J_pontius

Just to let you know got my order today and I live in Indianapolis. Ordered Monday and got it Friday. Not to bad.

I just placed a ground order on monday and haven't heard anything yet, but I am hoping to get it today. I will let you know when I get mine.

I figured I would have to use a dremel tool, but I thought I would post here first before I go pokin on my mold. I will probably have to do a lot of experimenting with it before I get it right. Thanks

I just bought the DO-IT SUB-3-AY WEEDLESS STAND UP JIG MOLD and it says it takes a Eagle claw 1623 hook. Only problem is I don't want Eagle claw. Anyway, I called and spoke with the guy at Do it, and he said that he doens't know anyone else that makes a hook to match this mold. He said that it is a 28 degree flat eye hook, wich I know will vary sligtly between brands, but does anyone know where I can find a better hook to fit this mold? I know the first fish I lose I am gonna cuss them hooks. Thanks for any help Pont

Good to know that I lost my 5% this weekend on the rattle trap, so now I should be golden for the rest of the year! 8-)

Yeah, I have invested a lot in the mustad triple grip treble hooks and have had more hook ups than in the past. Especially on them darn rattle traps! Love them, but hate them too. Anyone that usues rattle traps knows what I mean.

12 lb Seaguar! Disappears as soon as it hits the water and no stretch! Love it, but hate the price! Try a 200 yard spool $15.00 and if you like it buy the 1000 I think $69.00.

Wow, well a lot of different opinions respectfully, but I have noticed a difference in fishing lines and catch ratio. I live in central Indiana and most of our lakes are absoulutely pounded by fisherman. I don't think you can catch a 3lb bass without seeing evidence it being caught before (mangled mouth). Anyway, I fish tournaments mostly as a co-angler , but I have noticed when using soft plastics of anykind that if my partner isn't using some type of low visability line, floro, co-poly, whatever, I usually get more hits and catches then they do from the back of there boat. Even when we are using the same exact lure, scent, whatever. Toledobasser, if I were you, I would consider tying on a 2 or 3 ft leader of florocarbon on the end. Just my my observation. You might also try a 15 to 20lb florocarbon line if you have trouble with visibilty. That stuff still almost disapears once in the water, but you can still see the line above the water. If that still doesn't work, use a black marker about 10 to 15 ft above where you tie your line on and then mark your line every 5ft or so. This should help you see it better.

With the buzzbaits and spinnerbaits, don't just cast out and reel in like alot of other chumps. Give it a quick little 4insh burst to splash up some water maybe once or twice on a cast. Usually just before you hit the fishy area. Don't do it a whole lot because you could potentially yank it away from the fish on his strike. If you do it just before the fishy area you get there attention before you get there. The spinnerbaits you can do the same thing with, but you might try pitchin it into the worst cover possible and as you pull it out give it a quick bang across the stump or log, then let it flutter down for a seconed. At $1.88 each you can certainly afford to lose a few.

I love my mustad triple grips! I have been using them for 2 yrs on my rattle traps and haven't lost a fish on them yet. I will use owner also if they don't have what I am looking for.

Bitsy tubes with a 1/16th oz florida rig has worked pretty well.

Ok, so I am curious. Do you hook these so they look like a tube, or like a backwards tube? Do you work them like a jig or fast twitches???? How good are they in cool water temps?

I think a rattle trap or a 1/4 oz white and yellow spinner bait is a good all around lure. Probalby the spinner because of it's versatility and lack of hang ups.

I think mostly you are paying for a the name except when it comes to the jerbaits. They do have really good finishes, but anymore other companies are rivaling those finishes with less expensive models.

I would use a 6'6 medium to medium heavey depending on the rod. Stick with mono until the water temp gets about 60-65, I haven't had good luck with floro below that temp. Above that temp, I usually ony use floro. Jerkbaits are an awsome cold water lure, but require a lot of patience. Sometimes you may give it one or two twitches every 5 seconeds, sometimes a bunch of small twitches every ten seconds. Big clue on that is to experiment on spots that look pretty fishy and let the fish tell you the action they want. Just don't fish them too fast and for the money the Xrap is propably the best choice. However I am a huge fan of the Lucky craft pointer 78. Too bad they are 15 bucks a pop! ARG! If you buy any Lucky crafts buy a lure knocker too! It will save you some dough brother!

