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Hey the dog run does work!
Most of my favorite misconceptions have been covered.
I tend not to follow the "laws" and try what I feel will work.
Here are incidents when I broke the laws and showed people up.
Everyone laughed at the eels. Proved them wrong.
Then, another time, we were being hounded by blues day after day as peanut bunker were going with the tide for days and everyone was doing well with small krocodiles those days. Once the peanut bunker got up the tidal creek, they stayed in the back for a few days. Well, the next day, the blues weren't exploding. Thinking they were deep, I tied on a very heavy krocodile and boom, hooked up immediately. The blues were just deep. They were heading up back to nail the peanuts.
Another time, people were waiting for fish to nail their live lined snapper blues. Thinking there were no fish around, they all went into chat mode. 3 casts with the windcheater, 3 large bluefish.
What I'm getting at is, too many fishermen use rules too much. If I followed the rules, if I opened my tackle bag during the day, I would be just stuck to jigs and tins. I open my bag now, look at my choices and base my selection on what will produce in regards to what bait is around. It gives me more choices so I will not lose hope as fast as I would.
John, you can actually get some good stuff at large chain stores. The rod selection stinks, I'll give you that. But reel selections and plug selections aren't all that bad. The thing is, you have to know exactly what you are looking for because you know you aren't getting help from the shop staff. You can't say, "Hey, I'm looking for a spinning reel to use with Whiplash that will hold this much line" But if you go in saying, "Hey I need a shimano sustain 4000", you will make out allright. That's why I like tackle shops. You can be a total googan, go in, spend a little money and come out knowing something.
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