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I do something like that with a 2" piece of floating worm when the dragon flies show up in the spring. brown or purple to match what's around. If you skip them in open water they almost can't resist. They get on tiny bait and it's an alternative to the fly rod, which also works well for that.

10 lb wouldn't be my choice for a 1/2 spinnerbait, but it will work. I'm a big fan of switching blades. I don't know the fish preference down south, but I'm thinking I'd start with the willow, and maybe an indiana before a colorado right now, the water is still not too cold, and baitfish abound.

I like it, but not my favorite.

In deeper water the RES is good, but it's fall rate is too quick for my liking in shallow water, The Super Spot and Diamond Shad work well for me on the fall, particularly in colder water. Adjusting the line diameter helps fine tuning the drop.

Yes.

Sadly, customer service will not keep a sporting goods retailer in business. There are niche exceptions based on several factors, but for the most part, customers talk up customer service but actually shop price, selection and convenience. We have several customers like you who buy everything from us regardless of price being lower at other stores and online, and others who feel they should "support" a local shop and make token purchases, but statistically they make up a small percentage of customers. I will say there are clear demographic differences based on age and gender in addition to income that are quite apparent in these trends.

Many a retail manager has been fired or disciplined for just such a thing. Managers in most cases have some discretion when dealing with customer's interactions, employee purchases and policies not so much. Not saying it's right or wrong, just the way it is. As far as discounted sales being a profit maker, doesn't work out that way for several reasons.

My wife would be thrilled if I got that organized.

Big fan of the BPS Humpty Dumpty, they come in 2 sizes. It's hit or miss with BPS hard baits, some are very good, others not.

A larger noisier bait will work in choppier water, specially in the fall and around bait, but I like calm to light chop best for topwater.

LOL. My wife works LP for a sporting goods retailer. That would fall somewhere between unauthorized discount, and internal theft, depending on their policies. Had someone who was terminated a week earlier try to use her employee discount a couple of weeks ago, the really funny part was in her mind, there was nothing unusual with that. Sometimes we watch security videos on movie night, funny stuff.

Bigger hooks and work the bait faster. Striped bass don't stun prey with their tails, what they are doing is turning away violently at the last moment, so it may appear, or they may actually unintentionally hit the bait with their body or tail.

Guilty.

I know where the H2Os are made, I don't know where PRADCOs are made. I would imagine that the latter's manufacturing is spread out (probably by brands) to more than one factory. Some could certainly come out of the same factory as the H2Os, or one identical to it next door. I was in Guangzhou about 10 years ago, and a lot of that manufacturing capacity was being brought online. Quite impressive. And yes, H2O's are very good, productive, cost effective baits.

Yum.

Fake news.

I have been busy with work, but it has been slow each time I got out last month or so, The last couple of days has picked up, and it should only get better. Got 2 bass and 2 pickerel fishing in my uniform in 30 minutes this afternoon. I have some HO tanker cars and a cabooze, looking to trade for tracks and a tunnel....

I throw both and let the fish decide. Right now small spinnerbait slow, and yoyoing chatter have been good.

Are you inviting me to go fishing on the moon?....

Nope, they haven't worked since the early 90s, send them to me for proper disposal. Seriously, They will work as well as any other, the size and sharpness is what's important. Most salt water jigs (some of which I catch bass with every year) are Irish.

Geniuses to compare two fractions? We're doomed! I was actually having a protracted conversation about reality and existence with someone recently, (began with electoral college math and how each one represents a different number of voters, and went down hill from there) where I proposed that numbers aren't the universal language at all, but rather that they don't actually exist. Too long to get into here, but concluded discussions of the potential for yet to be defined AI abilities which may encompass non computational calculations, and how we as a species will or won't keep up. Any how, It is rather easy to experimentally without math figure out which of 2/3 or 3/5 is larger (or any other quantities). Take some string, a liquid or some putty, divide or separate into equal parts equal to the number to the right of the /. Now take the same number as on the left of the / and compare which is bigger. You'll also have a visual as to how much bigger. I used leggos and Pizza to teach my nieces and nephew basic math concepts, and I found, often the visual of what the numbers represent often made the learning quicker. Now don't get me started on why the weight of plastics is irrelevant (cause it is)...

Do the southern Tx bass go to a funk with the first bit of cold? Water temp can't be that cold yet, can it? Spinnerbaits, cranks, and flukes are doing it here in MD.

Every so often you run into a determined LMB, but for the most part, the fight isn't why bass fishing is popular. Large males during the pre spawn, just before they get on the nests often do a good smallie impersonation when hooked.

Jersey has some good rod builders, but that repair (mending the blank up high near the tip) while doable is one of the more tricky ones, and the rod won't be the same. You are changing the action of the tip and adding some weight up high. On a $100 stick, I'd start from scratch. You can add a new tip to the remaining portion, and reposition some of the guides, but that will leave you with a much stiffer, not to mention shorter rod.

Yeah the person doing the review could be a 13 year old who's been fishing 3 months or a professional angler with 30+ years experience (or Kanye), and everything in between, so yeah,...