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Great post, RSM. Thanks for relaying your experience. I think the analysis and conclusions are spot on and a great reminder for me. I tend to get stuck on a certain style of plastic without thoughtfully working through the details of the situation on/in the water.

Headed to Stephens City for the weekend. May look into spots to bank fish the area Saturday. Thanks for the notes and pics. We love that area, but have never fished there

I come home and re-read the latest Bassmaster article about Yusuke Miyazaki's tough "Day on the Lake". I'm sure he hated it, but it has done wonders for me

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/144723-some-people-just-never-learn/

Unfortunately, for bank fishing, I agree with Sam. Sometimes you're just going to have to cut bait. By all means, try plucking the bow first; but I have had very little luck with that method -- maybe once out of every ten snags. As to the spark plug, no reason it shouldn't work well....from a boat. I've found that my Big Uglies (same principle) work much better the more vertical the line to the snagged lure is. I've posted it a few times, but once again, I highly recommend checking ebay for Big Ugly Plug Knockers. They've saved me a ton of money AND made me a better fisherman. I have a ton more confidence throwing expensive hardware into the thicker stuff.

Dio was a far better vocalist. But much of Sabbath's best music was with Ozzy. So...which was a 'better vocalist for the band'? I'd reluctantly suggest Ozzy, but maybe other variables involved. I can't completely get past my bias; if you take Sabbath work out of the equation, there's nothing from Ozzy that I'd listen to over anything from Dio. I'm calling it a tie.

Bon Scott. But I grew up listening to him and grieved (and drank in his honor) the day he died. I've never given Johnson a proper comparison.

30 days! Good news. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/137019-tournament-cheating/

I'll (needlessly) add that I never buy something (or even hold on to it) while considering how to retain resale value, except maybe a house. Even my cars --- I use, store and operate in a manner that gives ME the most value today....like not devoting storage to empty boxes. I'm so glad that I have whatever the opposite of OCD is called. If I did have the boxes, they'd be in a crooked pile - not stacked...lol

Strike King, Rapala, Zoom and all the others are counting on the fact that nearly everyone in this forum will immediately say 'never'.

Rare trip that I don't toss a T-Rigged green Senko and/or a green Rage Tail Cut-R on a weighted hook. Squirm, I don't claim to know where you're coming from most of the time, but I enjoy your posts for some reason.

About five years ago, I drastically purged most everything I own down to next to nothing. I have missed almost none of it. Today I keep nothing I'm not using now, soon, or has a specific, anticipated use. I've never been happier. No boxes for me.

You probably don't keep a neat stack of reel boxes, do you?....lol

Posting a note is a great idea. 2 and a half hours wouldn't have helped me when I left a box on a bank years ago. A week went by before I realized it was missing...called the office at the nearby campsite/boatramp. Some kind soul had turned it in and they were still holding it.

I've been pretty happy with Siebert's swim jigs in and around grass and weeds. http://www.siebertoutdoors.com/Siebert-Swim-Jigs_c10.htm

Nice detective work! Good luck with them. For me, two-tone Senko equates to near zero confidence.....little experience...most bad

Super Fluke by a very wide margin

Good or bad....I go back and forth on this daily

Sounds easy! While we're talking home remedy tricks, how do you all get the line through the level wind hole you get a break off on the spool?

I'm not even (too) ashamed to admit that if the guys in the next boat were pulling them in and told me they were rubbing their senkos in their butt cracks, I'd probably pull into the next cove and....wait.....nevermind......lol

I tried CXX this summer and I'm going back to Yo Zuri - seems to have less memory. Also, I have had three separate instances where PLine CXX broke off in the reel after a backlash must have kinked it. Not to say it wouldn't happen with Y, but I never saw the 'creasing' like P-line.

shoot....I agree with ww2farmer and still... I want it, too!

Who said that??? Of course they're wrong. What about dyes or playing with some home-made color mod ideas?

depends....how many years are you willing to wait?

Thanks for that, Smalljaw. I picked up some Moneyhounds off a clearance rack for a buck years ago. They are THICK skinned. After trying to rig confidently for an hour with various 4/0 and 5/0 hooks, I gave up and threw them in the basement. I may have to dig them out and try again.