Yeah, got my first fish of '05 there last week, fishing from the bank -- just a little drop-shotted 2-lb'er, nothin' to write home about, but at least it didn't take me 5 or 6 trips into the year to get my first fish, like it did last year!!! The ponds give me a chance to brush up on my flippin' skills, too!

Thanks for the heads-up!

p.s. yeah, I've done that dead-sticked spinnerbait routine a time or two myself -- ain't that somethin'? Don't know if I'd want to keep doing it all day long, but it gives you a clue about 'giving them something they don't see all the time,' eh? Or at least the value of slowing things down sometimes! I guess, as long as you keep gettin' your line wet, *anything* can happen!