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Great post, Chuck. There are other lures you can use for vertical jigging. "little george", grubs, tubes, blade baits, lipless cranks, work well also. As you and Bo said, vertical jigging is all...

When a craw molts it's shell, many times it is blue in color, moves very slowly while the new shell hardens and is very vulnerable. One of the reasons black/blue jigs work so well. Now, I think a...

When I got out after my tour in Nam in 1968, I learned my medical records had been lost. I used the VA one time in 1970. I was given an experimental drug but not told it was experimental. I learned...

Still can't watch video from Vietnam or go see the wall. Yet, I was in every conflict from 1969 to 2008 as a member of the IC. Guess I'm a head case.

I served the country in some capacity from 1969-2008. During peacetime, my boss was the Dir. of CIA. During wartime, the Sec. of Defense. I got to see the gov't function from different views and had...

I use smaller cranks than most anglers for my SM fishing. 1-1.75 inch cranks with a big lip dive from 6-12 ft. depending on the crank. I believe I get more bites on the smaller baits from SM.

I make a salty garlic oil (garlic salt and peanut oil) and "marinate" the baits in it for a couple of days before I go. I take out the baits and put them in a sealable plastic bag. I take the garlic...

It a technique and you can use as big or tiny a bait as you want. I've used 10 in. worms. I know people that "power" drop shot with large worms and just kill them at times.

I don't believe "touching up" a hook weakens it. Heat is what weakens metal. If you saw on the hook point with your file like you're trying to make a fire, sure, that will weaken the point. Modern...

A prayer sent your way, Steve.

Before the tourneys and after every 3rd caught bass. I also resharpen if the lure gets hung because of the hook. A lost bass is lost money. Line, hooks, guides all have to be checked. I don't create...

They are getting harder to find. A Missouri company named Whisker Jig made a pretty good hair jig but I don't know if they are still in business.

Chuck, if you can take screen prints on your electronics, please take some of the schools and the bass relating to them. Sounds like you have a good 12 in. unit.

To the two SEC coaches who last year said Mizzou should bring their big boy pants to the game-----BwaaaHaaa!

Put your ideas together. Look for point and drops WITH baitfish. A point won't produce well if the bait isn't around. This time of year I look for drops with adjacent feeding flats. Still, the bait...

:salute:Every year I raise a toast to fallen comrades, both military and agency, who gave thier lives securing our freedom.

When I entered Government service, more than 50% of our congressmen and senators were veterans or had served in the military. It had been above 50% since the birth of our country. We fought wars but...

Thanks for that. I was one of the few jump status engineers during my time in Nam. Yet, everytime I worked with the airborne, there was a smile and we were brothers. Not many went into federal gov't...

I carried anger for a long time but it was long ago and I'm over it now. Enough going wrong in the country to meet my needs.

People are all over the Megas, Livingston, Lucky Craft, etc., but I probably have a hundred rouges and they still catch bass just fine.

Steve, 209 in the old wart is about all the wart colors I use in the spring. The only other color I'll throw and only when it's raining, is bone. I tried the greens at LOZ but not with the success of...

I had the 96 150 proV. A great running engine but the hammers do tend to smoke. The plugs go quickly on that engine and I changed them every year. The oil system never gave me a problem but I...

Looking good, John.

Grub and hair jig with pork strip.

Lots of stories like that and it shouldn't happen, particularly about the purple heart. I had thumbed a ride back to my unit and was sitting near the back axle of a 2.5 ton in Nam when the back tire...