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Very sorry for the delay in getting this posted. We've again been tinkering with the Spoon Harness and in late May, finally arrived at a setup that works and works well. It's simply the business end of a trolling harness attached to our favorite spoon. For the past several seasons, I've been a guest at different club meetings such as the WBSA. I've also shared this with many in person while chatting on our Lake Erie Walleye. Anyway, since the 03 class has come of age, I have alluded to my belief that what these larger fish want most in a bait of course, is something that matches the forage in size, namely White Perch, Smelt and Yellow Perch. For the two seasons prior to this, I'm told the Canadian Trawlers did not harvest Smelt so there is an abundance of large forage in the Lake. It's why I believe harnesses have been so productive and spoons have not been as productive for some. It's why once we attached a worm rig to a spoon, the spoons became much more productive as with the worm, the rig is the length that the Walleye are favoring for their fare. I've offered a variety of spoon harnesses and different styles of harnesses for several years knowing they would work and they do. This was a report I posted after three days of fishing out of Vermilion in late July where the spoon harness ruled in it's current form. And nothing has changed in the past month on it's productivity. Stop over to Bad Boy's Bait in Vermilion, Mark's Live Bait and Tackle in Ravenna or Jarvis Rig's and Jigs in Jarvis, Ontario, Canada and check em out. Some local competitors already have and are offering their own version at nearly $7.00 each! Or send me an email with a spoon order and I'll rig em up for ya!

Full limits aboard the Bad Boy at the end of July were in order. Yours truly deckhand! Fished due North of Vermilion near the border. Jets, 120 back, dipsy's down deep. Both produced equally well. Orange spoons and spoon harnesses produced the majority of our fish. Other patterns that worked well were Cheap Sunglasses spoon, Bad Boy Harness (10# fish pictured), OGF Spotted Hawg, Pink Squirrel, Spicy Chicken Wing and Listerine. Had a third trip August 1st, full limits again, but no pictures on that trip, yet. Fishing has been good to say the least.

Here once again, is a real nice Walleye caught in 2005 on a Boy/Girl Wire Trolling harness. At the time, the gentlemen pictured was a customer/lure tester. At present, he's a competitor and features the old fish on a competing site as if caught on competing tackle. Guess some fish are harder to beat than others! His original test report located at ohfishing.com follows.

We all know certain colors are hot on different days and different times of the year. So I'm not going to give testament to any color combo's. I am going to just tell you what I think of the harnesses quality and their performance under different conditions. Fished Lake Erie 9/21/05 out of Ashtabula a decided to give Ole Pete's Willow Harnesses a fair shake. They were pulled behind dipsy divers at speeds of 2.2-2.7mph and the performed flawlessly even up to 3.5mph which I simply did to try to get them twist, porpoise or run erratic. This was not found in the course of 4 hours. The leader from the dipsy on both ends had just good cross-lock swivels and not ball bearing swivels, this was done on purpose. The black plastic coated wire and crimped tie eye, center crimped sleeve to keep the blades from binding under pressure are something you only see in top of the line terminal tackle. The paint on the blades and the hooks held up great even with multiple hook up and landings of walleyes of 17"-31 1/4" a total of 20 fish. If any fish would have destroyed the harness it would have been the 31 1/4" honey who had it down almost to her gullet.
Be assured if you buy Ole Pete's your getting QUALITY !

Ran F can Canadian border area 7/16/05
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PERCH TROLLING SPOON

Tester CRAIG BETZ; Lure's/Tackle Tested: TROLLING SPOON; Lure Color: PERCH, OIL SLICK; Lure Size: 2 3/8 INCHES; Date Fished: 7/16/05; Weather Conditions: HOT, HUMID, SOME SEVERE STORMS; Water Conditions: 6-8 VISIBILITY NORTH OF ISLAND AREA/MOSTLY 1 TO THREE PLUS; Water Temp: 78; Depth Fished 20-32 FEET; Lake or River Fished: LAKE ERIE; # of Fish Caught: NUMEROUS; Target Fish: Walleye; Largest Fish: WALLEYE 24IN AT 4LB 5OZ; Tester Rating: 1-5 /5; Tester Notes: These spoons are a popular pattern and pulled fish of all varieties and sizes. Action appears to be very similar to Michigan Scorpions. Plating seems to hold up and they are holding shape with about 2 month drag times now.

