"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"Stinkweed" wrote in message
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Most likely I would buy it as I think worms are the best bait to fish
with and as much as I hate to admit this, I will be honest here. I am
afraid to put worms on the hook so I use shrimp as my husband doesn't
like me pestering him every 10 minues for another worm. If he could put
a worm on for me that would last for a long time he wouldn't mind doing
it. So for sure I would try it.


LOL. You have gone a long way towards furthering the sterotypes of women.
My wife is squeamish about butchering game, but then most men are too
until they have done it a few times. She doesn't have any problems
putting a worm on a hook though. Its just a part of fishing. Some folks
like helping others all the time when fishing, and some would like to be
able to show you how and then go back to their own fishing. Sounds like
your husband is kinda in between on this.

I don't have an opinion on Rodney's bait keeper. When he has it a little
further developed I'll ask him for one to try, but then I am still waiting
on the bungee drop shot rigs he said he would send me to try. LOL.

I'm not sure how this is designed, but there are a number of retainers for
plastics on the market that do work. Most lead head jigs are molded with
a barbed collar, and Terminator jigs come with a stiff wire that is almost
unnnoticable until you study the jig carefully. The bait slides under the
wire and then the end of the wire digs in to hold the bait in place.
Terminators are one of the best bass jigs I have used, so a "bait"
retainer may not be a bad idea for crawlers depending on how it works.

For minnows, a weedless bait holder is very popular for trolling large
shiners. It acts as a bait retainer, and of course helps to shed some
weed growth.

As to crickets there isn't much better for keep them on the hook than the
neck of a water balloon. Similarly with crawdads a small rubber band is
pretty much unbeatable.

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Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com


I know I am terrible to love fishing so much and not be able to hook a worm.
Laugh some more, my husband got me an automatic worm hooker once where you
put the worm in this long thing and it was suppose to make the hook go right
in him, but it didn't work very good, he scrunched right up and wiggled and
I couldn't do it. I used to be able to do it when I was a kid, but one day
I just went fishing and the worm wiggled and I couldn't do it. I guess I
grew up. But the shrimp works pretty good, I catch Bass, Perch, Bluegill,
and have caught a Walleye with it. But they can steal it off the hook
pretty easy and shrimp isn't cheap.
Thanks for all your advise.