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Your Top 5 Lures
Just for the fun of it, list your top 5 bass lurs that you can't live
without. Try to be specific (brand, size, color, how you rig/fish it). Heres mine. 1. Terminator Spinnerbaits-3/8 ounce-white skirt, double willow silver blades 2. Picasso Spider Jig with an Uncle Josh jumbo pork frog-1/4 ounce jig in brown/orange color with an orange pork frog 3. Bass Assassin'-Shad Assassin in Albino Shad color with a 5/0 Gamakatsu hook 4. Rapala Skitter Pop-Frog color-my favorite topwater lure 5. PowerBait Power Craw-Pumpkin/orange color-Texas rigged with a 3/8 ounce bullet weight and 4/0 Gamakatsu hook Okay, your turn. ;) |
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#1 31/2" salt tube, rigged......uncountable ways
#2 "T" rig worms, pegged with a bobber stop only if the worm floats #3 Jiggin' worm/craw/curly tails/pig #4 Dart fish, slugo, floating worm...... nail weighted and weightless rigged. (aren't air nails just the best for this, 1" bradnails rock! Put 'em at each end too) #5 Surface/sub surface rattlin' body baits like Manns minus one. -- Stony "Bucket Mouth" wrote in message ... Just for the fun of it, list your top 5 bass lurs that you can't live without. Try to be specific (brand, size, color, how you rig/fish it). Heres mine. 1. Terminator Spinnerbaits-3/8 ounce-white skirt, double willow silver blades 2. Picasso Spider Jig with an Uncle Josh jumbo pork frog-1/4 ounce jig in brown/orange color with an orange pork frog 3. Bass Assassin'-Shad Assassin in Albino Shad color with a 5/0 Gamakatsu hook 4. Rapala Skitter Pop-Frog color-my favorite topwater lure 5. PowerBait Power Craw-Pumpkin/orange color-Texas rigged with a 3/8 ounce bullet weight and 4/0 Gamakatsu hook Okay, your turn. ;) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.692 / Virus Database: 453 - Release Date: 5/28/04 |
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1) 1/4 oz. Lunker Lure Rattleback Jig, Green Pumpkin with ZOOM Super Chunk Jr.
trailer, same color 2) 4" Prowler Flipping Tube in Road Kill Camo with 4/0 EWG hook and 1/4 oz. unpegged Top Brass black bullet weight 3) ZOOM Baby Brush Hog, Watermelon Candy, C-rigged on a 2/0 EWG hook, 3/4 oz. weight, 2'-3' leader 4) Yamamoto 5" Senko, Green Pumpkin Candy with 4/0 straight shank, wide gap, round bend Gamakatsu hook and 1/4 oz. screw in black Gambler Rattling weight 5) 1/2 oz. Jimmy Houston Cordell Rattle Spot, Discontinued Bleeding Shiner Brad Coovert 2003 Angler of the Year, Greenfield Bassmasters http://www.greenfieldbassmasters.com |
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My first two are my own spinnerbaits. This is for real because I do fish
spinnerbaits at least half the time, and have been doing so for many, many years. 1. A 3/16 oz. Secret Weapon Baby Bass spinnerbait with tandem Indiana blades. I fish this shallow, near the bank edge and other visual cover. I vary & mix retrieve speeds (never constant) from slow & steady to quick spurts. This is my personal secret weapon. 2. A 1/2 oz. Secret Weapon Citrus Shad spinnerbait (soon to be added to our internet offerings) with tandem Willowleaf blades. I usually remove the front blade (a smaller Colorado) and fish this one deeper with varying retrieves. 3. A pumpkin/orange Gene Larew spider jig (hula grub) on a 1/4-1/2 weedless jig head. I like to crawl this beast across rocky bottoms with great results. 