John knowing your water and my preference for what I'll be throwing

, would that heavier 7 foot Lami/Baitrunner 3500 you tried suffice? I'm going to throw plastic if I can, but it will handle some mid sized plugs, just rather throw plastic...maybe eels

. I would think the plastic that time of year (peanut bunker) would be a good bet, but then it always is regardless of what size bait's in the water

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Let me ask you another question, relative to Korkers, which I don't own. In lieu of corkers, I have an alternative, assuming I can find the bag of spikes. My heavy duty camping/hiking boats, have screw in spikes (similar to golf shoes) for when you might be ice fishing, would they be ok? A little warm for that time of year (2000 gram thinsilate), but for one night they'd be fine. Or should I look to borrow/buy some korkers? The boots are waterproof, but they aren't waders, so I'd be limited to what they and my rain (splash) pants would allow. If you really think waders are a must let me know.