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I believe there is a bait called the Mann's ghost. It sounds like the lure your describing. Good luck finding it

Well my answer is coming from my perspective of if I were in a tournament. If it were my primary spot, and I knew the fish were still there, I would try and hit some different parts of the water column. You may have them on a hump and in practice they were suspended and feeding heavily, and now on tournament day, there nose down and skittish. If I had other water that I knew held qaulity fish, I would take off after 30 or 40 minutes and see if my other spots are holding the active bass, and if that wasn't the case, then I would come back and try and figure them out on the primary spot. This is completely contradictory, but I caught my PB fishing a spot for over an hour before I caught her. I guessed there were fish there, but I had plenty of other spots to fish. But for some reason I just kept at it and I was blessed with a fish of a lifetime. Always go with what your gut tells you. If you do that, and it works, great. But if it doesn't, your still at peace with yourself knowing that you did what you thought was right.

I had bought a few packs about a year or so ago. I never really slayed the fish with them, but I do remember it seemed like I would get more bites when I fished the bait backwards. I fish the GYCB Kreature backwards to, so I dont know if it was because I had more confidence with it backwards, or if it just had better action.

Kinda hard to hide a Hummer You can hide a hummer, just make sure the table cloth is long enough ;D ;D That could easily be the funniest reply I have seen on BR. I seriously laughed non-stop for 5 minutes. - Good one SPEEDBEAD

Happy B-day Matt. Take that new bike, hit the trails, find ya an untouched honey hole, and stick the NJ state record. Hope you had an awesome B-day!

I mainly use the Zoom trick worms on my shaky head. I've used the Zoom worm on the dropshot, but the majority of my drop shot fish have been caught using Roboworms in the 4" and 6" models. I've used the Roboworms on a shaky head before with some success, but I would rather use the trick worms. Hope this helps

I really like the Paca chunk and the Zoom super chunk jr.

Do you work for UPS, because I could have sworn you were staring at my package. Good luck Justfishin

LOL. Muddy, you shouldn't be to concerned about me. The real problem is gonna be when LBH put's his advice on here. Just wait......

Man, your missin out BIGTIME. Even though most of the horizontal movement is robbed, there are some times when dragging a 5" green pumpkin senko with a 1/4oz green pumpkin 1/4oz Tru-Tungsten weight is unbeatable. I also like to pitch it up to shallow stumps when the waters muddy. Hope this opens so more senko doors for you

+1 well said justfishin

WOW

I've narrowed down all my trap fishing to 3 baits. Each one having a specific job. For shallow water I love the Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap in 1/4 and 1/2oz in Diamond Dust and Chart/Black back For covering water or getting slightly deeper in the strike zone I always go with the Yo-Zuri Rattl N' Vibe in Baby Bass....this bait has been my biggest Vibe bait producer in the last 2 years, and for some reason I get more strikes when really burning this bait than when I use a normal retrieve like I would with the Lewis Rat-L-Trap. And when I'm crashing the bait through grass or timber I always go with the Spro Aruku Shad in Perch with the stock hooks changed to just one #1 Gamakastu treble on the front of the bait. The Spro is unbelievably effective at coming through grass. Also, what kind of rod does everyone use when your fishing traps (power & action)? I've always read that a Medium power with a real soft tip is best but I've lost alot of fish using a rod with those specs because it seemed like I couldn't keep the fish down and they would shake the hook when they came up. Once I switched to a 7' MH my landing ratio went way up because it seemed like I could control the fish better and get them to the boat faster.

I do what Vyron does but instead of a #2 I go with the #1 and it's always a Gamakatsu. It doesn't make it completely snagless, but it will reduce the hang-ups by a good margin. Hope this helps

While the Tru-Tungsten jigs are AWESOME, the rattle is a serious problem. I've always questioned there decision with adding that stupid thing. You did what I do when you removed it. The rattle isn't loud anyway so I don't think it makes to much of a difference.

Attaboy Jay! What a great fish. That thing looks WAY bigger than 8lbs. It sounds like a mighty fine day indeed

decided to get a gf, and i got on my space and facebook WAYYYYYYY to much

Sounds like an awesome trip Muddy. Those smallies have some shoulders don't they! Congrats on the new Smallie PB

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for the good news Raul. I absolutely killed them this winter using the Flappin Hog on the back of the Senko77 Special jig the Gman makes for me. I AM SO PUMPED!!

Thanks for an awesome few hours on the water Russ. Wait till you see the video footage we got. It looks SICK! Chris - I had to leave GA on Sat. a.m. to attend a funeral. I wanted to be there, but the person who passed away was extremely close to our family. I'll be at the next one.

Have my dad at my wedding Catch a Permit on the fly Break the record for most popsicles eaten in an hour

Garnet gave you some great advice, but there's one thing that I didn't agree with and I thought I'd share my opinion. IMO, an 18inch leader is greatly increasing your chances of breaking it at the braid/leader knot. When you cast, the line from the knot you tie to your lure all the way to where the line is put on your spool is put under tremendous pressure because of the acceleration of the lure jumping foward. The line on your spool just follows but it isnt being stretched. Have you ever chunked a lure only to see it flying away without any line on it because it snapped from the pressure? Well everytime you cast the braid and leader are gonna dig into each other a little bit more until the leader breaks. I had this happen to me countless times when I first started using braid with leaders, but after I started using about a 20ft leader it hasn't happened again.

Dang Russ. It looks like ya'll have been on em good. There all nice a fat. Congrats on all the success!! I can't wait to get up there now ;D

You obviously dont have a job or friends

THAT"S MORE LIKE MOBY MINNOW OHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROLFMAO