Couple Wobble Head Questions

[*T*]

Great stories, Bill & Champ. This is becoming more of an entertainment site rather than a fishing/lake information one. Beginning to come here regularly for my daily dose of amusement. By the way, will be on the lake most of next week with the family. We hope to see a little AM topwater action, maybe white bass bite and/or grub bite in the Long Creek or dam area. Silver/white Champion. Wish us luck.

And, yes, those Structure Bugs do look vgood.

[Champ188]

Hey T, hope you catch a bunch a fish, making an already great week even better (any week on Table Rock is inherently great).

As for the entertainment value of this forum, we need a mix of that and information. I try not to overdo the humor but sometimes I'm sure I do.

As for info, I can tell you that you should have no problem catching some Redfin or Spook fish early and late (or anytime under cloud cover), and you can also take a shaky head with your choice of finesse worm and catch a bunch of fish throughout the day. That's not the only way by a long shot, but it's one of my favorites.

[balsabee]

Is there one specific plastic that BPS sells that you all recommend? (looking at all the diff plastics can just overwhelm you sometimes)

Here's another one! Big Bite Baits Real Deal Craw

[Champ188]

Here's another one! Big Bite Baits Real Deal Craw

I like the looks of that.

[Bill Babler]

Balsa, that looks like the deal. Blast your hide for showing it. Tacklewarehouse here I come.

The only bait of any kind that BPS sells that I have is a single tail grub that is a copper with green fleck.

Do they make any bait that is not a knock off of a major brand that they can make for cheaper and sell for less. I don't think so.

Still to this day I try and try and have found nothing they make that is not a replica of a better bait or is not junk, including rods and reels.

BP and I do not fault them make everything that is just not quite as good and sell it for a little less. Strictly a marketing stradigity and it works for them, just not for me.

Plenty of folks catch fish on their junk, but people depend on me and I just will not use it.

Don't know many that do that are not being paid for it.

[Champ188]

Balsa, that looks like the deal. Blast your hide for showing it. Tacklewarehouse here I come.

The only bait of any kind that BPS sells that I have is a single tail grub that is a copper with green fleck.

Do they make any bait that is not a knock off of a major brand that they can make for cheaper and sell for less. I don't think so.

Still to this day I try and try and have found nothing they make that is not a replica of a better bait or is not junk, including rods and reels.

BP and I do not fault them make everything that is just not quite as good and sell it for a little less. Strictly a marketing stradigity and it works for them, just not for me.

Plenty of folks catch fish on their junk, but people depend on me and I just will not use it.

Don't know many that do that are not being paid for it.

How many "plus 1's" can I add to this? Donna and I feel exactly the same about them ... all the way down to the fact that the only BPS-branded item in our boat is ... get this ... smoke-copper grubs with red flake. We do have them in both single and double tail, as she likes to put the latter on the back of a jig sometimes.

I recently weeded out the last of my three Johnny Morris POS (piece of sardines) Signature Series spinning reels. At $100 each retail, they were supposed to be the cat's meow. The first two worked great for 3 months, so I bought another. All three fell apart in less than a year. I now own Lew's eggbeaters and love them to death so far.

Not to be exclusively mean to BPS, we don't buy Cabela's brand knock-offs either. Tried some of their hula grubs once and won't make that mistake again. I ran, not walked, back to Yamamoto. They do have a very good spoon that to my knowledge is their original design. Don't know of anything else like it.

Botttom line ... I don't think you save a single dime by pinching pennies and buying junk -- not if your priority is catching fish. And after all the money we spend on everything else, why suddenly stop short of buying decent tackle and lures?

[Quillback]

I don't know why BPS sells a line of plastics, I don't know anyone who uses them (except for the grubs). Zoom baits probably make up about 75% of my plastics. Inexpensive and they work.

[dtrs5kprs]

BPS is one of the few places you can conveniently get an old school thin walled tube. Gitzit style, not fat flip tube style.

[WeekendWarrior]

Used to buy Yamamoto senkos but have converted to BPS senkos as well as other brands for a heck of a lot cheaper and have done just as well with them but that is about it from BPS

[balsabee]

BPS is one of the few places you can conveniently get an old school thin walled tube. Gitzit style, not fat flip tube style.

+1 Can't imagine not having one tied on. Great bait!