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i think i'm going to get some electical conduit and have the amish weld my tines right onto the end of it.

really?!?! what'd they say? people that were there were calling in talking about what went on and saying how they thought the police kind of instigated it. they were also talking about how awful tear gas is.

i was thinking this, but i want something a little longer, like 6' or so. do they make shop broom handles that are around that long?

who gigs frogs on here? i know someone's got to... what do you use for a handle on your gig? i'm making my own gig and im not sure what to do for the handle. have any tips/techniques for gigging frogs? how bout some other creative ways to take frogs? i'm also going to use a blowgun with a broadhead dart tethered to my blowgun with about 15 feet 6lb test line

I'm intrigued, who's the artist? old crow medicine show

i'm with stringjam on this one i can't stand any newer country (hank williams, waylon jennings, johnny cash are alright) but i like some bluegrass/americana. wagon wheel is one amazing song.

they were talking about this on elliot in the morning this morning. (NOVA guys should know what this is)

yeah this is something different, "black spot disease". most of the golden shiners in my creek have it. the black spots are very numerous, and all the size of a pin head. this is a golden shiner i got from the creek and had in my aquarium. terrible pic but you can see the spots on it. the condition in question is melanosis. the last 5lb10oz fish i caught had it. its all over fish in the potomac. not sure why though.

It's possible, but IMO would be too much weight. 3" is as big as I would go. i catch little bass <10" from a pond at school on a 5" wacky rigged senko using my UL and a 2/0 hook. i've also caught then on t-rigged baby brush hogs on the same setup. but its hard fishing soft plastics with the UL because the backbone isn't there to set the hook. you always have to tex-pose at the least. wacky worming is pretty easy though. UL's really excel for fishing small crankbaits/topwater (treble hook baits) and inline spinners if you ask me. also fishing little jigs suspended under a bobber for bluegills. that rebel crickhopper popper is a great bait!!

put a lip on it.

Old Crow Medicine Show. end of story.

they look awesome! very first one is my favorite.

yeah i got bit once... i've invested in a lip gripping scale since then.

i'm gonna have to say that "Medicinal Fried Chicken" was funnier :-/

yeah like big m said, no real right way to paint anything. if i were painting it, based off that picture, i'd paint the whole thing white, then the whole thing in pearl white, then pearl silver through netting over the back and shoulders, very light pearl copper lateral stripe, then paint black gills, black spot, and really light black over the back.

thats pretty cool lookin!

27, some of those are difficult to answer about how your brain functions...

using doubled over masking tape to hold the stencil over the bait is a pretty neat trick, good one Rob

my latest purchase:

you talking about the "window" stencil as he called it? yeah thats what i used for this, but i used way too thin of plastic (i used a protective sheet cover, the kind you buy in 100 packs from Staples). the plastic is thinner than a sheet of paper, so i couldn't hold the stencil out from the bait because the air from the airbrush just pushed on the stencil and skewed the cutout. i had to put the stencil right on the bait for the lines to stay aligned. i'm going to re-do the stencil with some sturdier plastic and see how it works out.

i cut a squiggly line in a very thin piece of plastic and then just separated it a little bit so it was a crack and taped it together in this position. i put it against the bait and sprayed. next time i'm using sturdier plastic so i can hold it off the bait a little bit so the stripes don't have such hard edges. i hate hard edges (except on gills).

here in maryland we can target bass all year long, just can't keep any from March 1 to June 15.

please give me your honest opinions on the stripes on this bait. everything is how i want it on this bait except the stripes. i don't like how clean stenciled they look, but i'm unable to spray them that fine freehand without my paint running all over the bait. so, opinions please, or suggestions on how to improve painting irregular, parallel stripes. thanks guys

I can do that, but what do you guys do with baits that don't have an o-ring holding the hook to the bait. Specifically crank baits and topwater baits. Do you just add an o-ring to the bait? are you talking about like on heddons and other classic lures? cut off the stock trebles (they're usually junk anyway), put on some split rings (thats what they're called, O-rings are plastic or rubber gaskets) and put on some quality treble hooks. on jigs and spinnerbaits where the hook is attached to the bait, i use a dremel with an aluminum oxide grinding bit to touch up the hook.