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I wasn't saying you did, I'm just saying my experience with them, the Dingers just didn't work as well as Senkos. I tried that route too. lol

What are the minor problems?

I've tried Dingers and others, none were as good as Senkos for me.

My favorite color, cinnamon. Also, not all Senko's are same thickness, I've found this size tube works well with cinnamon and green pumpkin.

Try this method with the rubber tubing. I've had 1 Senko last like 10 trips.

I just buy stuff I'm specifically looking for and when it's on sale. But I've never been one to walk into a store and randomly by stuff, even if it's on sale. I have one thing in mind, go in, buy it, walk out. I've never been a browser, although my dad was.

Cool. Good to know. I love Cabelas and not a huge fan of BPS. Nothing against BPS.

I'd assume that is only locations that have a Bass Pro nearby? That'd be horrible for any state that doesn't have a Cabelas and Bass Pro close to each other.

There line of Tournament ZX rods are incredible, especially when they are on sale for $69. I have a bunch of them, bought a Dobyns Fury spinning rod and just ordered 3 new ZX spinning rods, if that tells you what I think of them. The Dobyns will be my backup rod in case one breaks now.

Now that Bass Pro has bought Cabelas, I worry about the quality of their brand products going down. Cabelas makes hands down some of the best hunting and fishing clothes out there. Their clothes have always been top of the line and when it's on sale it's even a greater value. Large well-known manufacturers like Dawia make their in-house reels, Kershaw makes their knives, and Danner makes many of their boots, these are all well-known, large, established companies. I hope Cabelas also sticks with them for their product because I've found Bass Pro's products to be of far lesser quality, especially their Redhead gear clothing. I hope that Cabelas sticks with their current vendors and manufacturers and that the quality of their products doesn't go down hill as often is the case when one company buys another. I hope that Bass Pro doesn't stop using their vendors and starts using Bass Pro's for their name brand products. One poster has stated that their local Cabelas fishing section is cleared out, awaiting new stock from whatever Bass Pro wants to change it to and this is a bad sign. I've always like Cabelas over Bass Pro. Anyone seeing changes in Cabelas stores that they've been to?

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

So, if you're just making a 15 min run to a lake you use the boat cover?

That sucks. I'd be ticked.

I don't know. You'd have to use both. The Lunkerhunt seems to have harder legs while the Teckel has a softer tail. That might affect its action and how it works in lilypads and such. My my brother likes the Booyah Bigfoot Frog which has a similar action but it doesn't work nearly as well as my homemade Teckel Frog. The Booyah works well in lily pads and whatnot because it has soft legs.

Interesting....good point that the cover can trap abrasive materials between it and the hull.....shoot, I'm going on a long trip and was considering putting the cover on for the trip, to protect the boat, and to keep people from attempting to steal stuff from my boat.

Not sure, but someone pointed out that the Whopper Plopper is the exact copy of an old time lure, I looked and it was. Don't know if the old time lure was once popular and fell out of favor, or if it just never gained popularity, but the Whopper Plopper sure has. I talked to a friend who said he's been fishing a lot with his kid for bass and I said there's 2 lures you need to try. He said, "Is the first one the Whopper Plopper?" I said yea, how'd you know? He said he got his kid one and he loves it. I told him about the homemade Teckel frog and he said his kid would love trying to make his own.

Ugh! That sucks about Cabelas.

Cool. Thanks.

I don't. However, I keep my boat in a polebarn. I'd say the majority of boats I see at the landing don't have covers on them.

Is the Northland Reed Runner cheaper than the Terminator?

Nice. So is it all from Tuffskinz? Does it use buttons that are attached to boat?

When you buy the matching boat cover for your boat from the manufacturer, they aren't cheap. Who uses one and do you always use the cover?

Whopper Plopper 110s are my favorite open water topwater bait. Well worth the wait!

