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17 years old...or 57 years old...either way, NICE JOB!

I fish 'em in the same conditions.

I'd start with LC. They are good and readily available. Micro listed some good choices, too, and I'll add Evergreen to that list. Don't give up on the Norman lures. THey are cheap, made in america...and bottom line, they catch fish. I bet you ever pro has a Norman in their boat.

When I first started with crankbaits I started to buy these and I stopped losing so many darn lucky crafts. For a Norman crank that only costs $4-$5 I won't bother, but for a $15-$20 lure, it's well worth it. I have built up so much confidence and learned how to crankbait fish 5x faster by using these. Now saying that, I went waaaaaaaaay overboard on buying these and outfitted about 30 crankbaits with them. Now that I am good crankbait fishing, i hardly ever get hung up and don't need them. After a while, you get good at avoiding hang ups...even if you are fishing the nasty stuff. You just get a feel for it. Tose things work, but they are pricey.

I'm always more interested in the splash than the gulp sound. I like to make sure it is spitting and splashing.

Congrats, nice fish! In the pic, the belly looks green. Is that just from the picture or did it have a greenish belly?

Nice fish!

During fall I like to cover water. I bang the shoreline in search of ACTIVE fish. Spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, crankbaits, frogs... The fall pattern they will be fattening up for winter. I find that when I find ACTIVE fish, I will catch a few all at once. Find the bait, you will find the bass.

Wow, all the way from italy. Welcome aboard.

I agree with the others that said it sounds to early for the lake to turn over. Granted, I'm not familiar with the water up there, but would imagine the water is warmer now than any part of the year? The turnover I'm familiar with happens after the water cools.

This happens to me at every lake certain times of year. The fish will move into a different pattern and you have to figure them out again. Good record keeping can help out over the years. Try new areas and new techniques (but don't stop trying your proven methods). Write down what is working...lure, time of day, retrieve, weather, etc. and see if you can start to put together some sort of pattern after a few trips. usually by doing this you will notice something that worked more than a couple times and you can go back out and build off that.

Congrats man. You fishing fun is going to double!

Everybody pretty much said it right. I prefer to use them when I need to downsize maybe due to pressured water or clear water. drop shot, shaky head, inchi wacky, split shot are my favs for these worms. Always on spining gear for me.

There are lots of ways to fish them...C-Rig, T-Rig, dropshot...or my favorite with them is on a shaky head.

I like the one in your avatar better. Shoot, you can make that 8 pounder look like a 12 pounder if you extend your arms :-X just messin' around ;D

Awesome. I'm jeleous. I don't think his little friend is going to be around for too much longer! Can't wait to see more videos of him eating.

For dark, dirty water I'd go with darker baits, or baits with bright colors like chartreuse....not a whole lot of shad, lighter colored stuff. Also, I'd try upsizing my bait one size, maybe try something with a rattle or a lure with rattles or a wide woble that displaces more water. I'd try out different retrieve speeds, but generally like to keep a bait moving slowly so they have more opportunity to hone in on the sound/vibration.

At night I will use the same techniques I do during the day, ecept I will use dark baits and upsize them a size or two and add scent.

The best way I learned to set the hook with top water was not to set the hook until the bait was under water. It's normal to get excited on the blow up and try to set the hook, but that is not what I like to do.

Are the Micro TiSic the same type of eye as the recoils? Do you have a link to a picture of them?

i agree with FishCat. Make sure you are watching your line as you may not "feel" the bite.

Thanks dumb_dog11. We are all out of nasty Shads now, but have our new supplier in and his stuff is KILLER! They are poured from the same mold as the nasty shad, but in more natural color patterns. I'll post a couple pics when I get them loaded up. Also, you should see these new dropshot worms we got in...will post a pic of them soon too. If you need more lead, i've got it coming...can't be the price on the 100 pack (especially if you get the free shipping)!

Yup, gotta needle those fish. We do it alot in the West.

If you haven't seen the race, it was the greatest come from behind win I have ever seen. Phelps was losing up until the last foot of the race and stole the gold. Check out this frame by frame set of pictures. Unbelievable. I thought it looked like the silver medalist gave up a little at the end and Phelps pushed hard all the way to the wall. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0808/oly.phelps.sequence/content.1.html?eref=T1

Its still a bit early out here in AZ, but during the fall I love to throw deep diving crankbaits...LC D-20s and Norman D22s. I'll just set the trolling motor on 2 or 3 and cruise the shorline, fishing 8-15 feet of water.