scaleface

I dont know the brand I use probably Eagle Claw octopus .

Octopus

We call them dog-fish . They are a blast to catch . I have caught them 7 to 8 lbs and a friend caught an 11 . They chew spinnerbaits like a pitbull on a raw-hide bone .

I also feel inadequate at walking a frog . Sometimes I get it but most of the time not .

I'm not going to recommend a brand but once the spinnerbait bite dies down in the late spring I switch to a slightly smaller willow leaf blade and to duller bait-fish or sunfish patterned skirts . Same weight, whatever cast the easiest, which for me is 1/2 oz.

Must be a Missouri thing . I imagine the other Missouri members know what I'm referring too. Except Largemouth shad . He hasnt been here long enough .

Be approximately 40 years for me . Jig and pig, wood lay down, backwater of the Mississippi river protected by a levee .

Yeah , I dont know what they are called elsewhere but here they are monkey-squirts.

Me too. Leaves and Monkey squirts .18V electric Leaf blower and its done in five minutes .

For younger anglers or anyone getting started , there is so many options that it would be boggling . For experienced anglers, nah we have a good idea what to use , when and where .

Im late to the party and went through the videos but at 70 pages it took me months and I did not listen to every single one . I did hear some good stuff .

Lazy Ike made the other lure too .They also made the Natural Ike crankbait which I own a few .

The Strike King Rocket Shad excels in deep water and current but the free swinging double hooks are a liability, in my opinion . So I made baits with similar dimensions and blades with traditional hooks.

Leaf blower .

I'm just now hearing this for the first time . dam

I do that a lot .

Thats kind of hard to answer . I'm guessing a normal cast with normal willow blades and slow retrieve, that @Jar11591 is accurate . I made a bunch of deep spinnerbaits from 1/4 to 1/2 oz. sporting small single willows to fish deeper water .

Yeah, a lipless bait .

I have one of Manns Leroy Browns named after the baddest bass in the aquarium .

Because of DNA testing a new cousin found me. Very successful and appears to be an outstanding young man . Being put up for adoption is the best thing that ever happened to him and he knows it . He likes to fish too and says some day hes going to travel here and go fishing with me . I'm looking forward to meeting him .

At one time I may have been a contender but now I'm a lightweight compared to some of you.

We only did it the one time, had maybe 20 quart jars and went through them in a year . An elderly "river rat" woman instructed us and she took several jars .

My wife and I canned a bunch of carp one year . Carp patties were real good .

My most productive over the years have been pork or Larew Salt Craws .

Light jigs , beetle spins and spinnerbaits