Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

You have raised my curiosity. Can yhou post a picture? I would like to know what you are talking about. Just Sayin...RJS

TigerRob Loc: Greenville, SC

Mr. Samples, this is a Kanalgratis Monkey Fry in Motoroil color. I haven't seen anything like this in fishing shops I have visited. I think they originated in Sweden.

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The CDB is Awesome Loc: Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina

I found this little bugger at Walmart, it aint the exact same, But its pert near close

DonaldRotter80 Loc: St, Cloud, Minnesota

I have fished in Minnesota for many years. The 3 main live baits used here are Minnows, nightcrawlers and leeches. For opening day of walleyes, minnows work the best in the colder water. It does not take long before I switch to nightcrawlers and although leeches are good I catch most of my fish on the crawlers. I read long ago that the reason fish like crawlers is they smell like crayfish which many species of fish eat. Leeches are non existent at the bait shops now and for the last month. They must be trapped and that doesn't happen in the fall. I don't use leeches for panfish because the fish are adept at sucking them off the hook without getting caught. I have had success with the Gulp minnows and found the all white to be more effective than the minnow color. In the winter and much of the spring and summer I use maggots (spikes, silver wigglers, eurolarvae)(all the same bait with different names). The larvae are super tough and many fish can be caught without rebaiting. I use the larva on wet flies and spinning tackle with a spinning float to catch large numbers of fish.
Since I don't like to troll I avoid the plugs which are effective for walleyes in Minnesota now. I have been landing big sunfish and crappies on a winter jig stick, 4 pound test line and a number six ice fly. The sunfish are 8 - 10 1/2 inches long and the crappies are 10 - 13 1/2 inches long. Tuesday I caught the biggest sunfish of the year, 10 1/2 inches long and 1 lb. 2 ounces and a 13 1/2 inch, 1 1/2 lb. crappie, both on crawlers along with many others. As noted by many others in the past, the smaller panfish, from 3 to a pound to a half pound are the best eating. That also applies to many fish, not just panfish. Many have questioned my catching crappies along with sunfish on crawlers but I have observed this often of and also with walleyes but often northern pike as well. I sometimes switch to the Gulp minnows which work for both crappies and sunfish, but usually do far better on crawlers. GOOD FISHING!!! Don