4. A small #7 regular Rapala floating minnow in silver with black back. I fish this one on ML spinning gear in the same locations as #1 above, using slow twitches and quick, short dives. Severe fun! 5. A larger Pradco Spittin' Image in Tennessee Shad. I fish this thing in any depth or structure, retrieving it anywhere from short twitches to dog walkin'. Note that while my #1 & #4 choices are both smaller lures, the results they produce can run about as large as any. -- Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com --------------------------=x O'))) "Bucket Mouth" wrote in message ... Just for the fun of it, list your top 5 bass lurs that you can't live without. Try to be specific (brand, size, color, how you rig/fish it). Heres mine. 1. Terminator Spinnerbaits-3/8 ounce-white skirt, double willow silver blades 2. Picasso Spider Jig with an Uncle Josh jumbo pork frog-1/4 ounce jig in brown/orange color with an orange pork frog 3. Bass Assassin'-Shad Assassin in Albino Shad color with a 5/0 Gamakatsu hook 4. Rapala Skitter Pop-Frog color-my favorite topwater lure 5. PowerBait Power Craw-Pumpkin/orange color-Texas rigged with a 3/8 ounce bullet weight and 4/0 Gamakatsu hook Okay, your turn. ;) |
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"Bucket Mouth" wrote in message ... Just for the fun of it, list your top 5 bass lurs that you can't live without. Try to be specific (brand, size, color, how you rig/fish it). In no specific order, my favorite 5 lures are.... Secret Weapon Spinnerbait - 1/2 oz. Firetiger with a small silver Colorado and a gold Oklahoma blade. Typically fished in/around heavy cover and in/through weed growth. I like to start the retrieve immediately upon splashdown and work it right under the surface, over the tops of the weeds, letting it helicopter into holes. Soft plastic jerkbait - FinS or Zoom, in baby bass, white, shad, watermelon, with a 5/0 Gamakatsu EWG hook. Texas rigged, I like to skip these under boat docks and overhanging tree limbs. Twitch, pause, twitch twitch, pause..... Cool Lures Ice Pick - Texas rigged, another excellent boat dock lure. This one I skip under and simply let fall. Berkely Power Tubes - 4" Rigged on a standard ball head jig, push the jig in the back, up to the nose, push the line tie through and tie on. Pumpkinseed, watermelon or black. Most hits come on the fall, but I've had good results simply dragging them on the bottom, without additional action imparted. Rapala Suspending Husky Jerk - 6" model in clown color. Fished erratically with a jerk and a pause type retrieve. -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
Your Top 5 Lures
Top five... in no particular order.
1. 3/8oz Secret Weapon Lures Green Goddess, with a single #4.5 Turtleback blade. Works well, anyway you fish it. 2. 7" Original Powerworm, Red Shad, fished Texas style with 5/16oz weight, 8mm glass bead. 3. 4" Zipper Worms, fished the same as Number 2. 4. Original Floating Rapala, Gold #5. Sometimes, you can catch fish on these anyway you want to fish them too. 5. Zoom Super Fluke, pearl white. -- Charles Summers Secret Weapon Lures http://www.secretweaponlures.com "Bucket Mouth" wrote in message ... Just for the fun of it, list your top 5 bass lurs that you can't live without. Try to be specific (brand, size, color, how you rig/fish it). Heres mine. 1. Terminator Spinnerbaits-3/8 ounce-white skirt, double willow silver blades 2. Picasso Spider Jig with an Uncle Josh jumbo pork frog-1/4 ounce jig in brown/orange color with an orange pork frog 3. Bass Assassin'-Shad Assassin in Albino Shad color with a 5/0 Gamakatsu hook 4. Rapala Skitter Pop-Frog color-my favorite topwater lure 5. PowerBait Power Craw-Pumpkin/orange color-Texas rigged with a 3/8 ounce bullet weight and 4/0 Gamakatsu hook Okay, your turn. ;) |
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Can't believe that I didn't add tubes to that list...
