MN Fisher

This holds true with any magazine - they're gonna cater to their advertisers as most of the publishing costs of the mag are generated by ads.

Slip bobber, un-snelled hook - as light a weight as you can get away with placed 8"-10" above the hook for leeches and minnows...allow them to swim around as naturally as possible. 4"-6" above worms and grubs. I think the heaviest split-shots I have are 1/8oz, but my usual for live-bait is 1/32-1/16oz and only one. It's just to help get the bait down...don't need much for that.

For lake-bound panfish and trout - Bobbers - worms, grubs, leeches or chub minnows on the hooks. Suggest you get a slip-bobber - easier to set proper depth and MUCH easier to fish for the deeper ones - say beyond 6' depth. For stream trout - drift fishing with Trout Magnets or live bait

Nope - you work the C-Rig like a Texas rig mainly - slow drag with pauses/twitches. Toss it and 'forget it' for bass? Closest would be Ned, shaky-head, drop-shot and other finesse rigs Bass are primarily ambush-predators. They hide in/under weeds, behind logs or rocks, and 'leap out' at passing baitfish...which is why most lures used are 'action lures' like spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, frogs, crankbaits, jerkbaits, etc. It's only when they get lethargic and/or finicky that you drop to the super-slow working of finesse rigs.

I do color choice based on two things 1: Water clarity 2: Light levels Dingy water on a very cloudy day gets a dark color, clear water on a bright day gets a light color. BPS Stik-Os, Zoom Zlinkys and Yum Dingers all have their fans - but the preponderance of 'likes' still seems to be Yamamoto.

I wouldn't - another failure point is the snap. It's a bottom rig - no bobber Bottom or near bottom feeding fish - bass, walleye, maybe some panfish.

^ What Fry said plus... 3/32 Gammy off-set finesse jigs or 3/32 Owner shaky heads with Zoom finesse worms. That's a couple things I'll be tossing on my Procyon L/F - which has about the same lure rating as the SA-700SF

I was thinking of making a livewell for the canoe and designed up a system using two electrically operated 3-way valves - one pump to do all three jobs. Then decided it was too much for the canoe, but the system would work on any boat.

Jawbone brand spinnerbaits and buzzbaits - $3 each. DSG or F&S usually carry them. The bass in my avatar was caught on a 3/8oz Jawbone spinnerbait. They also have other lures available at comparable prices - not the most durable, but usable.

I got a Baby Bull Gill - that's the limit of my SB baits...luckily I have rods that can handle that one. Bigger ones like the S-Waiver 168 I'd have to invest in a new rig...nope...not going there...though the 120 is doable.

Third one is probably the bilge.

Ya - 85 degrees last week, and this afternoon I had this in my backyard.

Better hope the judge agrees with that sentiment.

Ya - that's for oiled-felt...it can compress and stay that way. Carbontex is much more forgiving in that respect.

Even I know that much - and I'm an 'ancient' Boomer.

I stopped into Fleet-Farm last week for some crappie lures - they had full shelves/racks, lots of rods, reels, sonar units, etc. I think it's a location-by-location thing - they carry lots of Rapala and VMC products...and Rapala corp is headquartered here.

I usually find them when going from the FB posts.

Even if it's faked - they're promoting 'bad behavior' by doing that...no difference to me.

Just search for the title on YouTube - they're usually on the BR channel there already.

I see one vid from someone who does that, and they're on my 'banned' list...forever. One group that did it regularly and got some notoriety I won't even touch their baits.

Nope - I got 6# Sufix Elite Mono on one and 6# InvizX FC on the other...no problems...of course I use KVD L&L on them...may make a difference.

No - but I don't have mine tight in any case. Standard is to have it 1/3 of the line test, or 1/3 of the max rod rating - which ever is lower.

My visits are usually around September with my Doc Heidi Cole. Last visit she found one - halfway down my back, a few inches right of my spine - an froze it off. It's a little uncomfortable for a few days, but I'd rather that than what could result if it was left on. This is what I do - light colored cargo-pants help with the heat, and the Columbia and HUK long-sleeved T's I have are SPF 30 rated and thin enough to be cool...add the hat and I'm good to go.

Diawa, Pflueger, Mitchell, Abu Those are the brands I've owned and never had an issue with them.

So the one's I have are useless? Darn you, bait monkey!