HoosierHawgs

The Yamamoto 100 size bait I would consider it a Square Bill bait.

Do you have any pictures of these other projects?

Another good show that is entertaining, and an interesting look at the tournament fishing game is FLW's web show FLW Circuit Breaker. This season has covered 2nd year tour pro Mark Daniels Jr.

They were an especially good deal when they were 5 bucks a pop during the 25 days sale.

No, I would say that is probably be a good depth of bait. No need to crank it down to max depth though.

I'm fairly certain they announced that the Alton Jones Xcalibur XCS Square Lip baits would not be moved to the Booyah line. I may be wrong though. As for square bill baits in general it is really hard to go wrong. I'm going to give a shameless plug for the Bait Monkey and say that you should try them all. I originally was not a very confident crankbait fisherman but now that I know what style of lip does what and what the size and shape of the body along with hooks and rattles do to effect the action I'm the proud owner of 30+ square bill baits of almost every make and manufacture. They each have their time in the sun.

6 lb 10 oz Large Mouth on an Xcalibur XCS300 Square Lip. It was the biggest square bill I had in my box, but now I have a couple of SK 8.0's to hopefully get some even bigger bites.

Wow, this is a great tip! I've always wanted to give blade baits a good shot when the weather starts to cool or when it starts a very slow warming trend in the early spring, but being a shallow water bank fisherman for the most part I was worried with hangups. I will definitely be trying this now, so I can add another bait to the arsenal without inducing a bunch of stress or frustration.

Welcome to the site. Plenty of Midwestern members here! I've tried to get a MidWest subforum added to the Regional Forum but they haven't yet. Might want to check out the Eastern Sub-Forum for local info!

Cool, I thought that was an Ethos. Sounds about similar to what I would use. Thanks!

What's your spinning set up for jerkbaits?

Anyone have experience with these sunglasses? I could get a pair of the Moss Green lenses for 30 bucks. Looks like they have a lifetime warranty. Thanks, Hoosier

Interesting. I've never payed special attention to blade colors, looks like i will have to do that a little more.

I'd love the chance to fish with Mike D, but I feel like that is the day I would go out and get skunked!

Not to hijack the thread but, has anybody on here built a worm box, where they grow worms in compost? I think it's a neat idea.

Tried it once. I am building a vegetable garden and flower bed this spring, so hopefully that will make for more successful worming efforts.

Leftover Christmas Ham.

Same here! Did catch a couple the day after Christmas on a Lucky Strike STX Jerkbait

That's pretty far north! How's the weather up there?

Cleveland sued for the rights to the Brown's name.

A friend of mine is from Warsaw. He lives in the central part of the state as well. He did say there is some good fishing in Warsaw if I remember correctly.

Kinda like Jacksonville. Real surprised they didn't move. Jacksonville just can't support a football team, as sad as it is to say, because most of my family is from Jax.

I don't own a boat, is take this with a grain of salt, but I find if something works, and I'm comfortable with it and its still in decent shape, stick with it. I prefer to stay on the trailing edge of things because it is cheaper and at some point the law of diminishing returns starts to kick in. I'd stuck with that old girl, take good care of her and keep her in the best shape you can. I don't know what your estimated retail value is, but with a boat that old I can't imagine it would be worthwhile to sell that to fund a down payment on a loan for a depreciating investment. Just ride that old girl until she dies, and then find a nice lightly used boat that is loaded up for a price you can afford when she does finally give up. Just my 2 cents. Once again, not a boat owner, so I'm probably a little misguided.

Keep It Simple Stupid for sure. Learned to fish bouncing Beetle Spins off of sunken refrigerators in strip pits. Talk about fun!