Ran various patterns West Sister area 5/29-5/30.
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OIL SLICK TROLLING SPOON

Tester: CRAIG BETZ; Lure's/Tackle Tested: TROLLING SPOON; Lure Color: OIL SLICK, COPPER; Lure Size: 2 3/8 INCHES; Date Fished: 5/30/05; Weather Conditions: PARTLY SUNNY SCATTERED SHOWERS, HIGH PRESSURE; Water Conditions: 6-8 VISIBILITY NORTH OF ISLAND AREA/MOSTLY LESS THAN ONE FOOT CHOP; Water Temp: 61; Depth Fished: 20-30 FEET; Lake or River Fished: LAKE ERIE; # of Fish Caught: 6; Target Fish: WALLEYE; Type of Fish: WALLEYE, WHITE BASS; Largest Fish WALLEYE: 4LB 10OZ AT 24 1/2IN; Tester Rating: 1-5 /5; Tester Notes: These spoons are a little thicker than a scorpion but still seemed to have a good pattern when trolled slower, approximately 2 mph off dipsys. The raspberry hues have been good so far this season. Oil Slick is third from left.

Ran various patterns West Basin 6/5/05.
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TROLLING SPOONS

Tester: CRAIG BETZ; Lure's/Tackle Tested: 23/8 TROLLING SPOON; Lure Color: CONFUSION, OIL SLICK , MONKEY PUKE, HAMMERED COPPER; Lure Size: 23/8; Date Fished: 6/5/05; Weather Conditions: PARTLY SUNNY SCATTERED SHOWERS, HIGH PRESSURE; Water Conditions: 6-8 VISIBILITY MOSTLY LESS THAN TWO FOOT CHOP; Water Temp: 67; Depth Fished: 20-30 FEET AT 2.2MPH; Lake or River Fished: LAKE ERIE WEST BASIN; # of Fish Caught: NUMEROUS; Target Fish: WALLEYE; Type of Fish: WALLEYE, WHITE BASS, SHEEPHEAD; Largest Fish: WALLEYE 25IN AT 4LB 12OZ; WHITE BASS 12IN; Tester Rating: 1-5 /4.5; Tester Notes: Ran all Ole Pete's Tackle this outing with good results. These spoons seem to have good action and flutter pattern, we pulled ours off small dipsys, with the Red Wolf swivels again, without line twisting problems. Was going to run 2 on jets off the boards but four rods in kept us too busy, mostly pulling spikes and junkfish but some good eaters were mixed in. The search for fish was a little tough and most keepers were pulled in the last 11/2 hour west of Green Island in 32ft water. Sorry for the lack of hook in mouth pictures but a discharged camera battery allowed only 1 picture but the total catch photo shows all keepers and about 50/50 with harnesses being represented. Two weeks and all finish is intact, still early for durability comments. BTW I had all these sent with red trebles as you can order and Don will build. Dave's Bait in Vermillion has a little in stock and I'm sure you can order through him as well.

Ran Middle Sister area 6/11/05
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PERCH TROLLING SPOON

Tester: CRAIG BETZ; Lure's/Tackle Tested: TROLLING SPOON; Lure Color: PERCH, OIL SLICK; Lure Size: 2 3/8 INCHES; Date Fished: 6/11/05; Weather Conditions: PARTLY SUNNY SCATTERED SHOWERS, HIGH PRESSURE; Water Conditions: 6-8 VISIBILITY NORTH OF ISLAND AREA/MOSTLY LESS THAN TWO FOOT CHOP; Water Temp: 72;
Depth Fished: 20-32 FEET; Lake or River Fished: LAKE ERIE; # of Fish Caught: NUMEROUS; Target Fish: WALLEYE; Type of Fish: WALLEYE, WHITE BASS, SHEEPHEAD; Largest Fish: WALLEYE 24IN AT 4LB 2OZ; Tester Rating: 1-5 /5; Tester Notes: These spoons are a popular pattern and pulled fish of all varieties and sizes. ProEye action appears to be very similar to Michigan Scorpions.

