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Anyone have some go to baits to fish these areas not a frog type bait. Top water or 6" or less level?

Man,...all jigs straight to braid...Seems like the fish would just see that line and run? Maybe I need to respool a reel and force myself to fish jigs straight from braid, and see the results. Interesting....

Has it entered your mind that he may not want to sell it for less and wants retail value for it? Yes, he could ask someone to pay that amount, but then why would they not just go to bps where they know it is the real deal. I would just call customer service for one of them, see if they can help.

they still do have it. Looked at one this weekend, although have no intention of buying one.

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All makes sense and thank you again for the input. Just checked into it and to upgrade to the 90 is about another 2k. Seems well worth it in the long and short run. also, both lowe and tracker 17 models have the same width, beam is wider on the tracker. About a 5 pound difference between boats, Max hp on the lowe is a 75. I tell you what, the tracker is just sounding good. That, and my lady says she thinks the tracker is prettier. I guess there it is. I hope now i can just get it bumped to a 24v higher thrust tm, and life will be good.

I apologize, I should've explained in a little more detail. This lake is regulated by what is called "selective gear rules" for trophy brown and rainbow trout. This means artificial lures and flies with a single barbless hook. I did the guy a favor by explaining the rules to him as it would be a hefty fine if he got caught. Makes perfect sense. Wow, that is pretty serious regs. Thanks for the info, and good luck on the move.

never, I hate braid. However, I have started using it just not on any soft plastic or jig.

"a man with his daughter showed up and were about to throw some nightcrawlers and a bobber. This is a no-no on this lake." Why?? I would think a man and his children should have first rights, and whatever bait they use would be a yes -yes....?

Thinking about a 175 Pro Team by tracker. Any pros or cons you all want to throw out there for me? aside from a smaller livewell (16 gal), seems like i could still compete in tourneys. Let me know if anyone has any feed back positive or negative. Thanks.

Berkley for life baby!!!!!

In all honesty, if you can't catch a fish using the flapping bug then you are not in the right location, time, or even on the water. That being said, I don't like these baits at all, as with gulp (which I catch the same amount of catfish on it seems like) I don't need a bait that dries out among other things. At the discount prices these baits can be had at, I got a couple packs- caught a couple fish. No better than a regular plastic, but more difficult to take care of. I will say in dingy water or night, I may change my mind. Just seems like Rapala jumped on the wagon however I think they should have focused hard bait soft bait combos or just affordable softbaits because really, there is nothing unique or different about the baits produced in this lineup, aside from pheromone manipulation which,I say just give the fish a couple beers and it will become aggressive anyhow. Bottom line, they do catch fish, but so do a lot of baits for less stink, money, etc.

I agree. I dont really fish 10in worms any longer and use a t-rig craw of a larger size. My only issue with it is line twist, but that only happens if i try and move the bait too much searching for fish, and not targeting them at specific strcuture and dragging it. Great thread, all this serves as a good reminder. Thanks.

I have a casting model for 1/4 oz- 1/2 ozworm fishing. I think it is a great rod and works well for with my reel.

I throw lighter than 3/8 on my mojo, works just fine. Of course, like anything else, works better with what is recommended.

I believe in this months In Fisherman there is a study concerning this using imbedded tracking. If I can remember correctly, most fish do disperse across the lake at different times. Not sure if it is online, but if you or someone you know subscribes, check it out.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_missing_iowa_lake I am really hoping they take a good hard look at this situation and really take a look at making this a sustainable future for this area. I have never been there, but this would be a good case study to look at in ten years as it would apply to many watersheds/districts around the country. What a mess for the local economy.

Wouldn't you want to send that to Isotoner?

Rough spot on tounge should help figure out.

Based on the title, I thought I was going to get to see a bunch of over the hill folks having senior moments while fishing. You know like falling off the boat (done it), casting and letting the rod fly out of your hands (been there), or gunning it with the trolling motor down (too often) I am 26 by the way. Anyhow, since that is not the topic, I guess I would just have some pictures taken with my gear.

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St. Croix MOJO is close.

I'm not worried about losing a lure. But I'd prefer not to. The grove in that picture owns a significant number of my lures, and the principal portion were lost on braid. I post it as an example of one of the types of environment I fish and specifically where I think a stount mono, co-poly or fluoro has an advantage over braid. Mono, co-poly and fluoro, from experience, is less prone to getting hung up in this type of stuff, either on an errant cast or after a fish is on and moves the line into it. They are also more abrasion resistant than braids. As stated previously, there are conditions under which I think braid has an advantage. Under other circumstances, I think mono, co-poly and fluoro has an advantage. On open water, on top of expansive grass mats, where I can get long casts, I like braid. In tighter areas with lots of hard cover, or very heavy vegetation above the water line I like a heavy mono, co-poly or fluoro. You like braid. So be it. I happen to think braid is one of the most over-hyped products ever perpetrated on the weak minds of product-drunk fishermen. I like it just well enough to have it occassionally spooled on 1 out of 27 fishing outfits I have. 2 others are spooled with fluoro, and 24 are spooled with various tests of Yo-Zuri Hybrid. I've frog-fished Yo-Zuri in preference to braid on my lakes for years now. I've landed many fish using it and have rarely felt that I was at any disadvantage because I was not using braid. X100 I have landed 7# fish in the nasty stuff wiht mono and frog- I have caught 45" musky in weeds, 50# flatheads off of bridge pilings...all this on 12# mono- braid works some of the time. A joke in our area is if we want a rope in the water, we can toss the anchor. If you fish for money, which i sometimes do, I use braid, if i fish for fun,...well, make it fun, use a line that will allow that.

When will you be there next? Would you mind showing me around the lake if you have an extra spot in your boat? PM me sometime. I am sure we can figure somthing out.