Luke Barnes

That's a good one. I can't catch anything but leaves on a hard jerkbait and they do get tiring doing jerk jerk pause..... Jerk jerk jerk pause..... It wears on my patience and doing the same thing over and over and over. So hard jerkbaits for me as well.

Thats easy for me. Jigs. Because I am terrible at detecting the bite and only recently i started using finesse jigs and actually catching a couple. I probably got lucky that I felt the fish there.

The only cranks I like are lipless and squarebill but I havent even thrown any of them thia past year. I have an entire crankbait box that I didnt use a single one in 2021 and I wonder why I'm terrible at them haha. Situational lures I guess and I didn't think the situation arose to use them. Another one is paddletails. I have maybe caught 2 or 3 fish on them alone and not used as a trailer. I have all the colors and styles and even different hooks and such to rig them on and still nothing. Put it on a chatterbait and I'm in busineas though.

To me it looks like any other soft jerkbait. Nothing special or revolutionary. Not knocking the googans, I say this about plenty others. The Yum Breakin Shad work great for the price if you are on a budget, but its still hard to beat the original Fluke and Super Fluke by Zoom. I dont care about scent or taste with these as it is more of a reaction bite. But..... Ive been known to buy into a new and improved lure that maybe has a slightly wider darting action, more erratic, more or less bouyant. So I guess maybe they could be better suited in certain situations.

What about if OP threw a floating jerkbait? I have one I use in ponds and it rarely hangs as long as I don't throw it into areas I can see are super shallow. It floats back up to the surface when paused and doesn't dive terribly deep.

I need to go to BPS and try some on. That's something im worried too is fit and comfort so trying them on is a must.

Didn't know that. Thanks for the info!

They are owned by a company called COGS, which owns Native Eyewear that bass pro sells.

Thank you for the sound advice. I was 75% convinced not to buy from them but this put me over the top. I'm going to research best polarized glasses $50 and under now.

I see the accept PayPal and they are very big on anti fraud and scams. So that makes me feel better. Plus I'll be using a visa prepaid gift card so no actual account info.

Thank you!!! Where did you find that?

This is where I found them on sale. I know nothing about them except they are good quality shades, so I dont know how to spot a fake. This site is giving me weird vibes though. I dont care if they are the 2018 models, I just want them to be authentic. https://www.sunglasshutonw-costa.com/index.php?main_page=cms_page&cpID=1

Costa is having a huge sale and I have some gift cards so I am thinking about picking up a pair of polarized Costa sunglasses. I havent looked into whether they have different lenses for different things, I just saw tons of models that said polarized. What are peoples experience with them?

Vertical like a fish or horizontal?

How do you rig the pitboss? My one lure would be a green pumpkin stick bait. Wacky rigged for targets and nose hooked and used like a fluke I can do it all that I need with it.

I was given a job boat and a 4hp Mariner 2 stroke outboard. I gave the boat back to my mom and step dad and my buddy told me to keep the motor and sell it. So I need help with specs and what not. Here is what I know. He said it is a 1986 or 1988 Mariner 2 stroke 4 hp outboard. It ran last year and is in overall good shape. Included are two pictures of the data plate and motor itself. Can anyone tell me a year off the data plate? Whats the value of this and what should I ask for it?

MaxScent and gulp dont bother me in the least. Bang crawfish/shad formula doesn't bother me either and Gambler uses it on some lures but the one that gets me is the Gambler garlic. Good lord it is strong and pungent!!! That and the acetone smell of spike it and JJs gets me.

I tried a Zako the other day on a swim jig and I loved the look but not the action. I knew there wouldn't be any thump but I thought the tail would swing but not unless I put action to it with the rod. Not what I'm looking for in a trailer for a swim jig. Ill stick to using them on chatterbaits. I realized personally I want some thump or action from either a paddle tail or like a rage menace but I'm going to try rigging a rage bug vertical and tearing the little side flippers off.

I have these in flamethrower and love them! They work really well.

I'm totally lost. I havent been around long enough though. I really hope Bass Pro has some of the new Powerbait Swim jigs. I really want to try them!!

I have some of those I got for crappie fishing. Maybe I should try them where I think bass may be lurking!

Were they the Johnson Hair jigs?

Yeah same with me. I won't argue that it works for him where he uses it. I wonder if it's more situational with different factors.

This is what I was talking about. So its more to keep it up in the water column and not trying to hard to look like a fish? Sometimes I give bass too much credit I think because ive cUght them on the dumbest things that look like nothing. I watched one of his videos lately. So he isn't using trailers anymore??

I guess I get caught up in the fact they are advertised as craws but people are swimming them. Ive seen Gerald Swindel use Zoom Z Craws on swim jigs and buzzbaits. Rigged horizontal they make the Buzz Bait plane out really fast and I got a bite on it, but with so many options that mimic fish it confuses me why someone would use a craw.