A Deadly Lure that Catches all River/Creek Species! - Hildebrandt Nugge...

The Hildebrandt Nugget Lure flat out catches fish.   

Pretty much all species. My favorite size is the 1/4 oz.

This lure cast like a bullet and is practically snagless.  The 2 arms make it snagless so I cast this very close or into brush logs etc. The old ones were made of lead but the new ones are made with bismuth but both still cast a looooooooog ways.    Check out the link below to get them and the the video.

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Video using this lure catching Smallmouth bass will be added soon !

Mack

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#1 Lure for River Bass ?? Best Lures for River Bass

Best Lures For River Bass

Check out my new video on the Lures I use for River bass here in the Southeast.  

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A Few Lipless Crankbait tips

Lipless Crankbait Tips

It is getting that time. Late Winter Early Spring.   Time to use Lipless cranks. 

Back in the 80's  I used to fish with this older gentleman  named "Whitey" ...Mostly we fished Jordan for big bass and Hybrids.

The first few trips he usually caught more fish than I did and what was odd was a lot of the times we were using the exact same bait.  same technique, same depth, etc. What was the difference?  was he just better? Possibly,  but there was one thing that he used that I didn't and for awhile I refused to believe that his little "trick" made a difference.  What was it? Well, Whitey had this pink tubing that he on the line just on top of the lure.    It was  cut about 3/8 inch long and each cut was made at an angle and this cut "glowed" kinda like a fiber optic bow sight.

I  talked him in to giving me some of this tubing as he was reluctant to at first  as he couldn't remember where he got it. I finally convinced him to and  My catch rate went up. I searched for this tubing and I finally found some in a Myrtle beach K mart and it was made by JT's Tackle. I bought every one they had.  I still have some of that supply today but it is getting low.

This tubing I think causes the same kinda reaction as the red hooks but Whitey was using this long before they became popular. 

Also with trap style baits I go by the same color scheme as for spinnerbait, rogues etc,  Gold down east and lighter colors west.

Also , while I usually use a trap or spot,  if I need more distance I use a ratlin rap. It's smoother rounded edges give me a lot better accuracy and distance,  The rat l tap (at least for me) tends to fly erratic when you try to really sling it and get a lot of distance out of it.
The Rat lin Rap  helped me get my biggest hybrid at 13lbs 11 oz as where they fed at my hotspot a trap wouldn't normally reach them.

Another trick is to put a curly tail grub on the rear treble.  This seems to work really well.

Here is the picture of the tubing.

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Cordell Spot - https://amzn.to/3FuS6K8

 Here is the picture of my biggest Hybrid to date.  A 13 lb 11 oz behemoth that measured 30 inches long. I would have never reached this fish if not for using the Rapala  Rat Lin Rap. 

My best from Jordan Dam 

Thanks for lookin. Mack

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Trailer Hooks for Spinnerbaits

Trailer hooks IMO are a MUST for 90 percent of spinnerbait fishing.   There is debate among anglers as to how the trailer hook attaches, Some like the hook to be "free" and floppy but I am of the belief that it needs to straight and stay inline with the hook of the lure.   To do this you take tubing and slide it over the eye of the trailer hook and then insert the spinnerbait hook through the eye and the tubing keeps the hook ridged for a long time.   This way the trailer hook follows the spinnerbait hook exactly and isn't as likely to get hung up. 

**my you tube video is at the bottom****

I also don't buy "trailer hooks".  They are too expensive so I buy 3/0 or 4/0 trotline hooks or Limerick Hooks.   These have a big eye and work great for trailer hooks.  Don't buy 5/0's as I have found these eyes too large to slide the tubing over.  I also like pink or red tubing as I think this gets more bites,  kind of similar to  the idea behind Bleeding red Hooks.

Here is  the Tubing I use.   I purchased a lot along time ago and it was made by J T's tackle.   Jan's Netcraft is  also a good source for tubing.    The Hooks I use the most are these Eagle Claw Limerick's.

Here is a video from my You Tube channel on How to do this

Mack

My Favorite Big Bass Spinnerbait - Booyah !

