The "Tip of the month" may be a bit intermittent.......I'm running out of original material (that didn't take long  ;D )

It is always interesting to find out what others have luck with. I'm with you Jax on the rattles "waking" fish up. Sometimes you have to shake them up a bit to get a bite. It was common when we bass fished docks to hit the piling with the lure in the hopes of getting them fired up.

We have similar tastes in trolling lures. Except I think I gravitate toward natural color patterns in clear waters....especially poor helpless beautiful trout colors......... :'(  ;D