Something old...something new

[Saltslam]

I used to mash up the little canned mini salad shrimp up in Velveeta then add garlic salt. We'd put in a touch of flour for a binder. It was a killer on the ice. Occasionally, if the bite was slow we'd put preparation h on it. Not sure how we got that idea but as kids we'd flip to see who had to go in and buy a tube
For bass, nothing beat good ole garden hackle threaded on a baitholder hook and fished slowly lifting and dropping on the bottom.