There are some lures that are just fish catchers for most everyone, lures like Senkos, Zoom Super Flukes, Zara Spooks, and others. Because they are so successful almost everywhere they are used they become mainstays in many people's tackle boxes. I've used and owned most of these but for various reasons stopped using them and replaced them with other lures. Here's the famous lures I've used and what I replaced them with. 1.) Original: Senko - The Senko is well known as one of the best bass fishing baits of all time. However, they are a disposable lure that you can lose quickly, even on just a cast and a pack of Senkos isn't cheap. After getting advice from folks on here I was able to use rubber tubing to keep Senkos lasting much longer, even up to 8-10 trips. If you can catch 20-50 fish on 1 Senko (around 10 fish a trip and 10 trips is my max), it's more than paid for itself. I Wacky rig them with the tubing and it has been a great bait. Replacement: Zoom Super Fluke - The Zoom is another famous lure that just catches fish for people. I've used both the Fluke and Senko in open water successfully but usually I really like throwing either under docks. The problem with the Fluke is the same problem I've had with Ragetail Toads though and that is when weightless Texas Rigged you need to skin the lure to make it weedless but after a fish or 2 usually you can't successfully skin them anymore and they lose their weedlessness. I've solved this problem by following advice on here and using an Owner Twistlock CPS and nose-hooking the Fluke which works great and is surprisingly pretty weedless. I did add a piece of shrink tubing to keep the CPS from falling off of the hook. I like the Fluke because they are a lot cheaper than the Senkos, normally just as effective, and skip better which is good for dock fishing. I will say that a weightless T-Rigged Senko skips great, I just don't like T-Rigging Senkos because of the same skinning problem that you have with most plastics after a few fish. I normally use a Fluke and my brother uses a Senko and I will say that if fish are biting on Senkos they will also bite a Fluke and vice versa, and because of this, I will most likely use a Fluke. If they wouldn't bite a Fluke, I'd try a Senko or vice versa but if they won't bite one, then they most likely won't bite the other either I've found. 2.) Original: Ragetail Toad - The Ragetail Toad was my first successful topwater frog (I never learned how to properly walk a hollow body frog sadly) and it was a killer for my first 8 years of fishing. Each lure lasted a long time and you could catch them on the retrieve or just let them sink on the landing. However, like most plastics they suffered the same problem, after a fish or two the hook hole got too big and you couldn't properly skin them anymore causing them to lose their weedlessness. Replacement: Homemade Teckel Sprinker Frog - This hit the market this year and took the bass world by storm, every store and online shop quickly became sold out and you can only find them if you are willing to pay an exorbitant amount on Ebay. Since I'm not rich and not inclined to overpay for something I did what many people on youtube did and that was watch a video on how to make your own. So after trial and error I eventually broke down and ordered some actual Teckel Sprinker Frog replacement Tails (I figured if they don't work on the homemade lure, they can be kept for the real Teckel frogs I eventually get) and using them with a Spro Frog (for some reason this tail and a Snagproof Phat Frog don't work well) and size 4 VMC 3 way swivel has been super successful. Like a normal hollowbody frog it is almost 100% weedless and unlike the Ragetail Toad does not lose it's weedlessness after a few fish. The benefit to the Sprinker Frog is it's Whopper Plopper style action which makes it not only effective in cover like lilypads, topwater weeds, and other hard to fish locations it also works well in open water and even rough, wavy water where a hollowbody frog may traditionally not work so well. It can also be fished faster than a regular hollowbody frog and it's walk the dog style which allows you to cover so much more water effectively. I can't wait to get my hands on a real Sprinker frog, but until then the DIY one will have to keep catching them. Ironically I bought about 8 packs of Ragetail Toads when Gander went out of business and now I don't know what I'll do with them. 3.) Original: KVD Sexy Dawg/Zara Spook - The KVD Sexy Dawg is basically Strike King's version of the Zara Spook which is a walk the dog topwater bait. This is a great bait that catches tons of fish. I used to use the KVD Sexy Dawg exclusively as my open water topwater bait although I did try some other topwater baits such as the Ima Roumba and Ima Skimmer with mediocre results. Replacement: River2Sea Whopper Plopper - Started using this lure and it has been phenomenal. You can cover so much more water effectively with it faster than you can with a walk the dog type lure. As much as I love walking the dog it is a slow, methodical process. You can fish the WP slow, fast, stop and go, or any variation of such, but a fast, steady retrieve will usually catch you fish and you can cover a lot of water quickly and the 2 treble hooks are some of the sharpest I've ever used. If a fish hits the Whopper Plopper, you're probably gonna land it. So, what famous/popular/mainstay lures have you stopped using and what did you replace them with and why did you change?

Yep, he chose the Lund for it's ride and other reasons. He said he actually thought the layout was similar but he liked the amenities that the Ranger had and wishes the Lund had them, still went with the Lund.