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They all work for the same masters. That's why it's so sad.

The Black Widow comes in two versions, one green, and one orange with Ready Rig. I had one of the green ones at 13' I bought online, but I broke the tip end when a redear dived under a log and put...

Oh yeah, and lots of scaling going down. Hands Clapping

I have a 2-piece 10' and a 3-piece 12' or 13' I don't remember. I got them both at Bass Pro Shops for $4 or $5, and both are excellent and lots of fun.

I have used them, and I say stay away from Wonderpoles, especially the 16' and longer. They are way too heavy. I got a Shakespeare Durango 13', and I hate it, too. Way too much floppy in the end...

Growing your own is much easier than you might think, plus you can have a fresh supply every few days for FREE. Thumbs Up

Really, I don't see how they could. They don't look all that much different from gills, and I don't think a bluegill could crack any shells. Besides, what kind of shells are they supposed to crack...

I let them dry out, and now my maggots don't float anymore. I was keeping them pretty moist, and I guess they soaked up the water making them float. Now they make great chum.

Hi Chaunc. I am sure I am not using waxworms. I grew the maggots myself, and I know what they came out of. I also grow waxworms, but I wonder if I will ever go back after the success I am having...

Yep, I keep them in cornmeal. I think I know what I have been doing wrong. First of all, I've mostly been growing them in fish (ground up bluegill). Then I think I have been keeping them too...

I want to use them as chum, but they don't sink. They just float away.

I have read that maggots are good for feeding the swim because they sink. Well, mine float. I tried them frozen and dead...the floated. I tried nice healty ones...they floated. I am thinking of...

I was catching redear on maggots yesterday when a friend showed up with his fly rod. After a couple of minutes he was pulling them in with every cast. He was using a little black feathery thing...

A friend and I fished the marina at Perris Lake Thursday. All together we caught 93 fish. Almost all bluegill and about a half dozen weird little sculpin. Very few of the fish were big enough to...

I totally feel your pain. I fish with a cane pole, and I would like to find a telescoping pole that is not so limber. I have been reading about tankara poles, but they are very expensive. I have...

Anglers, it seems, are generally not much prone to experimentation.

I decided to try out the maggots I grew. I put my first line in at 11:20. I left at 2:40. I caught 31 fish, 29 readear, one little baby bass, and one black crappie (I have a watch the keeps track of...

I'm with you, Boatstall. Love them cane poles. You can find them here, but they come from fishing stores and come apart in the middle. Wow, I remember those gutter clamps. I couldn't think of...

I can't make out what they are from the picture you posted.

Most recommendations for a starter set up seem to be for a 9' 5wt, but I was reading this book, Fly Fishing for Dummies, and it recommends a 3wt for pan fish. Since you have been fishing with a 3wt,...

This is the best fishing site I have ever seen. People are really eager to help each other. I feel like I have made friends here. I am a member of some other sites where there is a lot of mean...

Wow, I get it. That's brilliant.

Thanks for the photos of those rigs. Tell me, how do you fish those rigs? Do you bounce them or just let them lie?

Dear DbfD, Using such small hooks, do you find you have to retie often because the fish swallows the hook?

That's a lot of worms in a gallon cooler. I don't understand about the pieces of pvc pipe, though. Are you running pvc pipes out the bottom of the cooler as vents?

I have had some luck using a modified drop-shot rig. Using 2# line I tie a big dropper loop a couple of feet up the line and cut the loop at the top end. Then I tie a small (8,10,12) size hook to...

You will probably be growing redworms. I don't think you can really farm crawlers. Redworms are not dirt dwelling worms. They mostly like horse manure, and you can grow them at home by feeding...

Wow, that's a great tool. I am actually getting the hang of this, maybe making one good out of four or five tries. The hook the guy in the video was tying looked to be around a size 24 or so. Holy...

Thanks for the info. They sure are some tiny beasties. I am definitely going to try them out, so I guess I better start with ordering 500 or so. I bought some very light wire Japanese size 3 (#14)...

DeathB4Disco,

I have some more maggot questions. I'm thinking of buying them in bulk and repackaging them for local shops. You mentioned a cup of maggots. How many maggots are there in a cup? ...