-- Charles Summers Secret Weapon Lures http://www.secretweaponlures.com "Charles B. Summers" cbsummers@(bellsouth)(dot)(net) wrote in message .. . Top five... in no particular order. 1. 3/8oz Secret Weapon Lures Green Goddess, with a single #4.5 Turtleback blade. Works well, anyway you fish it. 2. 7" Original Powerworm, Red Shad, fished Texas style with 5/16oz weight, 8mm glass bead. 3. 4" Zipper Worms, fished the same as Number 2. 4. Original Floating Rapala, Gold #5. Sometimes, you can catch fish on these anyway you want to fish them too. 5. Zoom Super Fluke, pearl white. -- Charles Summers Secret Weapon Lures http://www.secretweaponlures.com "Bucket Mouth" wrote in message ... Just for the fun of it, list your top 5 bass lurs that you can't live without. Try to be specific (brand, size, color, how you rig/fish it). Heres mine. 1. Terminator Spinnerbaits-3/8 ounce-white skirt, double willow silver blades 2. Picasso Spider Jig with an Uncle Josh jumbo pork frog-1/4 ounce jig in brown/orange color with an orange pork frog 3. Bass Assassin'-Shad Assassin in Albino Shad color with a 5/0 Gamakatsu hook 4. Rapala Skitter Pop-Frog color-my favorite topwater lure 5. PowerBait Power Craw-Pumpkin/orange color-Texas rigged with a 3/8 ounce bullet weight and 4/0 Gamakatsu hook Okay, your turn. ;) |
Your Top 5 Lures
1. Crooked Creek Salty Tubebait - 3-1/2"
2. 1/2-ounce Green/Pumpkin Flipping Jig-n-#11 Brown Uncle Josh Pork 3. Excalibur Spit'n Image (Gizzard Shad) 4. 1/2-ounce Lipless (Chrome/Blue back) 5. 5" Senko -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! |
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Bob, I know you're a spinnerbait expert, but everything I have read about
your personal fishing has you using some type of soft plastic. Is this because on the days you fished with Joe & Charles, the water was flat calm? Do you ever throw a spinnerbait on calm water or does it have to have at least a few waves before you throw one? I also agree with you, Gene Larew makes some excellent lures, and I love their Green Pumpkin/Orange Craws. -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! |
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Hey Charles, just how well does that Red Shad produce and on what? Reason I
ask, I know someone who wins Big Bass quite often, and he tells me it is because of Red Shad Lizards. He claims largemouth just love the color! -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! |
Your Top 5 Lures
No particular order
Bass Assassins- Simply put one of my top producers, 4/0 wide gap hook if jerking and letting it fall, if fishing fast across the top of the water I switch to a 4/0 lunker city offset hook. Wacky Rigged Senko/Wacko, hard to beat this combo, wacky rigging soft stickbaits produce fish, hard to screw this type of fishing up. I use a 1/0 Gammy octopus hook, the smaller hook has no problem holding fish and lets the stickbait fall at the right speed and wobble, if fishing water with bigger fish(over 3 lbs) I switch to a 2/0 gammy octopus red hook. Secret weapon, either a green goddess or white with silver blades, any kind, has not made too much of a difference, they catch fish period!! Strike King Quad Shad spinner bait, another awesome spinner bait that produces big time. Zoom speed worm, Lunker city spanky(awesome), berkely bungee worm, zoom baby brush hogs, are all in that must have with me catagory I can't count so ggod I must mention a few more, Heddon Zara spook in bullfrog or blk/white, heddon lucky 13 in chrome blue, Creek Chub jointed minnow, Diamond shad in Gold Black, Yozuri twitchin minnow in blk gold(one of the best hard jerkbaits I ever fished) and can't forget the wacky worm soft craws, these are just killer. |
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I fish mostly smallmouth waters here in upstate NY, and I am amazed that I
NEVER hear anyone metion any type of in-line spinner, such as Mepps, Blue Fox, etc. Am I the only person have great success with these lures anymore? |
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Actually, on the days I fished with Joe, I did start with spinnerbaits and