I finally did it.  This day has come sooner than I expected.  I have lost my last Black Bushhog spinnerbait and cant find another one in my stash of lures.  This bait was Black with 2 Colorado copper blades and was a fish catchin lure bar none . Hopefully one day I will find 1 buried under other lures I have stored in my many drawers of lures.    The Bush Hog Spinnerbait made in Georgia hasn't been produced in years and can longer be found on eBay and old tackle shops. This bait has accounted for a very large percentage of the bass I have caught over 8 lbs and 2 over 10lbs.

Thanks to Fishwhisperer I have found the closest lure to the Bushhog and it is a Black Booya Tux and Tails with 2 copper Colorado blades.  The Tux and Tail has a skirt with a long tail and I trim that even with the rest of the skirt. It is a good(and only) substitute I have found for the ole Bushhog.
Here is a picture of the Booya.

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This spinnerbait is an awesome lure in the piedmont of North Carolina and especially in the Blackwater of eastern NC and SC. It is my go to big bass lure. Here are a few Pics of some of the bass I have caught on this lure.

This 1 weighed 9-5 and you can see the lure if you look closely.

This bass was caught at Jordan and weighed with the scale in my hand in the above pic and went over 10. That scale only went to 10lbs and anything over 10 it flashed dashes.

I recommended this lure to one of my employees(Tony) who is a top notch fisherman and he used it on a recent trip to Santee and caught his 2 best bass of the trip on this lure.

I just hope they don't quit making the Black Tux and Tails.

Mack

ADDED FEB 2014

Today I received a gift from Tony (pictured above) and he made me 2 spinnerbaits that are very close to the ones I like.  I am sure these will work and can't wait to try them out.

Thanks Tony! you are awesome.  Mack 

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Penny's Bend White Bass 3/24/11

I went to bed last night with monster bass on my mind. I would get up at 5:30 and make the drive to my monster bass hotspot. It had rained a little in Cary last night but not a lot. I was hoping for good water conditions but that would have to wait to be seen because the  USGS has no gauging station on this flow.
I arrived at this place at aprox 7 am and the water was high and muddy. I turned around and headed back to Wake County, and on the drive back I figured that the Eno drainage may not have received as much rainfall so off to Penny's Bend it was for the spring White Bass Run.

You know it's time for the spring White Bass run when the Redbuds and Dogwoods are blooming.

Had to throw in this pic of my dogwood in my front yard. All of my neighbors talk about how nice this tree is.

Conditions. Air temp-50's on up into the 60's by the time I left. Water temp 62 degrees,and slightly up and stained.

I tried my usually dependable chartreuse jigs and nada. I then switched to a mini trap and it was on! Not really,  but 11 or 12 fish isn't too bad after last nights front. I heard they wore them out yesterday but I was pleased with these fish caught in 2 hrs or so after a front. Wish I could of hit it right before the front.

Here is the first of the day

probably the biggest of the day at 1.25 lbs

One that is full of eggs. The above one was also loaded with eggs.

A view downriver

and a view upriver

Most of these fish will run from 3/4 lb to 1 1/4 but there are bigger ones here.

Here are some of the lures I use for White Bass during the spring run on some of North Carolina's rivers.

Clockwise from top- Heddon Tiny Torpedo, Teeny Pop-R in bone color, Shyster, Cordell spot, Blue Fox #1 spinner in chartreuse(#2 is good and chrome is also good), and last is the lure they were hitting today is the Mini-trap.  Lots of other colors in these lures are good but I like chrome and chartreuse for White's.
Left out were the pink headed jigs I use alot (see "Poor Man's Tarpon" Sept 2009 ) http://mackinncblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/poor-mans-tarpon.html  regular Pop R's and  1/8 oz Gold Little Cleo spoons which are murder on White Bass in clear water.

I have 4 main spots I fish for Whites. Two I don't mind mentioning as they get a lot of pressure and I don't think my blog will cause them to get hammered anymore. Penny's Bend and the Haw River just above Jordan.  The other 2 IMO are the best so I will not mention them but almost any lake having a population of White Bass with a decent flow coming in will have a run.   ADDED. How could I forget a really good White bass spot?.....I don't know but Jordan dam is good April thru June.....

