On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:50:50 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:



You know, there seems to be a big movement toward artificial lures
among the sal****er crowd. I've no real experience with artificial
salt water lures, but I know at least one local guide that doesn't
have anything to do with live bait....

It is on my to-do list this Spring.....

This past year I got tired of the little ones eating my shrimp and
squid while fishing off the Tampa Skyway fishing pier.
Tied on a yellow haired jig after hooking on a plastic flutter tail
and pretty quickly got some almost decent mackerels and had
my line cut twice - no leader.
Lot more fun than throwing back babies.
Since the tidal current is nearly always keeping the jig suspended,
there's no casting work.
Never cared for "working" type fishing, as my arms are big enough.
We hired a guide once in Wisconsin for muskies, and he worked the hell
out of us. He was well worth the hire as my buddies were muskie
fanatics, and he got Stan hooked to a monster, which got off.
Too much work for me. Hey, I'm just fishing.
But I do like to keep up.

--Vic