THIN SPOONS

Ran Middle Sister area 6/11-12/05

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PROTOTYPE THIN SPOON TROLLING SPOON

Tester: CRAIG BETZ; Lure's/Tackle Tested: TROLLING SPOON; Lure Color: PINK WITH BLACK DOTS SILVER BACKED. ORANGE WITH BLACK DOTS SILVER BACKED. YELLOW WITH BLACK DOTS SILVER BACKED. BLUE WITH PINK PRISM SILVER BACKED. PINK WITH PURPLE DOTS SILVER BACKED; Lure Size: 2 3/8 INCHES; Date Fished: 6/11-12/05; Weather Conditions: PARTLY SUNNY HOT AND HUMID, ALSO RAN NIGHT, SCATTERED SHOWERS, HIGH PRESSURE; Water Conditions: 6-8 VISIBILITY NORTH OF ISLAND AREA/MOSTLY LESS THAN TWO FOOT CHOP; Water Temp: 72; Depth Fished: 20-32 FEET; Lake or River Fished: LAKE ERIE; # of Fish Caught: NUMEROUS; Target Fish: WALLEYE; Type of Fish: WALLEYE, WHITE BASS, SHEEPHEAD; Largest Fish: WALLEYE 25IN AT 4LB 12OZ; Tester Rating: 1-5 /5; Tester Notes: These spoons have a steely look to them but the eyes are digging them. They are basically flat with a small lip at the tail. We used with single hooks which may cam into the jaw when set and did not experience incomplete sets.

SILVER LEAFS

Don, It was nice to meet you also, we got hung up this am from the railroad bridge and by the time we got gas and such it was getting late. Picked up some minnows, the radio wasn't soundin too good on the 'eyes' so we went perchin, limited in a couple hours, then went out trollin. My friends had been since daylite and only had 2 in the box then. We set up, worked thru scattered fish, ended up with 7 for 9 (2 hogs lost at the boat) about 4 short strikes on harnesses, missed. We used: melon spoon, hammered melon harness, SILVERLEAF SPOONS: Confusion , Boy/Girl Ice. Yep That's Alex, championship turkey. I have known him since 1969. He was very impressed with the baits. Everything worked fine that we ran, Didn't change what was working. Will run the others next trip.

Yeah folks, Van is talking about the best darn Turkey caller on the planet in my opinion, Alex Vedrinski. Go to the Cleveland sport show next spring and you'll hear what I mean as soon as you walk in the door. And while he can do it without a call, the calls his company makes are the best thing going. I've harvested two turkeys with his calls in the course of my limited time afield. One opening day in the Montville area, I called a Tom in right off the roost with a Chestnut Ridge call and had my second turkey to show for it. After tagging and dressing my bird, I located a friend nearby. He said he had a bird across a swamp that he was unable to budge with his calling. I setup 50 yards behind him in a pine thicket and started calling. From where I sat, I could not see my friend or a bird when I started the chorus and I had my doubts one was still in the area. That Ole Tom started talking to me right away. For about 15 minutes we had the neatest conversation, that Tom and I, with he getting closer and closer all the while. I could tell by that Toms voice, he was moving around the swamp to get to the hen he was sweet talking. Then, my buddies gun boomed and the rest in history. By the time I got to my friend, Big John, he held his first Tom Turkey and his grin was as big as the whole outdoors . Sitting there calling to a bird with a call as good as the birds, was without a doubt the most exhilarating time I've ever had in the woods. There was no distraction of a gun, no looking for a bird to come in; just the sounds of a great spring adventure. Great, Great product and anyone using his calls can't help but sound a ton better to Ole Tom Turkey. It sure has helped me and so my thanks to Alex.

