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Finesse.- lighter baits ( less than 1/4 oz ) and lighter line ( 10 pound test or less ) Power.- heavier baits (over 1/4 oz ) and heavier line ( 10 pound test or more )

Get both and problem solved, the only trouble I have is deciding which one I 'm gonna purchase first.

S*t happened my man, I met a Californy girl, dated her for several years and finally got married to her and then had two beautiful kids with her; nowdays I don 't fish as much as I used to before dating her, so less time on the water ---> less chances of hooking a goodun with my newer tackle.

Mattlures Baby Bass, it 's Da Bomb ! Never leave home without it.

Best bang for the buck ..........period !:

My friend if you gonna speek southern u gotta speekt properly, it ain 't no "pick-up truck", it peekap trahck.

I don 't care who you are, that is too danged funny ! ;D

TENNESSEE THE OWNER OF A GOLF COURSE WAS CONFUSED ABOUT PAYING AN INVOICE, SO HE DECIDED TO ASK HIS SECRETARY FOR SOME MATHEMATICAL HELP. HE CALLED HER INTO HIS OFFICE AND SAID, 'YOU GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AND I NEED SOME HELP. IF I WERE TO GIVE YOU $20,000, MINUS 14%, HOW MUCH WOULD YOU TAKE OFF?' THE SECRETARY THOUGHT A MOMENT, AND THEN REPLIED, 'EVERYTHING BUT MY EARRINGS.' ALABAMA A GROUP OF ALABAMA FRIENDS WENT DEER HUNTING AND PAIRED OFF IN TWOS FOR THE DAY. THAT NIGHT, ONE OF THE HUNTERS RETURNED ALONE, STAGGERING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF AN EIGHT-POINT BUCK. 'WHERE'S HENRY?' THE OTHERS ASKED. 'HENRY HAD A STROKE OF SOME KIND. HE'S A COUPLE OF MILES BACK UP THE TRAIL,' THE SUCCESSFUL HUNTER REPLIED. 'YOU LEFT HENRY LAYING OUT THERE AND CARRIED THE DEER BACK?' THEY INQUIRED. 'A TOUGH CALL,' NODDED THE HUNTER. 'BUT I FIGURED NO ONE IS GOING TO STEAL HENRY!' TEXAS THE SHERIFF PULLED UP NEXT TO THE GUY UNLOADING GARBAGE OUT OF HIS PICK-UP INTO THE DITCH. THE SHERIFF ASKED, "WHY ARE YOU DUMPING GARBAGE IN THE DITCH? DON'T YOU SEE THAT SIGN RIGHT OVER YOUR HEAD". "YEP", HE REPLIED. "THAT'S WHY I DUMPING IT HERE, CAUSE IT SAYS 'FINE FOR DUMPING GARBAGE'. LOUISIANA A SENIOR AT LSU WAS OVERHEARD SAYING... 'WHEN THE END OF THE WORLD COMES, I HOPE TO BE IN LOUISIANA .' WHEN ASKED WHY, HE REPLIED HE'D RATHER BE IN LOUISIANA BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN LOUISIANA 20 YEARS LATER THAN IN THE REST OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD. MISSISSIPPI THE YOUNG MAN FROM MISSISSIPPI CAME RUNNING INTO THE STORE AND SAID TO HIS BUDDY, 'BUBBA, SOMEBODY JUST STOLE YOUR PICKUP TRUCK FROM THE PARKING LOT!' BUBBA REPLIED, 'DID YOU SEE WHO IT WAS?' THE YOUNG MAN ANSWERED, 'I COULDN'T TELL, BUT I GOT HIS LICENSE NUMBER.' GEORGIA A GEORGIA STATE TROOPER PULLED OVER A PICKUP ON I- 75. THE TROOPER ASKED, 'GOT ANY I. D.?' THE DRIVER REPLIED, 'BOUT WHUT?' NORTH CAROLINA A MAN IN NORTH CAROLINA HAD A FLAT TIRE, PULLED OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND PROCEEDED TO PUT A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS IN FRONT OF THE CAR AND ONE BEHIND IT. THEN HE GOT BACK IN THE CAR TO WAIT. A PASSERBY STUDIED THE SCENE AS HE DROVE BY AND WAS SO CURIOUS HE TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK. HE ASKED THE FELLOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THE MAN REPLIED, 'I HAVE A FLAT TIRE.' THE PASSERBY ASKED, 'BUT WHAT'S WITH THE FLOWERS?' THE MAN RESPONDED, 'WHEN YOU BREAK DOWN THEY TELL YOU TO PUT FLARES IN THE FRONT AND FLARES IN THE BACK. HEY, IT DON'T MAKE NO SENSE TO ME NEITHER.' SOUTH CAROLINA 'YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT THE SOUTH, BUT I AIN'T NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE WANTING TO RETIRE TO THE NORTH!!

