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DMac

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Most people throw them out and reel them in just waking them on the surface. Reel just fast enough so that the bait wobbles back and forth, but doesn't pull under the water. Possibly the best day I have ever had fishing was on a long A on boone, but I was twitching it. It was late fall and the shad were coming up and smacking on the top of the water and I thought that the sound and action of just twitching that long a enough that it kicked the tail would match what the shad were doing and I was right, had 4 smallies over 4 that day and lost one at the boat that was probably 6, along with about 10 or so other smallies. It was one of the funnest days I've ever had. Yeah, the old yellow eyed long a's were more bouyant than the new ones and they were easier to keep up on top.

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i was throwing the Long A on Cherokee one night in search of Hybrids.......and i too had a blast ...just barley waking the bait....they would blow up on the lure and just about take ur arm off.......we caught 5 or 6 Hybrids and 3 LM and 4 SM......it was a night to remember...we were throwing the Yellow Eyed , Bone Color Long A...a killer lure on about any lake

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oh.... i forgot to mention my setup :( i like a rod with a soft tip for and will load up easy for throwing Long A's and Cranks...but still with good back bone when the fish hits it will set the hook almost on it own.....i use a Lews Speed Spool BNG Gold Edition with BPS 6 lb or 8 lb mono.the rod . :thumbsup2::banana057: i use a 7"6 " BPS Crank'en Stick....

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i've only had one yellowed eye one and caught at least a 40 pound stripe got it right at the boat and i was by myself and was trying to figure how to get this fish in boat and snapped i even almost got ahold of its tail before it swam away

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i've only had one yellowed eye one and caught at least a 40 pound stripe got it right at the boat and i was by myself and was trying to figure how to get this fish in boat and snapped i even almost got ahold of its tail before it swam away

you can find them occasionally on Ebay...i found several there a couple years ago.....

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