Mattlures

I have caught a 22' 8lber that looked to be a hair fatter then yours. I think your estimate of 7 is very reasonable.

That "new" scent is not new. Its freash. The "old" scent is just that, its old and and has lost its sweet stink. It turns after time, the smell changes. I do not like the "old" smell. That freash sweet stink is the best smelling fish scent to me and gives me confidence. YUMMY

You are trying to drive in a 4in framing nail with a finishing hammer. Finishing hammers are for finishing nails. A spinning rod is a great tool and works great for sticking fish with a small fine wired hook. It is not a good choice for driving a big heavy wired hook through a bulky plastick worm and penatrating bone and skin. It does not have as much leverage as a baitcaster. You need more backbone. Finer sharper hooks will help some with a spinning rod but idealy a medhvy-hvy bait cast rod is what you should be using when fishing a plastic worm. If you feel resistance(fish) when you set the hook but your not sticking them, then the rod is your answer. If your swinging and feel nothing then it could be a bluegill or other fish that does not have the hook portion in its mouth.

MEK is the best for thinning it. Acetone will work. If you had a problem you should have contacted Will he would have taken care of you. I have never seen a white residue so something is off. Maybe you had something on your bait? Either way the customer service is more then good.

Color matters the least at night. Everybody always says to use black. Well black does work but it works no better then any other color.

It is not PVC glue. They may apear similer but the results are not. Once Mend-it cures you are left with a repair that is like new and just as soft.

I have experimented with plastisols, urathanes, silicons etc for about 20 years. I am pretty knowledgable but I do not know everything. First, when working with plastisol, the harder it is the more difficult it becomes. It bunrs much faster, it is much thicker, it cools and thickens much faster. What this means is, it has to be super hot to even make it pourable. Well because of the hardner it burns much easier. See those two thing are conflicting. you are talking about much harder then a hard saltwater type plastisol. Also the harder the plastisol, the less oil is in it. That means it doesnt float anymore. Would it be impossible to make your frisbee out it? Probably not impossible but most likeley extremely difficult. Some suggestions. There are additives you can add to most materials to make them float and alter their flexability. However floating additives will make your product opaque. You just might have to compromise one of your criteria. I suggest you you go to smooth-on and sil-pak and speek to their techs. If they can not answer your questions then you may not be able to make you disk they way you want to.

For the record I also find your nam offensive. You are definatley not glorifying it. But I will answer your question. Or at least I will point in the right direction. If you would have used a better aproach I would have given you the actual links but I am giving you enough for you to acomplish your goal. Plastisol will not work. It will never do the things you want it to do. There are a lot of other materials that will work that you can buy in small quantities. You are looking in the wrong direction. You need to google casting resins, silicone, urathane resins etc and find sites that sell these different material. Then you need to call them and speak with their tech. Explain what you are trying to acomplish and they will tell what to use and how to build it.

I wasnt impressed by much, however the baits by Larry Dahlberge are interesting and apear to be very well designed. I am talking about the diving frog and the craw bait

Nice fish. The head is not overly large. The body is under nurished. If the fish was healthier the head would look normal. If you wanted to help that pond out you should have a fish fry and keep all the small ones you can catch. Then once you have reduced the population you could stock some adult forage fish. If you put small ones in they will just be food.

There are soo many brands that guys THINK are made in the USA but are not. Usualy they were at one time but no longer are. I will not say who but already some mentioned are not made here. Most of my baits are made in my own shop but I have out sourced a couple.

Buy quality. Bass pro is not the best place to look for swimbaits. Look at Tackle warehouse. Dont go crazy buying a bunch of differnt baits. buy a couple good ones. If you wanting to catch big bass then figure out what prey they are eating at your lake. Figure out what depth they are eating them at and then match that prey species with a bait that can be fished efectively at that depth. Get as good a match as you can. The bait should be realistic in aperance and action. dont be afraid of the size. If the bass in your lake are eating 10 in trout then dont buy a 4in green and pink "swimbait" that looks nothing like a real trout.

Berkley, Robo, and Rage

Congrats to you and your wife. She has a very prety smile.

The bait looks good and I will buy a bag to try them out. Now the bag looks good to but why would it take 8 months to get them made. That is excesive.

Ha Ha you would think I would know that answer to that one. I never tested it on that 3x plastic. My guess would be no. Its a completly different compound. You should go on the Mend-it site and ask Will if he has tested it on the 3x stuff. One sure way to fnd out is to test it yourself.

I actualy feel guilty because I dont take her enough. Its just most times I am fishing its hard work with little results and I am so focussed. It sure was nice to fish for fun and for sombody else. It was a perfect time to take her. I am going to have to work on making more daddy daughter fishing time. She says she cant wait untill shes old enough to go hunting with me! She wants to shoot ducks!!!!

Ok I went back to Jennings and this time I brought my 5 year old daughter Ashlyn. Last time it was me and a buddy and we got quick limits of cats at Jennings so I Decided to bring my daughter back. I did not fish, my goal was to get her on fish and have her catch them with as little help from me as possible. I baited her hook and casted and told her when she was bit. She picked up the rod, engaged the reel and set the hook. Then she fought the fish by herself until she got it close enough for me to grab. She caught her own limit and did it with the princess pole I bought her at walmart. Those are not great rods lol but thats what she wanted. Anyways it was still the same patern as before Flylined chicken liver close to shore. She had 10lb test but I doubt that mattered and I think a size 1 or 2 mosquito hook. She was using half a clump of chicken liver. Like last time I was there we didnt fish from a boat. All the fish that she caught were decent, no dinks. They were all around 3-4lbs We kept them in a big basket and let them go after we took a couple pics. The bad pert was she walked right into my lowered tailgate, Good thing we happened to have a bandaid to make it better. from the trip before

You all are too kind. Thank you!

Hey Biz I wonder how loud it is? does it sound like a regular air gun? does it have a lot of reciol? I didnt even know they made an air rifle that could shoot a big bullet.

Yep they were hunting and they were catchable. You have to hunt them. Be sneeky and a fly lined crawler is a great choice. It has worked for me several times. One interesting thing about sightfishing cruising bass with crawlers is, they tend to spit the crawler out after a second or two. Do not hesitate to set the hook.

I thought of a couple more good ones that I dont think has been mentioned. BE QUIET! dont bang your box and your compartments. Walk softly. Also dont draw atention to yourself when you do catch a fish.

I honestly dont think I have ever lost a Hardgill. I have lost plenty of the soft ones though. I fish them in all kinds of bad stuff. I know this aint going to change any minds but If your worried about loosing an expensive bait get a floating one. They are a lot harder to loose.

interesting thread. Most of the things mentioned have been contradicted. It seems something might be a mistake for 1 guy but not for the other.

We have 1 lake out here with a bunch of big bass in it. They will go sit in the trees and sun them selfs while they digest their lunch. They are extremely difficult to get to bite. Then once you do actualy hook one they are even harder to get out of the trees. I know they are there so I will sit way back before I go look at them and cast something along side the trees. Usualy a swimbait. Crawlers and Shinners have also worked. Overall I give myself about a 3% chance of catching one.