Here is probably my biggest white ever, You cant really tell the size in the picture but the lure is a Rogue that is 5 and 1/2 inches long so that will show you its a good fish, This fish weighed 3 lbs even and my next best one went 2-15 . One thing you can tell by the picture is how long ago I caught this fish is by looking at the Reel I was using!  1980's!!!   I will try to  get my 2-15 lb White Bass put on CD and post it soon.
 This fish is well over 3-1/2 times the length of the Rogue.

Since this is about White Bass I will throw in my favorite fish picture of all time(without my son)- my favorite is him smiling with a big Flathead.

Mack

How and Where to Catch Roanoke Bass - Ambloplites cavifrons The forgotten Bass #roanokebass

How and Where to Catch Roanoke Bass -   Ambloplites cavifrons

****SEE A REALLY GOOD VIDEO OF SOME HUGE ROANOKES AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS
ARTICLE*******

What is a Roanoke Bass? Well a Roanoke Bass is a cousin to the Rock bass, Shadow bass, and the Ozark Bass. To all but a very few they look the same. Except 2 things, 1 the Roanoke bass gets bigger and 2, whereas the others are known for being lazy fighters, the Roanoke is a brawler on the line.

Where are they Found??. They were first recognized from the Roanoke river in Virginia(hence their name) and then found out to be in the Tar and Neuse drainage's in North Carolina. Today you will not usually find these fish in the bigger waters as they are now too turbid and/or polluted. They have vanished from some of these major rivers and their tributaries due to what I believe are changes to their environment, Dams and other man made causes. Their biggest enemy now is the introduction of Rock bass to their waters. 

Oh, Where are they found? I could list a few then everyone would go there and put a lot of pressure on them so I will list everywhere I know them to be. This is not exact as there are surely other places. As I said I could list a few places but then these places may get a lot of pressure so that is why I have chose to list everywhere I have known them to be.

Here we go

1. Roanoke Basin..... Nottoway, Stoney creek, Meherrin, Blackwater (both), Pigg, Smith(above Philpott & from the NC line to Eden), Dan, Towne Creek, Falling river, Otter river and possibly a few others. Almost forgot, how could I almost forget that they are in the Roanoke River !!!!

2. Tar Basin....Tar river, Fishing Creek, Swift Creek, Little Fishing Creek

3. Neuse Basin...... Eno, Little, Flat, 2nd Little river, Mill Creek

4. Cape Fear Basin. Introduced.....Deep River, Brush Creek, Richland Creek, Rockfish Creek (one of the previous state records was caught in rockfish creek)

5. Yadkin Basin. Introduced Uwharrie, Little , and a few tributaries of Lake Tillery


I first encountered the Roanoke in the Eno River back in the 70's.

Here is a picture of a winter NC Roanoke Bass From the Eno 


and a spring caught Roanoke


Here's a Virginia Redeye From the Nottoway


Here are some of the lures I use to catch  Roanoke Bass


Here is a Roanoke from the Uwharrie...never caught any lunkers there,  but ones this size are fairly common.

Here are two Citation Roanoke Bass from the Deep River Near High Falls from May 2014

These 2 were caught while fishing the Riverbassin Tournament where I placed 15th out of ~40 but these 2 didnt count .  LOL. 

and 2 more Citation Roanoke Bass from the Deep River this time up Near Coleridge, NC in August of 2013

One of my favorite Pictures of a Roanoke Bass.  Jeff caught this one in 2013 and I am in the background.

In the spring, summer and early fall I usually start off with a mepps or a small topwater bait and target Roanoke's around boulders sticking out of the water. Unlike other fish Roanoke's will often be found in the fast water around these boulders instead of the slack areas. If not there I will then target the eddies and slack areas behind rocks. They also can be found in deep water areas and under these conditions i usually start throwing a topwater bait and if no hits i sometimes go to a 4" worm. Roanoke's can be caught on practially on anything a bass will hit and for the bigger Roanoke's you should use a bigger bait. In the winter you should fish deep holes slow and with small curlytail grubs , 4' worms, or 3 inch tube jigs fished real slow.

Ideally Roanoke's are found in the upper part of our Piedmont streams, but I have seen them in the coastal plain with cypress trees and knees sticking out of the water.

