Ronnie asked:
Q: What do you do with your used plastic worms? Do you think they pose a
danger to bass?"

A: The ones I don't lose through snags I throw away. But I often wonder how
much damage I am doing in conjunction with every other angler. Why?
Because my favorite presentation method is a 3-1/2" tubebait with a 1/8 to
1/4-ounce lead ball jig. On a typical day on the water I lose maybe a dozen
to snags. That is 12 tubes, and 1.5 to 3-ounces of lead per day, or about
1,200 tubes and 9.5 to 19-pounds of lead per season, and that is just me. I
can't even imagine or phantom how many lures and 1000s pounds of lead are
sitting on the bottom of an average public lake each year.

I think about it a lot, but I continue to use my favorite presentation,
because it is my most productive. Am I hurting our lakes for my grandkids?
I keep waiting for a safer replacement to lead, and it is not carbide,
because it contains a number of toxins and heavy metals. Possibly stainless
steel? I have a friend that Carolina rigs most of his lures using sand bags
(long pencil shape) weights. But I prefer the feel I get from a ball jig.
Come on you inventors, put your heads together and eliminate this issue.


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Craig Baugher