Raul

There 's no need to prove anything, bass are dumb now as they were 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 years ago. The difference is that we now have more baits that in given circumstances provide a little extra edge than baits from the old days didn 't have.

The problem is: you see them---> they see you and that immediately puts them in alert mode so it has more to do with cocealing your presence and making an excellent presentation that with what you fish, natural colors ? ---> BS ( don 't know why people always come to that ), why I say it ? because 30 years bass fishing experience tells me so, my home town is blessed with several small lakes plus numerous well fed irrigation ponds with crystal clear water where I 've caught hundreds of fish with completely un"natural" colors ( like bubble gum/charetruese/orange/firetiger baits ). However concealing my presence does have a direct impact on how the fish respond to my offerings.

For the single tail Hula Grub there 's no substitute I can remember, for the double tail Hula Grub there 's a bunch of substitutes: AB *, Yum Gonzo Grub just to mention a couple.

Senkos are great baits, as I said, they are excellent for people that don 't know how to fish and still catch fish, my 7 year old son fishes almost exclusively with senkos and even though you can assume that being my son he should know more how to fish, true, he is my son but the knowledge and skill are not genetically inherited so he 's an average Joe ... Jr in this case and like every average Joe, in order to catch fish consistently he still has a long road to walk before he can accomplish that. In the words of Matstone: Senko style baits are slowly limiting an anglers ability to adapt and overcome. That 's the only problem I see with stickbaits as the same problem I see with another practically fool proof bait: the in-line spinner, yes they catch fish, the catch is how many, how oftenly ( numbers and consistency ) in the hands of an unexperienced angler, being unexperienced they are not able to determine yet when the bait is really working or when it 's time to change it for something else that can be more productive and efficient. They just stick to it no matter what. My son, like many unexperienced anglers is in that phase, and he pays the price for sticking stricktly to one type of bait, there are days ( less than often ) when he does a killing with senkos, but like I said, those days are not THAT frequent, most days you really have to work hard for your catches, of course, the kid got his dad and if we go fishing, well, if senkos are not working he just puts aside his rod, grabs his Nintendo DS and plays waiting for his father to catch something so he can reel it in. What his father fishes ? well in those days with anything he can put his hands on and that includes the kitchen sink.

Or, it may just mean that you were at the right time at the right place for that particular fish, you can only determine that your planning and lure selection were dead on when you consistenly catch fish with that lure so don 't stick to that lure too much unless you see consistent results.

Mosquitos ---> no problem, Off keeps them away Jejenes ---> get yourself full body armor.

Shooting bean bags at us latinos don 't work , we 'll be back for more bean bags.

That 's what it is, superstition, I don 't pay attention to them.

There used to be a time when I calculated how much I spent, nowdays I don 't care, I may go weeks without purchasing anything and then all hell breaks loose.

Very good reel, up par in performance with the Curado ( YES SHEEMANO POSSE ! I did say up par ) , my only beef with the reel is the width, a little bit too wide.

Changing to fluoro .... for a 4 ft clarity ? ......... hmmm. no.

Salted baits last less than unsalted baits, ZBBHs are salted so what you describe is normal.

Of course he is bettering himself, doesn 't matter if he uses the degree or not.

Any 1 power GLoomis rod ( spinning or trigger ) can serve that purpose.

A hobby is that my man, a hobby, an activity specifically designed for you to loose money & time, the moment it you try to make a buck out of it then it 's no longer a hobby. You want lobster and save you all the trouble and expense ---> get it at the supermaket, I guarantee you, it won 't be a thousandth as fun as you catching your own.

Man, you are in my frequency.

Are you saying it is too easy to catch fish on Senkos? Is it somehow cheating for a skilled fisherman to use a Senko? When a jig is working very well do you change baits to make it more difficult to catch fish? Wanting to catch fish is a fundamental element of fishing. : I completely agree with fishing what you like, and what you're good at. To imply that Senkos are somehow not worthy of a true fisherman is silly in my humble opinion. :-? Man, you and I are not in the same frequency: 1.- where did I say that it 's cheating for a skilled fisherman to use a senko ? 2.- where did I : "dude this thing is working, change it so it gets more difficult ?" 3.- Where in the friggin world I said that: senkos are not worthy of a true fisherman" ?

Black/ white tail Purple/ white tail Blue/ white tail Red/ white tail ( too bad the white tail doesn 't last long, the red blleds it and it does faster when you allow the baits to be exposed to tto much heat for extended periods of time ). Ahhh, the memories.

I don 't think there 's such thing as a "good gear ratio reel for chatterbaits", just as I don 't think there is such thing for lipless cranks or spinnerbaits, those are the kind of baits that work purty good on any reel you use, it 's more a matter of how slow or fast you want to reel in without having to bother in trying to reel fast with a slow reel or trying to reel slow with a fast reel, you just tie your bait to the reel with the gear ratio you want, me ? oh well, I 've got a bunch of reels with different ratios.

Senko ---> bait for people who don 't know how to fish and want to catch fish I have literally hundreds of them, hardly ever use them, no wonder why a pack lasts me years.

In before the lock.

No.

An idiot whose going to get paid. Yup, the truck driver is going to have trubble. Don 't know how it works in the States, but down here first you ( the driver ) get fined for "lack of precaution while driving" and responsabilities start from there. However I have to say in defense of the truck driver, yes, the guy is an idiot.

We find it flattering that a corporation as large as Shimano is so concerned about our little operation Man, I stumped, don 't know if this guy is kidding or he just speaks whatever comes out of his mind first without actually thinking it too much, it 's not about the size of your operation what counts it 's the principle what counts and what 's into play.

Old habits are hard to break , I tried many moons ago when a friend of mine purchased an Abu XLT Plus lefty ( mines are righty ) and it felt so strange having the handle on the other side.