Like you my father , my grand mother , always used live bait. but 5 years ago I have switched to using Gulp Minnows , wax worms and maggots .I will admit that there are days I wish I had a bucket of minnows or crickets, because the only boats coming into the launch with good catch were using live bait. I'm just getting to old to mess with cost, new regulations on minnows for which lakes . and just chasing them around the boat when they escape. Plastics an Gulp sit real still.
I thought fish trembled when they heard my name.......then I heard the laughter