Maybe I should change my user name to Creature Man
As I've maintained before: variety is the spice of fishing and today was no exception, the satisfaction of catching fish on no-lure-bought.
Speaking of fused lures, a week ago it occurred to me to make use of small Slugo collecting dust for over a decade and since the French Fry worm segment has proven amazing with its ribbed all-flat sides, I melted the two together:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=...d=ii_ksfnr8ui2
It must be something about the flat-sided body and the triangular shape of the Slugo stick. Lure variety is one thing/ variety of fish species another and today was no exception: crappie, perch, sunfish, bass and a 2.5 # catfish (what a bitch using a light action rod and 8# test braid!). Total: over 45 fish in water 2'-8'. I don't catch monster bass or pike, but I'll settle for 12" yellow perch. 9" sunfish and 14" crappie any day!
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=...d=ii_ksfo47cw5https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=...d=ii_ksfo3h1c4
Speaking of thin tails, I'm glad I bought the Mojo Grub mold and a few others like it a few years ago.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=...d=ii_ksfodsvw6https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=...=ii_ksfonk8w13
Thin-tail grub (from mold)
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=...d=ii_ksfoha8w8
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=...d=ii_ksfoijm09
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=...d=ii_ksfoh3eo7
same grub minutes later from the above small lure (what a fight !):
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=...=ii_ksfokz3l11
This 4" full round slug did good too (as did the wire weed/stump guard):
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=...=ii_ksfoui4d14
French Fry segment body/ Crappie Magnet tail:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=...=ii_ksfp0ci715
All of these were caught Aug. 17.