was catching some fish as was Joe, but when the breezes died off the spinnerbait bite slowed also. I can normally do OK in calm water if I use smaller spinnerbaits, such as 1/4oz. or even better, 1/8 oz., but I had nothing smaller than 3/8 oz. with me at that time. We at SW no longer offer either the 1/4 or 1/8 sizes, and instead have introduced the tremendously successful new size of 3/16 oz., which is a cross between the two. That will be a legend. -- Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com --------------------------=x O'))) "Craig Baugher" wrote in message news:pdauc.15339$eY2.8388@attbi_s02... Bob, I know you're a spinnerbait expert, but everything I have read about your personal fishing has you using some type of soft plastic. Is this because on the days you fished with Joe & Charles, the water was flat calm? Do you ever throw a spinnerbait on calm water or does it have to have at least a few waves before you throw one? I also agree with you, Gene Larew makes some excellent lures, and I love their Green Pumpkin/Orange Craws. -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! |
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In-line spinners are great lures, but are not used frequently by most bass
anglers because they cannot usually be used successfully around most heavy cover without snagging. That is why "safety-pin" spinners (or "spinnerbaits" as they are called) are the predominant type spinner lure used for bass. The only real exception would be our own Secret Weapon, which could be considered a cross between the two types; it sounds like an in-line to fish but is snagless like the safety-pin type (among other things). -- Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com --------------------------=x O'))) "John C. French" wrote in message . .. I fish mostly smallmouth waters here in upstate NY, and I am amazed that I NEVER hear anyone metion any type of in-line spinner, such as Mepps, Blue Fox, etc. Am I the only person have great success with these lures anymore? |
Your Top 5 Lures
1 5.75" Fisn-S Fish, Golden Shiner, on 3/0 Texposer Hook, unweigted and
rigged on Fireline. 2 Smoke Mr. Twister Sassy Grub on 1/8 oz LunkerGrip weedless football head, fished on 6 lb mono. I could not get from March to the beginning of May, or from the beginning of October to ice-up without this lure. It's long since been discontinued, but I bought what was meant to me a life-time supply. Unfortunately, I'm down to less than 400 in my stash. Then again, at my age, that may be a lifetime supply.G 3 Green Pumpkin 5" creature bait. T-rigged, 3/16 oz weight, 2/0 Texposer on 10 or 12 pound mono. Used to be a Baby Brush hog, but I've pretty much switched to LC's new Ozmo. (the advantage of getting stuff during developmentG) 4 Jerkbait -- Lucky Craft Pointer 78. If I MUST pick a color, I'd probably got with Aurora Pro Blue. But I'd sneak an Aurora Gold one in the box, too. 5 Spinnerbait. 3/4 or 1 oz head. Single nickel Pickens blade (harder to find than my smoke sassy grubs above, and my supply is REALLY limited -- a big colorado without too much belly will do in a pinch) and a golden shiner skirt. Surprisingly, there's no drop shot bait on that list but that's because I've got 3 or 4 favorites that I use kind of interchangeably. Jig & pig? Might've been # 6 if the list was longer. A bigger creature would be # 1 if I was fishing 'nut. If you eliminated the parts of the season that the water is under 50 degrees, it would replace the Sassy Grub. RichZ© www.richz.com/fishing |
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Bucket Mouth wrote in message ... Just for the fun of it, list your top 5 bass lurs that you can't live without. Try to be specific (brand, size, color, how you rig/fish it). From the standpoint of a guy who mostly shore fishes in shallow, weedy water, I'll list six, without the specifics, in no particular order: 1. Jitterbug 2. Grass Frog/Pop'n'Frog 3. Original 7" Power Worm 4. Senko 5. Kut Tail 6. Baby 1- |
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.....and the Secret Weapon line of In-Line spinners comes out when? asked
Huck |
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1. StrikeKing Jr Tri-Wing Buzzbait. Curado\ 7' TA Revolver Reaction series
