Tokugawa wrote:

panda_slicks86 wrote:"if your not losing cranks your fishing em wrong" .

Sometimes there is no recovery.

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when you rock it wacky you have less a chance to get a short strike. i just picked up some owner down shot offset hooks see how they are they look purdy sweet those smallie's better start sweatin now cause they are gonna get jaw jacked! gonna pair it up with a reaction innovations flirt worm in wate...

if your hittin a rocky bottom the second that bait crashes into something hard give it a pause and then move it a foot or two and pause .... i usually get smashed that way if nothin just keep on trying to beat up some cover also if you catch up in some weeds pop it out of the weeds quickly after the...

Hard lake to fish? You think? Where do you live? That's where i fish [/quote]

ya she's a tough one..... i usually fish from a yak or use the shore.
i live in buellton .

whats productive for you out there?

good for him but im not gonna buy a 20-30 dollar lure cause some pro swears by them.... ill buy it cause its way to sick not to be in my tackle box and when i lose it ill scream my pants.

get a set of mechanics gloves .... keep a full glove. or cut one of the fingers off and just use the finger... on the finger that gets cut... lose a bit of feel for the rod and light pick-ups but i like to use-em on cold days / nights .... you can pick-em up at just about any major auto part stores ...

Centipede wrote:I've used the Norman speed clips for 10+ year and I have never lost a bait due to them.

on cranks only or for everything?

hey i started out by saying "not to sound racist" cause i have seen it way too much like i was at a dock one day and a guy caught a ray and was gonna toss it back but an asian guy asked if he could have it and he just cut the wings off and tossed the rest in the trash and he already had a huge coole...

yea something just classic about cork the look and feel is nice compared to the foam handles and i will agree that the tips are sorta heavy but alot of that could be how light reels are getting but they should think of an average weight of reels and try to balance it out a bit. my 7 ft crankbait rod...

yea im trying other things out ( frog wise ) cause i have lost too many fish with kopper's i was either gonna buy some booyah's or some optimum's ......... like you said ill most likely take the blade off.

anyone using those optimum frog i want some but cant hit the purchase button.

its all about the owner wacky/drop shot hook for me never had a weak hook up with em they are way better than the skeeter hooks and the gammy's for that matter....... vmc spinshot = junk

yea not to be racist or any thing but asian's will take just about anything anywhere...... i was at cachuma and we were pulling in smallies and some asian guys were shocked that we were tossing em back then they were asking if the could have some. lets just say they went home wanting....... and what...

Hmmm...sounds like a black Buzzjet might be a nice addition to the square bill one-knocker. ;) the deps lures are super sick just a little too much coin for my liking ...... prop baits are one of my favorite baits for night ill take one any day over a buzzbait cover permitted ...... i think the abi...