Quote Originally Posted by Hlleonard View Post
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That's pretty much the same reasons I started keeping crappie minnows, live bait is a pain in the tail to get and keep alive, bass fishing with artificials was so much simpler... I never did have a spinner bait go belly up on me.
I know what your saying, I'm not big on live bait fishing, but I do use it sometimes. I bought a couple downriggers and I'm trying to get the hang of using them, and using live shad with the downriggers can be a lot of fun on Cherokee, just hard to keep the shad alive without a bait tank.