B_Gilbert

I would consider that more of a soft jerkbait than a swimbait though... I love my softjerk baits, I always rig them weightless and you can usually get really good erratic action out of them...

When using swimbaits do you guys prefer belly weight hooks or weighted jig head?? and why???

Ok, thanks guys.

Fishing in the BFL Michigan division for the first time this year, can anyone tell me who is familiar with the BFL how far in advance I should register?? I'll be fishing as a co, thanks!

Lake St. Clair anytime around June or July is worth the trip, I go there once a week almost all year and I am hardly ever disappointed. Its nothing for my dad and I to boat 50-70 smallmouth in a day there, St Clair was voted the best fishery in the nation last year for a reason . Also, the great thing about St. Clair is within a very short distance you have the Detroit River and Lake Erie, both excellent fisheries as well.

Thanks A-Jay!

What do you normally fish when the bottom is like that?

Well... I don't fish a lot of plastic worms, well I guess thats not true.. I dont fish a lot of Texas rigged or Carolina rigged worms, usually if I'm fishing a worm I'm dropshotting it... But basically when the hook started to roll or the point went bad I just tossed that out and put on a new one, wasn't that expensive for me because I didn't do it much... Not a lot of shakey head fishing and stuff in the inland lakes in Michigan where I'm from, not a lot of hard bottoms...

I was just wondering why you see a lot of pros using bullet sinkers on their worms(pegged and unpegged) and hardly ever see them using weighted worm hooks with the bullet sinker already attached to the hook... Is there a reason for this? Are the unattached bullet sinkers that much better? When I say weighted hooks I'm referring to something like this: http://www.basspro.com/LuckEStrike-Perfect-Finesse-Worm-Rig/product/90003/ Thanks!