Addicted to Lures

Inside Line, formerly a print magazine from Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits is now all electronic.

There is a great article called Just How Soon Is Long Enough? that discusses an excellent strategy for deciding which baits to use when trying to find the fish.

He covers a top-to-bottom strategy that makes a lot of sense. Check it out.

I have always struggled with fast rod tips, mostly because if I try to cast short with them (sidearm) the bait always goes too far to the left. I heard on Bass Edge yesterday that beginners tend to cast sidearm, and that you generally shouldn't do that, that you should cast overhead. Bing! Another light bulb went off. Now I'm headed out to practice in the yard some more.

The season can't get here fast enough.

Congrats to KVD, winning the Citrus Slam today.

As I am learning and reading online forums a lot, I run into this one all the time:

"Fluorocarbon is more sensitive because it does not stretch"

In an attempt to quantitatively compare features of different brands, TackleTour.com found out fluorocarbon lines do stretch, almost as much (or sometimes more) than monofilament.

So, it is clear fluorocarbon does stretch. This doesn't negate the fact that it might be more sensitive. It's just that the sensitivity does not come from the lack of stretch. So now I am seeing more pros on TV using fluorocarbon for crankbaits where before they would recommend mono.