I also didn't mean to direct anything directly at you, I just went into
an instant defensive state (a flaw in my character).
I am up here near Steve Huber, in Wisconsin. I live in Neenah, with is
about 30 minutes south of Green Bay. I fish Lake Winnebago almost
exclusively for both smallmouth and largemouth.
I have actually used the fluke on a jig (but the smaller version, fluke
jr.) under a float (bobber to some) and really hammer the smallmouth on
them, at least until they start preferring hair jigs, then I am all
float n fly until the ice arrives. Lately I have been really whacking
them on the rattling baits (I just bought 5 Yo-zuri rattling baits from
Cabela's online, they were selling them for 2.99 (some fall special)).
Biggest size was 3/8, so that should be adequate. I would have bought
more, but they only had them in gold, and I just bought half a dozen
bill lewis gold rattl traps. It is about 34 degrees here right now, so
this weekend might be all float n fly, I might even, dare I even say it,
have to use live bait :-)

Chris
Damifino wrote:
. I took it personally,
was it aimed at me in particular, most definitely not. so......I don't
know.

Wasn't anything aimed at anyone personally..We just come from different
generations and different parts of the Nation.
We all still like fishing and that's all that matters. Maybe someone got
something out of J.S.'s post that will help people understand what we mean
when we talk about the "old timers"...
No harm, no foul....We been chatting up white perch, or crappie all day
along with snow somewhere I responded to earlier. Long live HUMIDITY!!! We
also been talking about PACA Craws and Zoom Flukes....Any thoughts? You
should try that fluke on a jig head for those small mouth.
I've caught boatloads on the Tennessee River when it was so cold we had
coveralls on! I don't know where you from but I do know you spoke of
smallmouth in another thread. From my understanding they love the cold
weather. Probably a lot better than I do here in Alabama!