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Check out Paycheck Baits Repo Man, apparently it is from the same mold but $16

Flip Pallot

GSU_LipRipper, my point is & this is in no way picking on Sam but his choice of lures for fall fishing is as follows. Spinnerbaits Crankbaits Chatterbaits Senkos Plastics on shaky head and drop shot My question to Sam would be do you not fish these lures year round? And I’m fairly confident Sam’s answer would be yes Seasonal patterns is a choice of locations not lures, any lure will work year round if used in the proper location and under the proper conditions. Winter, spring, summer, or fall you must follow the “bait” to be successful, this will give you the location. During the spring & fall most bait will move into creek/river channel coves The first move will be to the mouths so target points The second move will be about midway so target irregularities in the creek/river channel The final move will be to the back of the creek/river channel coves so target shallow near the creek/river channel. Work the entire water column top, mid, and bottom at each location until you establish additional patterns.

Seasonal patterns are more about locations than lures

Many anglers place their sense of feel in their rods & line but I think it all depends on whose hands the rod is in period. My wife could not tell a bite any better with a Berkeley Cherrywood than she could with a GLX but the reason is not rod sensitivity. What was transmitted up the line & then down the rod to the hands was lost by the brain. Now in my hands if that bass farts anywhere around my bait I'll know it The art of feeling a worm/jig bite is a fine combination of watching your line and feeling for unnatural sensations of what your lure shouldn’t feel like. Sometimes you will feel that classic “Tap”, sometimes you’ll only see line movement, sometimes your line will simply go slack, but sometimes there will only be a feeling of heaviness that is almost like your lure will not move. The bites where the bass moves after inhaling your lure are the easy ones to feel because there is line movement, the bites where the bass simply inhales your lure and just sits there are the hardest to feel. Feeling a worm/jig bite requires keeping a certain amount of tension on your line while at the same time keeping a certain amount of slackness in your line. To the average angler this makes no sense at all but the worm/jig angler it makes total sense. Maintain contact with your lure at all times, allow the lure to free-fall unrestricted, but without letting slack form in the line; follow your lures down with your rod tip. Pay close attention to the depth you're fishing, any sudden change in the amount of line you're using could mean you’ve been bit. For instance, if you're fishing 6 feet of water and the lure suddenly stops at the 3 depth, it's possible a bass has taken the lure. If you're fishing 3 feet of water and 6 feet of line sinks chances are good a bass is traveling with the lure. This is extremely true on the initial drop and no line movement maybe noticed. What I’ll use to help my students is to take them out night fishing during a new moon!

It seems I've stepped on some toes. Sorry. Blame it on old age, being tired and crotchety (work 2 jobs and had been going for 18 hours). I did notice his 100% feedback, tho the count is low as yet. Admittedly if he had something I wanted bad enough...at a good price...I'd also be willing to try buying from him with that rating regardless of the poor quality of the ad. I'm an old fart that got into computers late in life. Bought my first one about 7 years ago. I consider myself computer illiterate, and probably will still be when I die. But even I know that caps is considered yelling...and is quite often harder to read (in my case). I'll give him "hear" for "here", but I am continually amazed by the number of people on the Internet who use "witch" for "which". English was absolutely my worst subject in high school. Even so I don't see how anyone can not know the difference between the two words.

<<<<<< * sees what all the Rage is about*

Tigers in 6........ Verlander pitches a No-No against the Yanks!!!! Go tigers.....

Having growing up in predominately Hispanic area....I've seen too many murals of Mexico on walls. While it is art and done legally...it's also an eye sore to me.Which I cannot and will not discuss. So if done legally,is it art? yes,to some it is. If it's done Illegally,it goes from art to crime....which it is no longer art anymore.

Anything to imitate the fishies.

Would this be a good time to mention the Wolverines & Buckeyes?