Darren.

Any of you tried out Hayabusa hooks from TW? Can't link to the site.... Their drop shot hooks look just like Gamakatsu, but the deal is a little better, $2.50 for a 9 pack vs same $ for a 6 pack from Gammy. Only one review is up, says they'll give Gammy some competition, but that's about it. May be picking some up in the near future, just thought I'd seek feedback, if any, before purchase.

Welcome! Nice hog in your avatar, Zack! Big fan of Zoom Finesse worms, too.

Very cool

I took a quick look thru every page, on to the rigs. Really good stuff. Where can we get that awesome TX "bullet" weight? That'd be the artistic license, eh?

Stay safe. Watching the Weather Channel right now, y'all gonna get slammed. I told my boys this morning that it's like a hurricane without the rain. They were all "awww, awesome, dad!!" and "why can't we get that?" Kids. To paraphrase Will Smith, the Fresh Prince, kids just don't understand. Last tropical storm we had, my sons and the neighborhood boys were skim-boarding in our back yard....(actually was fun), one before that, the canoe and kayaks were out.

Daiwa Lexa 100. I don't throw balsa cranks, but I can throw weightless 4" senkos. It will throw the smaller cranks, just above the crappie size. (Don't know the size off top of my head, but they're smaller)

Wacky rigged Senkos!!

Hmm. Snapping turtles, mud turtles, bags, shoes, and so on. Would love to catch some cash! But I suppose that Irish Fist was used for something other than a pot o' gold....

I kept a bass or two when I was a kid. My Mom fried 'em up for me. Don't think I've kept one since then. Prefer to CPR 'em. Crappie. Eaten a few, but pretty much throw everything back in fresh water. Salt? Still CPR, but if I were out with some buddies, we'd probably keep some of the good-tasting fare of the sea.

Welcome!

Welcome, Norgge! Lived in the DFW area late 80's, early 90's.

I saw some pix of the new vette last month. It is a frikkin' beast.

Def the real deal. I snell every worm hook every time. If there's no shank, I'll palomar it. I've snelled my wacky hooks down to size 4. So EWGs, straight shanks, short shanks, I snell 'em. If I'm tying direct braid, I'll do several more wraps around the shank.

Largie would be a 7.5 pounder, but about 20 odd years ago I was treated to a deep sea fishing trip where we caught a mess of 4" King Mackerels, among other species. My sister caught a citation false albacore. I don't remember the weight of the King Macs, but they're the longest, and probably heaviest fish I've caught.

Senko probably. Because they "just work", they're the Mac lure of the fishing world!

Is it liquid now? As in dip your bait, or more like a paste you have to apply?

Absolutely yes! Agree with you. I use "old" mono I have laying around. I'll wrap sometimes only approx 10 yards of mono before braid mainline. Sometimes I've done around 1/4 of the spool. Rarely more than that.

Glad I don't live in OH. Actually, my wife is glad. LOL

That looks really good, man! Like it!

Count me in the braid numbers. Although I'm known to spool copoly on a bc now and again. But I just spooled my Lexa 100 with 20lb PP. Can't wait to get 'er on the water.

Great stuff, Fish. Thanks for sharing.

Based on reviews at Bass Pro, the 5" Senko is more popular. That said, personally, I use the 4" Senko more. I use both, just more with the shorter worm. I'd stick to "standard" colors and variants thereof, watermelon, green pumpkin. By variant, I'm talking a chartreuse tip, or the "magic" mix, perhaps different flake colors, etc.

Welcome to the site, PaJay!

Definitely spray some KVD line conditioner on it. Will help a lot.

Welcome! I think we all poked around, or lurked, before signing up. You'll get so much info. And let us know when you get your yak! Plenty of yak fishermen here.