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Is it just me or do the hits on swimjigs take one of two extremes? I haven't thrown them much, but it seems either they try to jerk the rod out of your hands or just feel like dead weight until you set the hook, not much inbetween,

Got my 4yo in my boat today for a short evening trip, his first time in a boat. While he's still a little leary of the outboard, he had a blast. Like most fishermen, he didn't want to end the night until we got one more fish lol. Managed 5 small bass in 2 1/2 hrs on swimjigs. He also had quite a few hits on a finesse worm drug behind the boat, but we never got a hook in one. Anyway, here he is helping me land one.

I just picked some up. Had a DSG gift card to use, and it looked like the best option the store I went to had for a swimjig trailer. In a brief test it had some good action, yet to see how it will hold up or produce, though. The plastic is a little on the soft side, so don't think it will be durable. Was looking for a review myself, and this is the only thread I found, so I'm resurrecting it.

Brule or Bois Brule River? Cuz if you are hitting the Brule River, head the extra couple miles to the Menominee for some real good smallie fishing.

I haven't tried them yet, but have also heard some really good things about the jackall line of soft plastics

Are the bears are hibernating or not?

I don't change what works

You can try sending an email to abugarcia@purefishing.com explaining your situation, but without a receipt you'll probably have no luck. The forms and other info are on their website

And I am sure the are other people like my wife, who will load up on things being clearanced out of local stores if she knows the items have been selling well on ebay.

If your talking any species, around 20 gallons of smelt. For bass, I really don't know, never keep track of numbers on a good day, only the tough ones tbh.

Horizontal striped dark blue and white.. thats all they need

Off subject slightly, but the closest thing to an olympic event I've been to is that 120m international ski jump competition they have in Iron Mountain. Its 20 bucks for the weekend, you can get right on the hill and watch - or even help mark landings last time I was there. Plus its an excuse to tailgate in February. Most years some of the jumpers will also be olympic athletes.

Yea, they probably run the alternator.

Technically, that would be considered natural law, not common law. Not that it really matters, but when it comes to interpreting law, what is supposed to matter is what the wording would have meant at the time. In other words, the reason the DC professor gave for the ability to limit the scope to blackpowder rifles is what is actually used to give the right to the individual, as, at that time, the militia was pretty much everyone and they had to supply their own weapons.

The whole individual rights verse collective rights argument has been going on for quite some time. That entire opinion, both majority and dissent is entertaining to read if only because the justices tear each other apart. Both opinions are some of the most vehemently worded that I have seen. Well, all four, actually. There are three dissenting opinions given.

This is what the supreme court actually says about that second statement. Some have made the argument, bordering on the frivo­lous, that only those arms in existence in the 18th century are protected by the Second Amendment. We do not in­terpret constitutional rights that way. Just as the First Amendment protects modern forms of communications, e.g., Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U. S. 844, 849 (1997), and the Fourth Amendment applies to modern forms of search, e.g., Kyllo v. United States, 533 U. S. 27, 35–36 (2001), the Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding. I actually like the conclusion of the majority opinion better Undoubtedly some think that the Second Amend­ment is outmoded in a society where our standing army is the pride of our Nation, where well-trained police forces provide personal security, and where gun violence is a serious problem. That is perhaps debatable, but what is not debatable is that it is not the role of this Court to pronounce the Second Amendment extinct. Ironically, that was a ruling against a Wash DC law http://www.supremeco...7pdf/07-290.pdf

We talked one of my cousins into hanging all of his lures from his belt loop. Look, we said, you wont have to carry your tackle box, the baits will be right there, all you have to do is unhook the one you want and put the one you aren't using at the bottom. Well, by the time we got to where we planned on fishing half the treble hooks were already through his jeans and poking him. By the time we got back he couldn't even unzip his pants. I'm not sure where all the hooks went, but he was crying, my uncle was yelling, and my other cousin and I decided it would be a good time to go hide for awhile. I know he ended up being in pain for awhile, but it didn't require a trip to the hospital.

I know Rolie and Helens probably isn't too far from you. My next recommendation would be to go there and ask them for advice. They will set you up with gear that works. Well I will try to provide a more detailed response. With 80 lb braid, the reasons you don't want your drag set too tight are two fold. First, you can rip the hooks out of a musky. Second, I'm not sure what the actual breaking strength of it is, but I've landed logs and had a heck of a time breaking it after snagging rock piles. Point is, if you crank your drag down too tight, your line might not break, but you will quickly find out where the weakest point in your set - up is. Musky do not have much stamina, but can be amazingly powerful for short periods of time. The first time you feel a strike at boatside on braid you'll understand. I cannot recommend 30 lb piano wire. Its not that I think you need heavier line to land a musky quickly, its that there are many differences between throwing 1/2 oz tube baits over open water and throwing baits weighing several ounces and fighting fish at close quarters that may also be near heavy cover. Also, musky like to roll. Thinner wire will cause headaches at some point if you fish enough. I do have some single strand wire leaders for glide baits, but I am a firm believer in flouro. When I was younger I always used 30 lb mono leaders for pike and had two bite offs in my lifetime. Jumping up to the 80 -100 lb test range for musky, I am just not worried until it actually happens to me. So far it hasn't. Some guys claim you need more to prevent bite offs, but until I see it those remain stories to me. One last thing. Sir Snook fished Lake St Clair, perhaps the best numbers musky fishery in the world. Comparing it to other Michigan lakes, multiple fish days there are common, whereas in the rest of the waters the DNR is targeting a catch rate of 1 fish per 40 hours of angler effort. Size wise, it throws out some 50" fish every year, but I don't believe it poses the capability of producing true monster musky. Also, most of the fish are caught out of open water areas. That does not hold true everywhere.

I'd call the DNR and see what the rules are on hunting them. Supply a meal and keep me in fly tying supplies for awhile.

You don't want your drag that tight I don't think. I use 6500 c3s and would never consider tightening them that hard. Don't think its good on the drag system either.

Flouro doesn't kink, works very well, is cheaper on a per leader basis, and its easy to make your own so you can have whatever length you want. I started using mono and then went to flouro for leaders. The increased abrasion resistance and visibilty characteristics couldn't hurt was why I started using it. I can't say that it necessarily makes a difference, but I like it and continue to use it. I haven't used titanium or any of the other wire leaders, but when I started going after musky alot most guys were moving from wire to mono leaders due to the kink issue. With titanium not kinking, it really just comes down to personal preference. A wire leader might spook a musky, but, imo, for as finicky as they are at times when they do decide to strike nothing is going to dissuade them either.

I use 65 lb braid for smaller baits and 80 lb for larger baits with an 80 lb flouro leader. I've heard some guys say they get bite offs with 80 and recommend 120, but I've not had a problem with it.

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Thanks, that is what I wanted to know, the memory is a b---- on spinning reels, and I have more faith in opinions based on usage than opinions based on hearsay. Hope you understand.

Well for starters, I have four different reels made by different manufacturers that don't necessarily go by these standards. Second, all I want to know is which lines handle best on spinning reels. Third, you are making recommendations based off of a 50e baitcasting reel. Have you used 4# Tatsu on a spinning reel? If so, how did it work for you? Thats what I want to know.