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That might have been me saying that. (edit: Oh, I see now there's a new thread about it.) I don't know about discontinued for everything, but it looks like they are making some kind of change. I was in there a couple weeks after that comment and took this picture. This was on 9/12. They are my best hard bait deal. I hope they don't go away.

The front hooks are set pretty far back on those little ones, so the hook probably doesn't do as much as the snap. I've had several lures that require a little extra weight on the nose like that. If you remove the split ring on some lures, they'll blow out like that. I've never bought any of those sticky weights you put on lures, but that may be what you need in this case.

There's a few SK things on their website marked down.

If you don't try to exchange them, you might try using a snap or putting a larger hook on the front position, something with weight to help get the nose down. I assume the lip is not at the right angle, but I could be wrong.

I guess that's in case you're the Bionic Man, or they grow your head in a jar and you fish using telekinetic powers.

Someone good with social media could probably make that go viral and get the rule changed. I don't understand how any rational person could think that rule was a good idea. I clicked that link and found out the regulations are almost 100 pages long too! Holy cow.

Here’s another one from that page that has an extra bend, and this is the type rig where I first noticed how the bait doesn’t swim horizontal - when you have a long trailer. It becomes much more obvious. This one also has the clevis blade issue @WRB mentioned. I don’t know if that’s an issue or not. The wire angle relevance has always been a bit of a mystery to me. All I know for sure is I like a little smaller angle, generally. I admit it’s really hard for me to understand a lot of these comments in this post. It’s not easy to describe this stuff.

Yeah, I dunno, you're probably right. It’s interesting looking at that TW page and looking at the variations in all the designs. I think I understand what you’re chasing with this post, and it’s a worthy endeavor, but I think you’ll find it elusive. There are some rules, like @Jigfishn10 listed, but each element of the spinnerbait affects the other in the design, so it makes it hard to law down hard, fast rules for each element of design. I’ve kind of given up trying to predict how a bait will run, and just make my best guess and then put it to the test in the water. If it doesn’t work, I adjust accordingly. Trial and error, but using what I have learned in the past. But a lot of error.

I'm not sure what I did to get you hyperventilating ? I was trying to help you illustrate your point. A picture is worth a thousand words. I'm not trying to say that spinnerbait is "special", but I was just looking at the Tackle Warehouse page on double bladed spinnerbaits, and I think it's the only one there that has that extra bend. I've never used one like that, but I have considered bending the wire on certain spinnerbaits to overcome the bait running at an angle.

I agree with everything but the snap. I think a snap cuts down a little on the responsiveness. The line being tied tight to the line tie is going to give you more action. I get your logic - it's true that it allows the bait to swing more freely once you have it walking, but I think you have a little less control over the bait. ? You can get spooks and dawgs at walmart. I've never tried the YoZuri, but I know Academy carries it and I'd like to try one. I've never heard of the J-Walker.

You mean like how this spinnerbait has an extra bend to address that issue?

It might be appropriate when you're using like a Zebco spincaster with 25# line and you can't cast to the opposite bank of the lake where the big fish are ? That looks like a rubber skirt. Is that right for a buzzbait? Definitely some crazy colors.

I don't know about walleye, but there's not a single lure in those pictures that I wouldn't try for bass. Oh, and that one weird compartment must be for spinnerbaits, if you were wondering. That's a message from the Bait Monkey for you.

I remember at least a couple other female members who have posted here in the past few years. I can't remember any names though. There was one that used to post a lot a couple years ago. Gender is a field in the member profile, so someone with the site could probably find out the answer. I used to work with a woman who tournament fished. Her mom in her 80's still fished too.

It's the little ones that are the most dangerous, in my experience. I've just started using lip grippers recently, and I love them. I keep them hooked on a belt loop, because if they aren't instantly accessible, they're useless. The one problem I have with them is when the fish won't open their mouth. Sometimes they're like a kid at the dentist.

So now it's a MH/XF? ?

State parks sometimes have lost and founds. I turned in a rod and reel once. A couple weeks later I went back and asked about it, nobody had claimed it, so I got it. I kept the rod and gave the reel to the guy working there. You might be surprised how many people just leave stuff intentionally. It's usually junk, even if it is brand new. People who have never fished before will buy a cheap combo, fish for a while, and then just leave it. It's not like they're ever going to use it again. Same goes for chairs, tables, grills, etc. Maybe they live in apartments and have no space for the stuff.

Wildlife photography is very similar to hunting (without the killing). Depending on the equipment, the photographer may have to get in even closer than the hunter to get their shot. The lengths some photographers go through to get a shot is crazy.

I'd be surprised if the scanner worked. ?

Yeah, I've caught lots of fish on flukes, but I can't seem to catch one with a little spinner blade like the flashy swimmer. I know lots of people have great success with that, so I've tried to make it work for me. I don't really understand why I keep trying. Flukes work great for me, flukes with spinners have never caught me a fish. Seems pretty simple.

I've gotten black fingernail polish at Dollar Tree a couple times. Not always in stock. Ask goth kids if you can't find it.

You make it sound like work. Keep it simple. Sometimes I feel like the more I know, the worse I am at actually fishing. I’ll never forget the day when I was fishing a spot from the bank for a couple hours, trying all kinds of different baits and techniques, getting really frustrated, and this kid walks up next to me with his Zebco with a big purple worm and a big egg sinker on it, and he chunks it right where I’ve been fishing, making a huge splash. I think, Great, he just scared off every fish on the planet, and when he starts to try to retrieve we both think he’s hung up, which doesn’t surprise me with that big sinker, but it turns out he pulls in like a five-pounder. I was irritated when he first intruded in my spot, but I was really happy for that kid when he pulled in that huge fish. He was almost crying he was so happy. Anyway, moral of the story, I thought I knew what I was doing, and I thought he didn’t know what he was doing, but sometimes none of that matters.

I used to have great success with them, but it’s much harder to catch anything with topwater on the lake I fish the past few years (due to pressure I assume), so I don’t use them as much anymore. I have several colors, but the leopard frog worked best for me. I don’t think there’s really a wrong way to fish them, but doing a pulsing retrieve, like slow and steady but doing a pause for a fraction of a second every revolution, seemed to attract more bites.

You lessen your chances of catching a big bass by using very large lures. It’s harder to make a larger lure look and act as real and natural, it’s like a law of physics. There are some beautiful swim baits that look very realistic, but the smaller versions look even more realistic. You’re trying to fool the smartest and most experienced fish in the lake, so you want the most realistic bait. Larger lures cost more, so you might be a little more hesitant to put it where it needs to go.

Ha. That's good. I have those moments when I'm so wrapped up in whatever I'm working on at the moment, like trying to get a bait to run a certain way, or just watching how a bait color looks in the water, and then suddenly catch a fish and it surprises the heck out of me.