Roanoke's will usually be around 8-10 inches but they are out there 1 lb plus. I have caught them up to 1.8 lbs and I will be lucky to catch one bigger than that.......note: I was up in Virginia a few years ago and was in a local hunting and fishing store. On the table in the store were several albums of customers catches and hunting successes. I was causally flipping through several of these and kept seeing the same guy with Roanoke's of 2lbs plus!......some were even pushing 3 lbs.....wow!!!! They made my 1.8 lber look puny. There use to be reports of them getting to 4 lbs though now that is unlikely with the degraded habitat. I have the gentleman's name and have tried to phone him but I have been unsuccessful. I have found out where he lives and next time I am up there I am going to stop by his house. Maybe I can get a few photos to publish. (the store is now gone and who knows where those pictures went)

Also see http://mackinncblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Roanoke%20Bass
The Roanoke is defiantly one of my favorite fishes to pursue and anything over a pound will be a battle. Good luck Mack

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How and where to catch Shad (Poor Mans Tarpon) in North Carolina & SC

How & Where to Catch Shad

My first experience with poor mans tarpon was on the Roanoke river at Weldon, NC. My in-laws live about 1 mile from the river so I naturally fish it a lot when I am there. My first Hickory Shad I caught in 1990 or so right there on the Roanoke.  Since then I have caught Hickories in the Tar, Neuse,  Fishing Creek, and the Cape Fear. I also have started to pursue American shad. I caught my first American in the Santee river at Wilsons landing in about 1995 or so. I was on a catfish trip and late one evening I took a trip to the landing and was surprised to see shad being caught. The Santee is probably the 2nd best place to catch Americans . I have also caught them in the Neuse, Cape Fear, Tar and 1 other place I will not mention.

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When do you fish for Hickory's? ......I have found the best months to fish for Hickories is Late February all of March and 2/3 of April . I have caught them as early as February 17th at a water temperature of 50 deg. and as late as April 20th at a temp of 60 deg. ****Note- 2018 I caught one on February the 11th making that the earliest I have caught them.*****  I have also caught them in water as cold as 45 deg but that was in March after a cold snap.

Best Places for Hickory's?

# 1 - Roanoke River- Weldon
Tar River-  Rocky Mount , Tarboro
Fishing creek
Neuse River- Ramp Hwy 70 Kinston
Contentnea creek near Grifton
Cape Fear river and the NE Cape Fear.
Cashie River- Windsor,NC
Maple Cypress Road- Craven Co,


When to fish for American's ?... I have found the best months to fish for American shad is Mid-march to early may. The Americans seen to run a little later and stay a little longer. I have seen two schools of Americans in June but I did not catch anything. I have caught them as early as March 10th(Santee River) and as late as mid-May.. Most of the Americans that I have caught have been in April and early May.

Best places for Americans?  ....

Tar River- Battle Park Rocky Mount, Tarboro
Neuse river- Ferry Bridge Ramp, Boat Ramp in Kinston

Contentnea Creek
Cape Fear- Lock # 1,
Pee Dee river- Below Blewett Falls Dam
Santee river- Wilson Landing


 I would say that the first dam going upstream is a given for shad fishing. Check out most any "first" dam on a river that feeds the Atlantic and it is probably going to have shad there in early spring.  Other not so subtle barriers will hold shad. Example is Weldon Falls on the Roanoke. Though lots of fish go up over the falls , many stay right below it.

Other spots to look at are any creek that enters the river. Shad will sometimes be either right below the entrance or right in it.


I am going to list some spots that are pretty much well known. Shad are fairly easy to catch at all of these.

***Note - you can click on the pictures to make them bigger and easier to see***

These spots are not in any order so keep scrolling if you dont see a spot that peeks your interest. 

 Wilson Dam on the Santee or the Re-diverson dam. 

Note. The Shad here will mostly go up whichever one of these has the most flow. If more water is being released from Wilson dam the fish will hang a right and go up the Santee. If more water is being released from the Re-Diversion Dam then they will head up the Re-Diversion Canal.  Here is where the Santee River and Canal Meet.   Whichever one has the most flow is where the most shad are going to go .

