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Most will tie direct To a spinner or buzzbait. The twisted line tie tears up your line when it wraps around. Dsg had an exclusive booyah SB with such a tie. There was one color I really liked. But man you had to retie that thing every 15 minutes. Why the snap swivel?

It works really well. Also look at the gulp swimming mullet. This year in Delaware a 1 oz ultra minnow (spro knock off) with a four inch swimming mullet. White bucktail with pink or red gulp got me over 40 keeper flounder up to 25". If your fishing from a boat. Keep it as vertical as possible and jig rapidly. Basically Google john skinner fluke bucktail fishing. Watch his videos.

I broke the stripper guide of an Fenwick elite tech... Kept using it. Had a large wiper blow up on a spook. During the first run. Every guide but the tip snapped off. Was an interesting fight. Managed to land it. But wasn't fun. I'd get it fixed. Diy isn't hard. But for one guide a shop fix is cheaper

I coated mine with a urethane. Don't lose any details and good shiney baits. Took like 10 coats

Pour my own. Hook right through and forget about it.

Lipless cranks. Caught a few fish from time to time. But never consistently. I think I have trouble with depth control and fish them to fast/shallow

I give Susquehanna bait and tackle about 99% of my business. they are a good independent shop that's as up to date as any of the big guys.

The boat was garage kept. I'm not sure I agree with saltwater rotting more slowly.the deck was certainly not encapsulated in fiberglass. The boat was bought used. Perhaps it had already been redecked and was done poorly. All I know I've seen a lot of trackers/Lund's/alumacraft deep v multi species boats used in saltwater deteriorate rather quickly. And I know some of these people take good care of their toys.

I wouldn't put a tracker in saltwater. My friend used his tracker deep v 16 or 18' foot in Indian river bay in Delaware. The wood deck rotted in 5 years. Plus it was a very wet ride. My suggestion is if you want to swing both ways. Look for a saltwater center counsel. I'd rather take a saltwater boat into freshwater then the other way around. When going used always sea trial and have both hull and motor surveyed

I like braid for some situations... One technique that I prefer mono is weightless senkos. I feel the floating braid ruins the presentation..

I use them at a private pond. They work, hook up ratio is like any frog. I've had many tear after two or three trips to said pond. But that can easily be 100+ bass. Good sized ones too. You do have to squeeze out water more often then a padcrasher. They are light might be tough to cast on what I read about typical frog set ups.. I use a 6'6 mh spinning rig with 15 lb power pro. They don't walk. But I don't really try either.

1/4 shad dart with hair or no hair tipped with a Killie minnow and jigged very fast just on the bottom is absolutely deadly on summer flounder in the shallow bays in delmarva

Anyone have suggestions on a brand of hollow body frogs that skip well? Or any mods to improve skipping?

I've used them in a private pond.. Caught lots of fish.. But they didn't last long. Got beat up to the point that they filled up with water too fast.

The battle in 3000 or 4000 depending on line needs would be a good choice