HARNESSES

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HAMMERED CASTING/DRIFTING HARNESS

Tester: CRAIG BETZ; Lure's/Tackle Tested: CASTING/DRIFTING HARNESS; Lure Color: HAMMERED NICKEL WONDER BREAD WITH SILVER/RED/BLUE BEAD STRING; Lure Size: 36 INCH WITH DOUBLE HOOKS; Date Fished: 6/18/05; Weather Conditions: OVERCAST/NNE WINDS HIGH PRESSURE; Water Conditions: 3-5 VISIBILITY NORTH OF ISLAND AREA/1-3 FOOT WAVES; Water Temp: 71; Depth Fished: 20-37 FEET; Lake or River Fished: LAKE ERIE; # of Fish Caught: 1; Target Fish: WALLEYE; Type of Fish: WALLEYE, WHITE BASS, SHEEPHEAD; Largest Fish: WALLEYE 3LBS 2OZ AT 21 INCHES; Tester Rating: 1-5 / 4.5; Tester Notes: Ran this harness off a bouncer and it may have been a little light at 4oz for the conditions, the traditional white wonderbread may prove interesting, Dave's Bait in Vermillion has them in stock and he is convenient to rt2 on the way out west, being only 3/4 mile north easy in and out. Check out the Max's muffin as well it worked well for us in the trolling harness with purple with green glow beads.

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CHARTREUSE TROLLING HARNESS

Tester: CRAIG BETZ; Lure's/Tackle Tested: TROLLING HARNESS; Lure Color: CHARTREUSE WITH LASER IMPRINT, SILVER SHAD WITH VIOLET BEADS; Lure Size: 72 INCH WITH TRIPLE RED HOOKS; Date Fished: 5/6/05-5/9/05; Weather Conditions: Sunny/High pressure; Water Conditions: 4-8 VISIBILITY NORTH OF ISLAND AREA/MOSTLY LESS THAN ONE FOOT CHOP; Water Temp: 51; Depth Fished: 20-37 FEET; Lake or River Fished: LAKE ERIE; # of Fish Caught: 4; Target Fish: WALLEYE; Type of Fish: WALLEYE, WHITE BASS; Largest Fish: WALLEYE 3LBS 10OZ AT 22 INCHES, WHITE BASS 3LBS 2OZ AT 19 INCHES; Tester Rating: 1-5 / 4.5; Tester Notes: These harnesses were tied at 72 inch for direct attachment to controlled depth trolling devices such as dipsys, jets, downriggers and the like or directly to the swivel off boards with in-line weighting such as snap weights, we ran ours off dipsys. The supplied ball bearings (RED WOLF) seemed to work flawlessly and that may make some Sampo addicts cringe but none have come apart and twist was not encountered, even with a couple tangles in the spread. The supplied snell holders were top shelf and we can fit three per row in a 3700 tackle tray, good-bye water noodles!!!!All in all a great product for the money. The only drawback may be the finish on the hooks, which chipped where handled with hook extractors, that was my .5 point deduction.

Ran various patterns West Sister area 5/29-5/30.
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RED CLOWN TROLLING HARNESS

Tester: CRAIG BETZ; Lure's/Tackle Tested: TROLLING HARNESS; Lure Color: RED CLOWN, SUPER GLOW ORANGE TROLLING HARNESS, SIMILAR TO BLUEBERRY MUFFIN;
Lure Size: 72 INCHES; Date Fished: 5/30/05; Weather Conditions: PARTLY SUNNY SCATTERED SHOWERS, HIGH PRESSURE; Water Conditions: 6-8 VISIBILITY NORTH OF ISLAND AREA/MOSTLY LESS THAN ONE FOOT CHOP; Water Temp: 61; Depth Fished: 20-30 FEET; Lake or River Fished: LAKE ERIE; # of Fish Caught: 4; Target Fish: WALLEYE
Type of Fish: WALLEYE, WHITE BASS; Largest Fish: WALLEYE 4LB 6OZ AT 24IN, WHITE BASS 3LB AT 18IN; Tester Rating: 1-5 /4.5; Tester Notes: These harnesses are tied at 72 inches and make attaching to controlled depth device a snap. Experienced a little flaking of the paint which allows the .5 deduction.