Below is the Re-diversion Dam and the canal below it

Note- no boats or fishing from the bank is allowed above the railroad bridge.

The Re-diversion Dam and Canal

Here is a close up of the canal.  

Last time we were there Boats or bank fishermen cannot go above the Bridge.

and park here

Below is the Lake Marion Dam (Wilson Dam)  and the Santee river below it. Also note that above the boat ramp where the river makes as hard 90 degree bend to the right is cabled off so you cannot fish past it or boat past it when headed up towards the dam.

Here is a close up of Wilson Landing .  I usually shad fish just up from the ramp. 

Blewett falls dam on the Pee Dee. Fish right at the Pump house along the railing. The current is so strong there that the traditional rig of two darts or jigs is not used. Usually they put a weight on the bottom and have jigs above the weight and let the rig sit in the water off of the rail and wait for a bite.

****NOTE  February 2022   The  railing at the Pumphouse is now closed.  They are doing repairs to the dam/building and are going to install a lift to get American Shad over the dam.   Word has it that they are going to build a pier just downstream for Shad fishermen so bank fishing maybe the only option now .  *********

 Lock #1 on the Cape Fear.

Milburnie Dam on the Neuse      **********DAM DEMOLISHED FALL 2017**************

This dam was demolished In the Fall of 2017 .   You can still catch shad here but time will tell how many go past the old Dam Site.  Back when I fished that area alot I used to catch more downstream of the put in just above the Island.

Falls Lake Dam     ***American Shad now do make it all the way up to The Falls lake Dam .    The best place to catch them is in the circled area from the North Bank.   Waders are needed here to reach the fish.

Where the Neuse and Little Rivers Meet

This spot is Just on the Edge of Goldsboro NC.    

You can reach where the 2 rivers meet 2 ways. 

1 is by boat and the other is by hiking. To reach this spot by Boat you will need to put in at The Goldsboro Boating access area and go up river aprox 3 miles.  The Little Rivers mouth is easy to see and usually in the Spring there is a mud line as the Little is a Blackwater river and the Neuse is usually muddy or off colored in the spring.

The way to access this area from the bank is to park in Old Waynesborough St park and hike in. This

is aprox a 1/2 mile hike.    Wear knee boots(always anywhere shad fishing) as the hike and banks maybe muddy

 Rocky Mt.  Mill dam on the Tar. You can bank fish from the Ramp to the next yellow pin.

2  spots east of Rocky Mount

This spot is called "The Pipe"    it is where the pipe from the  waste water  treatment plant dumps into the Tar River.  This is a good spot but limited room to cast .    Some Big American Shad are caught here. 

Just a little farther East on Swift Creek on Logboro Rd

This is a good spot as well but again there are limited spots depending on how many people are here.

 

Close up of the area fish at the "x" s

Weldon, NC River Falls Park
One of the  The best spots(the best probably) I know for catching shad is to stand just above the boat ramp at Weldon and usually  from March to mid April you can catch all you want there. You can catch them from the ramp up to the Falls

Downtown Windsor, NC on The Cashie River     is also a good spot for Hickories

Another good spot near Windsor is at the ramp on Hoggard Mill RD

The area here to fish is limited but can be really good at times.    The ramp area has a pier that you can fish from and a few bank spots.

Ramp area at Hwy 70 in Kinston on the Neuse. 

I have never fished that section but it usually is loaded with anglers which is actually a good sign for shad.  This is the Same as spot fishing at the beach. if you arrive at the pier and there are not many fishermen it is  Not a good sign!

Fisherman Shad fishing at the Hwy 70 Boat Ramp in Kinston

***added , I finally fished this spot in the spring of 2024 and parked at the ramp and Hiked upstream.

fish were caught and a fun time was had.

also they have marks on the bridge on how high some floods have been from Hurricaines.

 Neuse at Arrington Bridge just south Of Goldsboro.

 Bank Fishing on the North bank . Walk downstream to Stoney Creek but you will need minimum knee boots and possibly hip waders to cross a ditch to get to Stoney creek

4 spots on the Tar near Tarboro 

Spot # 1 is a small area but at times can have good fishing. 

