Oregon Native

I do the same with fluro spools....has worked for years...probably too old to change!!

It all boils down to personnel preference. I like the non-stretch qualities.....on shorter leaders attached to braid their is probably not much difference or significance. Looks like your finding what works for you.

You've cost me enough with those bugs from Strike King!!!!! And now their cuttail worms....Going to look the other way this time.

Congrats....may your trip be blessed.

For me it's a spinning rod with ten pound power pro with a ten or twelve pound fluro leader. Use an internal weight (gitzit glider style lead) and a 3/0 EWG. Been doing this for over thirty years and enjoy. Best part is skipping under docks and tree's. Not good enough to do it with a BC. Good Luck

So sorry....so very sorry

Gosh...this is another thing I thank the good Lord for. I've never had to ice fish....I will mention I wanted to try it once but that feeling soon passed. Smallmouth on Norris Lake in winter, flat water, no boats, suns coming up as the fog is lifting......Oh...My...Gosh.

Hmmmmmmmm....memories...thanks. Can remember riding my bike over 50 years ago three miles to this farm pond. Someone showed me a plastic worm and even gave me one....caught a bass too. Rode home fast on my Schwin and cut the legs off my motor oil lizards to make worms and rode back the next day. Destroyed them!!!

One of the reasons I use the drill thing is I "personally" do not care for the amount of weedguards in a small jig. I like but just a few so that I don't need really hit em when I jerk. Beside's I can do quite a few in an hour or two...enough to last a long time.. Tight Lines

My passion is fishing...can remember a few times going deer hunting out west and it started raining....headed to lower river to catch some salmon!!! Hunting forgotten.

Good luck to ya.....interesting about the officer....maybe he's friends with the land owner....could you contact a different officer??

Too pretty to fish...

I personally just take a pair of vice-grips and hold the hook/weight and take a small sharp drill bit and drill a small hole and glue in the guards...takes patience but not one for gambling with my molds and it works great for me. I use the blue bottle of super glue....only have to hold for a few seconds. Good luck

I've been liking the trick worms and I take a large nail weight and break in half and insert between eye and point of hook. A little faster fall....not much ... but goes with my not so patient way of fishing and it falls like a senko.

Very nice....hope you and your small group can keep the secret.

Go Green

Awesome

Good info above...very good. I too like to just keep lures for the day and then mend the pile at night for use the next time out. Use sparingly.....little bit goes a long ways.

I have used a single treble on the front hooks on some small cranks and it works well...but like mentioned it doesn't work for all. Barbless as mentioned is awesome for wipers if that's your target species. I don't even like to bring into the boat unless they're going into friends livewell. They tend to leave to many donations on the deck!! Tight Lines

Personally would not want the entry's to be over $100 per team and hopefully at a place with "lots" of room and a good ramp. Also ... I kind of like payouts to go down the list a ways with not just the first couple getting the "lions share". On a side note....I get off the couch to fish club tourneys for almost nothing ...so...hmmmm. Just like tourneys and fun fishing too.

May your adventures continue....this one will last a long time. Congrats

Oh my goodness...sensitive.....and I suppose you may be one to go 80 down the road in a 55 zone too ....because !!!. At one time all laws were put into effect for a reason..all people don't look at things the same (thankfully)....should these laws need to be changed as time passes possibly...there is some great input here from others.(again thankfully) Moving on!!!

Their house.....their rules!!

Exciting...good luck

Sadness