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Really nice looking rig (especially when you throw in that word "affordable") take good care of it and remember the drain plug ... As Ever, skillet

Congratulations on your baby and WELCOME to the forums!! Guess I'm an old stuck in the mud :-[still use mono, regular Stren, 12# on baitcaster and 8 & 10# on spinning... As Ever, skillet

About 3 or 4 months (he's got to be kidding, I've slept since then ;D) ago there was a post about playing a musical instrument. One of the replies veered off to transposing music, think it had to do with a harmonica. I've tried quite a few words and phrases in "search" with no results . If anyone remembers this post (hopefully the member who wrote about transposing) or a word or phrase I might try would be GREAT . Could you give me a holler... As Ever, skillet

IMHO the jig and pig is a great technique to use. Most folks will even say that it attracts larger fish. I normally fish smaller jigs (1/4 to 5/16 oz.), in deeper water or when trying to punch thru heavy vegetation folks go quite a bit larger. I usually stay with black or black and blue, brown or brown and orange or a varation of green pumpkin. If you have ever watched a crawfish in the water, that is the action I try for. I fish j&p or soft plastics REALLY slow. Try to throw past target and creep by or find the nastiest looking log jam or tangle of roots I can find and throw it right in the middle of it. You can just cast them, flip, pitch or swim them. When some folks first start using them they have a hard time telling the bite. Just keep trying. You also need to be a line watcher. At times the line moving in a different direction is the only way to tell you have a bite. This doesn't cover everything about j&p but it should get you started. It is a GREAT way to catch bass... As Ever, skillet

Nice looking fish! Have never been salt water fishing :'(. My wife and I are driving to my daughter's wedding next month (Florida). Hope to get the chance then... As Ever, skillet

I'm glad you decided to let us share this with you (it probably wasn't easy). The first time I posted in "Broken Fins" it took me forever, after writting it, to finally hit the post button. Bad things DO happen to good people . The advice given so far is probably better than what I could come up with :-[. Just wanted to let you know there is one more who is thinking about and hopeing better things come to you and your family... As Ever, skillet

Unless it's a spinner bait, I'm probably throwing darker or more natural colors... As Ever, skillet

Way to go LBH ... As Ever, skillet

I'm about 3hrs. North of you (just North of Memphis) and WELCOME to the forums!!! As Ever, skillet

WELCOME to the forums!!! As Ever, skillet

Most of the water I fish is skinny enough that I can get by using smaller jigs than a lot of you (1/4 to 5/16 oz.). Keeping that in mind, the Strike King 3x chunk jig trailer is a good size for me, comes in colors I like (don't use but about 3 colors on jigs) and I usually have to take one off the hook before it actually loses anything to bites . Haven't tried swimming jigs much yet :-[... As Ever, skillet

Those wheels must make a heck of a rucus in the water! When I've seen a flying bug (must admit, I've never seen a cicada in the water) in the water they pretty much set in one spot and churn the surface or kind of go in a circle. You'd have to pull this one forward to get it to churn the water.........Right about here my wife :-*would say "you are always so negative " Really not trying to be.... As Ever, skillet

WELCOME to the forums!! As Ever, skillet

WELCOME to the forums!! As Ever, skillet

I don't think it really "attracts". If anything it might cover offensive odors or make the fish hold onto it just a little longer. Since I don't think it "attracts", I can't see a reason to use it on a fast moving bait like a spinner or a crank. Like Raul said, if you think it works for you, it probably does. Anything that gives you a little more confidence... As Ever, skillet

Being fromthe part of the country that the term redneck was coined for, when I read the title of this post I figured it had something to do with a lit cigarete and a stick of dynamite...

TP, I think you oughta put this one in the Fishing Locations Forum ... As Ever, skillet

BAD! BAD BAD DOG! BAD! ;D

Have to make sure the cat is in the house when I am practicing ... As Ever, skillet

Beautiful pic. Until we moved to where we are living now, I had always lived in the heart of the city. There are half a dozen old fruit trees at the back of our property and the does an fawns come up from the bottoms a lot. I was amazed when I saw a set of twins (remember city boy) and come to find out if they are healthy and have a good source of food that is the norm.... As Ever, skillet

and ReelMech is a qualified tech. I and many others on the forums have used his help. Unless you have a "qualified tech" that you use, I'd send him a email... As Ever, skillet

That sounds pretty good Catt, but dayuumm!! What size army of coona**es does that feed ;D? As Ever, skillet

CONGRATULATIONS and I'll add good luck as you get started in your life!!! As Ever, skillet

I have only caught them by accident while bream fishing when I was lot younger (a whole lot ;D) and they do put up a heck of a battle. I don't know how you would fish for on purpose... As Ever, skillet

One of the best things about the forums... As Ever, skillet