"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
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Hi guys,

I have a question for you out there. The local Wal-Mart is having a close
out sale on Strike King 3X soft plastic lures. They're selling for a buck
a
bag, which if I remember correctly is about $2.50 off. I don't have any
experience with them but I have heard that they're very durable with a
high
float factor (for lack of a better term).

Because of that, my friend Gil doesn't like the Fluke type lures. He says
that they don't sink well and are hard to get to work properly.

Have you used any of this line of lures? What do you think of them?
Which
ones have been more productive in your experience?

I'd like to pick up a bunch as it's a good price, but I'd rather not spend
the money if they're not going to get used. I've got enough of those type
lures already.

For that matter, at the risk of sounding like Al, if there is a Wal-Mart
near you, check the sporting goods department for close outs. I picked up
some Eagle Claw LazerSharp hooks, 1/0, 2/0 and 3/0, 25 count packages, for
$1.50 each. I prefer Gamakatsu hooks, but I've used these in the past and
they've been good to me. They hook fish and stay hooked, so I guess they
do
what they need to do. It's a good time to stock up on supplies, I do this
every spring and save a bunch of money.

Anyone reading this and thinking about going to a Wal Mart in central NC,
fuggetaboutit, I done been and wiped them out!! LOL!

Anyway, Steve, can't comment on 3X flukes, as I haven't fished them. I have
some, but haven't fished them yet. That said, buying their 7" worms
(actually it was Terminator's Cyberflexxx brand, which is the same thing
IMO) is a major waste of time. Why? Because they come a handful to the pack
and I fished one last year, ONE! For the entire summer and fall. Never fell
apart, never tore, never lost it. Prolly used it over a period of 6-7 trips
and caught several fish each trip with it...LOL! They need to sell 1 packs
of them IMO.

Outside of using the saltie, Senko types of "plastics" when warranted as
well, I will prolly be a (Strike King) 3X/Cyberflexxx (Terminator) user as
long as they make and sell them. They're tough, *fish well* for me, and I'm
sold on their durability. Of course I am more of a casual basser than a lot
of y'all are too. Had I been able to fish as much as I'd liked to last year,
I may have used 2 or 3 of them. :-)