I cannot believe they still are on the market. I lost a good number of baits because of them. I was just reeling in and -boom- the baits just comes off. Like that! Stay away from those. Cross snaps are way better.

I wonder where you got the idea to buy a punker in the first place! Gee, next time I'll just throw a JDM bait like every one else!! In a case like this you should just give them a call first. I talked to Grant a couple of time and he seems like a good guy. I'm sure he'll take care of you. On the oth...

Ok you die hard crankbait guy I need some help here. I have this persuader, home of the stealth shad, coffin bill crankbait and it's aweseome! It's my best crankbait and I'm down to one!! So does anybody know if I can still have hope to find one somewhere?? the original website is down, google doesn...

Thanks for your input. It's a professional opinion and yet has nothing to gain or loose in the fishing rod business!!
So according to you it would take many life time for the graphite to change enough to be noticeable, right?

thanks guys!

While fishing the other day I was having that conversation with my buddy about older rods. He thought after enough fish and many hours of fishing a rod blank would loose its action and sort of loosen over time. On the other hand I thought that within reason, a rod blank doesn't get softer over time ...

I replace the rubber band by a tiny cable tie. It's easy to put on and awefully strong.
The thing with hand tied is that you can't switch skirts. That's ok for jigs but what about spinnerbaits?
I saw these skirt rings the other day and wondered how good it is? has anybody tried this?

Ike is so overdoing it! It drives me nuts! Did he really have to step on his official? Is a pound and half fish a "giant" in New Jersey?

Thanks,
I followed you advice and got the season pass! I don't regret it, it's freakin intense, I'm just done watching and broke a little sweat!! This is the best tournament coverage I've seen yet!

I've made my own with any hook and a Reins drop shot tungsten weight. These weight have a round line tie and not a regular pincher. I experimented with a secondery split ring but found it didn't had any benefit. I can shake that worm just like a shaky rig except I always have the right hook size for...

They don't quit making them, they just quit selling them in the US!

Well the title pretty much says it all.. who's watched it? is it worth 3 bucks or what?

Cutting a pincher off might unbalance the bait and cause line twist and bad presentation. When I loose one pincher I discard the bait. Why don't manufacturers make craw baits with one transparent pincher? That would work just as good, wouldn't it?

Lots of good information here guys, thanks a lot. I can't wait for the spring to try the big worms !

For quiet some time I've heard about big 8 to 10" worms. I've been wanting to try them out so I baught a couple bags of mangnum zoom worms. And so far I have not had one bite. Part of the reason is I don't trhow them enough. And in turn it's because I'm not happy with how I rig them. I don't know wh...