Ran Middle Sister area 6/12/05
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PROTOTYPE TROLLING HARNESS

Tester: CRAIG BETZ; Lure's/Tackle Tested: TROLLING HARNESS; Lure Color: ORANGE COLORADO WITH BLACK SPOTS/BRASS BEAD STRING; Lure Size: 72 INCHES; Date Fished: 6/12/05; Weather Conditions: PARTLY SUNNY HOT AND HUMID, HIGH PRESSURE; Water Conditions: 6-8 VISIBILITY NORTH OF ISLAND AREA/MOSTLY LESS THAN ONE FOOT CHOP; Water Temp: 72; Depth Fished: 20-32 FEET; Lake or River Fished: LAKE ERIE; # of Fish Caught: NUMEROUS; Target Fish: WALLEYE; Type of Fish: WALLEYE, WHITE BASS, SHEEPHEAD; Largest Fish: WALLEYE 18IN AT 1LB 14OZ; Tester Rating: 1-5 /5; Tester Notes: This was a 72inch harness with a large Colorado blade it pulled many fish as the spikes and junkfish were abundant. The blade was easy starting and very active at that size. The quick change clevis makes color changes a snap literally and as always you can order whatever bead strings and blades you want.

Ran Middle Sister area 6/12/05
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PROTOTYPE TROLLING HARNESS

Tester: CRAIG BETZ; Lure's/Tackle Tested: TROLLING HARNESS; Lure Color: 'CRANBERRY' BLADE WITH BRASS BEAD STRING; Lure Size: 72 INCHES; Date Fished: 6/11/05; Weather Conditions: PARTLY SUNNY HOT AND HUMID, HIGH PRESSURE; Water Conditions: 6-8 VISIBILITY NORTH OF ISLAND AREA/MOSTLY LESS THAN ONE FOOT CHOP; Water Temp: 72; Depth Fished: 20-32 FEET; Lake or River Fished: LAKE ERIE; # of Fish Caught: NUMEROUS; Target Fish: WALLEYE; Type of Fish: WALLEYE, WHITE BASS, SHEEPHEAD; Largest Fish: WALLEYE 20IN AT 1LB 14OZ; Tester Rating: 1-5 /5; Tester Notes: This is a prototype blade coloring and it will adopt a cranberry type name if utilized and I'm sure Don can tell us more about that. We will be showing some unique blade color offerings, as playtime is in full swing with some test blades supplied with my last order from Ole Pete's. Testing these products is almost as much as a charge as catching the fish for us and I have slipped away from my normal go to stuff as this was the second week of running entirely Ole Pete's with the exception of running a large holographic producers spoon as an attempt to ward off the little eyes and junk fish, btw it did not work,6 inch white bass takes 4 inch spoon....lol....Dave's Bait in Vermillion is handling this product on shelf as well as some Charleez products which are made by Charlie at the shop. Stop in and see what he has to offer, you wont go away disappointed.

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PAINTED TROLLING HARNESS

Tester: CRAIG BETZ; Lure's/Tackle Tested: TROLLING HARNESS: Lure Color: MAYFLY WITH WHITE/GOLD ALTERNATING BEAD STRING; Lure Size: 72INCH WITH DOUBLE HOOKS; Date Fished: 6/18/05; Weather Conditions: OVERCAST/NNE WINDS HIGH PRESSURE; Water Conditions: 3-5 VISIBILITY NORTH OF ISLAND AREA/1-3 FOOT WAVES;
Water Temp: 71; Depth Fished: 20-37 FEET; Lake or River Fished: LAKE ERIE; # of Fish Caught: NUMEROUS; Target Fish: WALLEYE; Type of Fish: WALLEYE, WHITE BASS, SHEEPHEAD; Largest Fish: WALLEYE 4LBS 4OZ AT 23 INCHES; Tester Rating: 1-5 / 4.5; Tester Notes: These are offered in a few different options, trolling, casting and bead string types but always remember they can be ordered to your liking and as I have said elsewhere, ordering the build up is almost as much fun as pulling the fish.

