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Just lost my Oakleys. (boooooooooooo) Anyone have any suggestions for some polarized sunglasses that actually look halfway descent and do a great job, yet don't cost a ton?

Hey all. I belong to a fishing club and we are looking to put some man made cover in the lake but it can't be anything wood. CAN'T be tires either. Does anyone have any cover they've made, that they think really works? If so, do you have a picture? How did you make it? What materials did you use and how much was it to build? We are going to use 3-6 foot long PVC pipe and cement those inside cinder blocks so they stick out into the water column, which looks pretty cool, but thats about the only thing we've come up with.so far. Looking for more original and creative ideas. Anyone have any? THANKS!

From what I've seen, an angler can spend $30.00 or more on a lipless crankbait (rattle trap style) The bait monkey is strong, but not THAT strong. What's everyone's favorite lipless cranker for 3, 4, maybe 5 bucks? Strike king red eye shad is about 6 bucks which is nice but still a little expensive when you want to buy 8 or 10 of them. Any one have any great experiences fishing a good yet inexpensive lipless crank? Bluegill is the main forage in many of the ponds and lakes I fish. Thanks!

Hi all, I'm a new board member. Pleased to "meet" you. My friends and myself have been fishing this particular lake now for about 5 years. The lake is only about 600 yards long by 500 yards wide so it's not huge by any means If I had to guess, in the past 5 years from March-September, I've probably averaged 40-50+ bass over 3 pounds (16-18 inches) and 10+ LMB over 4 pounds.(18-20 inches) Nice fish for my state. I'd say the average LMB over that time is about 14 inches. Maybe 15. However in 2014, from March - September, I didn't catch ONE bass over 3 pounds. Not one! Neither did any of my friends I consider "sticks" Almost all the bass we caught were in the 13-15 inch class. I'm talking hundreds of catches by a half dozen good fishermen using different baits at different levels of the water column on different parts of the lake at different times of the year. None of us even got lucky and "accidentally" caught a 3 or 4 pounder. We're dumbfounded! Has this lake just plain and simply gotten over run with a very aggressive and very numerous year class or two that is dominating the feeding? As far as I can tell, not much has changed in the lakes environment over the past 5 years as far as forage base and the like. Does anyone have any suggestions as to why this is taking place and how I can catch the bigger bass in the lake? I've already tried upsizing my baits but to no avail. Is there anything we can do other than a slot limit (taking the medium sized bass out) to start catching the bigger bass again? Is the lake over populated with the wrong sized bass? I'm so confused. What could be the reasons myself and my friends haven't caught the bigger bass in this lake in 2014 vs catching scores of them the past few years? Thanks!