Last year.s rules allowed live bait..so 1/2 the time I used live bait..If live bait wasn't allowed , I would not have used it..The entire thing was supposed to have been for fun..It can never be totally fair because we fish at different lakes , at different states and at different spawning seasons.

There was absolutely no reason for some of the attitudes portrayed last year and I doubt if I will ever fish another.
Like I said..if live bait wasn't allowed I wouldn't of fished it ..and to show sportsmanship conduct I wouldn't use it against the final month against my felllow northerner..

have fun fellows.
C7