Amen brother! Amen! Best advice I have heard yet. "Let the bass tell ya"!

Gotta be berkely frezny crankbaits! They even look stupid!

I used to use the smallest snaps I could find until my buddy was always putting it to me everytime we went out. We would use the same lure/color/5:1 ratio and he was catching and I wasn't. I stopped using snaps and started using a palomar knot. He doesn't put it to me any more!!! Palomar is super fast to tie and really strong knot. It really helps to keep a pair of fingernail cutters on a janitors key chain attatched to your belt. No keys on it ofcourse. This way you aren't looking for cutters or killing your teeth.

Not sure why there prices are no longer showing on the website. Send them an email and I know they will get back with you pretty quick. Harley is a good guy and makes a really good spinner bait. They will make almost any combinations you want. I have done really well on there bamma bug too for river smallies!!! His email on the site is hryan@stickembaits.com Strike kings are pretty good! I like more specialized colors and stick'em will make them for you at a reasonable price.

These guys make an awsome spinnerbait! http://www.stickembaits.com/

I just started putting a sure set on the back hook and changing the front out to a good name brand larger hook. Still noisy as hell!

Chartruse jerkbait. An assortment of rattle traps! Color would be redcraw, brown, chartruse or even a blugill color. You may even try a floating rattle trap and try it like a jerkbait. That rattle will get there attention in the cloudy water.

Not a big fan of storm, but I can't stand the strike king crankbaits. My alltime hatred is for the bandit flatmax. Stupid lips break off so easy. I guess I shouldn't throw them right against the rocks! ;D Good idea on the ebay thing! There's a sucker in every crowd!

I am in Indianapolis as well and it is tough when you have to fish lakes that are full of that grass. Sometimes that grass just runs along the banks though and you can run the crank right along the outside of that grass. This time of year a lipless can be pulled through pretty easy without getting a bunch with you. I was fishing sylvan lake last year in a club tourney and that lake is loaded with coontail. I was throwing a fat free shallow fingerling right above the coon tail and caught more bass then I ever had in a tourney. I had to hold my pole high at times to keep it out of the coontail but I was successful. I was successful in this tourney because that lake has seen every soft plastic on the market and the lake hadn't seen much pressure from us crank baiters. Granted I did pull a lot of weeds off, but that is just part of it. Indiana has it's share of weeds yes, but the bass are not always in the weeds. I would get out to some lakes that are not choked out with weeds.

Ahh my favorite! Crankbaits! If you want to become really efficient at crankbaits, my suggestion would be to join a club and find the member who is a cranker. They will show you how it's done. That or find a buddy that is good at it. I fortunately had an awsome crankbait teacher and it took me a while to learn to finess fish because of this. We had a tournement this weekend at a local lake and all the crankbaiters were the only ones to weigh in! 56 to 59 degree water temps. I did ended up loosing a rather nice 6lb largemouth that I am still a little sore about, but it happens. Anyway, crankbaits can be soooooo productive once you find your confidance lures. It is a great way to find actively feeding bass. One of the biggest problems I think people have is not wanting to cast into the crap! If you look at a spot and think "I ain't casting in there", think again! You will get hung a lot, but you can cover soooooo much more water and put patterns together much much faster. Plus if you think about the odds of how many more cast you get then a strict finess fisherman. I am not saying either is better because that is an inconclusive bag of worms I am not opening. This time of year in cooler water try lipless cranks. Cut the front hook off the front treble hook and put a sure set on the rear. This helps short strikes and this time of year you will get a lot of short strikes due to slower metabolism. Bang them lipped lures accross all kinds of riprap. This will pay off bigtime! Square bills are nice for bouncing over cover, but don't exclude the rounded bills. Square bills give wobble when sometimes they want a tight wiggle. If you are looking for a good all around crankbait to start with, get some brown and silver rattle traps, and some shad colored fat free shad. The DT 10's and 16's are good too. You won't be upset once you learn to use them. Feel free to pm me if you want any other suggestions.