gulfcaptain

Have one, don't even know where it is and don't really care to find it. That should say it all right there.

May put some KVD Line Conditioner on it as well. If you are fishing out of a boat, let it out while idling without anything tied on and use the water resisance to help put it back on the reel tighter. This also gets any twists out as well. And I agree with the "always close the bail manually". It reduces line twist as well.

You can use it for what you're doing. I prefer 10lb braid myself but can be done with 20 without issue. If you have problems you may want to increase your leader/topshot length of FC.

There's no room for quiters here. You need to go back tomorrow and buy something. We don't window shop baits, we buy uncontrolably and regret later causing us to Cup of Noodles because we spent the grocery money. Please update us on your bait purchases made from your return trip tomorrow.

Siebert has a good selection of punch jigs and can wire the skirt as well so you don't have to worry about it slipping down. As for price he is lower then most punch jigs I've looked at. Other then his, I use Picasso's punch jigs which hold up great as well.

I've caught 30-50lb yellowfin tuna and albacore on 5" Big Hammers with an ounce and a half leadheads.

1. What is the largest fish youve caught on a swimbait? 2. What model/size swimbait was used, for that catch? 3. What lake/state was that catch made? Largest LMB on a swimbait 9.01lbs Model: Savage Gear Line Thru 8" Floater (rainbow trout. LA/OC area city park lake.

If you do decide to try and go the FLW way, you need to enter all three events to make sure you get priority entry. If you enter only one they can bump you for an angler that wishes to fish all three.

Look into FLW's tour schedules for a tournament near you. The Rayovac's offer boats to winning co-anglers.

I'm going with the pond. 5 acres will give you a good size, build your home on the pond will def limit who decides to try and fish it. Also a few geese never hurt either. Ofcourse this depends on where you live. In the south you can manage and grow your fish with proper stocking and management. Now if it's not there, then I'll go with the boat due to regulations and shorter growing seasons for the fish. But I still think either will end up costing more then $25,000 if you want it done right and the way you want......should be the $75,000 question just to be on the safe side.

The vendor will get a quicker response and rembursed for the defective bait. Unless it's a warranty issue your best bet is the vendor you bought it from honestly. They would rather you be a happy customer and make you whole then you be a bit disgruntled. And Lucky Craft being such a big company odds are they probably have it set up to replace baits through the vendor. Just my opinion. The longer you wait the less options you are going to have.

Both are good and better then nothing. I know assisting a vessel (towing one in) without a membership is quite costly. You will be charged from the time they leave their dock/location till they get back at an hourly rate. Refusal to pay can result in them keeping your boat until you do with fees. Look and see which has the most coverage in your area or uses partners to cover where you are would be my advice.

The one I've been to isn't nearly the size of a BPS. Then again niether is Gander Moutain. BPS is the fishing and hunting version of Walmart, they are the superstore.

I had an issue with something similar to what you're talking about. But it was a different company. I bought my item from TW, let them know the issue I was having with the bait. They said no problem, sent me another one (although the color wasn't the same but didn't care) and asked I return the other in the box I recieved with the prepaid packing list and mark the back item as defective. But haven't gone through the manufacture.

Mist it. Then wipe down. I've hosed mine but then also took it apart to lube it after. Rods got the hose and then a bit of pledge and a rag to wipe clean. Lack of maint on anything will lead to it's distruction.....mallets just make it happen quicker. Salt Away is a great product also, but you can also use a mild mixture of vinegar and water. The vinegar's mild acid will react with the salt and do the same thing. Can also get you a can of Corrosion X. Works great. Basiclly you have to do the maint on the reel after your saltwater trips and keep them clean, lubed and maintained.

Just a thought, but are your fish skinny? The private waters you fished may not have the size fish in them as before or fewer of them since it seems like you have a lot of smaller fish. Pond maybe overcrowed with that year/size fish. Like posted above, read all articles that pretain to your type of conditions, and could try fishing larger profile baits, fishing a bit deeper, maybe in the nastiest cover you can find. But if it's overcrowded then the size fish you're looking for will probably be in short supply. Sounds like you got spoiled before with the larger fish, welcome to what most of us have to go through to find the nicer ones. But still sounds like you have great fishing.

I sort as follows, Creature/beaver/craws.....flippin pitching uses Finesse worms......dropshot/wacky Worms......anything I'm not gonna fish on a dropshot or wacky (exception of some of the 5-6" senko/dinger stick baits) Swimbaits/grubs........mostly 3-4" Kietechs and 3-4" curly tail grubs.

If you go to braid and use FC leaders, the cost will save you money down the road. You can get a good season of fishing on quality braid and worse case you have to flip it over. Have FC spools I've used for the last 3 years with line still left on them. Much cheaper to replace 10-20ft of FC then 100yrds at a time. Figure a 300yrd spool of 832 will run you say $40. Will give you 100yrds on 3 reels....so now down to about $13 and some change (for the whole season). Figure RL is about what $15 a spool (200yrds?). Might get a month out of it if you're lucky. So $7.50 a month vs $1 and some change (over 12 months). Do the math and see what you're going to save. Then if you want to use Sunline Sniper well there's your extra funds.

I use soft tackle binders for almost all of my plastics. Just my preference.

Making a few lures isn't going to save you money. You may have the pride that you caught fish on your own creations, but unless you do what was stated above and buy in bulk and make a ton of baits the start up cost of supplies is going to run you more. If you do the numbers with say the amount of material you need to make say a 100 of those, then the cost should come down. But to make a few lures well the pride of catching fish on something you made is your pay off.

hey thats pretty cheap for Megabass stuff at $5.70 for the two heads.

you could always take it back since you just bought it and the screw stripped out.

So basiclly what you're trying to say is that they are going to be somewhere in the water. So don't fish up in the trees or on the bank. Got it.....j/k

Trying to catch a bass at night in the middle of Dec. I didn't get one but my buddy did. Other then that, cold, windy rainy days.....Only thing worse then being cold is being wet and cold.

So you get 2 "Megabass" scrounger heads for $10? They are cool looking. Bet they probably work just as good as those $2 scrounger heads, but those do look a lot better then those plain heads do when you have them tied on and ready to go.