CRANKBAITS

Tester ACTION
Lure Tested Medium Diver

Color: Oxbow Bream; Date Fished: 4/22/2005; Weather: 65 Degrees and Intermittent Storming; Water Condition: Stained; Depth Fished: 2 - 5 Ft; Lake Atwood
# of Fish: 1 keeper & 11 Dinks (7-9"); Target Fish: Largemouth Bass; Type Caught: Largemouth Bass; Largest Fish: 3 lb. 8 0z.; Rating: 5; Tester Notes: From what I've seen these are as good as any crankbaits out there. I have to test their durability on the river rocks next ,but so far I'm impressed. Great color schemes, although I would like to have a natural shad pattern. I definitely don't have a problem recommending them as long as they hold up well. Sorry about the bad picture but I had to wade back to the boat and take the picture myself.

TESTER ACTION
LURE TESTED OLE PETE MEDIUM DIVER

COLOR: CRAWDAD/CHART. BELL; DATE FISHED: 5/22/2005; WEATHER: SUNNY 65 LIGHT SW WIND; WATER CONDITION: CLEAR TO SLIGHTLY STAINED; DEPTH FISHED: 2 - 6 FT; TUSCARAWAS RIVER; # OF FISH: 2; TARGET FISH: SMALLMOUTH; TYPE OF FISH: CAUGHT LARGEMOUTH; LARGEST FISH: 4LB 4OZ; RATING: 5; I SEE NO REASON FOR LESS; TESTER NOTES: I fished this lure in about 10 spots and caught a fish in 2 of them. I was throwing over a hump and reeling toward the bank at an angle, while holding my mouth just right when I caught the biggest bass. These cranks are great so far.

I fished 7/22 in the evening when it was cloudy at Sandy Creek. I caught 9 small largemouth out of 4' of water . I also caught a 10" smallie right at dark

RATTLE SHAD

Tester: WLB; Lure Tested: Ole Pete's Rattle Shad; Color: Chrome/Blue; Size: 1/2 oz; Date Fished: 4/14 and 4/21; Weather: Sunny/High Pressure; Water Conditions: Stained; Water Temp: 50-54-degrees; Depth Fished: 3-10 Feet; Lake/River Fished: River; # of Fish Caught: 15; Target Fish: Largemouth Bass; Typed Fish Caught: Largemouth Bass; Largest Fish Caught: 3 lbs; Tester Rating 1-5: 5; Tester Notes: These rattletrap type lures are the best I've used; lot's of bb's inside to make them really loud! Great for muddy water or just drawing their attention from a distance. Just add a split ring to the line tie and their ready to go.

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Rattle Shad

Tester: WLB; Lure Tested: Rattle Shad; Color: Firetiger; Size: � oz; Date Fished: 08/29/05; Weather Conditions: Partly Cloudy, 65-80 degrees; Water Conditions: Heavy Stain; Water Temp: 75 degrees; Depth Fished: 3-10feet; Lake/River Fished: Lake Erie; # of Fish Caught: 15; Target Fish: Bass; Type of Fish Caught: Largemouth Bass; Largest Fish: 3.3 lbs; Tester Rating: 5; Tester Notes: The Firetiger colors are very well defined on these cranks, the water was stained to muddy but the fish had no problem finding them!

Beetle Spins

Tester: WLB; Lure Tested: Red Wolf Split Tail Spinner: Colors: Red-Yellow; Size: 1/4 oz. Date Fished: 4/14/05; Weather: Sunny; Water Conditions: Stained; Water Temp: 50 degrees; Depth Fished: 1-5 feet; Lake or River Fished: River; # of Fish Caught: 6; Target Fish: Largemouth Bass; Type of Fish Caught: Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill; Largest Fish Caught: 2.2 lbs; Tester Rating: 4; Tester Notes: These split tail spinners are an all time favorite of mine; they'll catch just about anything that swims. Nice bright colors and sharp hook. I did notice a little reaction between the paint and the plastic after it was out of the pack in the box for awhile. But other than that it's a fish catcher.

