I have two kinds of trips....Fishing with my buddies, artificial ONLY! no exceptions....When taking my family or my Dad (CONVINCED SOMETHING LIVE OR DEAD IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO "OLD SKEWL") I always use live or dead, because I have tough enough time serving as deckhand baiting, re-rigging, rebuilding reels, re-spooling, getting them drinks, etc....that I couldn't imagine the hangups and lost $$$ in my artificial lures...
I feel it is more of a challenge to look at water clarity, light, tidal movement, time of year, stage the fish are in and determining what to use out of the box...ofcourse we have our go-to baits, but to have the discipline to go away from that and adjust, then when you get into them with the change, makes the whole trip...That's the way I see it anyway....Ofcourse if nothing else, we can break out the nikon glasses and spot that Haynie and see what he is throwing!!! A little "LONG DISTANCE POTLICKING!" Commonly refered to as SNIPER LICKING....
