one. Not a steelie, but a BIG rainbow: Juvenile Rainbow: Anyone have eelpout/ling cod/lawyer or American eels?

5 baits in NY.

These are defective returns. What a retailer does is take all the returns, no matter the reason, and sells them at a cut rate. It's cheaper than dealing with returning to the supplier. The buyer then sells individual items on eBay. Common practice for DSG, Gander, etc. Anyone that has done eBay for any time knows that 100% feedback doesn't mean anything.

You have to price out the boat, motor, and trailer in most cases.

Line won't get any memory in the recycler lol.

I had a boat for years, before kids. Fishing tournaments as a boater? Whole different deal. After a second on Ontario, and a win on Erie, I get my butt handed to me on Champlain. Humbling indeed. Halfway through day one, and nothing in the well after a 30 mile run. Man, that's a sinking feeling.

Every outing? Totally unnecessary. Long term, yes back off the drag and spool tension.

Some yes, others no. Some, there's no physical difference. I don't use it for our trout. I go be mouth shape, body shape, as well as mouth to tell, outside of the spawning runs. During the spawn, the kype jaw is a tell tale sign it's a male.

Try weighted golf tape. It's gonna take a lot of dots to get it to sink.

Somewhere I have a black bullhead pic.

New old stock.