if they were in 3-5 feet of clear water, and you were wading, and they were only 5 feet away from you, they were most likely spawning, or else they would have beat it out of there.
when they're spawning, and they have seen you coming, they're spooked and they are difficult to catch. its easist to catch spawners if you sneak up on them and they don't see you. then they will readily (used loosley) remove your bait from their nest.
this is a great article, thanks for the link.
in case you didn't read the article, this is the conclusion paragraph, pretty much sums up the whole article:
just saw these on ***. they look sick as hell. i really like the blue gizzard shad color.
i might just have to buy one of these, but....
its got plastic joints, and i know a lot of people have had trouble with strike king's plastic joints breaking and such. strike king said they had improved the joint with their newer wake shad, but i am still kinda weary.
i guess i'll wait for some people to review these baits before i buy one.
when this site was updated a few months back, there was a little glitch where any extra spaces (more than 1 space) in the signature got turned into "&"'s, and the only way to fix it was for the person to go in and change it themselves. some people must not have noticed or not cared : ;D
ok i've listened to both albums i got (A Little Bit Special and The Craig Machine)
and they are officially two of the best albums on my Zune.
i was listening to A Little Bit Special this morning on the bus and i kept laughing out loud, but i was trying not to because i'm sure i looked goofy just sitting my myself laughing out loud. ;D
i use acrylic craft paint that you get at Michael's craft store for 50 cents a bottle
its easily to use, cheap, and there are some good colors available.
wow that was a really short survey! just: do you fish, age, sex, race. that might be the shortest survey i've ever taken.
oh, and this is a real cool thing you're doing Thad!
as soon as i saw that cartoon news reporter fish i remember seeing an ad for this on TV.
here are my thoughts:
i have no doubt the lures will catch fish. most soft plastics do, and this one does seem like it would have a nice action.
does that make it worth 30 bucks? OF COURSE NOT!
i would try them if they cost 3 bucks for a 10 pack, but definitley not at 30 bucks.
we've got a 36lb thrust minn kota on it, would like to upgrade, but not likely. this is fine though, the 36 pushes us quite fine.
i'm not sure if i'm going to put a deck in it. probably not, for stability reasons. if it was wider i might. this is only a 36" beam.
i've put it in the gill plate and had fish thrash around and tear their gills, and i've also put it "under the jawbone" (see senile1's avatar) and i've had fish fall off.
so i sharpened the hook and i just stick it through their bottom lip, behind the bone.
i have checked the scale with those 2lb, 1 piece, molded lead barbels. the kind that are used for aerobic excercises, not the kind with interchangeable weights that are used for body building.
i've also checked the scale with 5lb bags of sugar etc., stuff that is measured from the factory by weight.
the scale has always come out within 1 ounce of what the item is supposed to weigh.
i do want to get a new scale though, i want to get a berkley digital lip grip, because i don't like how i have to push the hook through the fish's lip with my current berkley 50lb scale.
thanks for the comments!
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