[schoolie monster]

First order of business, John, this sucks dude. Sorry to hear about the severity of the knee(s). Do what you have to do to get 'em fixed 'cause you gots a lot of years ahead of you in the surf.

In the meantime, anytime you want to head out on the boat, you've gotta spot. If you're up for some easy goin' light tackle fishing and some sort of attempt to learn something about this livelining stuff, just let me know.

Second, I have accumulated a bunch of different jerky baits over the past couple years. I've got slug-os, fin-s, zoom, bass assassins, BPS lazereye, berkley power jerk, cedar key... and a bunch of GS' homebrew in assorted styles and colors.

I like each one for various reasons, but GS's stuff is without a doubt the toughest. Most of these baits rigged with an offset worm hook last from a couple fish up to maybe 7-8 max. Rigged with a screw lock on a 60° or 90° jig hook or a kahle hook, I can do alot better... 10-15 fish per bait.

Saturday, I caught upwards of 25+ fish on one of GS' 4" baits. And its fine. No big hole worn by the hook, firmly on the screw lock. This is good stuff and they are compact and dense which really helps with casting.

I fish them as jerkbaits, no jigheads. I have some weighted hooks, but they are only around 1/8oz. and I often fish them unweighted. They do pretty well.

DISCLAIMER: Yes, I fish with Bob a bit and consider him a friend. No, he doesn't give me freebies to tout his baits. Its just good stuff and I wanted to add my honest opinion.