DEEP DIVING BAITFISH SHAD

Tester: WLB; Lure Tested Ole Pete's Deep Diving Baitfish Shad; Colors: Firetiger and Perch; Size: 3"/1/4 oz; Date Fished: 04/29/05; Weather Conditions: Partly Cloudy, 50 degrees; Water Conditions: stained; Water Temp; 50-54; Depth Fished: 4-8 ft; Area Fished: Lake Erie Marina; # of Fish Caught: 6; Target Fish: Bass; Type of Fish Caught: Largemouth Bass; Largest Fish Caught: 2.9 lbs; Tester Rating: 4.5; Tester Notes: These lures ran true out of the box. Dives 5-7 feet on a long cast. I would compare it to a SR7 Rapala Shad Rap, but with a little tighter wiggle. Loud rattles, a wide lip that makes the lure dive fast. Just add a split ring or snap to the line tie and it's ready to go.

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Deep Diving Baitfish Shad

Tester: WLB; Lure Tested: Ole Pete�s Deep Diving Baitfish Shad; Color: Firetiger; Size: 3�/1/4 oz. Date Fished: 08/29/05; Weather Conditions: Partly Cloudy, 75 degrees; Water Conditions: Heavy Stain; Water Temp: 75 degrees; Depth Fished: 3-10feet; Area Fished: Lake Erie; # of Fish Caught: 8; Target Fish: Bass; Type of Fish Caught: Largemouth Bass; Largest Fish Caught: 3 lbs; Tester Rating: 5; Tester Notes: These lures have a great Firetiger pattern that the fish can easily find in stained to muddy water! The loud rattle make it even deadlier.

Spinnerbaits

Tester: WLB; Lure Tested: Redwolf Spinnerbait; Color: Black/Blue-Black/White; Size: 1/4 oz; Date Fished: 04/14/05; Weather Conditions: Sunny day, but chilly; Water Conditions: Stained; Water Temp: 50 degrees; Depth Fished: 2-5 feet; Lake or River Fished: River/Marina; # of Fish Caught: 8; Target Fish: Largemouth Bass; Type of Fish Caught: Largemouth Bass: Largest Fish Caught: 3 lbs; Tester Rating 4.5; Tester Notes: The lure has a good strong frame with a quality hook and silicon skirt. I took half off because I prefer ball bearing swivels on my spinnerbaits. The swivel that came with it worked fine and the do catch fish.

Trout Spins

Lure = Old Pete's "Johnson Trout Spin"

Tester FisherMOM
Lure Color Chartreuse; Lure Size trout spin; Date Fished 05/04/05; Weather Conditions: over cast, breezy, 43 degrees; Water Conditions Semi - cloudy; Water Temp approx- 40 degree; Depth Fished: 4 feet; Lake or River Fished: Trestle Pond NY; # of Fish Caught :1; Target Fish: crappie or sunfish; Type of Fish Caught Largemouth Bass; Largest Fish Caught 15 inch bass, about 4 pounds + or -; Tester Rating 1-5 + 5 stars!
Tester Notes: FisherMOM on Ole Pete's Johnson Trout Spin. I have tossed this a few times in a creek as well as the pond and find that in performs fantastically! I cannot WAIT to do some serious trout fishing with it! As you can see, I just needed to try it on crappie, but caught a large bass on micro ultra light tackle! It was very fun! This spinner is incredible. No matter how fast or slow that I retrieve it, the spinner seems to spin well. I have used other spinners where this is not so. Also, when I retrieve it quickly, it does not roll! It pulls through the weeds well, and basically performs wonderful! Hopefully the trout that I fish for will be interested in this lure....I can tell that the bass are~! Funny thing is I caught this bass in an area of the pond where I have never caught a bass before, and I fish here often!