Felix77

Looks like Dicks Sporting Goods is opening up a new line of stores similar to BassPro and Cabelas. It will be under the "Field and Stream" brand. The first is in PA and others are rumored to open up including one in my backyard. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=132215&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1795055&highlight= and the one in my backyard ... http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2013/03/20/exclusive-dicks-sporting-goods.html

I haven't used it on a fluke but a swimming super fluke or other swimbait yes. If you let it dangle it shouldn't affect the action too much I would guess. With the swimbaits I embed one of the trebles into the lure leaving the two others to barely peek out from it's side. That helps minimize snagging ... notice I said minimize.

Imagine if he had set the hook hard on that thing.

I had to look it up. Pretty crazy.

http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2012/08/06/nebraska-fishermen-catch-life-grenade/

I had lead poisoning as a child and this did cross my mind. As long as you wash/sanatize your hands regularly you will be OK. If you are exposed its in trace amounts. Just don't suck on them like candy and you are alright.

x2 - just like you do with kids.

I posted my "Emergency Kit" which I use for when I travel. It's also the setup I use when I hike a lake for some fun-fishing. It's evolved a little more since I posted it but 99% of it is still in tact. If anything I added a lure or 2 that I wanted to mess around with (Frogs and a pack of Sick Fish) http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/114004-for-those-emergency-bass-fishing-moments/

That is great advice!

Welcome Steve ... Looks like I will be around your way a week from Monday for work. I might be bugging you for suggestions on where to go fish. I will only have Sunday and Monday after work.

interesting idea ... the only way to tell is to get it in the water and trying it.

I don't know why I am shocked ... This is getting out of hand. LOL

True ... saw that at the Suffern, NY first hand. Very funny!

Tried these last year with marginal success. I need to devote some more time to them this year. I have 2 packs left to wear out.

x2

Yes ... Here's a video on the product. Also check out a post I made on testing this stuff out in Dallas. I believe in it! http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/115239-dallas-tx-310-313/

If there is a stretch of laydowns I would prefer to move across them and cycle my way back around again. If it happens to be one specific laydown and you catch 2 or 3 on it I would probably stay there no more than 20 minutes before moving on. Remember that spot and come back later. Sometimes it may just need time to "rest", "refresh", "recycle" or whatever else you hear people refer to when it comes to wearing out a spot.

Congrats! Way to go!

I am dying to try the Rage Monkey and the Lizards but they don't sell them around here. I need to get another order in at some point to get these lures into my arsenal.

Don't forget the attractant ... something like a MegaStrike, JJ's or otherwise. Something/anything to differentiate your bait from everything else.

Cold water equals very challenging fishing and deeper waters to me. Drop shot is a good approach. Small finesse baits (dream shot, finesse worms, 3" senkos) should suffice for a bite or 2. Also if you have some type of attractant use it. Megastrike is what I use.

Easy ... finesse, finesse, finesse Drop Shot Finesse Worm weightless Shakey Head Senko weightless wacky I am stuck on the bank a majority of the time and these 4 work for me. Don't be afraid to try more aggressive baits like spinnerbaits and chatterbaits as well but if they are highly pressured it always goes back to finesse.

Like the idea for bubba shotting. Do you put the bead there solely for a buffer between the weight and the swivel or to add sound? Maybe both?

Looking for my drop shot members to help out here. In general there are 3 different styles of drop shot weights on the market. Round ball (clear bottom, scarce rock bottom) pencil (weeds, chunk rock) teardrop ( ??? ) I keep reading about the various applications for each with the exception of the teardrop kind. Is the teardrop supposed to be "the best of both worlds"? Couldn't you get away with just one type? If so which ones? Thanks

Toss between a finesse tube 2.5 - 3.5" and a Finesse worm on a drop shot