A friend of mine and I went out to a local pond to give some new baits some water time. I (in the pontoon type tube) hooked up with the first one, a nice 4lb 13oz largie and my friend picked up one a nice 4lb 6oz. on a bait I built for him last summer.

Nice fish! I can't wait to use the baits I've made over the winter and catch some fish.

Very nice fish and nothing better than catching them on baits you made by hand.

Nice fish, where is the lure pics? I agree that there is nothing better than catching them on a homemade lure.

I don't have a picture of the one I made for my friend but I do have a picture of the one in the fishes mouth I'm holding.

That looks good. Perch patterns are killer in my local waters.