Low_Budget_Hooker

Nick_Culver, you're on the right track. Lures are just tools to do a job and nothing more. I buy baits to do certain things. If there is only one bait that will do it and it's $15, so be it.[ SO are you saying that at certain times, and certain situation, water clarity, fish location, etc that you would only have the level of confidence you are comfortable with if the bait was a yamamoto? If that's the case then I guess I can understand but for the 99.4 % of the rest of the season, when any senko will do, do you still pay $6 for 10? I'm not trying to be a punk or a wize-azz, I just don't get the logic.

penn international 130 2 speed

um....yes

Acstech, no need to validate anything. I would never put down anyone for using or not using one bait or the other either. Just stating my opinion, didn't mean to offend anyone other than Gary because frankly, I wouldn't have started this post if he hadn't offended me with his prices first.

yes, boring but deadly

herculiner isn't as good IMO. Has a rubbery-er texture

We are reffered to as "foul weather fishermen" Somthing about being hunkered down in gore-tex, all protected, .................................with the place to yourself!! LOVE IT!!!

priorities,....he's buyin hilfigers to get the chick (priority 1 ) with that said, he just dropped $65 on 1 pair of jeans so he can't afford GY senkos for his fishin (priority 2) and ends up buyin yum dingers. My point is,..will he catch less??? Doubt it.

definately got a pulse and a heartbeat

Don't expect anything from anyone. Don't know why you would think that. If people want to pay twice as much for the same results,...like it says,...it's a free country. I'm not criticizing people who swear by Gary, just my opinion. I will have the same opinion if someone paid $40,000 for a Mazda Navajo when they could buy a ford explorer (same car) for 10k less. Mazda , however, doesn't charge twice as much as ford because everyone knows it's the same car. Now that there are baits that perform equally, I think Gary should show some support for his customer base and not rape the people who support him so steadfastly.

you can,...but I wouldn't Why would you want to?

I'm starting my own personal boycott. Gary yamamoto baits are as greedy as the company I work for (UPS). Beelieve me, that's saying quite a bit. I could understand setting a minimum price when you have a product that is deadly, new, and when it's the only one made. However, now that other bait companies have produced senko look-alikes, I think it would be nice to see their prices come back to earth. Even if it was just 50 cents a bag, a show of good intent. Now we have yum dingers, tiki sticks, etc etc etc and they work just fine. In the last 2 weeks we did a small experiment. My partner used gary y exclusively and I used yum exclusively. He is by far a better fisherman than myself but I still outfished him by 4 fish (close one) and 2 lunkers (over 3 lbs). The fact that I won doesn't mean that I think dingers are better than senkos but to me it illustrates that they perform every bit as well. Some guys will have an opinion that when one works, the other doesn't and vise versa. Sorry, I'm not a believer. If both people are throwing the ssame color, I believe it comes down to where the cast lands. I track every fish, weather trait, bait, etc on an excel spreadsheet and I am about 9% better than I was last year and I have not bought 1 bag of yam. baits. Sorry, but I think it's rude to charge $7 for a bait that does no better than one that costs $3.50. The problem is that anglers keep paying it!!! Gary must be sitting back chuckling allllll the way to the bank with YOUR money! I'm all about the companies that appreciate their customer base. In my opinion, Yamamoto baits is not one of them. I'll be fishing just fine without his product ok guys, lemme have it!

the tuna's we catch using live bait jigged up just south of the tuna grounds. Usually live Whitting or Hake but a small bluefish also gets it done. The LM was caught on a jig

mudpuppy, true about the swim bladder. WHen we jig up bait for tuna fishing , they come from about 180 ft and sure enough the swim bladders protrude out of their mouths. A simple ***** w/ the rigging needle and into the "livey basket" they go., unhurt.

many depthfinders show the bottom "density" in different color greygraph. solid black at the bottom of your screen means hard bottom as opposed to weedbeds which may show up as spotty grey.

mgton,....GET IN THAT BOAT!!! You don't know what you are missing, a whole new world is available to you. Even the small ponds you fish from shore can have hidden treasures just out of casts reach. GET OUT THERE!!!

Is it bad to move a fish backwards in the water when reviving? I always assumed that any water rushing over the gills was good.

great post John

LM 7.6 overall-bluefin tuna 923 lbs

what,.....no 11? ***************************** a solid 7.15 still an ounce shy,hehe

I have 2 patents on saltwater items, both processed within about 8-10 months from submitting them. KU - great idea. It's cool to think what a big change a small idea can make. Think of how many guys who actually catch and weigh fish from this forum, from all over the country/world, will be doing it a better way come this weekend. Pretty cool.

argyl,..not at all,..you just have to grind down all the existing rust first. The herculiner seals it completely.

the trailer,.....what a bummer. Check this out. I looked at herculiner online and sent them an email about doing a galvanized trailer and they said, no problem, just prep like any other metal and roll away. Also on the site it says to use the 1 gallon kit for a 6 ft truck bed (comes with rollers, etc) and said to use another quart to do an 8 ft bed Anyway I bought the gallon kit thinking it might not be enough but after 3 coats, I had 1/2 gallon left!!!! The trailer wasn't prepped because I didn't even think I would have enough to do the boat. THe stuff has to be used within 18 hrs of opening can! Anyway, I was not prepaired and threw 1/2 gallon away, what a waste! I plan to buy a gallon this winter and do all 3 of my trailers at once. Black of course

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WINNER WINNER WINNER Monark it is! Thanks guys