Blue Streak

I used to have a beagle that liked to go. He was pretty good most of the time, but when we would get into weeds that matted the surface he thought he could jump out and run around on them. He was a pretty good swimmer.

I fish as long as I can, at least until the weather gets bad and stays that way. It gets pretty cold here in the winter.

I haven't put a rocking chair in the bass boat yet, but I am thinking about it. Beats sitting on a park bench I guess.

I am going to say 62 years, give or take a year.

This is an excellent shallow water, high speed bait. They are built tough and they catch fish. The paint jobs are not so great but it is still a great bait.

I wonder if it has ever been true that any lure has ever been banned in any state??

If you left that box in the sun they will swell up and bust before others will

I am not sure I understand, but I always hook beaver type beaits through the flat side it gives them a nice gliding action.

That is only important sometimes, other times it is the way the bait is presented on the bottom. What had made flippin/pitchin/punchin so deadly for so many years on so many bodies of water? The fact that a high percentage of bites come on the initial fall! What triggers that strike on the initial fall? Rate of Fall! As I said, it is only important sometimes. If the bass are hitting on the fall it is very important. If not it does not matter at all. Some days with flipping, pitching, or punching the bait is bit on the bottom and not on the fall. With bottom lures the time frame from the moment the lure touches the surface of the water until to the moment the lure comes to rest on the bottom is the initial fall. There is no defined time frame after the lure contacts the bottom where one can say it is no longer the initial fall. It can be said how ever once the lure is moved in any fashion the initial fall is over. The highest percentage of bites will occur during this time frame and at any moment during this time frame. Rate of Fall is the length of time from the moment the lure touches the surface of the water until to the moment the lure comes to rest on the bottom. The speed at which this occurs will be detrimental to your success or failure That is very good Catt, reminds me of something the US goverment would write. Actually I think Snoopy's law applies here. :

I have done very well with them. Hook them through the side texas style with no weight. Throw them up next to cover and just let them fall. They have a quiver and shimmy like a dying shad. When they hit bottom raise them up a little and let them fall, reel back and throw them at the cover again. Be patient. They will catch some big bass.

That is only important sometimes, other times it is the way the bait is presented on the bottom. What had made flippin/pitchin/punchin so deadly for so many years on so many bodies of water? The fact that a high percentage of bites come on the initial fall! What triggers that strike on the initial fall? Rate of Fall! As I said, it is only important sometimes. If the bass are hitting on the fall it is very important. If not it does not matter at all. Some days with flipping, pitching, or punching the bait is bit on the bottom and not on the fall.

That is only important sometimes, other times it is the way the bait is presented on the bottom.

Sometimes I think we need a rule for this board that states Any member who has a disagreement or an issue with another member has to fish with that person or persons for a day. I think it would be real hard for two guys to spend the day together fishing and not finish the day as friends. It is true that the emotion or true meanings of the words written here are lost at times. Only a very gifted writer can write in such a way that we can feel the emotion of the words. Or somethings are written to be funny and the humor is lost. So maybe we should not take things so personal and be a little more thoughtful of the things we write. By the way the rest of that rule should state that the parties should stop and have a beer together on the way home.

Have you tired here? http://www.rednecklures.com/jumpnshad.htm

I think it is called the Jump- N- Shad now. Go to rednecklures.com

Berkley worms black and junebug

Very good analogy, Ohio bass fishing is pretty pitiful.

8 1/2 pound LM on a Hellbender 6 1/2 pound SM buzzbait Both caught in Ohio which might be the worst big bass state in the country.

My favorite is Berkley and most of the hot colors. But I have used many, many different brands and types. They all work I think it is all about confidence.

I c rig at any depth. I usually stay with a 1/2 oz weight but will go to 3/4 at times. Just drag your bait by moving your rod backwards, don't raise the weight off of the bottom keep your rod tip low. The c rig will produce just about anywhere at anytime

Maybe you could slow down a little and not twitch so hard. But I think the action you are getting is a good thing, it should look like a dieing shad.

The old deep Rebel Humpy and deep Wee R in that old brown crawdad color. The new brown color just is not as good and they don't make that Humpy any longer.

Jitterbug for me, nothing else comes close.

I use MegaStrike at times RW and just for that purpose. But I am still not convinced that they make any difference at all.

I am not convinced, and never will be that scent improves any bait.