Rod\ 25# mono.White or White & Chartreuse. Open water and around any visible cover 2. Soft Stick Bait (4 or 5") Senko or Flash. Junebug\Golden Shiner. T-Rigged on 3\0 or 4\0 LC Texposer. AG T3000\ 20# Fireline\6' Custom Angle Rod. This "do-nothing" works anywhere/anytime. 3. Rebel Teeney Deep R (out of production) various colors. Upsize the hooks to #6.... 10# low stretch mono on 1600Morrum\6' Fenwick HMG Light action pistol grip. Roll Cast around visible cover and underneath overhanging brush\docks. 4. 8" Mann's JellyWorm. Black Grape. 1/4oz Florida weight & rattle 3/0 EWG or 4/0 Straight Worm hook. Curado\30# PowerPro\6'6" Fenwick HMG MH rod. 5. Zoom BrushHog / JuneBug w/tail dipped in Chartreuse Dip&Glow 5/16 Florida Weight/ 3/0 EWG & Rattle/ 50# PowerPro\ Curado \ 7'6" Falcon Lowrider. ........interesting how the demographics play out comparing selections for the folks fishing the Northern Glacial lakes and the Lowland River\Reservoir anglers. |
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"Huck Palmatier" wrote in message news:eZiuc.450$Y21.17@lakeread02... ....and the Secret Weapon line of In-Line spinners comes out when? asked Huck What Bob is referring to is the way that the blades are attached on a SW spinnerbait, the blades revolve in the exact manner as an inline spinner, giving it a similar sonic signature in the water. A conventional spinnerbait blade does not spin in the same manner, and will give off a different vibration in the water. -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
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Precisely!.....so an inline model for those folks who use them should be
easy, eh. |
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An inline spinner is nothing more than a glorified, line twisting, salad
fork! Will that be Ranch or Italian! Hooo-waaa ;-) ooops sorry. -- Stony "Huck Palmatier" wrote in message news:JHkuc.465$Y21.76@lakeread02... Precisely!.....so an inline model for those folks who use them should be easy, eh. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.692 / Virus Database: 453 - Release Date: 5/28/04 |
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In a particular order...
1. Bill Norman Professional Edge Middle N in Blue and Chartruese. No lure I've ever used has caught as many fish as this little jewel. Don't leave home without it. 2. White or white chartreuse spinnerbait. Most often with a gold or silver willow leafe main blade and a smaller silver willow leaf secondary blade. 3. 6" Red Shad Culprit / texas-rigged with Gamakatsu hooks - Especially good under over-hanging brush (in the shadows) 4. My own 3/8oz jigs. Usually in black so I can throw a brown/orange or black/blue Uncle Josh pork on it. 5. Rebel Pop-R in the original black back / silver sides fished shallow. 6. Rapala rattlin shad rap in original shad finish. I know, I was only supposed to list 5... I could load a tackle box with only these baits and be pretty certain that I would catch something on any given day... -- Andrew Kidd http://www.amiasoft.com/ - Software for the rest of us! http://www.rofb.net/ - ROFB Newsgroup Home "Bucket Mouth" wrote in message ... Just for the fun of it, list your top 5 bass lurs that you can't live without. Try to be specific (brand, size, color, how you rig/fish it). Heres mine. 1. Terminator Spinnerbaits-3/8 ounce-white skirt, double willow silver blades 2. Picasso Spider Jig with an Uncle Josh jumbo pork frog-1/4 ounce jig in brown/orange color with an orange pork frog 3. Bass Assassin'-Shad Assassin in Albino Shad color with a 5/0 Gamakatsu hook 4. Rapala Skitter Pop-Frog color-my favorite topwater lure 5. PowerBait Power Craw-Pumpkin/orange color-Texas rigged with a 3/8 ounce bullet weight and 4/0 Gamakatsu hook Okay, your turn. ;) |
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Take a look at one, Huck and you don't have to look hard to see that the
spinner blades ARE perfectly in line with each other and rotate on the same axis. That is what makes an in-line an in-line. -- Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com --------------------------=x O'))) "Huck Palmatier" wrote in message news:eZiuc.450$Y21.17@lakeread02... ....and the Secret Weapon line of In-Line spinners comes out when? asked Huck |
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I could load a tackle box with only these baits and be pretty certain that I
would catch something on any given day... Yeah, but you only need #1! Brad Coovert 2003 Angler of the Year, Greenfield Bassmasters http://www.greenfieldbassmasters.com |
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For me this changes from year to year as I try new lures and techniques.
