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43 Bandit crank baits in all, most of them have Owner stinger replacement trebles. Some are discontinued colors Asking $130, call John @ Bulls Eye (636) 281-3524

Yes, they have them in both St Louis and St Charles county

Both my daughters go to "Kumon", which is after school supplemental math and reading. Seems a high percentage of Chinese send their children there. I noticed most of the people who send their kids there are either Indian or Chinese. They figure the supplemental way is cheaper ($220 per month) than a private school. We started Kumon after we noticed our oldest was making straight A's and couldn't finish what we considered was a pretty basic math problem. I asked Zipstick, who was an elementary school teacher his whole life, about the high percentage of students in my daughter's grade that made straight A's. He said that when the teachers have a yearly evaluation, the principal tells them that if they are a good teacher, their kids will make straight A's. Seems like a conflict of interest to me.

I always have a walk the dog bait, a fluke, and a jig tied on at all times in the summer. When the water gets more stained, a small crank bait and spinnerbait get tied on too.

Is common core used in other countries that are ahead of us in math, reading, and science?

My mom just joined my father in heaven this evening. Thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers. It was a big help.

My mother is on hospice and doesn't have much time left, maybe hours or days. I'm feeling pretty weak right now. I need your thoughts and prayers right now for me and this wonderful lady. This is my favorite photograph of my mom, brother and I. Thank you.

Like Didymo or Zebra mussels, they just make their way in!

X2 with this, I've learned virtually everything about winter fishing from Nick. He is as good as it gets. In reference to the gigging issue, what's most frustrating and sad to me is the fact that unless you have the ability to bend the right ear, nothing gets done. I know Nick and Dan Kreher (Thank you) made a little headway last year by alerting a few key people in the MDC, but it seems nothing was ever followed up on by the MDC. It was admitted by the MDC halfway thru the season by one of Nick's contacts that illegal gigging was a low priority. Combine this with the fact that it's virtually impossible to catch one of these morons unless they make a rookie mistake, and you have a recipe for disaster. All it takes is some guy getting caught and has his vehicle and boat confiscated, and it would send ripples thru the gigging community.

Nice!

I have the cheapest Lew's (SH1SH) and love it. I did have one issue on one of them once when a screw came loose, other than that, it has a smooth braking and drag system.

We were provided a brain at birth to build things

Thanks for posting! Good info

Caught my first on the HFC! pretty nice bait!

I'll definitely take you up on that buddy, especially on the plastics part Can't wait to see your new ventilation system!

There are guys who can make a mold and mass produce jigs for you and it will cost you darn near nothing, Less than $40. But you need a prototype jig for them to make the mold. If you want it done with a higher degree of precision, you need a CAD model of the mold and have it cut out of an NC machine.

Ya know, a single wire weed guard really doesn't do much in the way of protecting from getting hung up. Even though I make a few myself, IMO They are overrated.

Good wires are hard to come by

I'll sign it!!!! As far as the jet boat seat position...when I first got my jet boat, a friend told me that I shouldn't have a high back seat because if I ever hit something, I would get thrown out of the boat very easily. Well, because I have a high back seat I can see from a better angle and (knock on wood) I've never been thrown out of my boat while running the big motor. I have been thrown out a couple of times while drifting when my trolling motor hit a log (ask Jeremy). My buddy who told me that, however, sits in his console seat and has been thrown out at least 3 times that I know of. As far as the ability to run shallow...I think weight distribution is very important. I, like Al, have an open middle in my boat. I tell the rider in my boat to sit on a cooler so he can kind of adjust his location to suit the situation. It seems to me that if we both sit in the back, I can go a couple of miles per hour faster, but if he sits on a cooler, a little closer to the front of the boat, we can't go as fast, but can go maybe 1" or so shallower. I could be wrong, but that's my guess.

Actually I don't have one yet but I do have the lucky strike version and haven't tried it yet. I do have an X80 but it seems like a rolling bait for a finicky bass bite. Ive only caught a couple on it so far.

Yuki Ito would be velly ploud!

Yea, those Mustads are underrated!

1452? That thing will run on wet rocks!

I thought the same thing!

Like these? Just make your own! Much cheaper in the long run and you can control the hook and not have to worry about burning gas running to the tackle shop that may not have the size you want. This is a picture of the mold I used. I learned this trick from either Ham or Dutch, (can't remember). Just take a regular, non weed guard round head Do-it mold and take a standard Do-it mold wire weedguard and place it in the mold in the right position and clamp it in place with a C Clamp and smash the shape into the mold....works great!