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I don't. I don't fish for toothy critters or catch them by accident. If the hooks are that bad on a lure, I replace it. Usually, if you have a lure that good, you tend to lose it before the hooks require replacement. I don't know of any lure I have that comes with hooks so bad that I'd go out and spend more $$$ to replace them.

I throw them in the woods behind my house. I live in town, but the entire block behind me is undeveloped hardwoods. Coons an possums appreciate them. Take them in a bucket to a location with no residents and toss them into a deep ditch. Then fire your pistol a few times, yell "YEE-HAAH", and speed away before deputies come. That's what I'd do.

Mine are very old

I went to a private pond yesterday that's just a bass fishing postcard. I know there are bass there because I got a bite from a tiny bass that shook off. And I spooked a few while paddling the kayak. But that was the only bite. They just weren't doing it. Tried the T rig, jig, topwater and frog. Even the can't-miss Trick Worm missed. Sometimes there's nothing you can do except experiment.

What makes white perch a nuisance to me is that they flare those gills and can slice your hand if you're holding them like a bluegill. And they tend to get all three hooks of a treble inside their mouth. Then sometimes they'll get the other treble in their tail or side, making it very difficult to get unhooked. Personally, since they've eradicated the white bass, I like to catch a whole lot of them at once. It's better than not catching crappie where they used to be.

If it's a native fish, like a gar or a bowfin, I would just release it.

In SC white perch have overcome the white bass wherever they've been introduced and are fierce competitors with crappie. DNR says they weren't stocked. They have lifted the limit and ask people to take as many as they can and don't return them to the water even if you waste them. They make good catfish bait. And they taste pretty good too. You tend to catch a bunch crappie fishing or bass fishing with cranks.

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I use the Trick Stick by Big Bite. I have some old purple Kinami stick worms. But I understand they're really made by Yamamoto.

A man is only as good as his word. I've known a lot of people who excuse their actions by saying "That's not the real me". What you do and say is the real you. Glad it all worked out.

What if it's a bowl shape?

The only place where I feel boats have the clear advantage is in running big waters and hand-free operation...more casts. There are kayaks that operate by foot action, but they have depth restrictions and cost almost as much as entry level boats. I'm going fishing in a tiny place this evening. It's either kayak or jon boat. Advantage: kayak.

Is it really that bad? You are always hearing horror stories about it, but only anecdotal evidence. Or you'll hear that studies suggest problems but not that they prove anything. That said, I quit drinking them entirely about a month ago. I don't feel any better or worse. I continue to drink coffee in the morning and replaced one pack of splenda with one tsp of sugar. I'm already on something for mild hypertension and cholesterol. I figured it couldn't hurt to drop a habit. The only thing I really have noticed is fewer twitching nerves and maybe whiter teeth. I always drank Diet Coke.

Yeah. Nugent says the locals eat that meat. But I've always felt like that about hunting. If you won't eat it, you shouldn't shoot it. The locals would probably prefer he shot something with hooves if he's going to give it away.

If the pics weren't posted in social media we would never have heard of this. How often are deer lured from one place to another with food plots or even corn on the ground to be killed?

I almost never hunt. But I have no moral issues with it and I'm not trying to disparage it. I'm just not into it. What are some opinions of the hunters on this board regarding the dentist who shot the lion in Zimbabwe? Was it legal-I know he paid for the privilege. If so, do you think it's moral? Is it necessary to thin the lion population? Do natives eat the meat? Do you have a problem with people killing the king of the jungle? Just curious what hunters think of the issue.

Fishing from a boat is better because: 1. I love getting up before the crack of dawn, towing a boat that I hooked up the night before, waiting in line to launch, getting out to my favorite fishing location and sharing it with two boaters that apparently spent the night there. 2. Maintaining an outboard rocks! 3. Depreciatation!!! 4. Keeping electronics in good working order. 5. Buying gas. 6. Taking care to protect from ethanol. 7. Competing for small fish in a big lake. I'll use my kayak anywhere I can to avoid competition, make travel and loading/unloading easier, sneak up on bigger, wary fish and more of them and keep costs low enough to ease my conscience.

Well, I went to Academy. They didn't have ANY Moaners, They were out of the Gamakatsu. So I bought a card of 4 VMC 1/8 oz Drop Dead hooks. If I don't like them, I only have 4 to lose.

I need a break from breaks from fishing.

Is your local BPS in Concord? I go there a couple times a year. Let us know when you'll be there so I can come up and listen to your seminar speech.

I voted for BC/other. But really, I can't limit myself to only 5 lures in one 2-hour session. Then I take another box with several other options in the kayak with me. You just never know.

I like the evening because I have to work mornings. And if I go fishing early, I get up so early to beat sunrise that I'm dog-tired all day. But I'm awake every evening the last 2 hours before dark. The drawback is that dark descends and there's no more light to fish by. If you go early you can fish longer. On an ideal day, I'd go early and late.

What weight hooks do you prefer for craw Rage rigs?

I don't know about the fish, but pretty sure it's the same guy.

EEEEWWWW!!! Bass cooties! I don't know the cause, but I've caught a lot like that on public lakes. Always assumed it was caused by pollution, outboards, jet skis and stress. I don't see it in ponds I fish now. I do see some chewed up tail fins during spawn. But those look like lesions.