06-22-2008, 07:06 PM
Growing up I'd bet we used artificial lures less than 50% of the time. Probably because of their cost. We weren't all that well off (financially, that is). Nightwalkers picked up at (yup, you guessed it) night were often our bait, Or white grubs we dug out of a dried manure pile on a farm not too far away.
Favorite baits were often caught once we arrived at the lake. We waded the shore turning over stones looking for what we called bloodsuckers. Small leeches. Lively little buggers! Made great bait.
The most sought after bait was a soft-shelled crab. These were actually crawfish that had just molted. Had to be careful catching them as they were easy to squash. Pretty much anything that swam in the lake (with fins, that is [cool] ) would nail these. Our hope was always that it would be a big bass.
Was fishing with weedless-hooked worms (black ones seemed the best) at my brother-in-law's in Florida recently. It seemed that we had to give them a bit more time before setting the hook than what I was use to with live ones. Except for those times when a bass nailed it as soon as it hit the water. No waiting then. [laugh]
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Favorite baits were often caught once we arrived at the lake. We waded the shore turning over stones looking for what we called bloodsuckers. Small leeches. Lively little buggers! Made great bait.
The most sought after bait was a soft-shelled crab. These were actually crawfish that had just molted. Had to be careful catching them as they were easy to squash. Pretty much anything that swam in the lake (with fins, that is [cool] ) would nail these. Our hope was always that it would be a big bass.
Was fishing with weedless-hooked worms (black ones seemed the best) at my brother-in-law's in Florida recently. It seemed that we had to give them a bit more time before setting the hook than what I was use to with live ones. Except for those times when a bass nailed it as soon as it hit the water. No waiting then. [laugh]
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