Hey Mark,
I used the stackables for a while, but after they fell over or got knocked over more than a couple of times, or trying to get a bottom of the pile rigged lure out without lots of the leaders and hooks tangling during a hot bite, I went away from them. They probably aren't bad as you are using them with unrigged lures, but I like getting back in the action in moments, not tens of minutes. I don't like the stress of trying to do everything just right uder the pressure of a hot bit, taking out lures, leaders, hooks crimps, etc and then spending time rigging. Over zellous crimping of under crimping etc. can be fatal!
IMO, its like Striper fishing, rather from the surf or the boat. I can snag the bottom and break off or get cut off by a Bluefish and yet be back in the action in less than a minute with nothing more than a hook to sharpen. Its an old surf casting method that I beleive in and made the difference in catching hundreds of extra pounds of Stripers in a tide from the surf back in the seventys.
I have always carry ten times what I could possible use, in every possible color and size, rigged and ready to go. If the fish are on a certian color or lure and catching better than another, I just pull it out and start catching fish.
Welder,
you know that every single thing on my boat is built around making the trip and the catching ability the best I can. From my toe rails to keep you steady on a big fish in the gimble, to the five outriggers to set my trolling pattern up just right, so I can zig and zag when the first bite comes into the pattern without crossing or tangling and getting six to ten fish on. I really tried to think about everything I could to make me as successful on every trip as I can. ADDICTED AND ABCESSED!!!
Marty
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