Lately it would be: 1. Homemade spinnerbait; 1/2 or 3/8 oz, red&black skirt, single black colorado blade. 2. Senko; 4 or 5 inch, any brownish color, wacky rigged with a Gamakatso octopus circle hook. 3. Homemade spinnerbait; 1/4 oz., witebelly/clearblueflake back skirt, single silver willowleaf blade. 4. Roostertail spinner; 1/24oz to 1/2 oz, many colors, especially black/silver or brown/gold 5. Rapala floating minnow; 2" ro 4 1/2", silver/black, gold/black, perch -Zimmy |
Your Top 5 Lures
1. rapala jointed minnow plug
2. smithwick rogue minnow plug 3. rapala rattlin rap 4. variations of the above in size, weight, colour and custom modification of my own design 5. 7 inch plastic worm |
Your Top 5 Lures
( 1 ) My favorite, hands down is black or dark green Scum
Frog. ( 2 ) Stick worm ( senko style) in junebug ( 3 ) Spittin Image for that topwater fun ( 4 )White & chartruse spinnerbait 3/8 oz. with double colorado blades and white trailer ( 5 )Finally a 4" watermellon tube with copper flake for all my smallmouth freinds living in Lake St. Clair |
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"Brad Coovert" wrote in message
... I could load a tackle box with only these baits and be pretty certain that I would catch something on any given day... Yeah, but you only need #1! Brad Coovert Yeah, when the weather has been stable and the temp is above about 55, you're absolutely correct! :-) -- Andrew Kidd http://www.amiasoft.com/ - Software for the rest of us! http://www.rofb.net/ - ROFB Newsgroup Home |
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1. 6A Bomber Firetiger. Old style with the lead BB inside. It's a
different plastic than the new models. Dives deeper and has a different sound. Normally fished on 10lb Trilene BigGame. 2. Standard RattleTrap. Best color might be Tequlia Sunrise. 3. Jig & Pig. Color usually black/blue. Weight dependent on conditions. Usually 1/4 to 3/8oz, but I fish lighter/heavier. Trailer can be Uncle Josh pork #11, #1 or Zoom chunks. Occasionally something odd. Old Berkley frog, grub, etc. Jig can be just about any brand out there with fiber weedguard so I can split it. 4. Zoom Lizard. Pumpkinseed normally. Texas rigged for flipping. Pegged with a square toothpick. 5. Buzzbait. LunkerLure or local made. 1/4 to 1/2oz. White or White/chart. Sometimes black. Sometimes with a Croc-O-Gator grub. Carlos |
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Yeah, when the weather has been stable
What exactly is "stable" weather? Do we have that in Indiana? Brad Coovert 2003 Angler of the Year, Greenfield Bassmasters http://www.greenfieldbassmasters.com |
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I've had to change my definition of this a little this year. Stable now means one day without a tornado, or tornado like winds! :-) -- Andrew Kidd http://www.amiasoft.com/ - Software for the rest of us! http://www.rofb.net/ - ROFB Newsgroup Home "Brad Coovert" wrote in message ... Yeah, when the weather has been stable What exactly is "stable" weather? Do we have that in Indiana? Brad Coovert 2003 Angler of the Year, Greenfield Bassmasters http://www.greenfieldbassmasters.com |
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