Snuck away from work last night and had to see how the double hooks looked on the Baby Depth Raider. Sweet! I should post a pic but its to much trouble. I was so impressed I slapped one on a Taildancer as well. Looks good but I will scale down to a 3/0 hook on that.

Great.......this will be a big improvement. As somebody who does lots of trolling and usually with crankbaits this will alleviate the hassle of dealing with 30" pike and gangs of treble hooks. This set up will be much more like dealing with a jig.......humongous difference. Maybe I miss a strike or two? Perhaps but I bet I make up the few fish with less pulled hooks which is more common with treble hooks.

Plus I can bounce bottom with a bit more confidence.......

A few more thoughts on the Baby depth Raider......checked out a tube review on the bait yesterday and the guy mentions how effective the lure is for post cold front muskie along weed edges but also mentions the lure being good for walleye and pike.

While messing around with it I noticed it has a rattle. I'm not a big fan of rattling lures for the most part. Sometimes you have to wake things up but I prefer to sneak up on a fish and give them precious few seconds to decide to bite or not. the way to solve rattling baits is to drill a small hole into the rattling compartment and using a plastic syringe add some vegetable oil......don't over do it. Then seal things up with a few drops of super glue. The vegetable oil will tone the rattle down a tad....better in clear water.

Getting primed to go on a canoe trip.

Caught the last 12 minutes of last nights game.....pretty good. I hadn't fully appreciated Rodgers arm strength....impressive, Go Pack.