Spot # 2 is good but has more bank access. This Spot  and the area around it is called by locals "The Shad Hole"  Coordinates  for this spot are as follows, 

35°53'39.0"N 77°31'55.2"W

 Also note that there is a boat ramp a couple hundred yards above this spot(TO THE RIGHT). 

Spot # 3 Shiloah Mills Public Fishing Area is a few miles North of Tarboro. There is a parking area up at the road and a access road that goes down towards the river. This is not a boat launch for boats on trailers as there is no ramp and the access road ends before the river but it is a good spot to put a canoe in.  There is also a pier here and some bank fishing for shad.

Spot #4 near Tarboro is at the Boat Ramp near Old Sparta.  You can fish from the boat Ramp  and upstream under the bridge and just above the bridge or you can fish the other side as there is a trail along the bank that goes up to Town Creek.  ****some of the land is now posted on one side***

also, here is a Video  of me motoring up Town Creek 

Maple Cypress Road In Craven County

This area has 3 spots to bank fish from .  The Pins note Bridges over creeks that parallel the river.   These 2 Bridge spots are really good when the river is high thus putting more current in them.  They are connected to the main river above the bridges so when the water is high it comes down these creeks.  The last pin is right at the ramp.      To fish the bridges just park before or after the bridge and fish off of the Bridge.  I will link a video of me doing just that below. 

Fishing from the South Bridge

                                       

What Gear to use ?. For Hickories I use light to med spinning with 6 or 8 lb line. For the bigger Americans I use nothing less that 10 lb test.


What lures?

Pictured above are Shad darts, shad spoons, twister tails, and 2 types of flies.
I rig these tandem with usually Darts and/or twister tails and the heaviest on the bottom. If I have a jig of 1/8 oz and 1 that is 1/16 I then put the heavier one on the bottom. I usually use one white and 1 chartreuse. I then change if they are hitting one color more than the other. The exception to this is if i use a spoon then the spoon goes on the bottom and the jig ahead of it by 12-18 inches.
Darts are good and sometimes you need them but in my experience you can get by with the twister tail jigs 90 percent of the time.....I buy these in 4 styles..pink head white body 1/16 oz and the same in 1/8 oz. I also buy pink head with chartreuse body in 1/8 and 1/16 oz. These are a lot cheaper than darts and spoons and 8 can be had for $1.98..you cant even buy 1 dart for that!......plus, I loose alot...if you are not losing some you are fishing too fast. Sometimes they want it fast and jerky but most of the time i fish slow and deep with subtle jerks....As to spoons, I rarely use them unless someone beside me is wearing me out then i will change!

Here is my video on how I tie my shad rig-

Here is a picture of a double of hickories caught on the Roanoke river with the pink headed jigs.

Here's my son on the Roanoke river...note..you can catch all you want at the ramp in Weldon. Also note my other fishing partner standing behind my son. Sassy the Boxer!

Look what a few years does in the life of  a young man. Spring 2015

This was a May 10th caught fish. 

When my target is American shad I use at least 10 lb line as if you get a double and have 8 lb line you will have your line snapped!!!!!...I learned this the hard way!!!!

Here is a picture of my first American Shad caught in the Santee river in South Carolina back in the early 1990's.

Here are some photos of some decent whites(Americans)

This is my Friend Rodney's first white shad!!!!!

Here is me with one on the same trip...these were caught in May on the Neuse River In Raleigh.

Below is an American I Caught in May in a tributary to the Neuse.

ADDED..There are 2 "must haves" when BANK fishing for  shad..
1. Is to have KNEE BOOTS! I cannot stress this enough,  Most creeks and rivers are going up and down and back again so the banks are usually muddy.   Hip boots are good and in some areas you may need chest waders, but I never leave the house without my knee boots during the shad run.

2. A RAPALA JIG BUSTER,  You will go though alot of 1/16 and 1/8 oz jigs and for this reason(plus they work) I buy the pink headed Arkie jigheads from Walmart. They sometimes have paint in the eye hole so the jigbuster gets the paint out fast. 

Shad fishing in North Carolina is some of the best fishing you will ever do.  I hope this helps someone and if you get the bug to go send me a line this spring.......Mack.


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