wnybassman

I think you are thinking spinnerbaits. Water temp below 50º and a bladebait will always be on my deck.

If you only have a handful of spinnerbaits these boxes work quite well also. I have a couple of these boxes but they have been re-purposed to store my panfish micro plastics (in 2"x3" poly bags) extremely well.

Many do, and I understand why, but generally I do not. If the bait comes with a halfway decent black nickel hook and it passes the fingernail test, it gets used. I do have a supply of replacement hooks to change out if/when necessary.

Last year I had zero issues in the boat with spinnerbait storage.......................because I never once had one in the boat all season. lol But normally I use the stand-up one with the three inserts. When I go non-boater off in foreign waters where I don't know if I need spinnerbaits or not, I have customized a normal 3700 Plano box by taking a couple parallel compartments and using side cutters making a little notch in the divider for the R bend to fit into. I only do this for about half the total length of the compartments every 1/2 to 3/4 inch and makes it so I can carry 6 or 8 spinnerbaits without having to take up space elsewhere. In that same space I can carry some trailer hooks and a replacement skirt or two.

It's one of few rods I ever sold, ever! lol

I have both in 7' MH/F and prefer the Premiers over the Mojos. The 7' H/F are broomsticks and I have no use for them.

I'm a drag guy. Never have I felt the drag has let me down. Sure, I have lost a few fish close to the boat on sudden sharp lunges, but I am pretty certain I would not have been able to react quick enough to back reel either. Out away from the boat in open water it is easy enough to let the rod do the work and follow the fish with your arm. Drag really doesn't come into play until you start getting closer to the boat anyway.

7 years of bad luck for breaking a mirror, what the hell do you get for breaking a wife? lol

Usually just things I can stuff in my mouth running from one spot to another. I never eat while fishing, just while motoring. So it is small packages of cheese/crackers, cliff bars and if I am fishing a larger multi-day tournament I will have peanut butter sandwiches on board. I try to force myself to drink water, but I know I don't drink nearly enough.

My buddy and I were discussing on the lake the other day about dropping an A-Rig down for lake trout through the ice. Well, today he took one out with him and had some success. lol Funny stuff!!

I have a change of clothes in the truck during the fishing season.

Generally, you either have a sculpted master or an already made bait as a master. Take that and adhere it to a flat surface (double sided Scotch tape is often used) and put a dam around it. Then fill that mold with your mold material whether it be POP, RTV silicone, water putter, resin or whatever.

Take out fish fry's and will settle into the Olympics soon. Life is good. lol

Same here. Put my MP3 player on random play and it is all over the place.

LOL

Lately I've only been remelting and remolding baits that I poured to begin with because I know what's in it.

Been lucky enough to hit the ice a little more than recent years, and very soon sap will be flowing and syrup making will commence. That takes me right up until the day the boat comes out. I usually have to scramble to get my soft water gear together because it sneaks up so fast.

I ordered 600 a couple years ago and with the shipping it was right around $15. They are good rings too.

http://www.oringsandmore.com/nsf-b70-orings-size-010-price-for-100-pcs/

I've got three now so I am never very far from one in the boat

It has been the last thing in my hands in the Fall for the last couple years. Have caught fish down to 38º. Did not have the same cold water success in the Spring though.

Main job is self a employed carpenter, but also have a couple part time jobs working for the Post Office as a rural mail carrier and town highway department as a wingman on a plow.

Phone sex operator?

I've caught them dragging tubes on every body of water in the state of New York that I have fished club and state tournaments on with the exception of the Hudson River, though I tried.

Is the line actually breaking during one of these "professional overruns"? What pound test are you using? Thinner diameter? Heavier baits? I have a similar issue with one certain braid in 30 pound test that I fish crankbaits with, but it really only occurs when I get over anxious and starting casting way harder than I should be instead of just letting the rod do the work like I should. When I do this the reel backlashes just enough to stop the spool dead and the line will just break somewhere along the way at the weakest point. Once I relax and let the rod do the work, I have no issues.......well............line issues anyway. lol