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I fish a 5" weightless wacky rigged Senko that I have used Lurecraft SB Coat to give it a red head. It works well on bedded fish in the spring and late fall shallow dock fish.

I would have, but the baits weren't coming back in one piece. Many missing claws and some disappeared completely.

I just returned from a very successful trip to my favorite lake . About the third LM I caught spit this up. Two fish later another did the same....identical 'dads as did roughly 1/2 of the fish I caught . I had some Rage Bugs that were an exact match and just slayed 'em for the next two hours. Then I lost my last Bug and things fell off. I didn't really have anything else with me that worked as well. What would you guys have switched to? Specific colors and models would be appreciated. Thanks.

I can't tell you how many times I've backlashed on a cast to find that I have a fish on after a 2 or 3 minute fix.

I prefer...."Fondle and Free"

I bought a bunch of 1" bobbers on Ebay for next to nothing. I wrap the line around and reel up to the eye. Just works.

Nope, I release them all.......hopefully to be caught again. It's much like not eating the ball after a tennis match.

The real inconvenience is constantly having to remove fish from your hook.

In my part of the world, our SE winds are usually the warmest so I usually look to northern bays and shorelines in early spring.

Black 6" Power Lizard , Mister Twister 4/0 Keeper Hook, 1/8 oz pegged bullet weight.

I still have a healthy supply of the little known Mister Twister Slither Worms I throw every day I'm on the water.

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Anything less than say 10 FOW it's weightless. Over 10' I'll use a texas rig with the lightest weight I can get away with.

Yup, wacky rigged 5" Senko.

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You mean I can download a map of a lake that's not on their list of lakes? How?

Their water level offset feature makes them worth the price....IMHO.

PM'd you.

Unforgiven.....alt...The Enemy Below

New Cabelas Xmas catalog says " We are proud to announce Fast, Free 2 day Shipping with Fed-Ex"...no mention of minimums... but when you try to order anything they tell you $50 minimum. Just another in a series

I am pleased to report that I was contacted by a gentleman from Johnson Outdoors who monitors this forum (among others) and saw my post suggesting a lake in Washington be added to the Lakemaster Western Region Card. He seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say and asked all the right questions. He also said they are working to re-instate the "Suggest a Lake" links that went dead with the changing of the guard. I'm very pleased with the response and service shown by HB/JohnsonOutdoors and have renewed hope that there will be new lakes added from Washington in the near future.

I make my own bladed jigs and on roughly 1/3 of them I'll use a jig with a fiber weed guard. I can't say I have ever missed a fish due to the weed guard.

I was thinking about getting a Lakemaster card for my Helix 7 but as I was looking at the lake list, I didn't see Potholes Reservoir. Could this be? How can they not include what is arguably the most popular lake in Washington? Am I missing something here? I really was looking forward to the water level offset feature that is not found in the Navionics cards.

Only if they got an airbag.