Laws are meant to be followed, it 's not a matter of which ones you choose to follow because you think or feel are right and which ones don 't because you think or feel they are wrong. If it 's a matter of ethics then killing an animal without permission from the warden is a violation of the law ( poaching ) and therefore unethical. Call the warden first, if he/she gives you permission to kill the animal then it 's alright, if not don 't do anything. What if you can 't reach the warden ? You shoot the animal and you get caught by the warden, can you proove without a reason of a doubt you were not poaching and therfore breaking the law which is unethical ? Being a law abiding citizen is to do what the law says when nobody is watching.

Welcome to the "idiot" group ( you, me and Matt 5.0 ). Have to admit you explained it a lot better than me and Matt.

The mouth seems a bit too big, but barely reaches the eye..... You got it !

There are times and places where catching a fish on every cast can happen, I 've lived them several times in Lake San Lorenzo in Tamaulipas when bass crash on shiners, anything you threw at them brought in a fish, it got unbuttoned ? no problem just keep reeling in and you hook another one. But 99% of the time it don 't happen that way, you got to work sometimes very hard to get a bite. There are three small lakes near my hometown about 30 min drive, a good day of fishing in them is if you are able to catch 3 or 4 bass.

Last time I went to purchase hooks there were a big bunch of red hooks vs a pack of black ones, they were 50 cents per pack cheaper than the black so I got 20 packs of red ones, theonly difference was what I saved.

You don 't get it, I don 't get either.

Got it right !

A friend of mine game me some factory seconds of these baits: Found them really good ! At first I thought they were Japanese baits ( very finely detailed ) because we can find lots of Japanese factory seconds here where I live, it happens that they are not Japanese but American made by Big Bite Baits Inc. They aren 't in their website yet but I recommend you purchase some when they are available. They are quite soft and have very lively action, tried them yesterday and they did a killing wacky rigged with a jighead while other baits and rigs were ignored.

X2 !!!!! I strongly discourage you from doing it.

A blast from the past: Rod.- Berkley Lighting Rod LR16 5 '6" MH pistol grip Reel.- Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 521 XLT Plus Line.- Trilene Big Game 12 lbs test Lure.- Rapala Shad Rap SR7SD. LMB.- 13.86 lbs.

Mineral oil is chemically INERT, it can 't make baits harder because it doesn 't react with the plastic. Tell whomever told you that if he ever wants to see how soft 40 bags of 20+ years old Culprit worms look he 's very much welcomed.

I 've played around with one a couple of regular models a couple of times and let me say that I 'm impressed so far, it reminds me of the Procaster 6+1, casts very nice, very smooth, feels tight and well built, looks really cool ( very futuristic ), it 's quite heavy but I don 't think you can get such a nice baitcaster for 70 bones.

I strongly suggest not to store plastic baits directly into the worm wallet bags, they are not perfectly sealed and the oil will ooze through the seams and mess up everything, get freezer bags to store the baits and the worm wallet to store the freezer bags.

We guys down here across the border are not much fond for specialized rods, there ain 't much to choose from either from the on-line retailers and many of us older farts are used to fish with "regular" rods. Med Fast graphite rods is what I 've been using to fish crankbaits for the better part of my bass fishing life and I don 't feel they are too stiff, if you loose fish it ain 't cuz the rod is too stiff, it 's cuz you have your drag too tight.

1/4 oz spinnerbaits are not exactly "light" either, a 1/4 oz spinnerbait 's real weight is over 3/8 oz. When I say "performs well" I don 't mean that it can 't cast the rig/bait, I mean the reel is not capable of making the rig/bait fly away easily, with little effort and with good distance. Can those reels cast the rigs and baits you have in mind ? yes they can if you impart them a good ammount of shoulder grease, set your brakes at near zero and loosen your tension knob all the way down barely tight enough to avoid the spool from rubbing against the frame plus some impressive thumb control and after all that the bait will fly 15 yards. Too much effort for such a poor perfomance. I do know very well the Procaster, it 's an excellent heavy duty reel for the money but I wouldn 't use it for lightweight stuff, there are much better reels for that purpose, but of course, those reels cost good money. But it 's your money not mine.

None of those reels performs well for lightweight stuff. And a weightless senko can hardly qualify as a "light" bait, ok ? :

Dude, you answered your own question, it 's not in season so you are not allowed to shoot it, that 's it.